History NoSell / VideoGames

** ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOracleGames The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages]]'' has the three "Holy Rings", which grant immunity to different types of hazards. [[spoiler: The green one in particular, if sent over to ''Oracle of Seasons'', can be used to ignore the Final Boss' HumanShield.]]
** In ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild Breath of the Wild]]'', wearing the Thunder Helm gives you complete immunity to lightning-based damage. This means that you can wear as much metal as you want in a thunderstorm and walk right out of being struck by a bolt from on high, giving God the proverbial middle finger. In less dramatic examples, upgrading the Flamebreaker, Rubber, and Snowquill armor sets twice give you immunity to being burned, shocked, or frozen while wearing all three parts. If nothing else, it makes fighting Keese and Chus cathartic.

* In the video game adaptation of ''Disney/MeetTheRobinsons'', one of Wilbur's gadgets is the Disassembler, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin which causes things to fall apart]]. Attempting to use it on Carl, who is a robot and you would expect to be affected by it, will have no effect other than causing him to briefly spasm and he'll sometimes mock you for it by saying "You can't disassemble me! I'm undisassembleable!"

** Brawl introduces Super Armor for its heavier characters: during certain moves (like Ike's Aether), while you still take damage, you No Sell the knockback from all but the heaviest hits.
** Little Mac in the fourth game will ignore knockback during smash attacks.

* In ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia'', Presea Combatir can get an ability where she essentially no-sells any attack that doesn't do enough damage. Seen here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLjWa7GAGL8 This is of course, relying in a special ability that only suppresses relatively low damage. With the proper equipment set-up (done on [[EmotionlessGirl Presea]], [[SternTeacher Raine]], or [[ThePollyanna Collete]]), you can make her No Sell [[AntiMagic all forms of elemental attacks and spells]] save [[NonElemental Physical]] and [[CastingAShadow Darkness.]]
* In ''VideoGame/TalesOfTheAbyss'' [[WhiteMagicianGirl Tear]]'s Force Field spell makes anyone effected by it invulnerable for five seconds. Not quite as easy to pull off (it's a limited area spell) but well timed and placed and it can let you have a character tank [[LimitBreak Mystic Artes]]. SpiritualSuccessor ''VideoGame/TalesOfVesperia'' has [[PrincessClassic Estelle]] gain her own version through a sidequest; that one lasts ten seconds but has the same difficulty of getting someone effected by it. Also, [[HeroicDog Repede]] has the self targetting "Gale Dog". It's been used to come out of a boss fight with [[VideoGame/TalesOfDestiny2 Barbotos]] with ScratchDamage. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWtGZYD4f1U Observe]].

*** Perfect parry lets Link do this to any attack, with any shield (even the pot lid). It requires precise timing but if you can pull it off consistently you are pretty much invulnerable to attacks (including guardian lasers). In the case of guardian lasers it [[HoistByHisOwnPetard reflects it back at them]]. Also, if you successfully parry, the shield is not damaged.

** ''VideoGame/{{Persona 3}}'' has the Omnipotent Orb, an accessory that has that very same effect. [[spoiler:Don't try to use it against the {{Bonus Boss}}es from 3, 4 or Q, though. They will ''not'' be happy with you for cheating, and they happen to have a buffed-up version of the highest-level Almighty attack which ''always does 9999 damage'', which is pretty much unsurvivable for longer than a couple of turns.]]
** As a rule of thumb, though, several types DemonicSpiders in the series have a very nasty tendency to No Sell most conventional attacks. At best, they will be nulled. At worst, they will be repelled. Of course, given enough investment, you can have your private team of OlympusMons capable of No Selling most enemy attacks as well. Rangda is a particularly common offender- in almost every game she appears (which is most of them), she repels physical attacks, as well as gun if they're available. There's a ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiStrangeJourney'' password floating around the 'net for a gloriously [[GameBreaker game-breaking]] version of her someone fused to reflect ''[[NighInvulnerability everything]]'' except [[OneHitKill Curse, Expel]], and Almighty.

* In ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia'', Presea Combatir can get an ability where she essentially no-sells any attack that doesn't do enough damage. Seen here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLjWa7GAGL8
** This is of course, relying in a special ability that only suppresses relatively low damage. With the proper equipment set-up (done on [[EmotionlessGirl Presea]], [[SternTeacher Raine]], or [[ThePollyanna Collete]]), you can make her No Sell [[AntiMagic all forms of elemental attacks and spells]] save [[NonElemental Physical]] and [[CastingAShadow Darkness.]]

** In ''Grow RPG'' [[spoiler: if the hero find both part of the panda suit he will have 999 points of defence and resist every attack, too bad he fall asleep just before he fight the final boss.

