History LoveTriangle / VideoGames

** Subverted in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII''. The game initially seems to be setting one up involving [[TheHero Squall]], [[TheHeart Rinoa]], and [[RivalTurnedEvil Seifer]], particularly when Rinoa thinks back to the time she spent with Seifer the previous summer and confesses that she thinks she might have been in love with him. However, by the time all three of them are brought together, Squall and Rinoa are beginning to grow close to one another while Seifer has fallen under the sorceress's influence, to the point that there's never any actual romantic conflict involving the three of them.

** Occurs twice in ''VideoGame/Persona2'', both times with [[CoolBigSis Maya Amano]] and [[TheHero Tatsuya Suou]]. WordOfGod says that Maya was Tatsuya's first love; he is fiercely determined to protect her, but due to the nature of their relationship does not see her as an eligible romantic option. Maya's feelings for him are unconfirmed. The third member is [[GayOption Jun Kurosu]] in ''Innocent Sin'' and [[SiblingTriangle Katsuya Suou]] in ''Eternal Punishment''. Jun is Tatsuya's best friend who shares his devotion to Maya, but is also romantically interested in Tatsuya himself. Their pairing has been [[WordOfGay borderline confirmed]] and the promises they have made to each other drive the plot. Katsuya, on the other hand, is Tatsuya's older brother who falls in love with Maya over the course of the second game, though his devotion to the former prevents him from acting on his feelings for the latter.

* ''VideoGame/Persona4'': The [=NPCs=] you can meet in the shrine include a young boy who is being fought over by two young girls. The boy, who the text refers to as "Weak-Willed Boy", gets dragged along with whatever the girl that got to him first that day wants. For his part, he just wants to play soccer. Towards the end of the game, both girls get sick of his milquetoast attitude towards them and ditch him, becoming [=BFFs=] in the process.

** Starting in ''VideoGame/JakII'', we also get Ashelin, who's shown in a few cutscenes to harbor romantic feelings towards Jak . Although they (presumably) kiss at the end of ''VideoGame/Jak3'', Jak decides to remain with Keira, in the end, while Ashelin starts a relationship with Torn.

** ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'' introduces some potentially complicated ones, as Shepard can have expressed an attraction to as many as five characters (either gender) over the course of the story, including an unrequited one to Samara.

** ''VideoGame/StarWarsTheOldRepublic'': Male Smugglers, Imperial Agents, and Sith Warriors all have two female love interests to choose from, where most class and sex combinations only get one. At a certain point, the ladies in each set of {{Romance Sidequest}}s will demand you pick one of them.

*** Guts Man.EXE wants Roll.EXE, but she's mutually attracted to Mega Man.EXE. Of their respective netops, Dex crushes on Mayl, and Mayl crushes on Lan, but Lan is ObliviousToLove.

** A low-key one happens in ''VideoGame/Sly3HonorAmongThieves'', where Sly, Bentley, ''and'' Murray end up the target of Penelope's affection. [[GentlemanThief Sly]] is uninterested because of his own feelings towards Carmelita. [[BruiserWithASoftCenter Murray]] acts as a mentor to Penelope, but since he's AmbiguouslyGay, he shows no romantic feelings towards her. [[GeniusCripple Bentley]] is the only one who actually has feelings for Penelope, and even shares several interests with her; [[LastGuyWins he wins her heart]] when they save each other from Captain [=LeFwee=]. [[spoiler:But then ''VideoGame/SlyCooperThievesInTime'' reveals that Penelope actually saw the Gang as a MealTicket to wealth and world domination; she's trying to control Bentley for her goals, and is planning to murder Sly and Murray for [[TheyWereHoldingYouBack being in the way]]]].

