History CuteBruiser / VideoGames

* In ''VideoGame/DeadOrAlive'' Hitomi and Mila are easily the best examples of the trope, with the former being a hardhitting Karateka, whose kicksand punches send her opponents flying across the arena. While Mila is a MMA fighter that looks and fights just like real life cute bruiser Creator/GinaCarano.

* In ''VideoGame/DeadOrAlive'', most of the female fighters use WaifFu except for Tina Armstrong who is pro Wrestler, and Mila who is a MMA fighter that looks and fights just like real life cute bruiser Creator/GinaCarano.

* Amaterasu in ''VideoGame/{{Okami}}''. So what if she's [[BigBadassWolf not human]]? She's female, cute enough to makes you want to [[PetTheDog Pet your TV screen]] while playing, and is [[PhysicalGod strong enough]] to ''bite'' to death [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu demons]] and [[EldritchAbomination malevolent gods]]. She definitively qualifies.

* In ''DeadOrAlive'', most of the female fighters use WaifFu except for Tina Armstrong who is pro Wrestler, and Mila who is a MMA fighter that looks and fights just like real life cute bruiser Creator/GinaCarano.

* Laharl, Etna, Yukimaru, and just about half of the units of ''{{Disgaea}}.'' It's not difficult to create an attacking force consisting entirely of {{BFS}}-wielding lolitas if you feel the urge to.

* [[SpellMyNameWithAnS Kril/Cara/Kururu]] from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyV'' can fit this trope, especially if you give her physically oriented jobs.
* While Relm Arrowny may not be a great physical fighter, many believe she is the most powerful pure mage in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI''. This in stark contrast to her grandfather, the Blue Mage, and ''half-Esper Terra'' means that game balance might be FridgeLogic retardant.
* As a counterpart to the [[{{Stripperific}} supposedly]] [[LadyOfWar elegant, graceful and druidic]] Viera, ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyTacticsA2'' introduced the Gria, a race of dragon girls who focused on speed and raw power, wielding swords and [[{{BFS}} greatswords]] as well as bows and hammers.

* In ''[[VideoGame/DissidiaFinalFantasy Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy]]'', [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyXI Prishe]] is the TokenMiniMoe, a young BareFistedMonk with FrillsOfJustice and purple hair. Her punch combos, particularly One-Inch Punch and Howling Fist, are incredibly powerful, those two in particular can crush guards and deflecting attacks when charged up, and her ability to link two attacks together gives her impressive power. For example, her Dragon Kick to One Inch Punch link has a base power of 25-35 if both attacks are charged up, making it one of ''the'' most powerful combos in the game.

** Mew may be the UrExample in {{Pokemon}}. The exact size of a Pikachu, Mew has base 100 in all of its stats, thus its Average Stat Value is 100. This means it's categorized in the same strength tier as juggernauts like Tyranitar and Dragonite (most other non-Uber legendaries - i.e. Articuno, Zapdos, & Moltres - in the game have an ASV of around 97.7). Add to these stats Mew's ability to learn any and all TM, HM, and nearly all non-unique Move Tutor moves in the game, Mew is an adorable [[OneManArmy god of death]].

** In her [[FinalFantasyXI source game]], Prishe is just as much of a badass, as she's able to destroy the barriers that make a PhysicalGod invincible with her [[DeathFromAbove Nullifying Dropkick]].

* Marcy of ''VideoGame/ChronoCross'' is a tiny little girl in a frilly pink dress... and probably the toughest one of General Viper's elite, which includes a man about as big and strong as an elephant. Most of her moves involve beating you three ways to yesterday [[ImprobableWeaponUser with yarn]]. Among playable characters, Leah, who despite being a child has great strength and HP; she is, in fact, basically a kid version of Ayla from ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger''.

* In ''DeadOrAlive'', most of the female fighters use WaifFu except for Tina Armstrong who is pro Wrestler, and Mila who is a MMA fighter that looks and fights just like real life cute bruiser {{Gina Carano}}.

* In ''ShinMegamiTenseiNocturne'', if you keep Pixie with you during the whole game, you can eventually turn her into this through a sidequest.
** This carries over to ''Digital Devil Saga'', ''VideoGame/{{Persona 3}}'', and ''VideoGame/{{Persona 4}}'', with a small caveat - they're all used on ''you''.

** And before Chie, there was ''{{Persona 2}}'''s Lisa Silverman.
* Wild Flower in ''JadeEmpire'' is a nice little girl... except the fact that she's possessed by ''two'' demons who are battling for control of her.

* Ellen from ''RomancingSaga3'' is a tomboy. She intially uses [[AnAxeToGrind an axe]], but she also accels in martial arts.

* The [[HelloInsertNameHere nameable]] Yoshi partner in ''VideoGame/PaperMarioTheThousandYearDoor'', who in series tradition comes out scrapping for a fight (and speaking fluently) as soon as he hatches. He's able to serve as a PowerupMount for a plumber three times his size!

* [[HotScientist Liara]] in the ''MassEffect'' series is a sweet, innocent young archaeologist who, at least out of combat, looks like a pretty standard [[GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe pretty blue alien woman]] in a labcoat. In combat, she will start [[PowerGlows glowing blue]], breaking peoples' necks by gesturing at them, and summon small-scale black holes to mess with enemy positions.

** Depending on whether or not we'll ever see her face, Tali may count as one, too. Though she starts out relatively weak with great tech skills, upgrade her armament to Shotguns and give her the Spectre shotgun and watch her mow through some geth like nothing. And then she takes a level in badass between the first game and the sequel(especially)...

** Not to mention that in the ''Lair of the Shadow Broker'' DLC for VideoGame/MassEffect2 [[spoiler:she becomes the new Shadow Broker.]]

* Strength from ''VideoGame/MagicalDrop 3''.

** [[http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s56/Retro7/Faved%20Stuff/Touhou/1176524612644.jpg Indeed]].
** Another good example is Suwako Moriya, who is not only an EX-Boss, but has the most damaging melee combo of any other character in the fighting spinoff, Hisotensoku.
** Cirno is also a prime example. She's treated as relatively weak in-setting, but that's only because Touhou is full of extremely broken characters. From a normal human's (or even a weak youkai's) viewpoint, however, she's perfectly capable of freezing her opponents, the building they are in, and a good chunk of the surroundings while monkeying around. She IS right when she calls herself the strongest Ice Fairy; for her race's standards, she is enormously powerful.

** Nono from ''FireEmblemAwakening'' can become one if she class changes into a Dragon Knight, as she's easily the youngest looking character out of the entire cast, yet potentially just as capable of handling a huge battle axe or lance.

* Most female weapon-users in the ''FireEmblem'' series are {{Fragile Speedster}}s or TheArcher, but ''Sacred Stones'' gave us Amelia, who starts out as a fairly raw recruit but can eventually become a General, Great Knight, or Paladin--or, for maximum application of this trope, take the "Super-Recruit" path, thus doing massive damage (as super-recruits have high CriticalHit rates) with a lance larger than she is.