History BlowYouAway / VideoGames

* ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'': Flying-type attacks often consist of the user using the air itself as a weapon, such as Gust, Aeroblast, Hurricane, and [[RazorWind Air Slash]].

%%** ''VideoGame/TalesOfDestiny'': Woodrow/Garr Kelvin wields the Swordian of Wind, Igtenos.%%Meaning?

* ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog'': Sonic has learned some wind-based techniques since ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure2''. Wind appears to be strongly associated with him in general:

* ''VideoGame/{{Kindergarten}}'': Two of the [[CollectionSidequest Monstermon cards]] have this ability.

** ''VideoGame/WarioWareSnapped: In one microgame, the player has to perform a powerful gust of wind onto a guy wearing a winter cape by blowing at the mic of the DSi. The wind is strong enough to take the cape away.

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* ''VideoGame/BodyBlows'': Mike is a [[FightingClown seemingly unassuming businessman who works on Wall Street]] and fights in tournaments against a variety of street fighters, martial artists, robots, and aliens. His character profile at the start up of the games states that "[[LargeHam Far from being]] [[SmallNameBigEgo just full of wind]], this executive really means business!", and indeed, [[JustForPun he means business]]. He can even spin around like a tornado like WesternAnimation/{{Looney Tunes}}' Taz the Tasmanian Devil to dish out damage.

* ''VideoGame/GenshinImpact'': One of the seven elements in the world of Teyvat is Anemo, which can be used to swirl / absorb other elements or do crowd control. Some examples of characters who can control Anemo: The Traveler (the protagonist), Venti, Sucrose, Jean, Xiao, Kazuha, and Sayu.

* ''VideoGame/BlazBlue'': Rachel Alucard has the Drive power to literally blow herself and the opponent away with wind.

* ''VideoGame/InazumaEleven'': As the games use the FourElementEnsemble, wind-themed players are fairly common. Notable examples include [[NumberTwo Kazemaru]] from the original series and [[TheHero Tenma]] from ''GO''.

* Lilica Felchenrow in ''VideoGame/ArcanaHeart'' uses the Arcana of Wind as her default.
* Fraternal twin brothers Kharg and Darc from ''VideoGame/ArcTheLadTwilightOfTheSpirits'', both being the Wind-oriented guy in two different teams and the leader.

* Mina from ''VideoGame/BattleChefBrigade'' is skilled in wind magic, and can summon tornadoes to blow away and toss around monsters while hunting.
* The DLC for ''VideoGame/BioShock1'' adds the "Sonic Boom" plasmid, where with a press of a button, Jack creates a huge burst of wind that damages and knocks away enemies from the point of attack.

* Joey Mallone from ''VideoGame/TheBlackwellSeries'' commands the power of light breezes. It's about as impressive as it sounds, and he mostly uses it to rustle curtains and mildly annoy the living. Evildoers beware.
* Rachel Alucard from ''VideoGame/BlazBlue'' has the Drive power to literally blow herself and the opponent away with wind.

* Aside from being a [[TheMedic healing]] WhiteMagicianGirl, ''VideoGame/BreathOfFireIV'''s Nina uses wind magic for offense.
* ''VideoGame/CanterlotSiege'' has Rainbow Dash, who throws out whirlwinds to attack.
* Crono gets a "Wind Slash" attack in ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger'', which has the same Light (Heaven) element as his spells.

* Lo-Lo, the last of the Elementals from ''VideoGame/CrashBandicootTheWrathOfCortex'', is the master of air, responsible for hurricanes, deadly storms, and according to Uka Uka, "that little ice age a couple of centuries back". And go figure, [[TheDitz his personality is that of an]] ''[[{{Pun}} airhead]]''.
* In the original ''VideoGame/DefenseOfTheAncients'', [[VideoGame/{{Warcraft}} Alleria Windrunner]] is used as the class Windrunner, a wind-enchanted archer. When the game had a sequel under Valve, ''VideoGame/Dota2'', copyright issues struck, so she was replaced by Windranger Lyralei.
* In Chapter 2 of ''VideoGame/{{Deltarune}}'', Berdly gains access to wind-based attacks in the Cyber World, with several of his moves in-battle using tornadoes as projectiles. During the rematch against him in Cyber City, Noelle will comment on this if she gets hit by one of these attacks, muttering about how "he hit me in the face with a tornado" after the fight.
* The [[WindIsGreen Green Mages and Green Skulls]] in the ''Franchise/{{Disgaea}}'' series specialize in wind magic, and the Mystic Beast is their monster counterpart.
* The [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Windblast]] magic in ''VideoGame/{{Dishonored}}''.
* In ''VideoGame/DoubleDragonNeon'''s sixth stage, the Killacopter attempts to blow the Lee brothers into a pit with its rotor wind.