** Geo/Luna/Sonia, ''VideoGame/MegaManStarForce''. In ''Star Force 3'', [[spoiler:depending on whose item you reclaim in the Stolen Items quest (Sonia's bag or Luna's handkerchief), one girl gets to hold hands with Geo while the other pigs out in an angry fit. If you pick Bud's shirt, both of them pig out.]]
** ''VideoGame/MegaManBattleNetwork'': Guts Man.EXE wants Roll.EXE, but she's mutually attracted to Mega Man.EXE. Of their respective netops, Dex crushes on Mayl, and Mayl crushes on Lan, but Lan is ObliviousToLove.

* In ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublicIITheSithLords'', with a male PlayerCharacter one develops between the player and your two female companions Handmaiden and [[DarkActionGirl Visas Marr]], while if playing as a female it's with [[ByronicHero Atton Rand]] and Disciple. [[spoiler: With the [[DummiedOut Restored Content Mod]], if the party is DarkSide Atton/Brianna will challenge Visas/Mical [[MurderTheHypotenuse to a duel to the death over them]].]]

* ''VisualNovel/AmnesiaMemories'' has this in the Heart World/Shin's route. He and Toma are childhood friends with the heroine and have been both in love with her for years. Shin confessed and he and the heroine have entered a relationship, leaving Toma to keep his unconfessed and unrequited feelings inside of him. [[spoiler:This actually leads to Toma injuring the heroine while blinded by jealousy.]]

* In ''VisualNovel/DontTakeItPersonallyBabeItJustAintYourStory'', AlphaBitch Taylor wants her ex-boyfriend Nolan back, but he has started a relationship with [[IfItsYouItsOkay Akira]]. In true AlphaBitch fashion, Taylor, already a homophobe, starts harassing Akira.

* ''VisualNovel/AmnesiaMemories'' has this in the Heart World/Shin's route. He and Toma are childhood friends with the heroine and have been both in love with her for years. Shin confessed and he and the heroine have entered a relationship, leaving Toma to keep his unconfessed and unrequited feelings inside of him. [[spoiler:This actually leads to Toma injuring the heroine while blinded by jealousy.]]* In ''VideoGame/CountryTales'', the main character and the narrator are attracted to each other. Unfortunately for them, the narrator happens to be the mayor's fiancee.

* In ''VideoGame/CountryTales'', the main character and the narrator are attracted to each other. Unfortunately for them, the narrator happens to be the mayor's fiancee.
* ''VideoGame/Disgaea4APromise Unforgotten'': Although it's never outright stated that [[AmbiguouslyGay Fenrich]] has a thing for [[ObliviousToLove Valvatorez]], the game throws enough hints at you that it can be assumed he's in one of these with Vulcanus and Valvatorez. And when you consider his less that friendly relationship with Vulcanus, well...

** ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'' has Leliana vs. Morrigan if your character is male, female players have Alistair vs. Zevran, and Zevran and Leliana are bisexual so they're actually third options for the same-sex player. Having two interested in the player makes one of your romances confront the player at some point down the line to force you to dump one of the romances.

** ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'' can potentially feature one straight-up if Shepard pursued a romance in both the first and second game, given that the developers explicitly described the ensuing situation as a "Love Triangle." Given the possibility of NEW romance options in the third game, this could quickly [[LoveDodecahedron get out of hand]].

