History BattleCouple / VideoGames

* ''[[Franchise/ShinMegamiTenseiPersona Persona]]'': In ''VideoGame/Persona3'', ''VideoGame/Persona4'' and ''VideoGame/Persona5'', you can get a girl or boyfriend of the opposite sex, including your party members, resulting in you fighting enemies alongside your lover. The only exception is Junpei in ''Persona 3 Portable'', who can't be romanced due to [[spoiler:Chidori]] stealing his affections. ''[[VideoGame/Persona2 Persona 2: Innocent Sin]]'' also allows for this, with the notable addition of being able to form a [[GayOption same-gender battle couple]].

* In ''VideoGame/KnightmareIITheMazeOfGalious'', player characters Popolon and Aphrodite are husband and wife.

%%** Lepant and Eileen (Suikoden 1),
%%**Freed and Yoshino Yamamoto (Suikoden 2)

* Creator/BioWare... This Trope is one of their favorites. [[GayOption The gender]] [[BiTheWay combination of]] the PlayerCharacter and [[PurelyAestheticGender his or her]] bedmate [[GenderNeutralWriting doesn't matter]].

* In the ''VideoGames/SlyCooper'' games, Sly and Carmelita qualify, [[DatingCatwoman when the latter is not trying to arrest the former]] they work together. [[spoiler: In the end of [[VideoGame/Sly3HonorAmongThieves the third game]], Sly fakes amnesia so he can become her constable.]]

** ''VideoGame/StarWarsTheOldRepublic'' has these all over the place. In the {{Backstory}}, there's [[HappinessInSlavery Eleena Daru]] and her "husband" [[UnholyMatrimony Darth Malgus]]. There was also Satele Shan's fling with Jace Malcolm (that produced [[MuggleBornOfMages Theron Shan]]). Each player class has a companion with a romance arc that can and will be brought into a fight with them. Out in the expansions, there are even more options, like Theron, [[NobleDemon Lana Beniko]], and [[WideEyedIdealist Koth Vortana]]. In BioWare tradition, all of their romance arcs can be accessed by a male or female player character.

* ''VideoGame/TheWorldEndsWithYou''

* The ''Franchise/{{Disgaea}}'' series.

** Also from Kirby, [[spoiler: the final battle with 0[[superscript:2]] in ''VideoGame/Kirby64", courtesy of Kirby and Ribbon.]]

* The ''VideoGame/TalesSeries'' likes this one, especially double-teamed with {{BST}}:

* ''Franchise/FinalFantasy''

* ''VideoGame/{{Suikoden}}'' series :

* ''VideoGame/StarCraft''

** ''VideoGame/{{StarCraft II}}'' continues the story. After despairing for years on his guilt about what happened to Kerrigan, Raynor finally succeeds to de-infest her and bring her back to her original personality... only for her to turn herself back into a Zerg ''willingly'' so she can go on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge against Mensgk. While she retains control this time, and even saves him, he is understandably horrified by what she has done and put an end to their relationship. [[spoiler:Eventually he realizes Kerrigan is no longer the blood-thirsty monster she was as the original Queen of Blades, and comes to save her in the final confrontation with Mensgk.]] By the end of the game, Raynor and Kerrigan are on good terms again, and while they cannot stay together due to consequence, they clearly still love each other.

** actually there are a lot of these in Warcraft, because the world is kind of really dangerous so most people have to [[MinorInAsskicking fight sometimes]]. ''VideoGame/Warcraft'' has Arthas Menethil and Jaina Proudmoore, [[spoiler:before the former does a Face-Heel Turn]]. Although they fall into the [[SwordAndSorceror fighter and mage]] archetypes, it's a slight subversion of expectations because Arthas has the healing abilities (in [=RPGs=], [[WhiteMagicGirl the girl always heals]]). Jaina's abilities mesh particularly well with Arthas' because they revolve around slowing down her opponents (which makes his job, of smashing them into bone dust easier). In ''Wrath of the Lich King'' Jaina tries a last-ditch attempt at persuading Arthas to resist the influence of the Lich King nearly getting herself and the player killed. You can also loot a locket that used to belong to Jaina from the Lich King fight, proof that Arthas kind of still loved her (maybe). The expansion ''Legion'' also formally introduced us to Turalyon and Alleria, who are the Mamma Bear and Papa Wolf to basically the whole world (but most importantly, their son Arator who has [[TakeALevelInBadass become quite the paladin]] himself). Sylvanas and Nathanos Blightcaller were, and still kind of are, this. They were definitely lovers when they were alive, and they still act like it now even though they both don't like to admit it. Rhonin and Vereesa were this, kind of mixed with [[RulingCouple]] as well since they were the de facto leaders of Dalaran's military. Oh yeah: Sylvanas, Alleria and Vereesa are sisters. Their parents were probably also this although their mother is never explicitly mentioned. The titan keeper Thorim and his Vrykul girlfriend Sif. The [[EldritchAbomination Yogg-Saron]] later uses Sif as a disguise to manipulate Thorim.

