History SequelHook / VideoGames

** ''VideoGame/Jak3Wastelander'' has Jak tell Daxter, "With all our adventures ahead, you wouldn't last a second without me."

** "VideoGame/Mortal Kombat11" has Liu Kang attaining godhood and replacing Raiden. He also goes back in time and recruits a young Kung Lao to be the new chosen one.

** The UsefulNotes/PlayStation port has new animated sequences that featured Lucca finding a baby out of nowhere, and the last of the Masamune, all to link the game to its then upcoming sequel ''VideoGame/ChronoCross''.
** The DS port gives us Dream Devourer, which is presumably the Time Devourer from ''VideoGame/ChronoCross''. It also has Magus losing his memories, which is a reference to a plotline in ''Chrono Cross'' that was abandoned during the making of the game.

** ''VideoGame/DiddyKongRacing'''s ending cutscene shows Wizpig, after his defeat, flying off the island in his ship laughing. The ending credits also feature a "ToBeContinued" at the end. Creator/{{Rare}} was indeed working on a sequel named ''Donkey Kong Racing'', but it became {{vaporware}} after they were bought out by Microsoft. ''Diddy Kong Racing''[='=]s UsefulNotes/NintendoDS remake doesn't feature a "To be continued".

* ''VideoGame/DinoCrisis 2'' has its ending end on a hook where Regina goes back to her own time while Dylan stays behind to die with a trapped Paula as the base they're in explodes. It's stated that Regina has a disc containing information on the Third Energy, which researchers can use to develop a timegate, and thus Regina can go back in time to save Dylan and Paula once the technology is built. The next game ignores the previous two games completely and did so terrible in sales and reviews that Capcom effectively shelved the franchise.

** The UsefulNotes/Nintendo3DS companion title ''VideoGame/EpicMickeyPowerOfIllusion'' also hints towards a sequel by having Mizrabel promise Mickey that he hasn't seen the last of her after she is defeated. While developed by a different company, it seems unlikely that this game will have a sequel either.

* ''VideoGame/KidIcarusUprising'' got one... in another game. That being ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' for UsefulNotes/WiiU. A dialogue between Pit, Dark Pit, Palutena, and Viridi reveals that after defeating Hades, Viridi has been gathering her forces once more, and Dark Pit is now working for her and itching to face Pit in a fight again.

* ''VideoGame/WildWoody'': At the end of the game, Lowman tells Woody they'll be back next time the world needs saving, and Woody says that would only happen if they sold a zillion units. Being that this was the last UsefulNotes/SegaCD game at a time when people were moving on to the UsefulNotes/PlayStation and UsefulNotes/SegaSaturn, it's understandable why the game didn't sell well enough for a sequel.

* ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog:''

---> '''Terror Mask:''' Don't forget. You removed the forbidden seal.
---> See you again. Good-bye!

---> '''Rick:''' The monstorous visage disappeared into the lake.\\
And the Terror Mask has left me as I was with Jennifer.
---> But what of the mask?
---> As long as that mask remains....
---> It can happen again.

** ''VideoGame/SpyroTheDragon1998'': The 120% ending shows Spyro humiliating Gnasty Gnorc in a live interview, leading to Gnasty using his magic to trap all the Dragons in crystal again, just like the intro. Also just like the intro, he doesn't trap Spyro. This seems to be the setup for a potential sequel... but then the sequel ended up getting had a completely different plot.

--> Wonder what's out there-- maybe we'll find out in the sequel.

** ''VideoGame/NewSuperMarioBros'' ends with Bowser Jr. dragging his father (who attempts to get up momentarily) across the floor of the castle, with the former turning his head to the screen to laugh. This seemed like [[AndTheAdventureContinues a typical open-ended Mario ending]] at the time, but come ''VideoGame/NewSuperMarioBrosWii'', they did indeed come back -- and with [[EnsembleDarkhorse familiar]] [[QuirkyMinibossSquad reinforcements]]...

** Finishing the game without every Shine Sprite in ''VideoGame/SuperMarioSunshine'' displays an image of Il Piantissimo getting ahold of Shadow Mario's Magic Paintbrush. The fruits of this hook never came to be, however, as Il Piantissimo has yet to appear in any game since.

