Line #121 FanPreferredCouple/VideoGames


1	%%This trope needs a canon couple to overshadow for it to count and said character is unable to be romanced in games that have multiple potential love interests. The canon/ones with no canon couples to compete with are removed. The ones without mentioning them are hidden/rewritten. If you want to unhide one please add a canon couple or come to this thread: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=14860997890A40152400&page=1
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4	{{Fan Preferred Couple}}s in VideoGames.
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7	!!Series with their own subpage:
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9	* ''[[FanPreferredCouple/EnsembleStars Ensemble Stars]]''
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14	!!Other Series
15	%%* In the ''VideoGame/AlphaProtocol'' fandom, [[MrFanservice Mike]]/Sis is ''very popular'', despite - or probably because - nothing actually happens between them in-game, just some serious UnresolvedSexualTension.
16	* ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedI'': While Altaïr is canonically paired with Maria, most fans prefer to pair him with Malik, due to their tense relationship-turned-friendship and feeling that they had better chemistry, with Altaïr/Malik still dominating fan works for the franchise even to this day.
17	* Given that almost all of the {{Official Couple}}s in the ''VideoGame/{{Aveyond}}'' series are StrangledByTheRedString, and the characters tend to have better defined relationships with other people, this is practically a given.
18	** ''Ahriman's Prophecy'''s canon is Devin/Alicia, but he is more popularly paired with Talia, his ChildhoodFriend whom he has more interactions with. It should be noted that Devin/Talia is canon in ''AP'', but that things changed between games and Devin ended up with Alicia afterwards.
19	** In ''Aveyond 1'', the number of Lars/Rhen fans outweigh the canon Dameon/Rhen fans, to the point that an official patch was released to add a bonus ending where Rhen goes back to Veldarah with Lars after the adventure is over to teach at Shadwood Academy.
20	** For ''Aveyond 3'' most fans ship Mel/Edward, since their early dynamics resemble a classic BelligerentSexualTension, and their in-game roles seem a set-up for them to eventually hook-up. However, while the gameplay allows Edward to marry Mel, WordOfGod confirms that his canon love interest is Stella.
21	* ''VideoGame/{{Bayonetta}}'': Despite Bayonetta having a RelationshipUpgrade with Luka in [[VideoGame/Bayonetta3 the third game]], it is far more popular in the fandom to pair her with Jeanne. This is due to many fans feeling that they have better chemistry, the loads of [[HoYay Les Yay]] between them, and Jeanne being a fan favorite character. This isn't helped by many considering the romance between Bayonetta and Luka in the third game to be forced.
22	* ''VideoGame/Cyberpunk2077'': The PlayerCharacter, V, has a lot of romance options in the game, but the most popular ship for the fandom is V with a character you can't romance, Johnny Silverhand. This is because Johnny spends the entirety of the game in V's head, the game largely being centered around their bonding and the fact Johnny is played by Creator/KeanuReeves. Most of the game's fanfiction pair V (particularly the female version) with Johnny.
23	* ''VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}}'': Played with in regards to Demitri/Morrigan. While it's teased quite a bit in the games, and actually ends up being canon for both the [[Anime/NightWarriorsDarkstalkersRevenge OVA]] and manga (possibly as a result of fans latching onto the ship), many other fans prefer the [[HoYay Les Yay]] vibes Morrigan has towards her "[[SplitAtBirth younger]] [[SoulJar sister]]" Lilith or even pair her up with [[DarkMessiah Jedah]] -- the former being [[CoolBigSis a]] [[{{Twincest}} prominent]] [[ScrewYourself theme]] in their interactions ever since Lilith's debut and the latter ship seeing gaining some additional traction due to the strange amount of concern Morrigan shows Jedah in ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcomInfinite''. Demitri/Morrigan still appears to be the more popular ship, but the others have been steadily growing in popularity. Morrigan being [[SuccubiAndIncubi a succubus]] with ExtremeOmnisexual tendencies likely accounts for this.
24	* In the [[AlternateContinuity reboot]] ''VideoGame/DMCDevilMayCry'', Vergil/Kat were the designated [[OfficialCouple canon pairing]], yet far more people prefer Dante/Kat due to the latter's far better treatment of Kat as well as being fully transparent with her regarding his intentions.
25	* For ''VideoGame/DevilSurvivor2'':
26	** While there is no OfficialCouple in the game, the protagonist is capable of hitting on many of the girls, and thus many of them like him (which can really be said for everyone). However it's easy to see without the FATE route that Yamato develops as a person by just being in the protagonist's presence, originally seeing him as a pawn he can use, to seeing him as a capable leader, and then finally acknowledging the hero as his only friend that he can rely on. So if you take a route that isn't Yamato... [[{{Yandere}} he will]] [[BerserkButton not take it]] [[MurderTheHypotenuse well at all.]] Given his backstory, though, it's understandable why he becomes clingy to the hero in the first place. The anime also doesn't help with upping Yamato's obsessive nature toward Hibiki and all the artwork promotes him, Hibiki, and Alcor (particularly one line where he tells Io that Hibiki is his, contrast to the game where he threatens to slash everyone's throat for daring to corrupt ''his'' hero).
27	** The latter are popular more so in the anime than in the game. In the game, the two are partners but get separated because of Rolando attacking the Nagoya branch. Airi gets really angry if Jungo is killed and is relieved if he survives (mind you Jungo is one of the hardest people to save in the game). Jungo doesn't mind Airi using him as a way to vent her frustration and he always tries to cheer her up. Neither of them take it well in the game when they take different sides of the issue (she chooses law and Jungo goes neutral) when they fight each other in battle but are quick to forgive each other. In the anime Jungo is always saving Airi when she's in danger. Jungo puts Airi over everyone else in the party given his personality to save his friends. [[spoiler:It makes their death painfully tragic because Jungo could have avoided his Death Clip but he chose to save Airi... but it ended up being in vain and Jungo realizes that when he stops running and holds her tightly before they're both blown up.]]
28	* ''VideoGame/DiscoElysium'': While Lilienne acts as something of a canon LoveInterest for the Detective, the vast majority of the fandom prefers to pair the latter with his work partner [[HoYay Kim]] instead. A particularly stark illustration of this can be seen through the game's tags on fanfiction website Website/ArchiveOfOurOwn: at the time of writing, the Detective and Lilienne have 7 fics pairing them as a couple, while the Detective and Kim have ''over a thousand''.