** ''VideoGame/DragonQuestIII'' made them the domain of the Priest class.
** In ''VideoGame/DragonQuestIV'', Meena has access to the Whoosh line of spells.

* Misaki Kawana of ''VideoGame/EternalFighterZero'' uses wind in many of her attacks, both to boost her movement and to pound her opponent with strong gales.
* In some ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' games, the Pandemona, Chocobo, Sylph, and Fenrir summons can deal Wind damage. There's also a recurring Aero or Tornado spell that occasionally shows up.
** Late in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyII'', [[spoiler:the Emperor conjures a massive Cyclone that ''completely destroys'' several towns on the world map, killing countless civilians]]. For attacks, the Abyss Worm knows an ability called Tornado XIII, which the player can also cast by using the Wind Flute item.
** In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV'', Tornado is an HPTo1 spell used by Rydia that conjures a tornado. Assorted enemies have attacks with {{Palette Swap}}s of the same animation that either have the same effect on the entire party or deal damage directly/
** The protagonists of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyV'' are each designated various elements, with the hero Bartz getting wind. As the Gladiator class in the remake, he can sometimes execute a wind-elemental attack dealing 9999 damage.
** In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI'', Sabin can summon a tornado... which heals the party and takes him out of the fight. [[UselessUsefulSpell And leaves him dead afterwards.]] He also utilizes a more traditional wind-based attack.
** Fujin, a RecurringBoss in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII'', named after the Japanese god of wind. Appropriately, she's partnered with [[ShockAndAwe Raijin]] (god of thunder).
** Chaos, the Esper of Wind in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXII'', wields Whirldwind as a standard attack and Tornado as a LimitBreak. In the original release of the game, these are also both {{Percent Damage Attack}}s. When fought as a boss, he uses Aeroja as a DesperationAttack. Though nowhere near as lacking as water and earth, wind damage has fewer options overall that the standard FireIceLightning trio, with Aero and Aeroga being available to the player but Aerora being an enemy-exclusive ability.
** In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII'', the Aero spells create whirlwinds that briefly stun enemies. Aerora and Aeroga can also knock enemies into the air, interrupting their attacks and leaving them extra vulnerable.

* The wind itself in ''VideoGame/{{Flower}}'', which combines with PetalPower.

* The Tempest ability from ''VideoGame/{{Ghostrunner}}'' lets you fire a short, but wide blast of wind that kills any enemy caught within it. It's one of the only AOE attacks the Ghostrunner has in his arsenal.

* In ''VideoGame/{{Heretic}}'', the Iron Lich boss has a windstorm attack that throws you up in the air and does damage until you escape.
* As the ''VideoGame/InazumaEleven'' games use the FourElementEnsemble, wind-themed players are fairly common. Notable examples include [[NumberTwo Kazemaru]] from the original series and [[TheHero Tenma]] from ''GO''.
* Two of the [[CollectionSidequest Monstermon cards]] from ''VideoGame/{{Kindergarten}}'' have this ability.

** In [[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsI the first game]], Sora, Donald, and the Disney companions who can use magic have access to the Aero spell, creating a whirlwind around the user that serves as a damage dampener for a minute or so. Its maximum form Aeroga is a RazorWind, causing damage on contact with enemies.
** ''[[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsChainOfMemories Chain of Memories]]'' brings Aero back as a card. The whirlwind only lasts a second, but it can be combined with other cards for devastating attacks, usually in the forms of tornados. The UpdatedRerelease adds the Xaldin card, which creates a small RazorWind around Sora similar to the first game's Aero spells.