** At the end of ''VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy'', once you defeat Bowser at the end of the game's final level with all 121 Power Stars, we actually get to see Rosalina thanking Mario for saving the Mushroom Galaxy and bidding him farewell, but after we see her fly away in her spaceship, it's revealed that she accidentally (or purposely) left one of her Lumas behind on Earth. Also, considering the fact that the entire timeline had to be rewritten as a result of the universe being destroyed and reborn, everyone's all now back at square one, and as a result Bowser now wants to take over outer space again, [[VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy2 which leads to]]...

* ''Franchise/MetalGear'':
** The [=MSX2=] version of ''VideoGame/MetalGear'' ends with Big Boss swearing revenge on Snake.

* ''VideoGame/{{Kindergarten}}'':

** The base game ends with Sora performing a HeroicSacrifice to revive Kairi, and Braig/Xigbar revealing his true identity as Luxu and summoning four of the five Foretellers to explain his role to them. We then see another flashback of Eraqus and Xehanort playing chess, where Eraqus says he has a "new game" and places seven dark pieces on the board with a single light one. The secret ending after that is an even bigger MindScrew, with Sora alive and well with Riku in the middle of Tokyo with the [[VideoGame/TheWorldEndsWithYou 104 building]] in the horizon and the protagonist of the fictional video game from the ''Franchise/ToyStory'' world looking down at Riku from the top of a building.

* ''VideoGame/{{Chest}}'': In the dev room, Atan states that he may consider making more content for the setting. There's also the fact that the party only got to visit a small portion of the world map, despite the many named locations.

* ''VisualNovel/{{Snatcher}}'': The [=PC88=] and [=MSX2=] versions end after the death of the Benson Snatcher, with the mystery of the Snatchers still unsolved. This is not an intentional Sequel Hook, but a cut-off point before the third and final act, [[ObviousBeta which was not included in those versions due to time constraints]]. The later remakes for the PC Engine and Sega CD added the missing act to the game.

** ''VideoGame/EarthBoundBeginnings'' is sort of odd about this -- the English translation and the Japanese CompilationRerelease have a definite Sequel Hook with Ninten being contacted by his father, saying something else had come up... except the actual sequel, ''VideoGame/EarthBound'', doesn't have anything to do with Ninten, his family, or anything else left unresolved in the game (Giygas aside, but his actions in ''Beginnings'' aren't so much as hinted at).
** ''VideoGame/EarthBound'':

* ''VideoGame/MetalArms'': The last part of the credits shows Dr. Exavolt blasting off in a shuttle, cackling and saying, "I'm not finished with you yet, Glitch!" Unfortunately after this game, Swinging Ape Studios was bought out by Creator/{{Blizzard}} to work on ''VideoGame/{{Starcraft}}: Ghost'', and when that game became {{Vaporware}}, so too did Swinging Ape.

** And then ''Videogame/HalfLifeAlyx'' overwrites the hook from ''Episode Two'' with another one entirely -- Eli and Gordon setting out to rescue Alyx from the G-Man, who used her to undo Eli's death and placed her under his employ.

** A ''huge'' one with the "Dawning Sky" arc's end for the next arc of the main story. The Grandcypher suffers heavy damage from the falling debris of the Great Wall's destruction and ends up falling to the bottoms of the sky, the Crimson Horizon. Noa, through his bond with the Grandcypher, assures the player that their travels are not over yet.]]

* ''VideoGame/HalfLife1'' ends with Gordon being saved by the mysterious [=GMan=] he sees at several points in the game, then put into storage for "future assignments". As does ''VideoGame/HalfLife2'', with this example resulting in much fandom rage. ''Episode One'' ends with Gordon and Alyx caught in a gargantuan explosion and ''Episode Two'' ends just before an expedition to the arctic (and just after one hell of a PlayerPunch). And then ''Videogame/HalfLifeAlyx'' ends up messing with time and replacing that last hook with another one entirely.

* At the end of ''VideoGame/{{Skylanders}}: Giants'', Kaos and Glumshanks return home to Kaos's castle to find his mother waiting for them, and she becomes one of the main antagonists in ''Swap Force''. This example is later {{retcon}}ned, as in ''Swap Force'' Kaos doesn't communicate with his mother until a quarter into the game.

* The prototype of ''VideoGame/Super Ninja Boy'' ends with the Auraballs getting stolen by an unknown villain, leading to a screen saying "Super Ninja Boy 2 is coming up soon!!". Although the sequel was released in Japan, the American version was ultimately cancelled.