History LauncherOfAThousandShips / VideoGames

* Sonic and Tails in the ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog'' series go with everyone... even though they show the ''least'' romantic interest of the entire cast.

** Phoenix Wright gets paired up with everybody: his cheerful sidekick Maya Fey, [[GhostShipping the deceased Mia Fey]], [[TheRival Miles Edgeworth]], [[WhipItGood Franziska von Karma]], Godot, [[YamatoNadeshiko Iris]] from Hazakura Temple... and [[ScrewYourself himself]].

** For Zero, there's the canon (and {{memetic|Mutation}}ally [[ILetGwenStacyDie tragic]]) pairing with [[VideoGame/MegaManX4 Iris]], [[VideoGame/MegaManX8 Layer]] because of ShipTease (despite Zero being both [[ObliviousToLove dense]] and probably not in the mood for romance given what happened to Iris), [[VideoGame/MegaManXCommandMission Ferham]] because of [[FoeYayShipping Foe Yay]] (she really seemed to [[{{Sadist}} enjoy]] [[WhipItGood whipping him]]...), and -- though less frequently -- Axl for reasons similar to X (only magnified because, if ''[[VideoGame/MegaManX7 X7]]'' is any indication, Zero had to babysit Axl while out in the field before X came out of his TenMinuteRetirement). Going forward to ''VideoGame/MegaManZero'' adds Ciel and Leviathan -- the former is all but stated to be in love with him (which makes [[spoiler:[[TheHeroDies the ending]] of ''[[VideoGame/MegaManZero4 Z4]]'' that much more heartbreaking]]) while the latter is fond of both [[TheTease teasing]] and [[BloodKnight fighting]] Zero in a manner that's borderline FoeRomanceSubtext. One can even find pics of Zero and Roll.

* ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' -- The [[TheTwink Scout]] and the [[TheMedic Medic]] get paired with every class, including [[ScrewYourself their own]]. The Sniper is also popular thanks to his [[BadassBaritone low]], [[MrFanservice gravelly voicelines]].

!Other Examples

* ''VideoGame/DragaliaLost'': Being a ChickMagnet in canon that [[EvenTheGuysWantHim even the guys want]], it’s honestly hard to think of characters that [[TheHero Euden]] ''hasn’t'' been shipped with. Just to give a few examples, he’s been shipped with Zethia, Nedrick, Zena, Elisanne, Mym, Midgardsormer, Notte, Ranzal, Luca, Ilia, Mordecai, Audric, Alberius, Sheila, Origa, Emile, Leonidas, Chelle, and that’s just characters from the main campaign.

* Aloy from ''VideoGame/HorizonZeroDawn'' gets shipped with a lot of the [=NPCs=], both male and female. It helps that a lot of them flirt with her to one degree or another during the dialogue. Teb, Vala, Varl, Erend, Talanah, Vanasha, Petra, Nil, Avad, Ikrie, Kotallo, Alva, Beta, Zo and Tilda all have varying amounts of chemistry with her.

** Max's popularity with shippers also includes multiple crossover pairings. There's H-art depicting her with everyone from [[VideoGame/LifeIsStrangeTrueColors Alex Chen]], to Ellie from ''VideoGame/TheLastOfUs'', and even the likes of ''[[Franchise/ResidentEvil Resident Evil's]]'' Leon S. Kennedy. To say nothing of countless [[PerverseSexualLust self-insert OCs]]. Point being, that Max is the undisputed fandom bicycle.

** Axel is the fandom bicycle: everybody gets a ride!
** And then there's Demyx. [[http://i454.photobucket.com/albums/qq266/negima_hyuuga/Demyx_pairings___KH2_comic_by_Keysh.jpg He's the Organization's bitch.]]

** [[DefrostingIceQueen Ayane]] is just as popular for shipping, most often with her half-sister Kasumi, their brother Hayate, and with Hayaubusa. ''DOA Dimensions'' and [=DOA5=] added ShipTease between her and newcomer Elliot, and Ayane/Momiji has been popularized by numerous H-vids.

*** Though canonically straight (and [[OfficialCouple spoken for]]), Cloud is a favorite of [[YaoiFangirl the yaoi fandom]], who ships him with just about every other male character from ''"The Compilation"''; most often with [[FoeYayShipping Sephiroth]], Zack, and Vincent. But thanks to ''[[VideoGame/DissidiaFinalFantasy Dissidia]]'', he's also a favorite for crossover shipping, with Cloud/[[Characters/FinalFantasyVI Terra]] and Cloud/[[Characters/FinalFantasyXIII Lightning]] both being popular fan pairings. So you can find plentiful amounts of fan art dedicated to them. Cloud's appearance in [[Creator/MontyOum Monty Oum's]] ''WebAnimation/DeadFantasy'' lead to him being shipped [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyX2 with Yuna.]] Also, thanks to [[TheGadfly Jessie's]] newfound popularity and her flirty interactions with Cloud in the ''FF VII Remake'', there's loads of fan art and H-vids of her with him as well.

