History MemeticBadass / VideoGames

* For that matter, the BulletHell genre itself; games falling under the genre are often cited as the "hardest ever" or like "dodging rain", even if the game is considerably easier than many games with fewer bullets.

** Amongst ''pop'n'' players, [=vTATSUv=] is the ''IIDX'' equivalent of DOLCE., infamous for his Website/{{Vine}}s of advanced ''pop'n'' techniques.

* The UsefulNotes/{{Xbox}} and UsefulNotes/PlayStation3 are so large, they are ''visible from orbit'' and warp gravity around their frames.

* ''VideoGame/BatenKaitos: Eternal Wings and the Lost Ocean'' gives us The Great Mizuti. How badass is Mizuti? [[spoiler:She's a fourteen year old girl. Who fights gods by tackling them.]]

* On Website/GameFAQs, it seems Captain [=MacMillan=] of ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty [[VideoGame/ModernWarfare 4]]'' and Sergeant Reznov of ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty: World at War'' are Memetic Badasses, the former despite being present for two missions, spending half the second one with a leg injury. Captain Price in all his porn-stache glory isn't one.

*** Going by the manual for ''Aria of Sorrow'', Julius is simultaneously the ''youngest'' (19) and the ''oldest'' (55/56) canon Belmont to have kicked Dracula's ass.
*** Soma (said reincarnation of Drac) has to use [[GeometricMagic Magic Seals]] in ''Dawn of Sorrow'' to [[SealedEvilInACan permanently seal away the bosses]], lest they regenerate and start the battle anew. Julius had no such problems; he was whipping their asses so hard that '''''they had no chance to regenerate'''''.

* Gabriel Angelos, [[FanNickname aka Cap'n Gabe]], in ''VideoGame/DawnOfWar 2''. It doesn't hurt that his [[TheCavalry arrival]] lets you turn the ''[[AnticlimaxBoss final boss fight]]'' into a f***ing CurbStompBattle.

** Gargoyle in ''VideoGame/HyperdimensionNeptuniaVictory'' has become this for ''VideoGame/{{Neptunia}}'' fans just because of its sheer difficulty ''even at higher levels'', to the point that most players even compare Gargoyle to Matador up above. Even more so because it's only classified as a Risky Foe, yet people have been complaining at how difficult this guy is considering there are a lot of {{Bonus Boss}}es in this game.

** Bumbo is a decent item in his own right, but the fandom elevates him to an indestructible badass who can take out anything and everything in his path (up to and including the BonusBoss added in ''Afterbirth''), and always pays out with great stuff. [[CharacterCatchphrase Bumbo want coin]], and there's nothing that can stop him from getting coin.

* ''Website/GaiaOnline'' has, in its 'casual' MMO ''zOMG'', the BonusBoss Landshark. Players roughly describe it as "what would happen if Chuck Norris used a Shark Attack spell".

* People shouldn't have been surprised that [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda Link]], [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII Cloud]], and [[Franchise/MetalGear Snake]] lost the way they did during The Great Website/GameFAQs [[http://www.gamefaqs.com/features/cb6.html Character Battle of 2007]]. After all, the [[VideoGame/{{Tetris}} L-Block]] is ''shaped like a boot to kick your ass!''

** Queen/King Sankis, depending on whether you're going by the game or the narrative, from {{LetsPlay/Boatmurdered}}. They are the only person to emerge unscathed from the sheer clusterfuck that arose from this succession LP. Most notable of all their feats was one of their last: going mad from despair and slaughtering most of their remaining fellows while ''on fire''.

*** His status as a badass is no exaggeration. In the span of [[LongRunners 20 years]], [[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2 he's]] [[VideoGame/Sonic3AndKnuckles taken]] [[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog4 down]] [[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehogCD countless]] [[VideoGame/SonicAdventure robotic armies]], [[VideoGame/SonicAdventure2 government military forces]], [[VideoGame/SonicAndTheSecretRings an evil genie]], [[VideoGame/SonicAndTheBlackKnight an evil version of King Arthur]], [[VideoGame/SonicColors extra terrestrial]] {{Eldritch Abomination}}s, ''extra dimensional {{Eldritch Abomination}}s,'' [[VideoGame/ShadowTheHedgehog living weapons of mass destruction]], [[VideoGame/SonicRushSeries dimension-traveling antagonists]], and ''[[VideoGame/SonicUnleashed Physical]] [[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2006 Gods]].'' [[spoiler: One of which, the God of Destruction, he took out ''[[VideoGame/SonicGenerations WITHOUT his super mode]]'']]. To many protagonists, this would be a lifetime adventure. [[ButForMeItWasTuesday To Sonic, this is just another day for him.]]