29	* ''VideoGame/DynastyWarriors'':
30	** Before the sixth game, Sun Shang Xiang was usually paired with any of the "hot" Wu guys like Gan Ning, Lu Xun, Ling Tong, or Zhou Yu as opposed to her canon LoveInterest Liu Bei. Koei seemed to counter this by [[HotterAndSexier making Liu Bei much younger and attractive looking]] in ''[=DW6=]''. Before he looked a good 15-20 years older than her. After doing this there was a noted rise of Liu Bei/Sun Shang Xiang fan art and fanfics. Mission Accomplished.
31	** Guan Ping and Xing Cai. Despite her being based on the historical wives of Liu Shan, Koei has teased that they might have feelings for each other.
32	** For a {{Squick}}-tastic one, there was a time where fans liked pairing Lu Xun with either of the Qiao sisters, regardless of the fact that Lu Xun would go on to marry Da Qiao's daughter historically, thus making it look like Lu Xun has an infatuation with either his mother-in-law or aunt-in-law. [[TokenMinorityCouple Given they look like the youngest bunch in the Wu group at that time...]]
33	** Sima Shi and Wang Yuanji is slowly becoming one, despite the latter being paired with the former's brother, Sima Zhao. It doesn't help that [[PlatonicWritingRomanticReading Yuanji seems to be more affectionate towards Shi than Zhao]].
34	* ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII'':
35	** Those who don't romance Merrill usually pair her with Carver, who flirts with her during the game.
36	** Plenty of fans ignore the fact that Varric isn't a romance option and pair him with their Hawke.
37	** Many non-mage players alternately ship him with Bethany, with whom he is shown to have considerable ShipTease.
38	* ''VideoGame/DragonQuest'':
39	** ''VideoGame/DragonQuestV'' really wants the player to choose Bianca as the Hero's bride, but many of the remake's players picked Deborah as the protagonist's wife for her looks, Hidden Heart of Gold (which becomes more obvious late in the game in party conversations) and for having some of the funniest dialogue in the game (such as when she tells the priest blessing their wedding to hurry up with his speech).
40	** ''VideoGame/DragonQuestVI'': Although Hero/Ashlynn is the canon couple, there are quite a few fanfics featuring [[FirstGirlWins Hero/Milly]].
41	** ''VideoGame/DragonQuestXI'': Although Hero/Gemma is canon, Hero/Jade is a very popular ship. Despite the stated tone of their relationship, many feel their tender moments together edge into amorous territory. Not to mention [[spoiler:the prince of Dundrasil and the princess of Heliodor making for a natural match, which is lampshaded in the Switch version]]. Not to mention, before the events of the game, Jade (as a child) only knew the Hero as a newborn baby, so seeing the present-day Hero, a virtual stranger, as her sibling-figure doesn't seem to make much sense. As of the Switch version, the player can choose to make it a reality.
42	* In ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim'', the Dragonborn and [[FriendlyNeighbourhoodVampire Serana]] from ''Dawnguard'' have been heavily shipped by the fandom over the majority of the other potential partners, who praise her well-developed character and how much depth was given to her [[OddFriendship burgeoning relationship]] with the Dragonborn. Many were disappointed that she's not a romance option, as despite the ShipTease, she politely turns down your proposal, citing her [[HolyBurnsEvil dislike of temples]] and other personal issues.
43	* Fans of ''VideoGame/EternalSonata'' think that Chopin and Polka have better chemistry than the OfficialCouple... despite the fact A) she's analogous to his real-life dead little sister, and B) he's twenty-five years older. A lot of this depends on what version you're playing, though.
44	* ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'':
45	** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'': Unsurprisingly, although Vincent continues to pine for Lucrecia, a lot of people pair up Vincent and Yuffie due to their numerous interactions, [[SavvyGuyEnergeticGirl their polar opposite personalities]], and the fact that they save each other quite a lot over the course of ''VideoGame/DirgeOfCerberus''.
46	** The ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII'' series gives us the OfficialCouple of Snow/Serah and Noel/Yeul, with Hope/Lightning and Fang/Vanille as ImpliedLoveInterest. Judging from the number of fics in Website/FanFictionDotNet and Website/ArchiveOfOurOwn, however, the most popular ship in the fandom is Fang/Light. Noel is also more commonly paired up with Serah, whom he partners up with in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII2'', rather than Yeul, his canon love interest.
47	** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXV'': [[HoYay Noctis/Prompto]] has a very large fanbase, despite the fact that Prompto has an (albeit unrequited) crush on Cindy and Noctis is betrothed to Lunafreya. ''XV'' is notable for this, in that the OfficialCouple, Noctis/Lunafreya, is largely ignored in the fanbase, due to Noctis and Lunafreya [[StrangledByTheRedString having about ten minutes of actual interaction in the main game]], and many fans preferring to ship her with [[Anime/KingsglaiveFinalFantasyXV Nyx Ulric]], with whom she had more screen time and chemistry.
48	* ''Franchise/FireEmblem'':
49	** ''VideoGame/FireEmblemShadowDragonAndTheBladeOfLight''
50	*** Palla/Abel was considered this for some time, relative to the OfficialCouple of Abel/Est. Est's status as a LowTierLetdown, and the DownerEnding the couple get were given as reasons why Palla/Abel is preferred. Strangely, it seems to be primarily driven by antipathy for Abel/Est and the desire for an alternative, which is likely why it was displaced by...
51	*** Palla/Minerva has become the most popular pairing for either character by a wide margin--in Archanean shipping circles, only OfficialCouple Marth/Caeda tends to be less common. This is mainly because unlike Palla/Abel, which is [[DesignatedLoveInterest almost entirely undeveloped]], Palla/Minerva have rather meaningful interactions, and their close bond and contrasts are evident whenever they speak of each other. It certainly doesn't hurt that Minerva, despite being incredibly popular and one of the more important characters, has never had any kind of canon love interest.
52	*** Merric/Linde is much more popular than the borderline-canon Merric/Elice, despite the two not interacting much. (Linde's one-sided crush mentioned in her epilogue is often assumed to be on Merric, but that's never confirmed.)
53	** ''VideoGame/FireEmblemMysteryOfTheEmblem'':
54	*** For a time in the fandom, people greatly preferred Marth with Catria instead of his canon girlfriend and eventual wife Caeda/Shiida, whom they preferred to pair with Ogma. In an aversion of DieForOurShip, they get along with Marth/Caeda fans, though.
