History MemeticLoser / VideoGames

* MemeticLoser: With the [[TroubledProduction many delays, growing pains, and the infamous launch]] for the game, Beck, the main character, changed from one of the faces of successful Kickstarter games, to a punchline for everything that can go wrong with a Kickstarter game, as seen in fanart made before and after the controversies began. This perception only strengthed when Capcom promptly made the very well-received ''VideoGame/MegaMan11'' in-house, which caused many to depict Beck as nothing more than a cheap knockoff in comparison to Mega Man.

* With the [[TroubledProduction many delays, growing pains, and the infamous launch]] for ''VideoGame/MightyNo9'', Beck changed from the face of successful Kickstarter games, to the face of everything that can go wrong with a Kickstarter game. Not helping matters was that this game was meant to be a SpiritualSuccessor to ''Franchise/MegaMan'' without Capcom's involvement, only for Capcom to promptly make the very well-received ''VideoGame/MegaMan11'' in-house and only a fairly short time later, making ''Mighty No. 9'' look like nothing more than a pale imitation.

** After the ''ComicBook/WallyWest'' ''vs Archie Sonic'' WebAnimation/DeathBattle, jokes at the expense of the Sonic franchise as a whole started becoming more and more common, as watchers started realizing that the last time a ''Sonic'' character had won a battle prior to Season 8's "Shadow The Hedgehog vs Ryuko Matoi" was in "Amy Rose VS Ramona Flowers", back in Season 3. Making this worse, one of Sonic's losses was in his rematch with Mario, which means that one of his prior victories was retroactively undone. The ending of the ''Wally West vs Archie Sonic'' fight also plays a role in this, as it ends with Sonic being hit so hard that he becomes RetGone, leading to ''Death Battle'' fans jokingly treating him as an UnPerson. This is despite the fact that it was described as an extremely close match between two of the most powerful combatants to ever appear on the show, with Sonic simply having the bad luck of being matched up with one of the very few characters that stands a chance against him.

*** Vanitas got this status once he got [[GettingTheBoot "yeeted" (picked up and thrown out of the room)]] by [[WesternAnimation/MonstersInc Sully]] halfway into his EvilGloating to Sora. This has earned him the unflattering FanNickname "Yeetus Vanitas" ever since. The worst part is that he doesn't even return to the Monsters Inc. world after that. Sully literally just tossed him out of his world and Vanitas was apparently too humiliated to ever return.

** For a villainous example, there's Jahn, the PreFinalBoss. He's frequently mocked for being almost as easy as the TrueFinalBoss of the game, especially after attempting a BadassBoast that he completely fails to back up, and Roy can easily kill him while wielding the Binding Blade. The TrueFinalBoss arguably has a good reason for being so weak, [[spoiler:as she never actually wanted to fight]], but Jahn has no excuse.

* For some reason, ''VideoGame/ReflecBeat'' SeriesMascot Pastel-kun has become a ButtMonkey amongst BEMANI fans on social media, who like to tweet images and make Website/{{Vine}}s of Pastel-kun plushies undergoing all manners of abuse.

** Spark Mandrill in ''VideoGame/MegaManX'' is infamous for being an absolute joke if you have his weakness on hand. ''VideoGame/MegaManMaverickHunterX'' apparently decided to pile on the disrespect even more by making him the DumbMuscle of the group.

* VideoGame/{{Bubsy}} the Bobcat is perhaps one of the most (in)famous examples in video game history. The complete failure of his own franchise (which after the legendarily bad ''Bubsy 3D'', laid dormant for 21 years), along with the character himself being insufferably annoying and being a OneHitPointWonder that can die to rolling cheese wheels and ''dripping chocolate'', made Bubsy a common source of mockery among gamers (and the public in general). It also doesn’t help that the attempt to branch him out into cartoons [[StillbornFranchise ended in failure and didn't even make it past the pilot]]. Even worse, his [[OverusedRunningGag overused]] CatchPhrase in the episode, "What could possibly go wrong?", became [[MemeticMutation a meme]] on its own for how badly it was TemptingFate for the show's future.

** Raiden was this too in ''Metal Gear Solid 2'' for being [[ToughActToFollow nowhere near Snake’s level of badassery]]. All things considered he was a pretty normal video game protagonist, but [[TheyChangedItNowItSucks the fandom treated him like a huge loser because he wasn’t Snake]]. Even Kojima got in on the fun by basing a JokeCharacter [[{{Expy}} off of him]] in ''Metal Gear Solid 3''. He has since shed this reputation by [[TookALevelInBadass taking a level in badass]] in ''Metal Gear Solid 4'' and ''Metal Gear Rising'', and is now respected by the fandom.

** Ran Yakumo is a nine-tailed fox (who are at PhysicalGod levels in the relevant mythology) and [[BonusBoss EX-Boss]]. One of her roles in the fandom is restricted to getting teased by Yukari and {{squee}}ing over how cute Chen is. The other role is being a flasher. This is probably because her game of origin is the only one that features a HarderThanHard "Phantasm" stage after the Extra stage, of which the boss is the aforementioned [[RealityWarper Yukari]].

