History BattleCouple / VideoGames

* Hamil and Tart in ''VideoGame/TearsToTiara2'': The former is TheHero and the latter is the ''Goddess of War''.
* Vlad and Isabella von Carstein in ''VideoGame/TotalWarWarhammer'' have this as a gameplay mechanic: already quite strong alone, the two Legendary Lords gain massive bonuses to their stats when fighting together in the same battle. In addition, by starting a campaign with either vampire, you can recruit the other right off the bat, and at a discount too (in other campaigns you need to fulfill a certain criteria to unlock the Lord you didn't start with).

* Fox [=McCloud=] and Krystal from ''VideoGame/StarFox''. Shortly after Fox freed her and defeated [[VideoGame/StarFoxAdventures General Scales]], Krystal joined the Star Fox team as one of Fox's wingmates, and the two began a relationship. In ''VideoGame/StarFoxCommand'', said relationship hit a rough patch when Fox decided he didn't want Krystal in harm's way, though depending the [[MultipleEndings ending]] they patch things up. [[DownerEnding Or not]].

** Among [=NPCs=], there is [[spoiler:Leader Ianthe and Ranger Wilma, a married couple]], who battle together as the last challenge for the player to become a Ranger Captain.

** There's Edge and Blaze in ''VideoGame/AceCombat5TheUnsungWar''.

* The possibilities for this in the ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic'' games are endless... In the first game, the PlayerCharacter and Bastila (especially awesome if [[spoiler: you decide to join Bastila on the Dark Side]], or alternatively heartwarming if you can use ThePowerOfLove to [[spoiler: return her to the light side]]) if you play male. Carth or [[GayOption even Juhani]] if you play female. You get a choice in the second- The Exile and Atton or the Disciple if the Exile's female, and Visas or the Handmaiden if he's Male.

* ''Franchise/MassEffect'' gives us [[PlayerCharacter Shepard]] and most of his/her relationships. Of special note are: [[ActionGirl Ashley]][=/=]Shepard and [[MrFanservice Kaidan]][=/=]Shepard from the [[VideoGame/MassEffect1 first game]], and [[FemmeFatale Miranda]][=/=]Shepard and [[OneManArmy Garrus]][=/=]Shepard in the [[VideoGame/MassEffect2 second]].
** The "Lair of the Shadow Broker" DLC can be played as Shepard and Liara getting back together - which, for them, involves [[spoiler: tracking down and killing one of the most feared men in the galaxy]]. It makes the squabbling in the Taxi ChaseScene all the more funny when [[LikeAnOldMarriedCouple the implications of a relationship gone awry are thrown in]].

%%* Fei and Elly, as well as Citan and Yui of ''VideoGame/{{Xenogears}}''.

%%* ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles1'' gives us [[TheMessiah Shulk]] and [[PluckyGirl Fiora]], [[spoiler:until she's killed.. [{{Cyborg}} Then she turns out to have been OnlyMostlyDead and they pick up where they left off.]]
* Not uncommon in ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles2'', thanks to the need for trust and cooperation between Driver and [[EmpathicWeapon Blade]]. One NPC mentions that in older times it wasn't unheard-of for Drivers and Blades to marry. She brings this up about Rex and Pyra, who are a shining example of this trope [[EveryoneCanSeeIt to everyone but themselves]].
** This gets deconstructed ''hard'' in the ''Torna'' prequel DLC. Jin, already under a lot of stress from learning about his past (where he was part of a battle couple with a woman implied to have actually married him) and seeing the full might of the Aegis, is made to consider the full implications of being a battle couple with Lora once it's clear to both of them there's some degree of love between them both. He decides he cannot live without her (which Blades literally cannot do) and takes drastic measures when Lora starts to succumb to terrible wounds that end up putting Lora into a terrible coma.

** Downplayed in the ''[[VideoGame/SonicRushSeries Sonic Rush]]'' series where Sonic and Blaze fight against Eggman and Eggman Nega together in their respective super forms during the climax of both games. Despite the occasional ShipTease, it's up for interpretation whether there is anything between the two.

* Because of the gameplay of ''VideoGame/ProjectXZone'', the playable characters are by default ''paired'' with each other. Among them that do play it straight however are [[VideoGame/NamcoXCapcom Reiji and Xiaomu]], [[VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}} Demitri and Morrgian]], [[VideoGame/EndlessFrontier Haken and Kaguya]], [[VideoGame/SakuraWars Ichiro and Sakura]], [[VideoGame/ShiningForce Touma and Cyrille]], [[VideoGame/DotHackR1Games Kite and Black Rose]], and [[VideoGame/ValkyriaChroniclesIII Kurt and Riela]]. The rest are either PlatonicLifePartners, HeterosexualLifePartners, and in a few cases, ironic pairings.

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* Fox [=McCloud=] and Krystal from ''VideoGame/StarFox.'' Shortly after Fox freed her and defeated [[VideoGame/StarFoxAdventures General Scales]], Krystal joined the Starfox team as one of Fox's wingmates, and the two began a relationship. In ''VideoGame/StarFoxCommand,'' said relationship hit a rough patch when Fox decided he didn't want Krystal in harm's way, though depending the [[MultipleEndings ending]] they patch things up. [[DownerEnding Or not]].

* There's more than one in ''Franchise/MortalKombat'', with the most glaring examples being Liu Kang and Princess Kitana (who mix it with StarCrossedLovers [[spoiler: until ''X'', when they become the Netherrealm's RulingCouple]]) and later [[spoiler: Kenshi's son]] Takeda and Jax's daughter Jacqueline "Jacqi" Briggs in ''VideoGame/MortalKombatX'' (who rescue each other mutually several times in the story).

** Ferid and Queen Arshtat Falenas (''VideoGame/SuikodenV''); they're a RulingCouple in a country where AsskickingEqualsAuthority. Otherwise they fit the SwordAndSorcerer trope.