** ''[[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsBirthBySleep Birth By Sleep]]'' has this in Ventus, [[MeaningfulName as his name suggests]]. Like fellow protagonists [[DishingOutDirt Terra]] and [[MakingASplash Aqua]], he can use the other elements in his regular spells as well, but only he can use the high-level Tornado spell, and several of his finishing attacks mix in wind.
** Aero returns in ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsIII'' as a standard attack spell, creating a whirlwind around the target that's wider with each level of the spell. It also leaves behind a small whirlwind that enhances Sora's jumps. The Aeroza situation command creates multiple vortices to hit a massive area.
* Goenitz from ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters'' has multiple special moves involving him using the wind. Hell, his official title is Goenitz of the Wildly-Blowing Wind!
* Tornado Kirby and Wing Kirby from the ''VideoGame/{{Kirby}}'' series.
* Zael's Gale attack is this in ''VideoGame/TheLastStory''. The magical wind it casts allows it to dispel magic circles, both his party members' to extend their effects and those of the enemies to nullify them.

** In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker'', Link gets a magical Deku Leaf from the [[WiseTree Deku Tree]] that he can use to hang-glide, at the cost of some magic. It can also be used to make a strong blast of air without needing to use magic. A more blatant example is the titular Wind Waker, a magical conductor's baton that can be used to change the direction of the wind and conjure cyclones.

* The game ''VideoGame/LostWinds'' gives you the ability to control, move, and attack with - you guessed it - wind!
* Vivi in ''VideoGame/LuminousArc'' and Sadie in the sequel, ''VideoGame/LuminousArc2''. In Sadie's case, one of her random battle quotes is actually "I'll blow you away!".
%%* Von Twirlenkiller, the third boss from ''VideoGame/MadWorld''. (Administrivia/ZeroContextExample)
* The ''VideoGame/MapleStory'' Knight of Cygnus [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything Windbreaker]] class is composed of archers that use the power of the wind. One of their skills involves the use of a magical wind that makes them immune to physical attacks, and wind-based attacks used in this state have their attack power increased. A different skill turns all neutral attacks into wind-based attacks, including their MoreDakka and RainOfArrows. They are generally more {{Glass Cannon}}s rather than {{Fragile Speedster}}s, as they are quite slow and have low health compared to the other Knights of Cygnus.
* One of the two witches in ''VideoGame/TheMatrixPathOfNeo'' has a banshee wail that can throw people, and you along with disorienting Neo, around and into walls.

*** Tornado Man from ''VideoGame/MegaMan9'' can generate winds with fans attached to his arms.
*** Hyperstorm H from ''VideoGame/MegaManTheWilyWars''.

* Tornado enemies and Harpies in ''VideoGame/{{Miitopia}}'' can blow small tornadoes at the Miis, sending them away from the battlefield for a few turns. The Princesses can also create gusts of RazorWind with their fans.

* In ''VideoGame/OctopathTraveler'', Merchants have wind magic, as a Pun on "trade winds".
* In Creator/{{Activision}}'s ''{{VideoGame/Oink}}'', the Big Bad Wolf uses his breath to blow away at the wall of bricks that you're trying to keep patched up to stay alive long before [[FailureIsTheOnlyOption the wolf finally breaks through and captures your pigs]].

* The Arashi orb from ''VideoGame/OnimushaWarlords'' gives Samanosuke the ability to use wind magic with the weapon Shippu (a two-headed naginata), the weakest but fastest of the three weapons he can obtain, the wind magic summons a tornado that drags enemy to it and sends them flying. An identical weapon with a different design and name returns in the second game, while the third one has a "Sky" elemental weapon, the nodachi Kuga, which unleashes RazorWind as its magic. The final game ''VideoGame/OnimushaDawnOfDreams'' retains the "Sky" element name (in the Japanese version at least) but uses the same whirlwind magic as in the first two games.
* In ''VideoGame/PlantsVsZombies'', this is Blover's special ability, being able to get rid of all flying zombies onscreen by blowing them offscreen.
* The ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' type to which this would be attributed is Flying. Flying-type attacks regularly consist of the user using the air itself as a weapon (Gust, Aeroblast, Hurricane, [[RazorWind Air Slash]]).