55	*** Palla's a bit of an oddball. For a while, the FanPreferredCouple for her was to get her with Abel, due to her unrequited crush and the common view that Abel was better off with her than with her sister Est, his official love interest - especially since the two along with several other characters inexplicably vanish into UncertainDoom in the epilogue (supposedly a SequelHook for [[WhatCouldHaveBeen a never-made third game]]). With the release of the remakes and ''VideoGame/FireEmblemHeroes'', though, Palla/Minerva has taken off and distinctly surpassed it, due in part to distaste for AllLoveIsUnrequited and in part their rather strong supports in ''New Mystery'' that all but state that Palla was Minerva's closest partner among the Whitewings. It certainly doesn't hurt the pairing's popularity that while the games certainly ''imply'' Palla's crush is on Abel, her descriptions are vague enough that it could still be someone else, and Minerva conspicuously doesn't have any male partners.
56	** ''VideoGame/FireEmblemGenealogyOfTheHolyWar'':
57	*** Because Seliph and Julia are actually half-siblings, they can't be paired up through normal means, but rather ''start'' at a nearly full relationship meter that gradually decreases. Despite this, many fans prefer to pair them together as there are many ShipTease moments between the two, mostly in the form of ShipperOnDeck comments. Also, it is technically possible to circumvent the decreasing love meter by exploiting a [[GoodBadBugs glitch]] in the "jealousy" system.
58	*** If you take account on characterization, not gameplay prowess (in which any pair is fair game), you're more likely to see the pairs of Lex/Ayra, Azelle/Tailtiu and Finn/Lachesis among fanarts that pair the ladies with their prospect husbands. (To compare with some other suitors: Chulainn is often forgotten since he's out of the way, Lewyn already has a canon wife according to ''Thracia 776'' (Erinys), Dew is typically used a pick-up father for any remaining pairing that has a unmounted sword-wielding child, and Beowolf is something of a BaseBreakingCharacter). Because of Azelle/Tailtiu, Edain's FanPreferredCouple tends to boil down between either Jamke or Midir, neither pairing having a clear lead over the other. Some of these pairings were referenced in Kaga's Notes and even used in the Mitsuki Oosawa manga, which further boosted fan-preference for them.
59	*** A particular case is Brigid: Because only one of her three predestined pairings (Jamke) is considered to be somewhat decent (and even so, he has his flaws, such as giving Febail low accuracy, or giving Patty the somewhat counter-productive Charge skill), an entire slew of {{Fan Preferred Couple}}s have sprung up, the most popular of which are probably Brigid/Dew, Brigid/Lex and Brigid/Chulainn.
60	*** Going against the first sub-bullet, there are some who still considered Lewyn/Tailtiu their OTP for Tailtiu, since Lewyn is one of the {{Game Breaker}}s of the first gen, and the pairing will result in [[DiscOneNuke Forseti falling into Arthur's hands]]; both of them being foot units, and arguably easier to pair together than Azelle and Tailtiu (since Azelle becomes mounted upon promotion, and tends to outpace Tailtiu), certainly helps, as does [[spoiler:the dialogue between Lewyn and their daughter Tine, which is one of the few times he shows any emotional vulnerability during the second generation.]] On top of all this is the fact that Tailtiu and Lewyn appeared in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemHeroes'' much sooner than Azelle and Erinys did.
61	*** In the second generation, you have fans pairing Seliph with Tine due to the couple drawing many parallels to Sigurd and Deirdre, which Tine lampshades herself in her lovers conversation with Seliph in the final chapter. Since Seliph's journey is supposed to be a reconstruction of Sigurd's, Tine rejecting Seliph's offer to stay back at home from the final battle seems to be [[BookEnds coming full circle considering a very similar situation happened to his parents]] that obviously did not end well. Additionally, many fans see this in a catharsis light as well: Tine was abused to hell and back by Hilda for no apparent reason other than sadism while Hilda continued to desire for a higher position in royalty by pressuring her own daughter Ishtar to marry Julius for the position. Pairing Tine with Seliph, who would end up being the new Emperor of Grannvale, was basically a middle finger to Hilda's desires by having Tine gain all that Hilda coveted after years of her abuse.
62	*** Shannan/Oifey has a small following, primarily as an alternative to the below-mentioned {{Squick}} of having them end up with girls half their age (or, in Shannan's case, his ''cousin''), and also because the idea of them essentially becoming Seliph's two dads is quite sweet.
63	** Among old-school parts of the ''VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBindingBlade'' fandom, [[LadyAndKnight Melady/Guinivere and Perceval/Elffin]] are quite popular, and tend to show up together. Both Melady and Perceval are [[LadyAndKnight heavily devoted to their noble,]] and many of their supports deal with their relationship and their suffering, and Perceval adds the dynamic that his noble is in disguise and has to play around it. The characters are also extremely popular in their own right due to their [[GameBreaker great power]] and good designs. Melady cannot support Guinivere (as Guinivere can't be deployed in the campaign) and has a boyfriend, but as said boyfriend [[MurderTheHypotenuse dies]], it doesn't much impact [[SecondLove the ship]]'s popularity.
64	** ''VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBlazingBlade'': Although both are viable marriage candidates for Hector, and the light novel adaptation for ''VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBindingBlade'' states that Hector ended up with Florina while Lyn ended up with Rath, Lyn and Florina are each other's most popular pairing, considering that Florina DoesNotLikeMen initially and seems to be crushing hard on Lyn. It doesn't hurt that they have a paired ending if they A-rank each other's support, and said ending basically has them retire to live together.
65	** ''VideoGame/FireEmblemTheSacredStones'':
66	*** It's not uncommon among fans of to note that Eirika/L'Arachel's supports have a stronger romantic arc than the canonically possible Ephiram/L'Arachel. Unsurprisingly, it's one of her most popular options, if not her most.
67	*** Ephraim can end up with three women and have ambiguous ending with some male characters, but for the most part, the fandom seems to have fallen behind shipping him with the tragically doomed Lyon who canonically is in love with Eirika.
68	** Western ''VideoGame/FireEmblemRadiantDawn'' fandom tends to like pairing Micaiah with [[LadyAndKnight Zelgius]] or [[TheWisePrince Pelleas]] over the canon Sothe/Micaiah on account of the rather awkward implications of Micaiah having basically raised Sothe, and yet being able to marry him.
