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* ''VideoGame/{{Xenoblade}}'' uses the rubberbanding variant, and while your party members are tangible, you can push them out of the way rather easily [[VideoGameCrueltyPotential (And off cliffs, if you feel like it, since they'll get better quickly enough).]]

* ''VideoGame/ShiningForceII'' does this whenever a character joins or a key NPC is traveling with the party. Almost always it is at least Bowie and Peter, then it's Oddler, then replace Oddler with Astral. on the world map, a transportation vehicle also follows, and they take a formation. (of course this is more like VideoGame/DragonQuest).\\
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* All main installments of the ''VideoGame/DragonQuest'' series after the first one (which only had one player character to show on the screen period), excluding ''VideoGame/DragonQuestVIII'', which for some reason uses PartyInMyPocket (this isn't due to the 3D graphics because ''VideoGame/DragonQuestIX'' renders party members and the environment in 3D on less powerful hardware, but brought back AllInARow like II through VII). In a little twist, there is often a button that lets you talk to your party members, who will comment on the surroundings or tip you off about where to go next. And if any of your character's died, you ended up dragging their coffins behind you, still All In A Row.

** This also applies in the fangames ''[[VideoGame/CognitiveDissonance Mother: Cognitive Dissonance]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/{{Mother4}} Mother 4]]''. Cognitive Dissonance follows the ''VideoGame/EarthBoundBeginnings'' and ''VideoGame/EarthBound'' trend of floating ghost angels for defeated party members while ''MOTHER 4'' has fallen party members dragged behind the group.

* In ''VideoGame/BreathOfFireIII'', the party members tried to find their own paths, often taking a few seconds to catch up if the leader was running. They could get caught up on obstacles, whereupon they faded away and suddenly appeared beside them. Especially bad at getting stuck was Garr, who, being much larger, could not pass through small spaces. Like ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger'', there was no problem with OnlyMostlyDead, as dead characters were bumped to 1 {{Hit Point}}s (with reduced Maximum Hit Points) after battle concluded.

* In ''VideoGame/BreathOfFireIII'', the party members tried to find their own paths, often taking a few seconds to catch up if the leader was running. They could get caught up on obstacles, whereupon they faded away and suddenly appeared beside them. Especially bad at getting stuck was Garr, who, being much larger, could not pass through small spaces. Like ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger'', there was no problem with OnlyMostlyDead, as dead characters were bumped to 1 HitPoint (with reduced Maximum Hit Points) after battle concluded.

** Also the VideoGame/{{Pikmin}} themselves in the original games ([[TooDumbToLive even when it would not be a good idea for them to do so]]), though in larger numbers it's not so much in a line as a swarm, and the player can control their swarming behavior with the C-stick.

Almost always, the leader is able to walk right through his/her allies, as otherwise the player could get [[NPCRoadblock stuck behind]] the other party members and be confronted with the most pathetic UnWinnable situation ever, making this an AcceptableBreakFromReality. You can't talk to them like you could an NPC, though. Again, partly to keep a party member in your way from blocking you from doing something else occupied on the same space/in the same area.

Often the other party members will copy the leader's movements exactly, but sometimes they act as if they were connected to the hero with a rubber band, so that when the leader starts to run, the other characters start to run only after they start falling behind. In the rubber band variant the other characters will also not follow every zig and zag the leader makes, but head straight to the leader's current position.

** Your dream eater allies in ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts3D'' will start wandering around if you idle long enough, and frequently forget to start following you again. Fortunately, they simply teleport over to you if they get too far away or if you enter combat. You can also have them do it whenever you wish by holding L and R.

* The ''Franchise/{{Lunar}}'' games generally follow this rule, unless the game in question uses PreexistingEncounters. In that case the designated hero alone represents the whole party while in hostile areas.

* Your partner in ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaPortraitOfRuin'' can ''either'' [[PartyInMyPocket wait in your pocket]] or follow you around, matching your movements as closely as possible. HilarityEnsues when you've got speed-up boots on just one character. There's also a marvelously broken GoodBadBug based on switching to your partner in mid-jump.

** ''VideoGame/EarthBound'' mixes the two variants. OnlyMostlyDead characters become a weird mix of angels and ghosts (except in ''VideoGame/{{Mother 3}}'', where they just slouch and drag their feet). It's kinda strange really, you can give them a revival item to bring them back, but if you revive them through the hospital, the doctors act as if they've been rushed to the hospital a while ago. [[SchrodingersGun No matter which one you go to.]] There's also at least one GuestStarPartyMember with a pronounced tendency to lag behind.

* ''VideoGame/{{Persona 3}}'', when exploring Tartarus or on any other sort of mission where combat is involved. They have a tendency to get stuck when you make sharp turns or walk beside ladders. You can actually order them to explore on their own, whereupon they leave you entirely and will wander the map until ordered to return; they'll even engage in combat and open treasure chests by themselves (giving you the loot when they come back).
* ''VideoGame/{{Persona 4}}'' had the characters follow you around, but with much more distance than ''Persona 3'''s party members.
* ''VideoGame/{{Persona 5}}'''s party members not only follow around your player character, but will also TakeCover behind him and help out when you open treasure chests.

* Played straight in ''VideoGame/{{Okage}}: Shadow King''. Two of your party members stay behind you, and the ones not present walk in temporarily during cutscenes when needed.

** Likewise the Flickies in ''VideoGame/Sonic3DBlast'' follow Sonic to the letter. Having the chain of Flickies get hit would cause them to separate, as would having Sonic get hit, though you don't lose rings if a Flicky takes a hit. This was based on an earlier 2D game called, appropriately enough, ''VideoGame/{{Flicky}}''.

* ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog''

* ''VideoGame/SecretOfMana'' and ''VideoGame/SeikenDensetsu3'' use the rubber band version in its single player mode, though they usually stick to a close line if there are no monsters around. The former game won't allow anyone to be scrolled off the screen, however, meaning you can find yourself unable to move further if they get distracted by an enemy and get trapped between a wall and the edges of the screen.

** Likewise the Flickies in ''VideoGame/Sonic3DBlast'' follow Sonic to the letter. Having the chain of Flickies get hit would cause them to separate, as would having Sonic get hit, though you don't lose rings if a Flicky takes a hit. This was based on the game ''VideoGame/{{Flicky}}'', which had the same principle, albeit in 2D, and you played as a mother bluebird named Flicky[[hottip:*:yes, before becoming a species in ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'', it was merely the name of an individual]], not Sonic.

* The freeware rpg ''VideoGame/BarkleyShutUpAndJamGaiden'' uses this when you're not in combat. You see all your party members are pretty visibly seen.

* The freeware rpg ''VideoGame/BarkleyShutUpAndJamGaiden'' uses this when your not in combat you see your all party members are visibly seen.

* ''Franchise/{{Grandia}}'':

* ''VideoGame/{{Grandia}}'' pulled this trope not just for your team, but for enemies as well. Groups of enemies would appear in a line like your team, and you could even hit the back members of the enemy groups in order to get the initiative on them. Of course, enemies will also get the initiative on YOU if they hit anyone besides main character Justin.

[[caption-width-right:346:[[[[VideoGame/{{Pikmin}} They]] follow him like that even in a completely different game.]]

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[[caption-width-right:346:They follow him like that even in [[VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosBrawl a completely different game.]]]]

** In instances with NPCs, your allies will follow you with the rubber band variant.

[[caption-width-right:346:They follow him like that even in [[VideoGame/SuperSmashBros a completely different game.]]]]

** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII'' you follow your party members, who will always walk towards where the plot needs them. They often comment on you dawdling and going off the wrong direction.