* ''Franchise/FinalFantasy''
** Kain from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV'' spends the majority of the game fighting with his best friend Cecil over Cecil's lover, Rosa. He even maintains his affection for Rosa through his two [[FaceHeelTurn Face-Heel Turns]]. Certain versions of the script up the ante by implying Barbariccia, the Archfiend of Wind, [[VillainessesWantHeroes has a thing for Kain]] and is therefore[[GreenEyedMonster jealous of Rosa]].
** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'' has [[TroubledButCute Cloud]], [[MysteriousWaif Aerith]], and [[GirlNextDoor Tifa]], arguably the most famous and hotly debated love triangle in video game history. Even twenty years since the game's release, there are some people who [[ShipToShipCombat still argue about it]] in forgotten corners of the internet. (While Square Enix has refused to concisely answer the question of who Cloud loved more, or if he and Tifa settled down together after the events of the game, a vocal portion of the fandom have chosen to resolve it by either declaring Aerith and Zack to be TogetherInDeath, or Cloud/Tifa/Aerith the OneTrueThreesome). The situation repeats in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIIRemake'', albeit with new developments that both calm down and intensify the arguments around it.
** Subverted in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII''. The game initially seems to be setting one up involving [[TheHero Squall]], [[TheHeart Rinoa]], and [[RivalTurnedEvil Seifer]], particularly when Rinoa thinks back to the time she spent with Seifer the previous summer and confesses that she thinks she might have been in love with him. However, by the time all three of them are brought together, Squall and Rinoa are beginning to grow close to one another while Seifer has fallen under the sorceress's influence, to the point that there's never any actual romantic conflict involving the three of them.
* Played with in ''VideoGame/SkiesOfArcadia''. While [[ChildhoodFriendRomance Aika]] and [[MysteriousWaif Fina]] both show occasional feelings for [[LoveableRogue Vyse]], none of the three ever show any real desire to resolve the triangle.

* There are several examples in ''VideoGame/{{Warcraft}} III'': The Stormrage brothers, Malfurion and Illidan, with Tyrande Whisperwind. Winner? Malfurion. Then ''Frozen Throne'' has a new triangle: Arthas-Jaina-Kael. Who wins? [[spoiler:Probably nobody, since Arthas has completely thrown away his soul and love to become Lich King, and as of ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'', Kael is just thinking to have a hot sex with Kil'Jaeden.]]
* ''VideoGame/DragonQuestV'' tries to have one of these, but the player ''will'' [[VideoGameCrueltyPunishment feel absolutely horrible]] if they go for the woman other than the [[ImpliedLoveInterest one that's obviously supposed to wind up with him]]. Time to review the choices the Hero has:
-->'''Flora:''' Hero has known her for a day. Cute and nice enough, though shy almost to the point of a {{hikikomori}}. Has a fiercely determined suitor already.
-->'''Bianca:''' Obviously loves the Hero. Is [[{{Bokukko}} cute and tomboyish]]. He's known her [[ChildhoodFriendRomance since childhood]], when they exorcised a haunted castle together, hwe rescued her from being held captive, and got a [[MacGuffin Glowing Ball of Plot Significance]], with a [[ChildhoodMarriagePromise promise to meet again]]. TheHero's PetBabyWildAnimal recognizes only her bow. Her mother died, and her father [[SoapOperaDisease is in a bad way]], but will recover from sheer joy if the Hero marries her. If not, she will be forced to become a mistreated barmaid.
** But if the player marries Bianca, they'll still feel like a jerk since the lavish wedding Flora's father had planned for his daughter becomes the lavish wedding for a stranger instead. Oh, and the remake adds a third bride, Flora's older sister Deborah, and choosing ''her'' means dumping both Flora AND Bianca for a woman who ''just showed up''.
** The [[UpdatedRerelease DS version]] ''does'' tone down the Bianca bias a bit, and removes the DiabolusExMachina if she's not the chosen girl.
* One of the first missions you can get in ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim'' is to resolve a triangle between Camilla Valerius and her two suitors, Faendal the archer and Sven the skald. Dragonborn can also TakeAThirdOption and marry her themselves.
* ''Franchise/FireEmblem''

* There's the Mario/Peach/Bowser triangle in ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'', even becoming a major plot point in ''VideoGame/SuperPaperMario''.
* Geo/Luna/Sonia, ''VideoGame/MegaManStarForce''. In ''Star Force 3'', [[spoiler:depending on whose item you reclaim in the Stolen Items quest (Sonia's bag or Luna's handkerchief), one girl gets to hold hands with Geo while the other pigs out in an angry fit. If you pick Bud's shirt, both of them pig out.]]
* Implied between Max, Grit and Nell in the first ''VideoGame/AdvanceWars'', before [[WhatHappenedToTheMouse never being mentioned again]]. It was never one hundred per cent explained what happened, but Grit left Orange Star for Blue Moon to give Nell and Max the room they needed.