*** Tifa and Aerith being two of the most iconic and beloved female characters the ''Final Fantasy'' series has produced are of course shipped with dozens of other characters besides the aforementioned boys, both in franchise and out (Squall/Leon is a popular one for Aerith thanks to ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' as well as Tifa and Lightning). Thanks to ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIIRemake'' they are now also prominently shipped [[LesYay with each other]].

* Rhys Strongfork from ''VideoGame/{{Tales From The Borderlands}}'' gets shipped with basically everyone, mostly [[FoeYayShipping Handsome Jack]], Jack's BodyDouble Timothy, his bro Vaughn, ConWoman Fiona and [[AmbiguousGender Zer0]] despite having a canon LoveInterest in Sasha (Fiona's sister).

* Rhys Strongfork from ''VideoGame/{{TalesFromTheBorderlands}}'' gets shipped with basically everyone, mostly [[FoeYayShipping Handsome Jack]], Jack's BodyDouble Timothy, his bro Vaughn, ConWoman Fiona and [[AmbiguousGender Zer0]] despite having a canon LoveInterest in Sasha (Fiona's sister).

* ''Franchise/{{Disgaea}}'' has a rather small shipping base, in that most of its characters are only commonly shipped in one or two pairings each... the second pairing usually being with [[LittleMissSnarker Etna.]] Seriously, Etna gets paired with ''everybody'', including but not limited to: [[BelligerentSexualTension Laharl]], [[HoYay Flonne]], [[MayDecemberRomance Mid-Boss]], [[DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnMale Adell]], [[GirlOnGirlIsHot Rozalin]], [[ShipsThatPassInTheNight Axel]]... even ''[[EverythingsBetterWithPenguins the Prinnies.]]''

* Atsuki Saijo from ''VisualNovel/LuxPain'' has a good amount of ShipTease with everyone.
* Another canon LauncherOfAThousandShips is Vayne of ''VideoGame/ManaKhemiaAlchemistsOfAlRevis'', who has an [[MultipleEndings ending]] with each of the other party members. The ones that aren't clearly romantic are laden with subtext.

** Max's popularity with shippers includes multiple crossover pairings. There's H-art depicting her with everyone from [[VideoGame/LifeIsStrangeTrueColors Alex Chen]], to Ellie from ''VideoGame/TheLastOfUs'', and even the likes of ''[[Franchise/ResidentEvil Resident Evil's]]'' Leon S. Kennedy. To say nothing of countless [[PerverseSexualLust self-insert OCs]]. Point being, that Max is the undisputed fandom bicycle.

* ''VideoGame/LifeIsStrange'': It seems that the fandom thinks Max Caufield must be the hottest girl in Arcadia Bay, because she's been shipped with just about everyone else in town. The main ones being: her childhood friend Chloe, the loveable geek Warren Graham, resident church girl Kate Marsh, and Blackwell Academy's supreme AlphaBitch, Victoria Chase. She's also been paired with Nathan Prescott and [[spoiler: Mark Jefferson]], the latter of whom is creepily obsessed with Max and he's [[spoiler: a serial killer]]. Rachel Amber isn't exempt either, despite having never met Max [[spoiler: due to Rachel having been killed]], while others opt for [[OT3 Amber/Price/Field]]. [[InSeriesNickname "Max]] [[ChickMagnet Factor"]] indeed.

** Kasumi is shipped with multiple characters, ranging from the fairly mainstream [[VideoGame/NinjaGaiden Ryu Hayabusa]], the more [[YuriFan yurilicious]] Hitomi or Christie, all the way to straight up [[BrotherSisterIncest incest]] with her half sister Ayane or her brother Hayate. It would seem that whoever the favorite character is, shippers generally feel they go nicely with [[HeroesWantRedheads the cute redhead ninja]].
** [[DefrostingIceQueen Ayane]] is just as popular for shipping, most often with her half-sister Kasumi, her brother Hayate, and with Hayubusa. ''DOA Dimensions'' and [=DOA5=] added ShipTease between her and newcomer Elliot, and Ayane/Momiji has been popularized by numerous H-vids.

** Apollo is shipped with {{Shrinking Violet}}s Juniper Woods and Vera Misham, his FieryRedhead co-worker Athena Cykes, Trucy Wright [[spoiler:(which crosses into incest territory, as they're half-siblings but they don't know it)]], the HotScientist Aura Blackquill, his childhood friend Clay Terran, [[FriendlyRival rock star and prosecutor Klavier Gavin]], forensic detective Ema Skye...