** The legendary Pokemon Tornadus introduced in ''VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite'' is notably the first pure Flying-type in the franchise, and is based on the wind god Fujin. Prior to ''VideoGame/PokemonSwordAndShield'', it was also the only pure-Flying type.
** There's also Rayquaza from Generation III; Groudon rules the earth, Kyogre rules the seas, and Rayquaza, whose roar is enough to send the other two running, rules the sky.
** Lugia, despite being more often associated with the ocean, falls under this category. Its power is so strong that just flapping its wings can blow houses apart, and its signature move is called Aeroblast, a laser of pressurized air that has a high chance of dealing a critical hit.
* Wendy Ryan of ''VideoGame/PsychicForce'', the Psychiccer of Wind.
* In ''VideoGame/RavenswordShadowlands'', there's an easily missable rune in the Citadel of Ror-Dan that lets you push enemies away with a gust of wind.

*** The Law Hero of ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiI'' specializes in Zan.
*** Raidou Kuzunoha from ''VideoGame/RaidouKuzunohaVsTheSoullessArmy'' uses "Force" spells in his [[CanonForeigner cameo]] in the UpdatedRerelease of ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIIINocturne''.
*** Zan's successor in ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIV'', Jonathan, is this and AnIcePerson as a result of no human being able to learn Ice spells in ''I''. In fact, in ''SMTIV'', Force spells can literally blow enemies away; if they hit your demons you'll have to look for them later.
** [[MeaningfulName Gale]] from ''VideoGame/DigitalDevilSaga'' excels in these skills.
** The ''Franchise/{{Persona}}'' series uses Garu skills instead. Some games also describe the "Zan" spells as shooting shockwaves rather than wind.
*** The Protagonist and Brown start off as this in ''VideoGame/Persona1''. Strangely for the franchise, Brown has both ''Zan'' spells (Blast damage for that game) and Wind spells.
*** From ''VideoGame/Persona2'' there is Jun Kurosu in ''Innocent Sin''; Baofu, Eriko and Ulala in ''Eternal Punishment''.
*** Yukari Takeba from ''VideoGame/Persona3'' has a Persona that uses mostly wind attacks.
*** Yosuke Hanamura from ''VideoGame/Persona4'' also has a Persona with wind attacks, though [[JackOfAllStats he branches out to healing and physical damage as well]].
*** Morgana, the MentorMascot of ''VideoGame/Persona5'', specializes in wind magic, though he also branches heavily into healing magic as well.

** In ''VideoGame/SonicAndTheBlackKnight'', he is given the title "Knight of the Wind" because he declares that his only master is the wind that blows free.
** In ''VideoGame/SonicRush'', Cream the Rabbit says that Sonic is "like the wind" when asked about him by [[DefrostingIceQueen Blaze the Cat]].
* ''VideoGame/{{Slashout}}'' have all it's characters being bestowed ElementalPowers, it's token {{ninja}}, Kamui, having wind abilities, including creating tornadoes with every slash and sending gusts of wind blowing enemies around him away. His Special Move is a cyclone funnel that traps enemies immediately before him and crushes them from all sides, which works especially well on bosses.
* Talim from ''[[VideoGame/SoulSeries Soul Calibur]]'', who's a "Wind Priestess".

* During his fight in ''VideoGame/StarFoxZero'', the Monarch Dodora can summon tornadoes. Fox will be disturbed if the tornadoes hit his ship. The Dodora can trap Fox on the central platform by surrounding it with tornadoes that close in on it when he TurnsRed.
* Popo in ''VideoGame/StellaGlow'' is the Wind Witch, allowing her to attack enemies with a whirlwind.
* Introduced in ''VideoGame/StreetFighterV'', Rashid hails from the UAE (United Arab Emirates) and not only has an acrobatic fighting style, but he's able to whip up tornadoes and have control over wind in general.
* Luc, the wielder of the [[spoiler:True]] Wind Rune in the ''VideoGame/{{Suikoden}}'' series.

** In ''VideoGame/PaperMarioTheThousandYearDoor'', Madame Flurrie, Mario's third party member, has the ability Gale Force. In the field, it dazes enemies, blows away large crowds and hordes, and can clear obstacles and expose hidden secrets. In battle, it has a chance of blowing enemies off the stage, removing them from battle while also giving you Star Points, and will even dispel the fog that causes attacks to randomly miss. The attack, however, doesn't work on bosses.