* Alicia and Princess Terria both like Waffle in ''VideoGame/TailConcerto''. Waffle seems to slightly favor [[ChildhoodFriends Alicia]] by the end, but nothing is ''explicitly'' stated and he's apparently fond enough of Terria that Cyan has decided he's [[TheRival his rival for her affection]]. [[spoiler:In ''{{VideoGame/Solatorobo}}'', Terria has given up on Waffle entirely, instead crushing on Red in that game, meaning Waffle and Alicia ends up being more likely to happen.]]
* One exists in ''VideoGame/JadeEmpire'', between Silk Fox, Dawn Star, and a male player. You can exacerbate it by expressing an interest in both of them, resolve it by expressing an interest in only one, or if you have a high enough Charm skill you can have them both.

** [[VideoGame/MassEffect1 The first game]] has either human love interest, Liara, and Shepard, assuming Shepard led both of the others on enough.
** [[VideoGame/MassEffect2 The second game]] introduces some potentially complicated ones, as Shepard can have expressed an attraction to as many as five characters (either gender) over the course of the story.
** [[VideoGame/MassEffect3 The third game]] can potentially feature one straight-up if Shepard pursued a romance in both the first and second game, given that the developers explicitly described the ensuing situation as a "Love Triangle." Given the possibility of NEW romance options in the third game, this could quickly [[LoveDodecahedron get out of hand]].
* ''Franchise/DragonAge'' also comes to mind. ''[[VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins Origins]]'' has Leliana vs. Morrigan if your character is male, female players have Alistair vs. Zevran, and Zevran and Leliana are bisexual so they're actually third options for the same-sex player. Having two interested in the player makes one of your romances confront the player at some point down the line to force you to dump one of the romances.
* ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII'' doesn't appear to follow the same format as ''Origins''. No one seems to care if the player pursues more than one romance. Not really surprising either since all romance options, excluding the chaste priest Sebastian, [[EveryoneIsBi are bisexual]]. A Fenris/Hawke/Anders is the closest thing to being a love triangle. It's heavily implied that Anders has strong feelings for Hawke, even if he's turned down for someone else. Also Fenris continues to wear his [[TheLadysFavour alternate outfit]] (unlocked by romancing him) even if he's not the "endgame" romance and it's implied that he regrets [[spoiler:running out]]. Fenris and Anders will have party banter about Hawke if she or he slept with Fenris and then with Anders [[spoiler:after Fenris ran out after they spent the night together]].
* ''VideoGame/NeverwinterNights: Hordes of the Underdark'' contains a severely underdeveloped one that might exist between Nathyrra, Aribeth, and a male player. It can potentially end in them accepting that you love them both. [[VideoGame/NeverwinterNights2 The sequel]] has a slightly better defined one (though Neeshka's romance plot was cut from the final game) between Neeshka, Elanee, and a male player and a rather obvious tension for female player's affections between Casavir and Bishop (whose romance plot fared slightly better than Neeshka's).