** Kraid is often remembered by fans as one of the earliest bosses of ''Metroid'', sharing status with Ridley and Mother Brain, and being TheUnfavourite of the three. For the longest time, he only appeared in three ''Metroid'' games, with one being a VideoGameRemake of the first game, and has barely any characterization.[[note]]This isn't helped by the fact that he was cut from ''VideoGame/MetroidPrime'' due to time constraint[[/note]] In contrast, Mother Brain is characterized as the BigBad with a memorable boss fight in ''Super Metroid'' and Ridley gets promoted as a RecurringBoss with a personal rivalry towards Samus. There are many fan comics depicting Kraid literally begging for a boss role in a new ''Metroid'' game, only to be shafted in favor of Ridley. By the time he [[TheBusCameBack finally comes back as a chained-up boss]] in ''VideoGame/MetroidDread'', fans joked that Nintendo themselves imprisoned Kraid on ZDR the whole time, explaining why he never appeared in a ''Metroid'' game for over 17 years. The fact that Samus seems unimpressed with Kraid's attempt to scare her -- a stark contrast to how [[HeroicBSOD she reacts to Ridley]] in ''Other M'' -- ensures that Kraid will be remembered as the ButtMonkey of the Space Pirates, reduced as a mere pet on a leash for the BigBad by the end of the ''Metroid'' MythArc. [[spoiler:To add insult to injury, he's rendered unceremoniously DeaderThanDead through his remains being consumed by an X-Parasite ''offscreen'', with said X-Parasite being atomized by Samus at the end of the game. The cherry on top is that she only did so because the X-Parasite had cosumed ''Raven Beak's'' DNA-- ''that'' is how ultimately inconsequential Kraid is.]]

** Princess Daisy has been portrayed as this due to the fact that she only appeared in ''Mario'' spin-offs and had not been in a main platformer since her debut in ''VideoGame/SuperMarioLand''. This only got worse with the introduction of [[VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy Rosalina]], who appeared in ''VideoGame/SuperMario3DWorld'' and ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' as a playable character. Like Luigi however, Daisy's newfound status as the series' biggest loser actually made her a lot [[TheWoobie more sympathetic]] and [[UnpopularPopularCharacter likable among fans]] instead of being a BaseBreakingCharacter and [[TheScrappy scrappy]] she used to be. [[ThrowTheDogABone She was added]] in ''VideoGame/SuperMarioRun'' as an unlockable character, and her appearance in ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate''; while an [[MovesetClone Echo Fighter]] for Peach, allowed her to have her day in the sun.

** ''VideoGame/KirbySqueakSquad''[='s=] Dark Nebula is often viewed this way due to being an AntiClimaxBoss who is actually easier to beat with a Copy Ability ''other'' than its game's InfinityPlusOneSword.

** [[spoiler: Dark Taranza]] from ''VideoGame/TeamKirbyClashDeluxe'' has been largely treated as a joke by fans after his sole appearance in the series ended with him [[spoiler: summoning King D-Mind to fight for him, who [[EvilIsNotAToy immediately turns on him]] and [[LiterallyShatteredLives shatters him]] in a single hammer strike as he begs for his life]]. It doesn't help that he's the only boss in the game to lack a [[TurnsRed second phase]] to his battle, giving him little to differentiate him from the original [[spoiler: Taranza]], nor that he was AdaptedOut of ''VideoGame/SuperKirbyClash'' in favor of Parallel Nightmare.

* Among ''Franchise/{{Kirby}}'' fans, [[VideoGame/KirbySqueakSquad Dark Nebula]] is often viewed as this due to being an AntiClimaxBoss who is actually easier to beat with a Copy Ability ''other'' than its game's InfinityPlusOneSword.

* Kai Leng's character is one of the most heavily mocked aspects of ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'' that doesn't involve the infamous ending, owing to his remarkably poor performance for somebody the game [[CharacterShilling tries to build up as one of Cerberus's top operatives]], along with the many traits he has in common with the stereotypical edgy fan-character. Common points brought up against him are Thane managing to get the drop on him [[spoiler: while dying from a terminal illness]], his own {{mooks}} being more of a threat in combat than he is, the fact the one time his evil plans actually succeed [[EvilGloating he immediately sends Shepard an email to gloat about it]], a passage from ''Literature/MassEffectDeception'' in which he [[{{Narm}} steals Anderson's cereal in the middle of an infiltration mission because he's "something of an adrenaline junkie"]], and him ultimately being so ineffectual that players routinely forget he exists until someone brings him up to make fun of him again.

** Both Big Man and Frye have caught this in the third game, as both have suffered heavy losing streaks to Shiver and both have picked teams on Splatfests that have been the least popular ''across ALL the games.''

* Daigo Dojima of ''VideoGame/{{Yakuza}}'' is actually a popular and well-liked character amongst fans, but nevertheless tends to be viewed this way due to him constantly getting kidnapped, beaten up, shot, or otherwise endangered in nearly every game, as well as frequently proving incapable of controlling the Tojo Clan.