* Dante of ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry'' fame gets this, mainly due to his status as an ActionHero. Not only is he paired with his {{Implied Love Interest}}s from the first three games (i.e. [[HighHeelFaceTurn Trish]], [[SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan Lucia]], and [[BelligerentSexualTension Lady]]), but {{Yaoi Fangirl}}s just love to pair him up with [[CainAndAbel Vergil]] (''[[{{Twincest}} his own brother]]''), [[WorthyOpponent Nelo Angelo]] ([[spoiler:who ''is'' Vergil]]), and [[RedOniBlueOni Nero]] ([[spoiler:who, as of the fifth game, is confirmed to be Vergil's son and therefore Dante's ''nephew'']]). People also love to CargoShip Dante with his Devil Arms (''especially'' [[HornyDevils Nevan]]). Very few notable characters are excluded from Dante's "harem"; [[ParentalIncest Sparda and Eva]], Kyrie (Nero's [[ChildhoodFriendRomance Victorious Childhood Friend]]), the side characters from the second game and novels, [[MagnificentBastard Arkham]], [[HeroAntagonist Credo]], [[CrystalDragonJesus Sanctus]], and [[{{Satan}} Mundus]] seem to be untouched, but it would be no surprise if said pairings had their own niche. Finally, there's the [[FanPreferredCouple Fan-Preferred Couples]] of Dante and VideoGame/{{Bayonetta}} (his DistaffCounterpart) or [[VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}} Morrigan]] (you can mainly thank ''[[VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom3 MvC3]]'' for this one). Naturally, some ''epic'' ShipToShipCombat ensues.

*** Tifa and Aerith being two of the most iconic and beloved female characters the ''Final Fantasy'' series has produced are of course shipped with dozens of other characters besides the aforementioned boys, both in franchise and out (Squall/Leon is a popular one for Aerith thanks to ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts'' as well as Tifa and Lightning). Thanks to ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIIRemake'' they are now also prominently shipped [[LesYay with each other]].

*** Though canonically straight (and [[OfficialCouple spoken for]]), Cloud is a favorite of [[YaoiFangirl the yaoi fandom]], who ships him with just about every other male character from ''"The Compilation"''; most often with [[FoeYayShipping Sephiroth]], Zack, and Vincent. But thanks to ''[[VideoGame/DissidiaFinalFantasy Dissidia]]'', he's also a favorite for crossover shipping, with Cloud/[[Characters/FinalFantasyVI Terra]] and Cloud/[[Characters/FinalFantasyXIII Lightning]] both being popular fan pairings. So you can find plentiful amounts of fan art dedicated to them. And thanks to their appearance in [[Creator/MontyOum Monty Oum's]] ''WebAnimation/DeadFantasy'', he's also shipped [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyX2 with Yuna.]]

** ''VideoGame/TalesOfXillia2'' has ''two'', in both Ludger, the new silent protagonist, and Jude, whose ShipTease has gone UpToEleven since the last game. They get shipped with each other, of course, but Jude also gets shipped with Alvin, Milla, Ivar, Gaius (thanks, Hot Springs ending), has a canonical alternate-universe-bird-spirit boyfriend ([[ItMakesSenseInContext it's complicated]]) and even gets some ShipTease with ''Elize'' in a victory quote. Ludger gets shipped with Alt!Milla, his brother, Nova, and...pretty much every member of the playable party since they've all got relationship values now. It's madness.

*** Add [[VideoGame/FinalFight Guy]] to that list. While it's been established that Guy already has a fiancee, Rena (the DamselInDistress of ''Final Fight 2''), he has (to date) ''three'' additional partners according to the fandom. The first is Maki, Rena's younger sister who displays a very curious {{Tsundere}}-like complex towards her brother-in-law [[note]]this [[FoeYayShipping "Rival Yay"]] is instead likely her desire to beat Guy and become the 40th Bushin Master; [[TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou if she doesn't, someone else could come up and steal the chance to do so away from her]][[/note]]. ''Super Street Fighter IV'' then added [[VideoGame/StreetFighterIII Ibuki]] and [[VideoGame/StreetFighterAlpha Rose]]. Whereas the former is more centered around the basis that [[ThemePairing both characters are]] {{ninja}}s, the latter is pretty damn close to a RelationshipWritingFumble. Most fans who have seen Guy's [[FightingYourFriend Rival Battle]] and [[ShipTease both his and Rose's ending cutscenes]] in ''SSFIV'' [[ShippingGoggles have been subsequently unable to see them as anything other than]] lovers or (at the very least) two very, ''very'' [[TrueCompanions close friends]] with a lot of [[UnresolvedSexualTension UST]], leading Guy/Rose to very quickly rise to FanPreferredCouple status.