69	** ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'': Since there is no definite canon regarding any of the possible pairings in the game, this is more a case of popular pairings that are ''not'' possible in-game and are more popular than their possible hook-ups:
70	*** Pairing Basilio and Flavia together is much more popular than their only possible in-game pairings with the Female and Male Avatar respectively. Their LikeAnOldMarriedCouple interactions throughout the entire game made everyone who played the games scratch their heads when they saw their supports can only go up to the A Rank.
71	*** Maribelle/Lissa and Severa/Noire are the most popular ships for each other on [=AO3=] due to having a very solid relationship in their Supports and in-story scenes, even though you cannot pair them up.
72	*** In the west, Gerome is Inigo's most popular pairing in this game due to their humorous dynamic together and Inigo's jealousy at him being easily interpreted as [[StupidSexyFlanders something else]].
73	*** Pairing Chrom and the male Robin is almost if not just as popular as with the female Robin and is the most popular ship for the Male Robin, many claim their supports where they show camaraderie to each other feel more romantic than the female Robin/Chrom's supports that attempt for more comedic interactions.
74	** ''VideoGame/FireEmblemFates'' has Scarlet/Ryoma. Although Scarlet can only support with the Avatar, she receives a fair amount of ShipTease with Ryoma, especially during ''Revelation'', [[spoiler:in which Scarlet ends up suffering a PlotlineDeath shortly after her introduction]]. Despite her inability to support with Ryoma, he's her most popular pairing partner.
75	** ''VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses'':
76	*** In the JP community, Dimitri/Male Byleth is by far the most popular ship for male Byleth despite the fact that the two cannot actually S-support in the game.
77	*** Dimitri/Claude is one of the biggest examples of this in the player base. The pair is incredibly popular, perhaps more so than any other same-sex pairing for Claude, despite the fact that the two cannot support each other due to the mechanics of the game. It’s helped by the fact that the two are mostly on friendly terms during the game and that in the Drama CD that has been released, Claude also comments on Dimitri’s body and is noted by Dimitri to have been staring.
78	*** Despite Sylvain's [[ChivalrousPervert skirt-chasing antics]], his most popular pairing is with [[{{Tsundere}} Felix]], and vice versa for Felix, despite the latter's comparatively larger number of A-supports.[[note]]Most of Sylvain’s supports end at B, while Felix can have A-supports with almost every character he can support with[[/note]] The fact that their supports and paired ending have a heavy dosing of HoYay make it popular to assume even outside of a certain [[YaoiFangirl demographic]] that they both end up together. It is one of ''the biggest'' ships in the fanbase and as a testament to the ships popularity, it currently has the most fics on [[Website/ArchiveOfOurOwn Ao3]], beating out every other pairing in the game including ones involving the lords/the main character.
79	*** [[OppositesAttract Ferdinand and Hubert]] are each other's most popular romance options due to their A+ support reading almost like an S support, romantic music and blushing included.
80	*** Hilda and Marianne are more commonly shipped together more than any of Hilda's available romance options due to Hilda's desire to take care of Marianne when she's struggling being adorable. They easily have the second-most fanart of any yuri pairing next to Edelgard and female Byleth.
81	%%* ''VideoGame/ForHonor'' is surprisingly not immune to this either, with the most popular pairing being male Warden x Nobushi.
82	* ''VisualNovel/{{Gnosia}}'': Despite the fanbase lacking a prominent shipping movement, especially in the West, Gina/SQ is noticeably popular. Remnan/Raqio is also pretty widely shipped, especially in Japan.
83	* ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoV'': Considering all the HoYay they get and the highly dysfunctional state of Michael's marriage for most of the game, it's more common to see fan works pair Michael up with Trevor than his canonical wife Amanda.
84	* ''VideoGame/InazumaEleven'' has Endou and Aki apposed to the OfficialCouple Endou and [[spoiler:Natsumi or Fuyuka depending on adaption]] though most of the fans got over it when they realized that [[spoiler:she probably ended up with [[ChildhoodFriendRomance Ichinose]]]].
85	* ''Franchise/{{Injustice}}'': While there is not a lot of shipping in the fandom, easily the biggest ship is Superman and Batman, despite Superman's canon love interests being Lois and Wonder Woman and Batman's being Catwoman, as well as them being enemies in this continuity. Almost any shipping content for the games will be Superman/Batman focused.
86	* ''VideoGame/JadeEmpire'' has a maximum of three romantic options within the party... so, naturally, the most popular pairing is the PC/''Sagacious Zu'', a character who [[spoiler:makes a HeroicSacrifice]] right when the canon romances begin to play themselves out.
87	* ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'': Kairi has a decent amount of [[ImpliedLoveInterest possible romantic subtext]] with Sora, as they both [[spoiler: exchange paopu fruit with each other]] in ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsIII''. Among [[LGBTFanbase many queer fans]], however, the pairing of Sora with his [[HoYay/KingdomHearts best friend and rival]] Riku is vastly more popular; the duo's combined Keyblade ''does'' also have a paopu fruit as the keychain, after all. There are also many who take a third option and ship them together in an OT3.
88	* ''Franchise/LeagueOfLegends'':
89	** Jarvan IV/Shyvana is a very popular couple in the fanbase, despite certain Riot staff stating a preference for J4/Quinn. The ''Lux'' comic runs with this, with Jarvan IV being very reluctant to marry anyone due to already being in love. He later states this someone is not so different from Sylas in terms of magical ability, which rules out this someone being anyone but Shyvana (since most Demacians have to hide their magic or risk exile or death).
90	** Graves and Twisted Fate were both paired together ever since Graves' release, given that the two had once been partners and Twisted Fate had betrayed Graves in exchange for power. At the time, Twisted Fate and Evelynn were listed as exes and TF was far from over her. However, as canon was expanded, Twisted Fate's backstory was retconned so he did not in fact betray Graves, [[PoorCommunicationKills Graves only thought he did.]] After the ''Burning Tides'' event, the two rekindled their friendship and fan content for the pair ''exploded'' in scope, so that Graves/TF is one of the fandom's most popular pairings. Ex-Riot staff Runaan even said she intended for them to be married in the ''Double Double Cross'' cinematic. [[labelnote:Note]]The ''Rise of the Sentinels'' event led to a bit of PlatonicWritingRomanticReading where Graves platonically admired Vayne's strength and wanted to be buddies, but it was mistaken as them being paired together, and the fandom exploded with ire for how out of character it was. [[/labelnote]] It all came to a head in 2022 where the Pride emotes for the year featured Graves and TF holding hands in one, while they replicate a famous scene from ''Brokeback Mountain'' in another, more or less confirming they are a male-loving-male romantic couple.