* ''VideoGame/TrailsSeries''

*** In the third game a Romanced Leliana is still together with the Warden, just temporarily split by the current crisis. Similarly if a romanced Morrigan and the warden stayed together in ''Witch Hunt'' they've been raising a son together in the interim and she leaves to rejoin him at the end of the game. A romanced Zevran is mentioned to still be with the Warden on their current adventure.

** Likewise any of the romance options in ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII'', plus Aveline and Guardsman Donnic if Hawke takes the time to help them get together.

** Manticore and Sister Psyche, teammates in the Freedom Phalanx who eventually got married...and had to fight off a horde of PC villains at their wedding.

** Also from Kirby, [[spoiler: the final battle with 0[[superscript:2]] in ''Videogame/Kirby64", courtesy of Kirby and Ribbon.]]

*** When Zidane suffers his [[spoiler: HeroicBSOD in Castle Pandamonium]], millions worldwide could see him and Garnet becoming a Battle Couple to snap him out of it.

* ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'': While Link and Zelda have supported each other in battle several times throughout the series, it has almost always been as LadyAndKnight. The closest they've ever come to being in a confirmed relationship is in ''Spirit Tracks'', in which, they're pre-teens; making their relationship closer to PuppyLove. Whereas in ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild Breath of the Wild]]'', they're both 17 (though [[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld chronologically 117]]). The travelling minstrel Kass explains that his teacher was envious of Link because Princess Zelda "only had eyes for her appointed knight". But, in the western version, Link's own feelings toward Zelda are deliberately left ambiguous.

* Like the above Skyrim example, in ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 4}}'', you can romance your companions and have them fight alongside you.

* Orcs in ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' hold this as an ideal. In particular, in ''Warlords of Draenor'', we are introduced to Durotan and Draka, the orcs who would become Thrall's parents. If the two aren't side by side in battle it's only because one is defending the homefront while the other goes out on a mission. In an in-game conversation during the Frostfire Ridge quests, Draka is shocked that Thrall insisted his own mate Aggra StayInTheKitchen rather than be at his side in war, where she insists it's ''most'' important to have your family by you. Aggra later appears in Nagrand, having set Thrall straight on that point herself.

* In ''VideoGame/KnightmareIITheMazeOfGalious'', player characters Popolon and Aphrodite are husband and wife.

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** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'' [[ChildhoodFriendRomance childhood friends]] Cloud and Tifa become this by the time of FinalBattle, however this is ''only'' if you singled out Tifa in the [[DatingSim date mechanics]]. In ''Anime/AdventChildren'' they even do a FastballSpecial together.

* [[NotBloodSiblings Estelle and Joshua Bright]] from ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsInTheSky''. Both are trained by their father [[OneManArmy Cassius Bright]], a living legend among Bracers and Liberlian military alike so despite being Junior Bracers, they have good combat capabilities, Joshua especially since he's actually [[spoiler:A high-ranked "trained" assassin from a secret organization]]. They hook up and [[WalkingTheEarth travel to various Bracer branches in Zemuria to help people and train themselves]] by the end of the second game. Their status as a couple is further cemented at VideoGame/ZeroNoKiseki by already mastering combination craft, a feat [[GameplayAndStoryIntegration achieved by people with deep bonds with each other]].