* There's an implied Triangle in ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 3}}'' between Amata, the (male) Lone Wanderer and Sarah Lyons. The [[UnresolvedSexualTension UST]] with Amata is fairly evident right from the beginning if you take the right conversation options while Lyons' only hint is a single line she drops at the end of ''Broken Steel'' where she expresses sorrow that if they would've met under different conditions, they might have "become... friends".
** This being [[CrapsackWorld Fallout]], you can screw it all up by damaging the Vault and forcing Amata outside, leading to her being interrogated and executed by an Enclave patrol as well as sending Lyons into Project Purity where she dies from radiation.
* ''VideoGame/FearEffect''. Trailers for ''Fear Effect Inferno'' reveal that one would have developed between Hana, Rain, and Glas. Hana loves Rain very much, and she begins to show affection to Glas. Rain loves Hana very much, and she appears to want to have sex with Glas and maybe more than that. Glas begins to show affection to Hana, and he appears to be willing to have sex with Rain and maybe more than that. This would have been one complicated LoveTriangle and how it would have been handled is not revealed. One trailer indicates that Rain and Deke have formed a relationship. Talk about complicated relationships!
* ''VideoGame/{{Disgaea 4|A Promise Unforgotten}}''. Although it's never outright stated that [[AmbiguouslyGay Fenrich]] has a thing for [[ObliviousToLove Valvatorez]], the game throws enough hints at you that it can be assumed he's in one of these with Vulcanus and Valvatorez. And when you consider his less that friendly relationship with Vulcanus, well...
* In the DatingSim ''VideoGame/AlwaysRememberMe'', there’s a point in the story where you’re forced to choose between the AmnesiacLover and another love interest. Choosing the love interest means you can no longer interact with the AmnesiacLover.
* In Mia's route in ''VideoGame/DuelSaviorDestiny'' a love triangle of sorts that Taiga never seems to realize pops up between him, Lily and Mia. Lily never really has a shot, but Mia's jealousy leads to her becoming more unstable. [[spoiler:The jealousy is somewhat understandable: Right as he confesses his undying love for her Mia is quite able to smell Lily's smell on him after the pair spent the previous evening having despair induced sex over the apparent loss of Taiga's sister and Lily's mother.]]
* ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'':
** The series has a few of these in some games, such as Kafei/Anju/Cremia in ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask Majora's Mask]]'' and Pipit/Cawlin/Karane in ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSkywardSword Skyward Sword]]''. Note that other alleged examples are only a result of the fandom's shipping, so the "triangle" between [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess Midna/Link/Zelda]] does not count.
** In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'', Link is involved in four of these. Among the Champions, there is Zora Champion and childhood friend Mipha and the princess of Hyrule Zelda who both harbor a crush on him. He also had another one going on between Mipha and another Zora childhood friend called Kodah. The third is between him and an unnamed Sheikah poet regarding Princess Zelda's affections. The final would exist post-game between Impa's granddaughter Paya and Princess Zelda, who again, both harbour feelings for him. Though, as Paya makes it clear in one of her diary entries that she [[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy would support Link and Zelda if they were to become a couple]].
* In ''VideoGame/FeelTheMagic: XY/XX'', you and another man are fighting over a girl. In ''The Rub Rabbits!'', you're going after one girl, and another girl is going after ''you''.
* In ''Country Tales'', the main character and the narrator are attracted to each other. Unfortunately for them, the narrator happens to be the mayor's fiancee.
* ''VideoGame/Halo5Guardians'' surprisingly includes one. [[spoiler:Between Chief, Cortana, and Warden Eternal. Warden obviously harbors similar feelings of devotion toward Cortana that Chief does, though Cortana only reciprocates the feeling with Chief, while her attitude toward Warden is more [[UnwantedAssistance "Stop Helping Me!"]] than anything else. Master Chief is more focused on Cortana's new belief in tyrannical rule than romance.]]
* In ''VideoGame/ValkyriaChroniclesIII'', both [[DefrostingIceQueen Imca]] and [[NiceGuy Riela]] eventually fall in love with [[NoSocialSkills Kurt]]; the player gets to choose which one of them gets the guy.