91	** In the Star Guardian universe, Ezreal and Lux share heavy ShipTease suggesting the pair are in love with one another. However, Jinx/Lux (a.k.a. "Lightcannon") has taken off in popularity. These shippers argue that Lux/Ezreal lacks as compelling a dynamic or stable a foundation as other canon couples, while Lux/Jinx has more parallels that can be drawn between the girls as well as an OppositesAttract dynamic. Just for comparison, Lux/Jinx has about ''five times'' the number of works associated with it on Archive of Our Own than Lux/Ezreal.
92	%%* ''VideoGame/Left4Dead2'': Nothing compares with Nick/Ellis which has come to dominate the fandom with their HoYay. And ever since the release of "The Passing" [[DownloadableContent DLC]], Rochelle/Francis has also been a target due to how the two interact (they both hate stuff).
93	%%* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfDragoon'' has Dart and Rose, who get scores of [[ShipTease tease lines]] and romantic interludes (especially in Disc 2).
94	* In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess'', [[StraightManAndWiseGuy Link and Midna]] are the most popular pairing, and achieved special longevity in part because of the [[AbortedDeclarationofLove odd line Midna gives before she leaves]] in the English version. The [[Manga/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess2016 official manga adaptation]] created a decade later would even go on to heavily push the pairing throughout its run, ending with [[spoiler:Midna and Link sharing a tearful LastKiss farewell]]. Despite this, the game itself is one of the few in the franchise where Link is already [[ImpliedLoveInterest all but stated]] to have a love interest (his [[PatientChildhoodLoveInterest childhood friend Ilia]]).
95	* ''VisualNovel/LittleBusters'': Rin/Riki is technically the official pairing of Little Busters, even if it's far, far more ambiguous than in most Key games, and certainly plenty of players ship it. But among the more serious fanbase, it's a lot easier to find Riki/Kyousuke or Rin/Komari fan art, and even Riki/Kurugaya is arguably as popular.
96	* In ''VideoGame/ManaKhemiaAlchemistsOfAlRevis'', the only ending with a confirmed romantic implication (not counting Vayne-as-queen in Muppy's ending) was between Vayne and Nikki. And yet there's a lot of fan support for Vayne/Jess.
97	* ''VideoGame/MetalGear'':
98	** Among the people who play this series who ''care'' about shipping, the majority prefer to focus on the ''extensive'' HoYay, which has lots more development, rather than the often [[TokenRomance underwhelming]] and CartwrightCurse-prone canon het romances. This may also have a lot to do with the extreme {{Camp}} content of the games, which attracts a big LGBTFanbase that just doesn't care about the female characters as much.
99	** For ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid'', Snake/Otacon trumps Snake/Meryl by at least ten to one. The fact that you can actually ''kill off'' Meryl in-game to get a HoYay-ish ending with Otacon instead really doesn't help.
100	** Many fans are also much more interested in Snake and Fox's [[OrgasmicCombat tragic, sadomasochistic relationship]] than in Naomi's attraction to Snake.
101	** In ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3SnakeEater'', most fans prefer to focus on the relationship between Snake and Ocelot than the one between him and EVA, and it certainly helps that EVA leaves Snake at the end while Ocelot goes out of his way to be with him again at the end, for inexplicable reasons.
102	** With ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolidPeaceWalker'', when fans make art or stories involving Dr. Strangelove with anyone, they find her doomed love for [[TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth The]] [[LadyOfWar Boss]] far more interesting than her rather sudden pairing with "Huey" Emmerich. [[spoiler: The fact that he would end up killing her years later as revealed in ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolidVThePhantomPain'' further reduced any interest in this pairing.]]
103	** Sure. Raiden is HappilyMarried to Rose, but Mistral's presence and explicit (albeit one-sided) [[VillainessesWantHeroes attraction to him]] in ''VideoGame/MetalGearRisingRevengeance'' made FanArt creators explode with the sheer excitement. Raiden also tends to get shipped with his WorthyOpponent Jetstream Sam.
104	* ''Franchise/MortalKombat'': Although [[RebelliousPrincess Kitana]] and [[TheHero Liu Kang]] have been a [[StarCrossedLovers couple]] in both the [[BattleCouple original]] and [[RulingCouple alternate timelines]], in the fan community, [[AnIcePerson Sub-Zero]] (particularly [[LegacyCharacter the younger brother]], [[TallDarkAndHandsome Kuai Liang]]) gives the Mortal Kombat Champion a run for his money. [[https://tgrebel2.deviantart.com/favourites/66440240/SUB-ZERO-x-KITANA As]] [[https://gabyxjorge.deviantart.com/favourites/67520136/Sub-Zero-X-Kitana evidenced]] [[https://spiritualitits.deviantart.com/favourites/53089139/Fave-Pairings here]] [[https://subzero-and-kitana.deviantart.com/ and]] [[https://mk-pairings.deviantart.com/ here.]]
105	* Judging by the fan art for ''VisualNovel/{{Morenatsu}}'', Hiroyuki is paired up with Tatsuki, Kounosuke, and Juuichi more than his ImpliedLoveInterest, Torahiko.
106	* ''VideoGame/NeverwinterNights2'':
107	** The male main character and [[CuteMonsterGirl Neeshka]]. The majority of fans seem to prefer her to the canonical [[StalkerWithACrush Elanee]]. Neeshka was planned to be a canon couple, but it was cut from the game due to time restraints. It's not too hard to see where they intended to take it, and it's a lot more complete than Elanee's, even though it isn't, you know, complete.
108	** In the same vein, the female main character and [[HeWhoFightsMonsters Bishop]] is also a planned but cut romance option that fans seems to prefer over [[KnightInShiningArmor Casavir]], partially due to the latter reminding them of the unpopular Anomen, and partially because the former has heaps of BelligerentSexualTension with the female protagonist and, like Neeshka, feels more "complete" than the actual complete romance. Fans like them so much they made a mod that allows a "proper" romance, [[spoiler:complete with an epilogue in ''Mask of the Betrayer'']]
109	%%* ''VideoGame/NoStraightRoads": DJSS/Neon J tends to be the most popular M/M ship while Mayday/Zuke tends to be the most popular M/F written for on A03 in the No Straight Roads category of the site (Zero Context: It doesn't mention a creator prefer pairing for any of the characters)
110	* ''VideoGame/{{Okami}}'':
111	** Spending all the game in the form of a wolf hasn't stopped people from shipping Ammy with the lighthearted and mysterious, Waka. It helps that [[spoiler:the two were close comrades in the past]] and Ammy's true form is that of a fair maiden.
