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* The Beginner tracks of ''DaytonaUSA'' and ''Daytona USA 2''. Justified in that the other courses tend to be [[strike:Nintendo]] [[NintendoHard Sega Hard]].

* Who do the character select cursors in ''VideoGame/BlazBlue'' default to? Ragna and, [[ComplacentGamingSyndrom that's right]], ''[[TierInducedScrappy Jin]]''.

* Who do the character select cursors in ''BlazBlue'' default to? Ragna and, [[ThatDamnKen that's right]], ''[[GameplayScrappy Jin]]''.

* Most ''GigaWing'' players use the default character, [[SpellMyNameWithAnS Sinnosuke/Shinnosuke]]. To quote one user on [=YouTube=]:

* The normal, blue version of the RVR-01 Gauntlet in ''ThunderForce V''; the other versions have to be selected with a code involving the player 2 controller, which makes them [[GuideDangIt relatively unknown]] to most players.

* Most players in ''GHOSTSquad'' never use any weapon other than the XM-2119, and always have their mission difficulty levels at 1. If an arcade with GS upgrades to ''[[ExpansionPack GHOST Squad Evolution]]'', most people will not notice the extra weapons, costumes, or mission levels due to, again, playing with the defaults, and as a result many players will think ''Evolution'' is no different from non-upgraded ''GHOST Squad''.

* Who do the character select cursors in ''{{BlazBlue}}'' default to? Ragna and, [[ThatDamnKen that's right]], ''[[GameplayScrappy Jin]]''.

* In ''DanceDanceRevolution'', most new players tend to not stray very far from the first song on the song select; as a result, when the game first came out, "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDZBWU5QY8w Have You Never Been Mellow]]" (from the first US console release of DDR), "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EebUbR2wFM Make a Jam!]]" (from the first US arcade release) and "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4EbpJ4FgdAk Butterfly]]" were the most commonly picked songs. In fact, this lead to a [[SeriousBusiness "Death to Butterfly" group]] on a particular forum.
* "First Kiss" in ''DJMAX Technika''.
* ''PopNMusic'' has [[EasierThanEasy Enjoy mode]]. And within Enjoy mode, there's 5-button mode, which makes use of only 5 out of the machine's 9 buttons.

* ''DJMAX Portable''[='=]s 4 Button mode. It doesn't help that players who use 4B get used to it, and thus have much trouble progressing to any of the more difficult button modes.

* In Fallen Empire: Legions people new to the game and Guests almost always use the Sentinel because they haven't figured out that you can change characters. It makes it even worse that it takes time and practice to actually master the Sentinel. Poor buggers.

* According to statistics collected by BioWare, the vast majority of people who played MassEffect2 picked Soldier, the first class on the list.

*** It also helps that Soldiers are the only playable class who have access to assault rifles from the very beginning and that assault rifles are often the best tactical choice for their balance in terms of ammo capacity, rate of fire, and accuracy.

* Starting with Office 97, Microsoft included the now-infamous "Office Assistants". There were numerous assistants (including a robot and a caricature of {{William Shakespeare}}), but the default was a paperclip. However, most people, annoyed by the [[StopHelpingMe feature]], never bothered to change it and it's still remembered by most people as "the paperclip"

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* In ''ElGoonishShive'', an in-universe example - [[http://www.egscomics.com/egsnp/?date=2005-06-14 Newspaper arc]] "Dan in the {{MUD}}".