* ''VideoGame/TalesOfTheAbyss'' just after the one-tenth mark or so through the game gives the players Asch/Natalia/Luke, with Natalia being attracted to both Asch and Luke (Asch reciprocates, but [[spoiler:his clone]] Luke simply can't like her that way). By the time Natalia has stopped being attracted to Luke (finally able to keep them separate in her memories and [[ShipperOnDeck cheering on Luke's crush on Tear]]), there's hints she might be attracted to NiceGuy Guy as well as the emotionally distant Asch.
* The ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2006'' game guide states that Rouge may have feelings for both Knuckles and Shadow. What they think of her in terms of a crush is unknown, but Rouge does get along better with Shadow...
* ''VideoGame/TomodachiLife'' has scenes where one Mii confesses their romantic feelings to another. Occasioanlly, a third Mii may pop in, becoming a love rival for the Mii doing the confessing, or you might tell a lovestruck Mii to go after someone who's already taken, resulting in that same scenario. In rare instances, this can escalate to a Love ''Square''. The Mii being confessed to will take several seconds to think before choosing one of them, leaving the others in a slump; if the Mii picking had a significant other and chose someone else anyway, that SO-turned-ex will be hit with [[HeroicBSOD Sadness]] status.
* The sequel to ''VideoGame/RivalSchools'', ''Project Justice'', has one in the [[BadassTeacher Teachers' Path]] since [[HotBlooded Hayato Nekketsu]] and [[CoolOldGuy Hideo Shimazu]] have feelings for their teammate [[SchoolNurse Kyouko Minazuki]]. [[spoiler:By the end of the path, Hayato has realized that Kyouko ''does'' love Hideo back, and [[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy decides to step aside]].]]
* In ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls'' series' primary CreationMyth, there are Anu and Padomay, "Twin brothers" who are the {{Anthropomorphic Personifications}} of the primordial forces of [[OrderVersusChaos "stasis/order/light" and "change/chaos/darkness"]], respectively. Their interplay in the great "void" of pre-creation led to creation itself. Creation, sometimes anthropomorphized as the female entity "Nir", favored Anu, [[DrivenByEnvy which angered Padomay]]. Padomay killed Nir and [[EarthShatteringKaboom shattered the twelve worlds]] she gave birth to. Anu then wounded Padomay, presuming him dead. Anu salvaged the pieces of the twelve worlds to create one world: Nirn. Padomay returned and wounded Anu, seeking to destroy Nirn. Anu then [[TakingYouWithMe pulled Padomay and himself outside of time]], ending Padomay's threat to creation "forever".
* ''VideoGame/SlyCooper'' has two examples, both of which [[LoveInterestTraitor ended]] [[EvilAllAlong in]] [[LookingForLoveInAllTheWrongPlaces disaster]].
** The first three chapters of ''VideoGame/Sly2BandOfThieves'' has one, where Sly develops feelings for both Carmelita and Neyla, a pair of Interpol agents. Neyla appears to return the feelings to Sly, even going as far as to arrange a date together. But then she betrays Sly (and Murray) at the end of Chapter Three, ending the triangle. [[spoiler:Sly eventually gets together with Carmelita at the end of the third game[[labelnote:*]]but the relationship ends when Sly ends up in Ancient Egypt [[ScrewedByTheNetwork permanently]][[/labelnote]]]]
** A low-key one happens in ''VideoGame/Sly3HonorAmongThieves'', where Sly, Bentley, ''and'' Murray end up the target of Penelope's affection. [[GentlemanThief Sly]] is uninterested because of his own feelings towards Carmelita. [[BruiserWithASoftCenter Murray]] acts as a mentor to Penelope, but since he's AmbiguouslyGay, he shows no romantic feelings towards her. [[GeniusCripple Bentley]] is the only one who actually has feelings for Penelope, and even shares several interests with her; [[LastGuyWins he wins her heart]] when they save each other from Captain [=LeFwee=]. [[spoiler:But then ''VideoGame/SlyCooperThievesInTime'' reveals that Penelope actually saw the Gang as a MealTicket to wealth and world domination; she's trying to control Bentley for her goals, and is planning to murder Sly and Murray for [[TheyWereHoldingYouBack being in the way]]]].
* Each chapter of ''VideoGame/PhantasyStarIII'' ends with a love triangle being resolved, though the characterization is so thin that you might not have known one ''existed''. In each case, your male protagonist is proposed to by two women; his choice of bride can lead the plot in some curious directions, and the rejected choice is typically thrown out of the story (unless Ayn chooses to marry Thea; his son is able to meet with Sari, the reject, and learn some information from her).

** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'' has [[TroubledButCute Cloud]], [[MysteriousWaif Aerith]], and [[GirlNextDoor Tifa]], arguably the most famous and hotly debated love triangle in video game history. Even twenty years since the game's release, there are some people who [[ShipToShipCombat still argue about it]] in forgotten corners of the internet. (While Square Enix has refused to concisely answer the question of who Cloud loved more, or if he and Tifa settled down together after Aerith's death, a vocal portion of the fandom have chosen to resolve it by either declaring Aerith and Zack to be TogetherInDeath, or Cloud/Tifa/Aerith the OneTrueThreesome). The situation repeats in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIIRemake'', albeit with new developments that both calm down and intensify the arguments around it.

** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'' has [[TroubledButCute Cloud]], [[MysteriousWaif Aerith]], and [[GirlNextDoor Tifa]], arguably the most famous and hotly debated love triangle in video game history. Even twenty years since the game's release, there are some people who [[ShipToShipCombat still argue about it]] in forgotten corners of the internet (the sequels and spinoffs largely resolved it by making Aerith and Zack an OfficialCouple TogetherInDeath, and the fandom by and large resolved it by declaring Cloud/Tifa/Aerith the OneTrueThreesome). The situation repeats in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIIRemake'', albeit with new developments that both calm down and intensify the arguments around it.

** Subverted in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII''. The game initially seems to be setting one up involving [[TheHero Squall]], [[TheChick Rinoa]], and [[RivalTurnedEvil Seifer]], particularly when Rinoa thinks back to the time she spent with Seifer the previous summer and confesses that she thinks she might have been in love with him. However, by the time all three of them are brought together, Squall and Rinoa are beginning to grow close to one another while Seifer has fallen under the sorceress's influence, to the point that there's never any actual romantic conflict involving the three of them.

* ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' has a bit of a LoveTriangle between [[TheHero main protagonist]] Sora, his [[TheLancer best friend]] and [[TheRival rival]] Riku, and their [[TheChick mutual love interest and childhood friend]] Kairi. It tones down considerably following the first game, probably because Riku knows how his two friends feel about each other and [[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy wants them to be happy]].

* Alicia and Princess Terria both like Waffle in ''VideoGame/TailConcerto''. Waffle seems to [[VictoriousChildhoodFriend slightly favor Alicia]] by the end, but nothing is ''explicitly'' stated and he's apparently fond enough of Terria that Cyan has decided he's [[TheRival his rival for her affection]].

* ''VideoGame/TomodachiLife'' has scenes where one Mii confesses their romantic feelings to another. Occasioanlly, a third Mii may pop in, becoming a love rival for the Mii doing the confessing, or you might tell a lovestruck Mii to go after someone who's already taken, resulting in that same scenario. In rare instances, this can escalate to a Love ''[[UpToEleven Square]]''. The Mii being confessed to will take several seconds to think before choosing one of them, leaving the others in a slump; if the Mii picking had a significant other and chose someone else anyway, that SO-turned-ex will be hit with [[HeroicBSOD Sadness]] status.

** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'' has [[TroubledButCute Cloud]], [[MysteriousWaif Aerith]], and [[GirlNextDoor Tifa]], arguably the most famous and hotly debated love triangle in video game history. Even twenty years since the game's release, there are some people who [[ShipToShipCombat still argue about it]] in forgotten corners of the internet (the sequels and spinoffs largely resolved it by making Aerith and Zack an OfficialCouple TogetherInDeath, and the fandom by and large resolved it by declaring Cloud/Tifa/Aerith the OneTrueThreesome).
*** The situation repeats in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIIRemake'', albeit with new developments that both calm down and intensify the arguments around it.

** Kain from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV'' spends the majority of the game fighting with his best friend Cecil over Cecil's lover, Rosa. He even maintains his affection for Rosa through his two [[FaceHeelTurn Face-Heel Turns]]. Certain versions of the script up the ante by implying Barbariccia, the Archfiend of Wind, [[VillainessesWantHeroes has a thing for Kain]] [[AllLoveIsUnrequited and is therefore]] [[GreenEyedMonster jealous of Rosa]].
** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'' has [[TroubledButCute Cloud]], [[MysteriousWaif Aerith]], and [[GirlNextDoor Tifa]], arguably the most famous and hotly debated love triangle in video game history. Even twenty years since the game's release, there are [[TheRemnant some people who]] [[ShipToShipCombat still argue about it]] in forgotten corners of the internet (the sequels and spinoffs largely resolved it by making Aerith and Zack an OfficialCouple TogetherInDeath, and the fandom by and large resolved it by declaring Cloud/Tifa/Aerith the OneTrueThreesome).