* Subversion: Masaki Andoh of ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars'' rides the Elemental Lord of Wind Cybuster, but does not generally utilize wind in battle. Instead, it focuses more on its FragileSpeedster status. However, some animations for his Discutter show it summoning the blade from a small tornado of some sort.

** Woodrow/Garr Kelvin from ''VideoGame/TalesOfDestiny'' wields the Swordian of Wind, Igtenos.

** Spada Belforma of ''VideoGame/TalesOfInnocence'' uses wind and lightning techs and magic.

*** "I'LL BLOW YOU AWAY!" (Note that the character who says this has quite a few wind-element strike artes in his repertoire.)
*** A stronger example is Raven, who has both wind-based strike artes and wind element magic.
** Hisui Hearts, ''VideoGame/TalesOfHearts'', uses primarily wind techs with his bow. Also, though he can cast spells of a few elements, he's the only character with the most powerful wind spell, Cyclone.

* The titular monster hunters in ''VideoGame/TheWitcher'' have a variety of simple spells ranging from traps that damage and immobilize anything walking over them, to blasts of fire, to limited mind control. Their most often used one is a quick blast of wind that can push back, stun, knock down, and disarm anyone in front of them at the time.
* The Twister [[PsychicPowers Psych]] from ''VideoGame/TheWorldEndsWithYou'' allows [[TheHero Neku]] to summon hurricanes that pick up foes and slam them down to the ground.
* Helamis in ''VideoGame/WrathUnleashed'' has power over wind.
* The first of the three Emelas swords ''Videogame/YsVITheArkOfNapishtim'' is the wind sword Livart, which can generate tornadoes.

** ''VideoGame/MonsterHunterWorld'': The Paolumu can inflate its throat pouch to float around and unleash mini-tornadoes that can stun Hunters. The ''Iceborne'' expansion adds the Nightshade Paolumu, which expels a powerful sleeping gas, then blows that gas around during the hunt.

** Gym Leaders [[VideoGame/PokemonGoldAndSilver Falkner of Violet City in Johto]], [[VideoGame/PokemonRubyAndSapphire Winona of Fortree City in Hoenn]] and [[VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite Skyla of Mistralton City in Unova]], and Elite Four members [[VideoGame/PokemonSunAndMoon Kahili of Alola]] and [[VideoGame/PokemonScarletAndViolet Larry of Paldea]][[note]]Also a Normal-type Gym Leader.[[/note]] specialize in Flying types.

** Gym Leaders [[VideoGame/PokemonGoldAndSilver Falkner of Violet City in Johto]], [[VideoGame/PokemonRubyAndSapphire Winona of Fortree City in Hoenn]] and [[VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite Skyla of Mistralton City in Unova]], and Elite Four members [[VideoGame/PokemonSunAndMoon Kahili of Aloha]] and [[VideoGame/PokemonScarletAndViolet Larry of Paldea]][[note]]Also a Normal-type Gym Leader.[[/note]] specialize in Flying types.

** Gym Leaders [[VideoGame/PokemonGoldAndSilver Falkner of Violet City in Johto]], [[VideoGame/PokemonRubyAndSapphire Winona of Fortree City in Hoenn]] and [[VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite Skyla of Mistralton City in Unova]], and Elite Four members [[VideoGame/PokemonSunAndMoon Kahili of Aloha]], and [[VideoGame/PokemonScarletAndViolet Larry of Paldea]][[note]]Also a Normal-type Gym Leader.[[/note]] specialize in Flying types.

*** The game also has two enemies that possess wind attacks, and the damage they do to Mario can be reduced by tapping the ActionCommand repeatedly. One is Buzzar, the buzzard-based miniboss found on Mt. Rugged before proceeding to the Dry, Dry Desert, whose blasts of wind from his wings can damage your party members for a turn or two; his wind attack ranges between 3-1 HP. The second is Huff N. Puff, a [[{{Cumulonemesis}} giant living storm cloud]] and the game's sixth boss, who attacks with not only [[ShockAndAwe powerful lightning strikes]], but with a powerful breath of wind that ranges between 7-2 HP.

** Johto Gym Leader Falkner, Hoenn Gym Leader Winona, Unova Gym Leader Skyla, Alola Elite Four Kahili, and Paldea Elite Four Larry[[note]]Also a Normal-type Gym Leader.[[/note]] specialize in Flying types.