** A strange FoeYay example: [[TheBigGuy Alvin]] and [[spoiler:[[TheEvilGenius Presa]]]] are hinted at to have been this, or were on the verge of becoming so, in ''VideoGame/TalesOfXillia'', but their relationship descended into a [[BelligerentSexualTension love/hate]] one by the time of the game. [[spoiler:Jude and Milla]], however, are confirmed to have developed into one by the game's ending [[spoiler:although, sadly, they can't stay together and she has to go for an AlwaysWithYou option]].

* Issac and Jenna from ''VideoGame/GoldenSun'' married ''after'' the period they fought together. Considering how long it took for their kid to pop out, they probably [[CannotSpitItOut did not spit it out]] until some time after the first series ended.

** 2B and 9s in ''VideoGame/NierAutomata''.

* ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'': Link and Zelda have skirted this trope ever since ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime Ocarina of Time]],'' where Zelda first assists Link's final battle against Ganon with combat advice and a stunning spell. In ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker Wind Waker]]'' and again in ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess Twilight Princess]]'', she becomes an active participant by firing light arrows. In ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSpiritTracks Spirit Tracks]]'', Zelda can possess monsters. However, it must be acknowledged that with Link being a HeroicMime, it's hard to pin down a defined relationship; in ''Spirit Tracks'', arguably the straightest example of this trope for these characters, the relationship between them is closer to PuppyLove.

** ''Twilight Princess'' also has Link and Midna whenever the former is in his Wolf form and being ridden by the latter, though much like with Zelda the exact nature of their relationship is hard to pin down. Midna, at least, has dialogue at certain points that sounds like she is flirting with Link.

** Subverted with [[VigilanteMan Yuri]] and [[ActionGirl Judith]] from ''VideoGame/TalesOfVesperia''. It's clear from [[ShipTease their mutual flirting]] and [[TheTease Judith's love of teasing]] in-between lopping off {{Mook|s}} heads in Ghastfarost that they're at least physically attracted to each other, but Yuri's CelibateHero status prevents any kind of romance from forming.

* This appears to be the norm with most couples in ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'', even if the pair aren't romantically linked. If they are, expect bad things to happen by the end e.g [[VideoGame/ResidentEvilCodeVeronica Code Vernonica]]. Technically the first ones to play this straight were Billy and Rebecca from [[VideoGame/ResidentEvil0 RE0]] as the game mechanics revolve around the pair fighting monsters and solving puzzles together, before then most pairs [[LetsSplitUpGang separate]] frequently in the games.
** [[VideoGame/ResidentEvil Chris ]][[VideoGame/ResidentEvil5 and Jill]] get around this by being too dense to realize they're [[https://i.pinimg.com/originals/0f/e9/1e/0fe91e5587f1f8cb8fac6b8ae3de28d2.jpg clearly]] a Battle Couple (though [[EveryoneCanSeeIt everyone]] ''[[EveryoneCanSeeIt else]]'' [[EveryoneCanSeeIt can tell]]). [[VideoGame/ResidentEvil2 Leon]] [[VideoGame/ResidentEvil4 and Ada]] get away with it by being [[DatingCatwoman a different kind of couple]], though ironically Leon and Ada are almost never seen fighting together in the games, only ''Anime/ResidentEvilDamnation'' plays it straight.
** Played straighter gameplay-wise in the [[RailShooter Lightgun Wii games]] such as ''VideoGame/ResidentEvilTheUmbrellaChronicles'' and ''VideoGame/ResidentEvilTheDarkSideChronicles'' as Billy and Rebecca, Chris and Jill, Leon and Claire, Jill and Carlos, Claire and Steve stay together and shoot together throughout the scenarios.

** There's Neku and Shiki, who are treated as the star couple in all but name. Sure, they had a rocky start, but by the end of their chapter they've become an unofficial Battle Couple, such that their separation is a major tearjerker for either of them, while their reunion at the end of the game is all the more SugarWiki/{{Heartwarming|Moments}}.

