History OneSteveLimit / VideoGames

* ''Videogame/RainbowSix'', the first one, has [[BigGood the head of the RAINBOW Counter-Terrorist Organization]] John Clark and [[BigBad John Brightling]], two polar opposites of the whole story.

* There are two robot masters each named Oil Man, Wave Man, Blade Man and Torch Man in the ''VideoGame/MegaMan'' series. All four of the originals are from the fairly obscure PC games not made by Capcom.

** The French version of ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsIII'' has two Leons: the alias used by [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII Squall Leonhart]], and the DubNameChange of [[WesternAnimation/MonstersInc Randall Boggs]].

** ''VideoGame/{{Harvest Moon 64}}'' has Ann and Maria when ''VideoGame/HarvestMoon1'' had an Ann and a Maria as well. It's {{justified}} in that the latter are the former's grandparents, and thus the ''64'' characters are named after them. Maria in ''64'' is a [[SpellMyNameWithAnS translation error]] anyway.

-->"Puny man not 'Phoenix.' Phoenix a bird lady. Hulk confused."

** ''Ultimate VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom3'' features [[ComicBook/JeanGrey Phoenix]] and [[Franchise/AceAttorney Phoenix Wright]], the latter of which is usually called "Mr. Wright" for this reason.

** Downplayed with Eight. ''VideoGame/Splatoon2'' introduced Eight as the playable character of the ''Octo Expansion'' DLC campaign, with the music of the campaign's setting being performed in-universe by a musician called [=Dedf1sh=]. ''Splatoon 3'' DLC campaign, ''Side Order'' brings back both characters, with [=Dedf1sh=] now [[AscendedExtra playing an actual role in the plot]]. It also reveals that the DJ's real name is Acht, which is German/Dutch for "Eight".

* The PlayerCharacter of ''VideoGame/Splatoon3'' has the codename Agent 3. The protagonist of the first ''Splatoon'' game was already called Agent 3. To distinguish the two, the previous Agent 3 ([[PreviousPlayerCharacterCameo who appears as an NPC]]) is referred to as "Captain" as per their RankUp, while promo materials (but not the game itself) refer to the new Agent 3 as, well, New Agent 3.

* ''VideoGame/Injustice2'' has two characters named Jason ([[ComicBook/FirestormDCComics Rusch]] and [[Characters/BatmanJasonTodd Todd]]) and two more named Victor ([[Characters/TeenTitansNewTitans Stone]] and [[Characters/BatmanRoguesGalleryPart2 Fries]]). Both Jasons are good guys (though [[AntiHero not as much]] for Todd) while the Victors are the bad guys (though [[AntiVillain not as much]] for Fries).

** In the later versions of ''VideoGame/MetalGear2'', Natasha Marcova was renamed Gustava Heffner, long after said character was already referred by her original name in the plot summaries included in the first ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid'', which as above included another Natasha as part of your support team.

** There are two playable characters named Roy: the one from ''VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBindingBlade'' that was introduced in ''[[VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosMelee Melee]]'', and the one from ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'' that's an alternate costume for Bowser Jr. and was introduced in ''[[VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosForNintendo3DSAndWiiU For 3DS and Wii U]]''. The ''Fire Emblem'' Roy returned as a [[DownloadableContent downloadable]] fighter in ''For 3DS and Wii U'', making them the first games in the ''Smash'' series to have two playable characters with the same name in the same entry, which would carry over to ''Ultimate''.[[note]]This technically ignores alternate forms of characters or Link's LegacyCharacter status, but even in those cases, the game picks descriptors such as "Dr. Mario" and "Zero Suit Samus", while the two Roys are both just "Roy".[[/note]] The two Roys have different announcer calls: the ''Mario'' one is said in a villainous tone, and the ''Fire Emblem'' one in a triumphant tone. There's also the NonPlayerCharacter from ''Franchise/MetalGear'' named Roy Campbell (though he commonly goes by "Colonel"), who appears in Snake's Codec calls.