112	** People really like pairing Kai up with Oki due to the light BroodingBoyGentleGirl vibes.
113	* ''VideoGame/Onmyoji2016'': Even though Seimei is quite obviously [[ShipTease Ship Teased]] with Yaobikuni in canon, the vast majority of fans like to pair him with Hiromasa, reason being that [[HistoricalDomainCharacter their]] corresponding historical figures are frequently portrayed as having a close relationship in other works.
114	* ''VideoGame/{{Overwatch}}'':
115	** Tracer/Widowmaker had people shipping them ever since the very first cinematic trailer for the game came out, and only increased in popularity when the ''Alive'' animated short followed. Even though Tracer was eventually revealed to be in a relationship with Emily, that did nothing to deter the fans.
116	** Reaper/Soldier: 76 is far more popular than the latter's canon partner, Vincent. Partially due to the relationship being a reveal and the abundance of lore already in the series as both were major members of Overwatch during the Omnic Crisis, and were described as the best of friends. It's helped by the fact they were explicitly said to have loved each other in the past. What this type of love is, however, is not explicit.
117	* ''VideoGame/PaperMarioTheThousandYearDoor'': In spite of Koops having a girlfriend named Koopie Koo, fans are far more likely to pair him up with fellow party member Vivian, due to both their arcs revolving around learning how to be brave and gain confidence in themselves.
118	* [=PaRappa=] and Lammy from ''VideoGame/ParappaTheRapper'', despite the fact that both games focused on [=PaRappa=]'s love of Sunny. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJu7O1C1hQI There was a Japanese commercial depicting PaRappa falling in love with Lammy, however.]]
119	* ''Franchise/{{Persona}}'':
120	** ''VideoGame/Persona4'': At least on [=AO3=], pairing the protagonist with [[HeterosexualLifePartners Yosuke]] is considerably more popular than any of his actual romance options. It helps that Yosuke actually was meant to be a romance option before the route got [[DummiedOut cut]] fairly late in development.
121	** ''VideoGame/Persona5'':
122	*** The most popular pairing outside of those involving the protagonist by a large margin is Ryuji and Ann. This is helped by both characters being shown to be quite close to each other, as well as [[{{Creator/ErikaHarlacher}} Ann's English voice actor]] personally liking the ship. The pairing was popular enough to start a rumour shortly after the game released in Japan that Ryuji would hook up with Ann if the player didn't romance her.
123	*** Even though the game lacks any GayOption for the protagonist, that hasn't stopped [[FoeYayShipping Joker/Akechi]] from enjoying a strong following within the fandom, especially in Japan, to a point where fans joke about it being the game's OfficialCouple. This is helped by Akechi being AmbiguouslyGay and as a result, his Confidant is dripping with subtext between the two. The player even gets an option to greet Akechi with the line "Honey, I'm home" when returning to Leblanc at one point[[labelnote:Note]]In the original Japanese version, Akechi greets the protagonist with "おかえり" ("okaeri"), short for "お帰りなさい" ("okaerinasai"), which is mostly used by someone to greet another to a place they both regard as "home" or a "home base." Likewise, the "Honey, I'm home." line is instead "I'm home"[[/labelnote]], with Akechi [[LikeAnOldMarriedCouple chastising the protagonist for coming home late]] if the player chooses it. The ship became even more popular with the release of ''[[UpdatedRerelease Royal]]'', where [[spoiler:Akechi was brought back from his UncertainDoom by Maruki because Joker's greatest desire was to start fresh with him]].
124	*** Joker/Ryuji is also extremely popular on [=AO3=], despite him getting less in-universe subtext than Akechi or [[AmbiguouslyBi Yusuke]].
125	* ''VideoGame/PokemonMysteryDungeonGatesToInfinity'' has Dunsparce/Virizion. Dunsparce is set up as a DoggedNiceGuy at first, and they two get a lot of ShipTease as the game progresses, until [[spoiler:'''Emolga'''/Virizion suddenly becomes the OfficialCouple during the final dungeon, with very little foreshadowing]]. Naturally Dunsparce fans weren't exactly happy with that development...
126	* ''VideoGame/RaidouKuzunohaVsKingAbaddon'': Also double as CrackPairing. There are more fan art of Moh Shuvuu and Raidou than any other. There is also quite a bit of [[CrossoverShip Raidou and Demi-Fiend]] that could easily put it in second place.
127	* ''VideoGame/RuneFactory3'': Shara is intended as the preferred bachelorette for Micah, with her prominence in the pre-marriage OP even if the player chooses someone else, and her model and sprite wears a headdress that resembles a bridal veil. But fans vastly prefer [[BrokenBird Raven]] for her quiet, awkward personality and [[TheDitz Pia]] for her cheerful kookiness, and both having HiddenDepths.
128	* Invoked, discussed, and deconstructed InUniverse in ''[[https://lemmasoft.renai.us/forums/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=37091 Senpai, Please Look At Me!]]'' In spite of the female protagonist canonically crushing on the titular Senpai, odds are that the player will prefer her best friend James instead due to him having a more well-defined personality, an [[NoNameGiven actual name]], a relationship with the protagonist that feels more meaningful than just a schoolgirl infatuation, and endings that are ''much'' easier to get than Senpai's. It turns out that Senpai himself [[spoiler: [[MediumAwareness is fully aware of this]] -- if you try getting one of James's endings after getting Senpai's best ending, he [[HostileShowTakeover erases James from the game so that he's the sole available love interest]] and [[TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou repeatedly crashes the game]] in increasingly desperate attempts to make his interactions with the protagonist feel more organic and interesting. After his actions almost completely destroy the game, he breaks down and admits that he knows he's a dull love interest compared to James, with even the ''beta testers'' preferring James to him, and wanted to change that.]]
129	* ''VideoGame/ShiningForceII'': [[WhiteMage Sarah]] is generally the favored LoveInterest to [[TheHero Bowie]], especially when compared to his canon L.I., [[DamselInDistress Princess Elis]]. Several long-time players were somewhat bitter that the character who's been with you the whole game and loved you from the start loses out to a princess [[StrangledByTheRedString who gets so few lines in the whole game]].