** 2B and 9s in ''VideoGame/NieRAutomata''.

** actually there are a lot of these in Warcraft, because the world is kind of really dangerous so most people have to [[MinorInAsskicking fight sometimes]]. ''VideoGame/Warcraft'' has Arthas Menethil and Jaina Proudmoore, [[spoiler:before the former does a Face-Heel Turn]]. Although they fall into the [[SwordAndSorceror fighter and mage]] archetypes, it's a slight subversion of expectations because Arthas has the healing abilities (in RPGs, [[WhiteMagicGirl the girl always heals]]). Jaina's abilities mesh particularly well with Arthas' because they revolve around slowing down her opponents (which makes his job, of smashing them into bone dust easier). In ''Wrath of the Lich King'' Jaina tries a last-ditch attempt at persuading Arthas to resist the influence of the Lich King nearly getting herself and the player killed. You can also loot a locket that used to belong to Jaina from the Lich King fight, proof that Arthas kind of still loved her (maybe). The expansion ''Legion'' also formally introduced us to Turalyon and Alleria, who are the Mamma Bear and Papa Wolf to basically the whole world (but most importantly, their son Arator who has [[TakeALevelInBadass become quite the paladin]] himself). Sylvanas and Nathanos Blightcaller were, and still kind of are, this. They were definitely lovers when they were alive, and they still act like it now even though they both don't like to admit it. Rhonin and Vereesa were this, kind of mixed with [[RulingCouple]] as well since they were the de facto leaders of Dalaran's military. Oh yeah: Sylvanas, Alleria and Vereesa are sisters. Their parents were probably also this although their mother is never explicitly mentioned. The titan keeper Thorim and his Vrykul girlfriend Sif. The [[EldritchAbomination Yogg-Saron]] later uses Sif as a disguise to manipulate Thorim.

%%* Citan and Yui of ''VideoGame/{{Xenogears}}''.

* This appears to be the norm with most couples in ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'', even if the pair aren't romantically linked. If they are, expect bad things to happen by the end.
** [[VideoGame/ResidentEvil Chris ]][[VideoGame/ResidentEvil5 and Jill]] get around this by being too dense to realize they're a Battle Couple (though [[EveryoneCanSeeIt everyone]] ''[[EveryoneCanSeeIt else]]'' [[EveryoneCanSeeIt can tell]]), and [[VideoGame/ResidentEvil2 Leon]] [[VideoGame/ResidentEvil4 and Ada]] get away with it by being [[DatingCatwoman a different kind of couple.]]

* 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/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.

* In the ''Franchise/SlyCooper'' games, Sly and Carmelita qualify, [[DatingCatwoman when the latter is not trying to arrest the former]] they work together. [[spoiler: In the end of [[VideoGame/Sly3HonorAmongThieves the third game]], Sly fakes amnesia so he can become her constable.]]

* ''VideoGame/{{Cuphead}}'': At one time [[AttentionWhore Sally Stageplay]] and her HenpeckedHusband were originally intended to fight together against [[BashBrothers Cuphead and Mugman]], as some unused sprites indicate, before all of the [[{{Pun}} attention]] was handed over to Sally. In the UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch and [[UpdatedRerelease the Patch 1.4 version]] of the game, they can now potentially be this (with a baby who could have dropped bottles in the second stage, now with flaming projectiles) if the boys stand on both cherub props simultaneously to activate the FallingChandelierOfDoom on the husband, leaving her to move on to the second stage nunnery with a SternNun where you can beat Sally.

* ''VideoGame/{{Cuphead}}'': At one time [[AttentionWhore Sally Stageplay]] and her HenpeckedHusband were originally intended to fight together against [[BashBrothers Cuphead and Mugman]], as some unused sprites indicate, before all of the [[{{Pun}} attention]] was handed over to Sally.

* From ''VideoGame/MonsterHunter'', the flying wyverns Rathian and Rathalos are implied to operate like this. They're actually the female and male of the same species, and their descriptions often refer to them hunting together as a couple. There are even a few missions that pit players against a Rathian and Rathalos together.

** There's Neku and Shiki, who are treated as the star couple in all but name. Sure, they had a rocky start, but by the end of their chapter they've become an unofficial Battle Couple, such that their separation is a major tearjerker for either of them, while their reunion at the end of the game is all the more [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming heartwarming]].

** The possibilities for this in the ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic'' games are endless... In the first game, [[spoiler: Revan]] 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.