** A Pokémon being a specific type will allow it to no sell statuses. Poison and Steel [[note]]Due to an oversight in 2nd gen, Steel types could be poisoned through Twineedle[[/note]] types are immune to the poison status, Fire types are immune to the burn status, Ice types are immune to being frozen, Grass types cannot be hit by Leech Seed, powder or spore moves, and as of ''X and Y'', Electric types can no longer be paralyzed. Ghost types as of ''X and Y'' also are immune to trapping moves and Shadow Tag.

** Tsareena's ability Queenly Majesty and Bruxish's ability Dazzling nullify priority moves (e.g. Quick Attack, Aqua Jet, Extreme Speed, moves boosted by Prankster or Gale Wings) used against them. Likewise, the move Psychic Terrain protects Pokémon that are on the ground (i.e. not currently affected by Levitate, Magnet Rise, Telekinesis, or the passive effect of the Flying type, or knocked to the ground by Smack Down) from priority moves and Dark-types as of Gen VII are passively immune to Prankster-boosted moves.

** Tsareena's ability Queenly Majesty and Bruxish's ability Dazzling nullify priority moves (e.g. Quick Attack, Aqua Jet, Extreme Speed, moves boosted by Prankster or Gale Wings) used against them. Likewise, the move Psychic Terrain protects Pokémon that are on the ground (i.e. not currently affected by Levitate, Magnet Rise, or the passive effect of the Flying type) from priority moves and Dark-types as of Gen VII are passively immune to Prankster-boosted moves.

* In ''VideoGame/MetalGearRisingRevengeance'', the end of the second phase of the fight with [[spoiler:Senator Armstrong]] ends with Raiden attempting two consecutive rounds of RapidFireFisticuffs. After the first round, the boss simply brushes off his chest and adjusts his glasses. The second round at least manages to push him back a few feet back, with Raiden shouting in a mix of rage and horror "WhyWontYouDie!" This was ''after'' Raiden broke his high-frequency blade- a sword that previously cleaved through HumongousMecha with ease -against [[spoiler:Armstrong]]'s skin. [[spoiler:Armstrong]]'s answer? "NANOMACHINES, SON!"

** A Pokémon being a specific type will allow it to no sell statuses. Poison and Steel [[note]]Due to an oversight in 2nd gen, Steel types could be poisoned through Twineedle[[/note]] types are immune to the poison status, Fire types are immune to the burn status, Ice types are immune to being frozen, Grass types cannot be hit by Leech Seed, powder or spore moves, and as of ''X and Y'', Electric types can no longer be paralyzed. Ghost types as of ''X and Y'' also are immune to trapping moves.

** And then, in the move category, we have Gastro Acid (functions similar to Mold Breaker, above, but with all abilities) and Haze (functions similar to Unaware, above). Clever application of the moves Mimic, Role Play, Camouflage, Skill Swap, Worry Seed, Conversion, and Conversion 2 also could result in this (depending on what move/ability/type is imitated/replaced)

** Tsareena's Queenly Majesty and Bruxish's Dazzling, which nullify priority moves (e.g. Quick Attack and Aqua Jet) used against them.

** Mimikyu has the unique Ability of Disguise. Unless it's up against something that ignores Abilities, it takes no damage from the first directly damaging attack that hits it. This includes Z-Moves, meaning that you can drop a continent on a Mimikyu and all you'll do is make its fake head fall over. On top of that, it has three immunities (Normal, Fighting and Dragon) due to its type.
* ''VideoGame/ProjectXZone'' lets you choose three things when an enemy attacks you: counterattack, defend, or No Sell the attack. The No Sell costs a whopping 60-point Cross Gauge which sadly is an AwesomeButImpractical way to drain your gauge (as ''every ally'' shares that same gauge). Worse, if your enemies have a 100% Cross Point gauge, bosses and sub bosses will just use their LimitBreak, ''[[TheComputerIsACheatingBastard that will just bypass the entire thing and deal full damage]]'' against you.

** In the series, the Kaclang spell turns the user into a steel statue, making it unable to act but also immune to any attack. Among monsters, it's mostly used by [[OurGargoylesRock gargoyles]].

** ''VideoGame/AriaOfSorrow'' and its sequel ''Dawn of Sorrow'' have the soul ability that you can get from [[BossInMookClothing Final Guards]], it completely nullifies all attacks at a large MP cost per second. The said soul is hard to get, though.

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* In ''VideoGame/{{Ys}} II'', attempting to use time magic will not work on bosses, since Adol cannot use two magics at the same time (Most attempts at hurting bosses with your sword will only result in Adol getting hurt). Attempting to use it on Dallas who can only be hurt with a sword will be met with Dallas stopping time himself and unleashing a barrage of bullets with you at the center.