* Starting with Office 97, Microsoft included the now-infamous "Office Assistants". There were numerous assistants (including a robot and a caricature of ''William Shakespeare''), but the default was a paperclip. However, most people, annoyed by the [[StopHelpingMe feature]], never bothered to change it and it's still remembered by most people as "the paperclip"

* Starting with Office 97, Microsoft included the now-infamous "Office Assistants". There were numerous assistants (including a robot and a caricature of [[William Shakespeare]]), but the default was a paperclip. However, most people, annoyed by the [[StopHelpingMe feature]], never bothered to change it and it's still remembered by most people as "the paperclip"

* Starting with Office 97, Microsoft included the now-infamous "Office Assistants". There were numerous assistants (including a wizard and a genie), but the default was a paperclip. However, most people, annoyed by the [[StopHelpingMe feature]], never bothered to change it and it's still remembered by most people as "the paperclip"

Starting with Office 97, Microsoft included the now-infamous "Office Assistants". There were numerous assistants (including a wizard and a genie), but the default was a paperclip. However, most people, annoyed by the [[StopHelpingMe feature]], never bothered to change it and it's still remembered by most people as "the paperclip"

* ''TetrisTheGrandMaster 3'' defaults to World Rule, the game's implementation of the Super Rotation System, the rotation system used in newer licensed ''Tetris'' games. As a result, those who don't already play TGM may start off with World Rule and then get very thrown off when they try Classic Rule (a version of TGM rotation altered to accomodate [=TGM3=]'s higher speeds), not only because of the more limited wall kicks but also due to its version of fast drop (drop the piece to the ground, but not lock it right away).

* In ''DanceDanceRevolution'', most new players tend to not stray very far from the first song on the song select; as a result, when the game first came out, "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDZBWU5QY8w Have You Never Been Mellow]]" (pictured above, from the first US console release of DDR), "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EebUbR2wFM Make a Jam!]]" (from the first US arcade release) and "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4EbpJ4FgdAk Butterfly]]" were the most commonly picked songs. In fact, this lead to a [[SeriousBusiness "Death to Butterfly" group]] on a particular forum.

* ''{{Tetris}}: The Grand Master 3'' defaults to World Rule, the game's implementation of the Super Rotation System, the rotation system used in newer licensed ''Tetris'' games. As a result, those who don't already play TGM may start off with World Rule and then get very thrown off when they try Classic Rule (a version of TGM rotation altered to accomodate [=TGM3=]'s higher speeds), not only because of the more limited wall kicks but also due to its version of fast drop (drop the piece to the ground, but not lock it right away).

* ''MarioKart Arcade GP'' has the Mario Highway course. ''Mario Kart Arcade GP 2'' has Yoshi Park 1 take up this honor instead.

[[DanceDanceRevolution http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ddr_.jpg]]
[[caption-width:320:Raise your hand if: a. you've been playing DDR since [[OlderThanTheyThink 1998]] and b. have never heard of [[EarWorm this song]].]]

** Only arguably an example of this trope. MEII changed how powers work in a way that dramatically altered the balance towards using firearms instead. (Basically, any enemy dangerous enough to bother using a power on is immune to most biotic or tech powers until they're at least half dead; on higher difficulty levels it's more like 3/4s for the meaningful ones and even the chaff take 1/2.) This obviously favors Soldiers, since they're the class built from the ground up to shoot things.

** Only arguably an example of this trope. MEII changed how powers work in a way that dramatically altered the balance towards using firearms instead. (Basically, any enemy dangerous enough to bother using a power on is immune to most biotic or tech powers until they're at least half dead; on higher difficulty levels it's more like 3/4s for the meaningful ones and even the chaff take 1/2.) This obviously favors Soldiers, since they're the class built from the ground up to be shoot things.

* In Star Trek: Star Fleet Command, everyone plays as either Federation or Klingon. Sometimes Romulans, maybe Gorn. Hardly anyone as Hydran, Lyran, or ISC. Probably because the latter three aren't canonical to Star Trek. And does anyone really care about the Orion Pirate cartels?

* In Fallen Empire: Legions people new to the game and Guests almost always use the Sentinel because they haven't figured out that you can change characters. It makes it even worse that it takes time and practice to actually master the Sentinel. Poor buggers.

[[caption-width:320:Raise your hand if: a. you've been playing DDR since 1998 and b. have never heard of [[EarWorm this song]].]]