History DistaffCounterpart / VideoGames

** Olga Gurlukovch, a nomadic commando encountered in ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid2SonsOfLiberty'', to Snake. She does ''not'' smoke (Nastasha already filled the chain-smoking Eastern European quota in ''[=MGS1=]''), but the rest of her character makeup in on-target: she packs nearly the same kind of pistol, utilizes cover and corner-learning during fights, isn't afraid to fight dirty to win (lobbing grenades, blocking Snake's line of sight with various objects, etc), and is quite scraggly for a solider. When Olga calls herself 'a nomad', Snake replies 'I'm a nomad too', and in ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid4'' he and Otacon live in a plane called the NOMAD. The difference is that Olga's a terrorist-for-hire, whereas Snake is a counterterrorist. [[spoiler:Olga later defects to Snake' camp at the cost of her own life, so she's not all bad.]]

** Lucina in ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening Awakening]]'' is deliberately this to Marth from ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemShadowDragonAndTheBladeOfLight Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light]]'', including going by his name early on in the game. After all, [[spoiler:Lucina is a direct descendant of Marth]]. Additionally, seeing as Awakening's main story is a WholePlotReference to ''VideoGame/FireEmblemGenealogyOfTheHolyWar'', Lucina can also be considered a Distaff Counterpart to Seliph, as the earnest and hard-working child of the initial main lord who [[spoiler:is forced to deal with the uprising of a cult their father failed to prevent]] and worries they'll never be as strong as their father.

*** Volkner ↔ Elesa (''Diamond/Pearl/Platinum ↔ Black/White'')

*** Mega Mewtwo X ↔ Mega Mewtwo Y: {{Subverted|Trope}} in that both are alternate transformations of the same Pokémon, are gender unknown, and that a masculine Mega Mewtwo Y exists in ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros''.

* ''VideoGame/Persona3 Portable'' subverts this with its Female Protagonist route. Though she shares the male protagonist's Wild Card power and has a gender-flipped version of his starting Persona, she's otherwise ''very'' different from him; the male is blue-haired, wields swords, and is stoic to the point of occasionally bordering on apathetic, while the female is auburn-haired, wields [[BladeOnAStick naginatas]], and is a PluckyGirl who is determinedly cheerful and energetic.

* ''Franchise/MortalKombat'' has quite a few. [[VideoGame/MortalKombat3 Sheeva]] is a female [[VideoGame/MortalKombat1 Goro]] and [[VideoGame/MortalKombatII Kintaro]] (she was even known as She-Goro in early development before names were decided upon). [[VideoGame/MortalKombat3 Chameleon has Khameleon]] and Sub-Zero has [[VideoGame/MortalKombatDeadlyAlliance Frost]] (the latter is {{justified|Trope}} in that Frost was--[[DeceptiveDisciple for a time]]--Subby's handpicked pupil). [[VideoGame/MortalKombatDeception Kira]] is said to be a female [[VideoGame/MortalKombat1 Kano]], [[CompositeCharacter although she also draws inspiration from]] [[VideoGame/MortalKombat1 Sonya]].

*** Nidoran-M / Nidorino / Nidoking ↔ Nidoran-F / Nidorina / Nidoqueen

*** Braviary ↔ Mandibuzz

*** Darkrai ↔ Cresselia: {{Subverted|Trope}} in that Cresselia is female, but Darkrai is genderless (though always given a male voice and sometimes referred to with masculine pronouns).

*** Zekrom ↔ Reshiram: {{Averted|Trope}}. Intended to be the case according to WordOfGod (at least as far as appearance is concerned), but [[LarynxDissonance both were given male voices in the anime]].[[note]] For the record, both of them are technically genderless/unknown-gendered.[[/note]]
*** Mega Mewtwo X ↔ Mega Mewtwo Y: {{Subverted|Trope}} in that both are alternate transformations of the same Pokémon, are genderless, and that a masculine Mega Mewtwo Y exists in ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros''.

[[quoteright:350:[[/VideoGame/TheLegendaryStarfy https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/starfy_starly.png]]]]

[[caption-width-right:250:Starfy (Left) with his sister Starly (Right).]]

* [[VideoGame/SilentHill1 Harry Mason]] --> [[Film/SilentHill Rose DeSalva]]

* Ms Chalice can be considered to be this for both VideoGame/{{Cuphead}} and mugman.

* ''Franchise/MortalKombat'' has quite a few. [[VideoGame/MortalKombat3 Sheeva]] is a female [[VideoGame/MortalKombat1 Goro]] and [[VideoGame/MortalKombat2 Kintaro]] (she was even known as She-Goro in early development before names were decided upon). [[VideoGame/MortalKombat3 Chameleon has Khameleon]] and Sub-Zero has [[VideoGame/MortalKombatDeadlyAlliance Frost]] (the latter is {{justified|Trope}} in that Frost was--[[DeceptiveDisciple for a time]]--Subby's handpicked pupil). [[VideoGame/MortalKombatDeception Kira]] is said to be a female [[VideoGame/MortalKombat1 Kano]], [[CompositeCharacter although she also draws inspiration from]] [[VideoGame/MortalKombat1 Sonya]].

** The same is true of Kula Diamond in regard to her similarities to 'K. Like Robert and King, they share several moves in common yet their fighting styles are distinct, with each using ice and fire respectively. It's even lampshaded by Kula's InSeriesNickname: "the Anti-'K".

* Ms Chalice can be considered to be this for both VideoGame/{{Cuphead}} and mugman.

* Nathan drake from ''VideoGame/{{Uncharted}}'' can be considered a masculine counterpart to Lara croft, the protagonist of ''Franchise/{{TombRaider}}''. This is not surprising taking in count that both of them are basically [[{{Expy}} modern-day setting]] versions of ''Franchise/{{IndianaJones}}''

* [[RomanceGame otome games]] can be considered the female answer to the ''Main/{{DatingSim}}'' game that is aimed at male audiences.

* [[RomanceGame otome games]] can be considered the female answer to the ~~Dating Sim~~ game that is aimed at male audiences.

* [[RomanceGame otome games]] can be considered the female answer to the ~~videogames,DatingSim~~ game that is aimed at male audiences.

* [[RomanceGame otome games]] can be considered the female answer to the [[''Dating Sim'']] game that is aimed at male audiences.

* [[RomanceGame otome games]] can be considered the female answer to the [[Main/DatingSim]] game that is aimed at male audiences.

* [[RomanceGame otome games]] can be considered the female answer to the typical Dating Sim game that is aimed at male audiences.