* Aloy from ''VideoGame/HorizonZeroDawn'' gets shipped with a lot of the [=NPCs=], both male and female. It helps that a lot of them flirt with her to one degree or another during the dialogue. Teb, Vala, Varl, Erend, Talanah, Vanasha, Petra, Nil, Avad, and Ikrie all have varying amounts of chemistry with her.

* ''Franchise/MortalKombat'': Sub-Zero. [[VideoGame/MortalKombat2 The younger one, anyway.]] Canonically, the closest thing he has to a girlfriend/partner/lover is [[VideoGame/MortalKombatMythologiesSubZero Sareena]], whom he enjoys a hefty amount of ShipTease with. But thanks to the magic of ShippingGoggles, all of his friendships and rivalries are misconstrued as possible ships. HeterosexualLifePartners with Smoke and [[VideoGame/MortalKombatDeadlyAlliance Kenshi]]? HoYay. Former archnemesis of Scorpion? FoeYayShipping. [[DeceptiveDisciple Former pupil]] Frost is [[FoeYayShipping eerily-obsessed with him?]] MentorShip. Not even his older brother, Elder Sub-Zero/Noob Saibot [[IncestYayShipping is safe from being paired up with Subby]] (it doesn't help that there's a LoveTriangle-esque relationship between them and Sareena, as Sareena also had feelings for the original Sub-Zero). [[ShipsThatPassInTheNight He also tends to be paired up with females he's only acquaintances with at best.]] Sub-Zero/Kitana, Sub-Zero/Jade, and Sub-Zero/Mileena have all popped up before on several occasions, and all are popular in their own right. Smoke (in most titles) [[RoboShip is a cyborg]], whereas Scorpion and Noob are undead and Sareena is [[InterspeciesRomance a demon]] [[HotSkittyOnWailordAction in human guise.]] It doesn't hurt that he's also [[MrFanservice fangirl bait]], so expect the female fans to create [=OC=]s to jump Sub-Zero's bones as well.
** Reptile seems to be working his way up, too. Although the only character that shows romantic interest in him is probably [[VideoGame/MortalKombat3 Khameleon]] (due to the whole AdamAndEvePlot thing), he's additionally paired with [[VideoGame/MortalKombat2 Mileena]] and [[VideoGame/MortalKombatDeadlyAlliance Nitara]] on a somewhat regular basis. Apparently, the lizard man has moxie.

** In the ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'' fandom, you've got Cloud, Sephiroth, and Zack.

** Hajime Hinata, the protagonist of the second game, has been paired up with ''all'' of his classmates because ten out of the fifteen of them [[ChickMagnet are shown to be]] [[EvenTheGuysWantHim attracted to him]] at one point or another. It even leads to the fan joke to Hajime's true talent is being a pimp.

* ''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends'' has over [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters 100 playable characters]] so it has thousands of ships by itself but two characters deserve mention, [[{{Adorkable}} Ezreal]] and [[MagicalGirl Lux]]. Despite Ezreal/Lux being [[ShipTease pseudo-canon]], these two get paired with too many different characters, friends, enemies, people they never talked, creatures...

* Dante of ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry'' fame gets this, mainly due to his status as an ActionHero. Not only is he paired with his {{Implied Love Interest}}s from the first three games (i.e. [[HighHeelFaceTurn Trish]], [[SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan Lucia]], and [[BelligerentSexualTension Lady]]), but {{Yaoi Fangirl}}s just love to pair him up with [[CainAndAbel Vergil]] (''[[{{Twincest}} his own brother]]''), [[WorthyOpponent Nelo Angelo]] ([[spoiler:who ''is'' Vergil]]), and [[RedOniBlueOni Nero]] ([[spoiler:who, as of the fifth game, is confirmed to be Vergil's son and therefore Dante's ''[[IncestIsRelative nephew]]'']]). People also love to CargoShip Dante with his Devil Arms (''especially'' [[HornyDevils Nevan]]). Very few notable characters are excluded from Dante's "harem"; [[ParentalIncest Sparda and Eva]], Kyrie (Nero's [[ChildhoodFriendRomance Victorious Childhood Friend]]), the side characters from the second game and novels, [[MagnificentBastard Arkham]], [[HeroAntagonist Credo]], [[CrystalDragonJesus Sanctus]], and [[{{Satan}} Mundus]] seem to be untouched, but it would be no surprise if said pairings had their own niche. Finally, there's the [[FanPreferredCouple Fan-Preferred Couples]] of Dante and VideoGame/{{Bayonetta}} (his DistaffCounterpart) or [[VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}} Morrigan]] (you can mainly thank ''[[VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom3 MvC3]]'' for this one). Naturally, some ''epic'' ShipToShipCombat ensues.