130	* ''VideoGame/SoulSeries'': Siegfried/Sophitia is a fan couple that garnered some popularity despite Siegfried being a CelibateHero and Sophitia being HappilyMarried to Rothion by the ending of ''Soulcalibur''. It would seem like a CrackPairing if not for some canonical basis: Sophitia has a vision of Siegfried as [[BigBad Nightmare]] and shares a Destined Battle against him in ''Soulcalibur''; Sophitia steps towards the monstrosity and states her resolve with "I want to save you", implying that she knows Siegfried is Nightmare (or at least Nightmare is a tormented human soul under the sway of the Evil Sword). In ''Legends'' (an admittedly non-canon spin-off set between ''Soul Edge'' and ''Soulcalibur''), Siegfried's story has him rescue a captured Sophitia, while in ''IV'' she is one of the three women to face him before his FinalBattle with Nightmare in his story (the other two being Ivy and Hilde, who also have strong ties to Siegfried). ''[[VideoGame/SoulcaliburVI VI]]'' has Sophitia set out to find a post-possession Siegfried for essentially a reenactment of the previously mentioned Destined Battle, but despite the warm, vaguely romantic subtext of their scenes together, Sophitia is already being courted by her future husband Rothion at this point in the story.
131	* ''VideoGame/StardewValley'': While [[EmoTeen Sebastian]] and [[{{Keet}} Sam]] have their own respective female love interests ([[PerkyGoth Abigail]] for Sebastian, and [[CuteBookworm Penny]] for Sam) in the story, it's also very common for fans to [[HoYay pair the two boys together]] out of their close friendship and the appeal of OppositesAttract.
132	* ''Franchise/StreetFighter'':
133	** Thanks to a probable RelationshipWritingFumble in ''[[CapcomSequelStagnation Super]] VideoGame/StreetFighterIV'', [[VideoGame/FinalFight Guy]][=/=][[VideoGame/StreetFighterAlpha Rose]] quickly gained steam among the fandom. With the somber atmosphere of their [[FightingYourFriend Rival Battle]] and the ShipTease nature of their [[BossBanter remarks]] and cutscenes, [[ShippingGoggles it's hard to see their fight as anything less than a lovers' quarrel]]. Keep in mind that Guy ''[[OfficialCouple is already engaged/married to Rena]]'' [[note]]Rena being Maki's older sister, introduced in ''Final Fight 2'', which Capcom seems to be mostly regarding as CanonDiscontinuity alongside ''Final Fight 3'' in respect to ''SF''[[/note]], not to mention that Rose [[CelibateHero probably isn't the type to place romance over her ever-continuing struggle against evil]]. In their defense, though, [[TrueCompanions the pair]] ''would'' make for an awesome BattleCouple.
134	** [[VideoGame/StreetFighterAlpha Rainbow Mika]][=/=][[VideoGame/StreetFighterIV Hakan]] also has a surprisingly large following. Like the above example, Hakan is canonically married.
135	* In ''VideoGame/SuikodenV'', while (as is typical to the series) the OfficialCouple for the main character is never explicitly stated, the game beats the player over the head with indirect implications of a romance between the Prince and his bodyguard Lyon. However, it's popular among fans to pair him instead with his younger sister's bodyguard Miakis, a slightly older GenkiGirl who's probably the most popular character in the game (or at least the most popular female character). This is particularly true in Japan, where the volume of fan art and fanfics implies that the Prince and Miakis are preferred over the semi-OfficialCouple by a roughly 3 to 1 margin.
136	* ''VideoGame/SummertimeSaga'': Judging by the amount of fan-art, players seem to love the idea of pairing up [[spoiler:trans]] Eve with [[StraightGay Kevin]]. They both help out the MC with the music contest but otherwise display no interest in each other, with Eve as a possible partner for MC himself, while Kevin is hinted to have a hidden crush on him.
137	* ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars'' generally avoids this between characters from licensed series, in hopes of preventing any unnecessary ShipToShipCombat. However, there are some exceptions:
138	** Female protagonist Setsuko Ohara of ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsZ'' and [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEEDDestiny Shinn Asuka]] in the same game is probably the most supported pairing, as it's one of the few that actually makes a lot of sense considering their close relationship in-game. And because it makes more sense than either of his pairings from the anime.
139	* ''VideoGame/TalesSeries'':
140	** ''VideoGame/TalesOfDestiny:'' [[HoYay Stahn/Leon]] is far more popular than Stahn/Rutee, the OfficialCouple, in part because of just how popular Leon is as a character, and the plot added in the [[UpdatedReRelease remake]] concerning [[AllLovingHero Stahn]]'s attempts at befriending [[DefrostingIceKing Leon]] despite the latter's [[IneffectualLoner insistence against this]]. It's eventually revealed that Leon did consider Stahn something like a friend.
141	** ''VideoGame/TalesOfRebirth'': [[HoYay Veigue/Tytree]] is very popular, easily competing with the heavily implied [[ChildhoodFriends Veigue/Claire]], partially because of Claire's [[DamselInDistress absence from a portion of the game]], and because of how quick Tytree is to reassure Veigue when these circumstances get him down and encourage him onwards. Veigue himself admits Tytree is dependable and the two of them get along despite [[RedOniBlueOni their contrasting personalities]].
142	** ''VideoGame/TalesOfLegendia'': Senel canonically gets engaged to Shirley during the events of the game and declares that she's the one who's most important to him, but fandom prefers Senel/Chloe, largely due to how divisive Shirley is for [[spoiler:trying to start [[TheGreatFlood the Cataclysm]] and kill all the Orerines]].
143	** ''VideoGame/TalesOfTheAbyss'': [[TheWisePrince Peony]]'s canonically still pining after [[ChildhoodFriend Nephry]] even after she broke up with him to marry someone else, but it's much more common to pair him with Nephry's brother, [[MadScientist Jade]], since the two were also childhood friends themselves and [[HeterosexualLifePartners remained quite close and trusting in adulthood]].
144	** ''VideoGame/TalesOfXillia'': Despite Jude and Milla being the OfficialCouple, getting much ShipTease in both games, Jude/Alvin is significantly more popular.