*** The Hardin/Princess Nyna/Camus triangle is ''vital'' to the Archanea plot. Princess Nyna and [[BodyguardCrush her bodyguard Camus]] love one another, but he's an AntiVillain and his people were involved in the deaths of Nyna' family and the fall of her lands; Hardin ''also'' has a huge BodyguardCrush on Nyna, but while she cares for Hardin as a person, she doesn't love him romantically. Nyna and Hardin get [[AltarDiplomacy into a politically-based marriage]], which kicks off ''Mystery of the Emblem'' as a whole... [[spoiler:but Hardin eventually finds out that she loves another, so he [[LoveHurts becomes disenfranchised]], and ultimately goes [[BrainwashedAndCrazy whacko]] when Gharnef gives him the Darksphere [[DarkestHour when Hardin's having a moment of weakness]]. Which includes capturing and then handing por Nyna to Medeus as a BarrierMaiden]]. This triangle itself ends messily -- [[spoiler:Camus winds up in Valentia after the events of the first game, ''with'' EasyAmnesia, and he falls in love with Tatiana, a priestess and [[FlorenceNightingaleEffect his caretaker]]. After Camus recovers his memories, he takes the the moniker Sirius, returns to Archanea and frees Nyna from Medeus in ''Mystery of the Emblem,'' but he mentions that "someone is waiting for him" in his home, implying that he's going to live with Tatiana. (Confirmed in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemGaiden'' and its remake, ''Echoes'', which actually ''shows'' how [[SavvyGuyEnergeticGirl he and Tatiana met and fell in love]]). Meanwhile, Nyna [[ButNowIMustGo is alone and has decided to leave Archanea in Marth's hands]], as Hardin first was the BrainwashedAndCrazy BigBad and then died (and his FamousLastWords had him [[DyingDeclarationOfLove begging Marth to apologize to his beloved Nyna in his stead]]), and Camus [[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy wanting Nyna to be happy]] is implied to have backfired.]] [[http://fireemblem.wikia.com/wiki/File:Hardin,_Nyna,_and_Camus_(Memorial_Book_Archanea_Chronicle).jpg It even gets lampshaded in this official art.]]

* In ''VideoGame/FeelTheMagic: XY/XX'', you and another man are fighting a girl. In ''The Rub Rabbits!'', you're going after one girl, and another girl is going after ''you''.

*** The situation repeats in ''FinalFantasyVIIRemake'', albeit with new developments that both calm down and intensify the arguments around it.

** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'' has the famous love triangle between [[TroubledButCute Cloud]], [[MysteriousWaif Aerith]], and [[GirlNextDoor Tifa]].

** A low-key one happens in ''VideoGame/Sly3HonorAmongThieves'', where Sly, Bentley, ''and'' Murray end up the target of Penelope's affection. [[GentlemanThief Sly]] is uninterested because of his own feelings towards Carmelita. [[BruiserWithASoftCenter Murray]] acts as a mentor to Penelope, but since he's AmbiguouslyGay, he shows no romantic feelings towards her. [[GeniusCripple Bentley]] is the only one who actually has feelings for Penelope, and even shares several interests with her; [[LastGuyWins he wins her heart]] when they save each other from Captain [=LeFwee=]. [[spoiler:But then ''Video/SlyCooperThievesInTime'' reveals that Penelope actually saw the Gang as a MealTicket to wealth and world domination; she's trying to control Bentley for her goals, and is planning to murder Sly and Murray for [[TheyWereHoldingYouBack being in the way]]]].