** [[SuperMode Super Sonic]] can only be played with a console that has Blast Processing. Using him on anything else will cause it to crash because it cannot process that much awesomeness.
** To say nothing of [[MagnificentBastard Dr. Robotnik/Eggman]]. Oh, you destroyed his doom ship? ''He has another one as back-up''. Planning to pull one over him with a fake MineralMacGuffin? ''He'll trap you in a capsule rigged with explosives, [[YouJustToldMe because you told him.]]'' Going SuperMode to stop his latest ploy? ''He already set a trap just to take the Chaos Emeralds from you, turn you into a furry [[OurWerebeastsAreDifferent Werehog]], and then send you plummeting into the Earth's atmosphere''. [[XanatosSpeedChess No matter what your counter-plan is, he's always two steps ahead of you]]. [[TheChessmaster Defeating him?]] All part of his plan. '''''All Of It.'''''

* The games themselves, for those not accustomed to BulletHell games. While harder shmups certainly exist, ''Touhou'' games often get a reputation of being "hardest games ever", even on Easy. Conversely, ''Touhou'' players are often described as being capable of dodging rainfall. The high bullet counts of these games also give the impression that ''Touhou'' games are much, much harder than "classical"/non-''danmaku'' shmups, despite the fact that ''Touhou'' games (and bullet hell games in general, ''Touhou'' simply being one of the most visible examples) usually have many design choices in favor of the player to keep from getting too frustrating. Furthermore, most skilled ''Touhou'' (and bullet hell in general) players will tell you that fast reflexes aren't as important as analyzing patterns and recognizing where it's safe to stand. In fact, a player who ''actually'' makes the effort to dodge complex and tight patterns instead of trying to maneuver around them altogether may either be accused by other shmup players of cheating, or they may make self-deprecating comments about having gained magical TAS[[note]]tool-assisted speedrun; that is, a replay of the game that utilizes savestates and slowdown to make theoretical runs that would be impossible for a human in real time[[/note]] powers.

* The games themselves, for those not accustomed to BulletHell games. While harder shmups certainly exist, ''Touhou'' games often get a reputation of being "hardest games ever", even on Easy. Conversely, ''Touhou'' players are often described as being capable of dodging rainfall. The high bullet counts of these games also give the impression that ''Touhou'' games are much, much harder than "classical"/non-''danmaku'' shmups, despite the fact that ''Touhou'' games (and bullet hell games in general, ''Touhou'' simply being one of the most visible examples) usually have many design choices in favor of the player to keep from getting too frustrating.

* [[TheDreaded Kazuma Kiryu]] from ''{{VideoGame/Yakuza}}'' is a fine example. He CurbStompBattle his way through everything, punches humans and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4b8ztzKr3U tigers]] alike, survives wounds that would kill normal humans. In ''Yakuza 5'', his manly DeathGlare was enough to make two missiles targetting him change their course and explode behind him. He's up there with Jotaro, Kenshiro and Big Boss.

*** Miraak, another Dragonborn, when he says he could've taken on Alduin who is the Nordic God of Destruction, World-Eater, Devourer of Souls and Harbinger of the Apocalypse, he isn't exaggerating.
*** Vahlok is one of these in-universe as well, Miraak has lots of badass traits. but Vahlok is the one who beat him -- Miraak only escaped being killed because Herma-Mora snatched him out of Nirn. The Skaal remember him as a heroic figure called "The Guardian" because of it.
*** Anyone other character who looks down on the Dragonborn tends to be considered [[TheScrappy a Scrappy]]. Telvanni Master Nelorh, however, can easily back any claims he can make with dramatic flair. When he claims that an Arch-Mage of the College of Winterhold can act as his apprentice, many will not argue about it.

* Not everyone has played or [[AcclaimedFlop even heard of]] ''VideoGame/FugaMelodiesOfSteel'', but everyone who has knows ''damn well'' what Boron Brioche is. On the outside, he's a big cheerful chubby kitty cat that wouldn't hurt a fly. And then he gets behind the cannon. [[AreaOfEffect Every foe in sight is soon blasted to bits.]] Any who decide to strike him back [[{{Kevlard}} barely leave a dent]]. Even when [[DeathOrGloryAttack close to death]] on ''his'' terms, he manages to come back as strong as ever. And when he reaches [[LimitBreak Hero Mode]], ''you'd best get on your knees and beg for mercy''. [[BigBad The Berman Army]] isn't dealing with a super-powered tank. ''They're dealing with a super-powered tank '''and the god that made it His chariot.'''''[[note]]It should be noted that this was ''[[InvokedTrope done on purpose]]'' by the game's director; as Creator/CyberConnect2's CEO and multiple game testers frequently sacrificed Boron to the Soul Cannon early in development (due to assuming his BigEater traits would make him TheLoad of the team) the director chose to make Boron-- [[CreatorsFavorite his favorite character, mind you]]-- as PurposefullyOverpowered as possible as a way of getting back at them. Needless to say, it worked.[[/note]]