145	** ''VideoGame/TalesOfXillia2'':This is an inevitable occurrence for Ludger, since his canon LoveInterest, Lara [[spoiler:Mel Marta, [[KidFromTheFuture Elle]]'s mother]], is TheGhost for the entire game, only making a single appearance in the [[MultipleEndings Ludger Ending]]. Thus, the most popular ship for Ludger is [[IncestYayShipping Ludger/Julius]], due to Julius' driving motivation largely revolving around [[{{Protectorate}} protecting Ludger]], and the Bad Ending where Ludger kills [[spoiler:all his friends and dooms the world]] to protect Julius. However, in Western fandom, it's a much closer call between Ludger/Julius and Ludger/Jude, with the former just barely beating out the latter in popularity.
146	* ''VideoGame/TrailsSeries'':
147	** In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsFromZero'', as well as its sequel, ''Trails to Azure'', the two characters fans most frequently pair with [[TheHero Lloyd]] are Rixia and [[HoYay Randy]], while [[ImpliedLoveInterest Elie]] doesn't get much attention to generally being thought of as somewhat "[[VanillaProtagonist vanilla]]."
148	** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsOfColdSteel''
149	*** While [[TheHero Rean]] X [[ImpliedLoveInterest Alisa]] is a popular pairing, it pales in comparison to Rean X [[TheRival Crow]], due to many fans claiming that the latter has the most natural chemistry and interactions.
150	*** In canon, Juna is [[TeacherStudentRomance a potential love interests]] for Rean. Fans, however, are more likely to pair Juna with her classmate Kurt (who she canonically has a mutally [[LikeBrotherAndSister sibling-esque relationship with]]).
151	* [[CluelessChickMagnet Hyde Kido]] of ''VideoGame/UnderNightInBirth'' has a lot of girls in his life, but he's primarily promoted as being in a tag team with [[DeathSeeker Linne]] and is confirmed to be attracted to [[ChurchMilitant Orie]]. The fans, however, would rather ship him with [[RobotGirl Vatista]] instead.
152	* ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'': Sans/Toriel due to their shared love of jokes. This is despite the fact that [[spoiler:Toriel may still be married to King Asgore, whom she used to be soulmates with, but is at the present extremely pissed with him for trying to destroy the human race (and killing 6 human children in the process of said plan)]]. Fans interpret Toriel as [[spoiler:already divorced from Asgore]], and want Sans and Toriel's mutual love of jokes to evolve into more.
153	* ''VideoGame/UntilDawn'':
154	** ''Until Dawn'' comes with a group of 8 young characters who are conveniently paired off with each other. Still, a lot of people like the idea of Mike and Samantha being together instead of with Jess and Josh, thanks to their statuses as the top badasses of the group. The game [[ShipTease seems to encourage this]] by [[BattleCouple sticking the two in situations where they save each other]] and, if both survive, shows them clinging to each other as [[spoiler:they watch the lodge go up in flames]].
155	** Jess and Matt have their shippers, too. They're dating Mike and Emily respectively, but are separated from them halfway through the game, culminating in the two of them [[spoiler:escaping the mines]] together if they both survive to the climax. That plus the facts that Matt's relationship with Em [[HenpeckedHusband isn't exactly harmonious]] and that Mike himself is part of a different FanPreferredCouple (as mentioned above) lend to people liking the idea of seeing them together.
156	* Fans of ''VideoGame/ValkyriaChronicles'' vastly prefers the pairing of Selvaria Bles with Johann/Oswald the Iron. Considering what kind of dick Maximillian (the one Selvaria is canonically interested at) is, it should come as no surprise. Radi Jaeger is sometimes a decent substitute, too.
157	* ''VideoGame/ValkyrieProfile'': The resident DracoInLeatherPants, [[MagnificentBastard Lezard]], is unquestionably the favored love interest for main character, Lenneth. He's one of the most dedicated {{Yandere}}s you'll come across, but unusually for a male Yandere, the fans eat it up. It's even funnier since Lenneth actually has a genuine love interest- Lucian- with story significance and an arc and is devoted to Lenneth in his own more wholesome way but good luck finding fans who even acknowledge him, let alone ship the two. Lucian just comes across as bland by default and in the face of the much more interesting Lezard he's outright forgettable.
158	* ''VideoGame/{{Warcraft}}'':
159	** Jaina/Sylvanas is more popular than the canon Jaina/Kalecgos, due to their similarities as characters and shared traumatic experiences. On [=AO3=], for example, Jaina/Sylvanas is the most written about pairing for both characters.
160	** Jaina and everyone's favorite orc, Thrall, is a popular ship. Such that [[WordOfGod Chris Metzen]] ''mercilessly'' sank with the novel having Thrall become mates with the Maghari Shamanka Aggra [[LastMinuteHookup seemingly out of nowhere]] then letting Jaina get with Kalecgos in ''[=MoP=]''. Baring ''that'', stated with extreme confidence that the Thrall/Jaina pairing will never happen during the Q&A at Blizzcon 2010. It didn't really help that designers had previously {{lampshade\|Hanging}}d the Thrall/Jaina pairing in an EasterEgg.
161	%%* ''VideoGame/TheWorldEndsWithYou'': Joshua and Neku have an enormous following among the fanbase. Where to begin? In game, Joshua blatantly flirts with Neku more than once, and Shiki even implies she thinks they might be a thing at one point. Joshua's small role in the manga is also dedicated to his implied infatuation with Neku. While the game and its fanbase generally isn't focused much on romance, there is a staggering amount of fanart and fanfics on this pairing while not much else for other pairings exists.
162	* ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles2'': It's actually a bit difficult to find people who ship Jin with his [[TheLostLenore Lost Lenore]] Lora, as while they exist, a lot of people prefer to pair him with Malos instead. Aside from being the third most written-for ''[=XC2=]'' pairing on [=AO3=] (after Brighid/Mòrag and Rex/Pyra), Jin/Malos' popularity has many roots, from their parallels to OfficialCouple Rex/Pyra, their general closeness, and their ultimate ending where [[spoiler:just before they die, they both realize how deep their connection to each other had become, with Jin having regained his will to live because of Malos and Malos' hatred for both the world and himself having worsened because of the tragedy of Jin's life, to the point where a good portion of the pre-FinalBoss cutscene is just Malos yelling about how Jin's story is a perfect example of why the world should burn]]. Even after ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles2TornaTheGoldenCountry'' fleshed out Jin's relationship with Lora more, Jin/Malos was still the more popular pairing.

Context FanPreferredCouple / VideoGames