History ShipTease / VideoGames

-->'''Sonic''': Wish we were sharing an umbrella right now, Amy...

** One of Sonic's idle dialogue lines on Kronos Island in ''VideoGame/SonicFrontiers'' makes mention of the UmbrellaOfTogetherness trope, firing off yet another round of Sonic/Amy ship tease.

*** The same type of Ship Tease (with the same couple) would also appear in ''VideoGame/SonicSuperstars'' where, in Pinball Carnival Zone, it's possible to find a graffiti drawing of Sonic and Amy sharing an umbrella.

* ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters'', as a FightingGame franchise with a LARGE female fanbase, has followed suit. There's all kinds of [[{{Het}} male/female]], [[HoYay male/male]] ''and'' [[LesYay female/female]] ship tease, ShippingGoggles and/or {{Relationship Writing Fumble}}s notwithstanding. For example...

* For a series that tends to avoid the topic of relationships in the games (except for Amy, who is... [[ClingyJealousGirl rather clingy]] and it seems one-sided), ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' has been known to ship tease a few times. Knuckles and Rouge in ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure2'', for starters. Then there's the end of ''VideoGame/{{Sonic Rush|Series}}'', where Sonic and Blaze [[HeldGaze have a long stare at each other]] and are trying to hold on to each other as long as possible before they get separated -- Sonic's holding on with both hands. It's as if they're both reluctant to part ways.
** And then there's ''VideoGame/SonicChronicles''. Being a turn-based RPG by Bioware, it's hardly surprising that you can pursue optional dialogues with your various allies. Sonic/Amy is well-supported, Sonic/Rouge is hinted at if you're sarcastic with Amy, but the real tease is Knuckles/Shade towards the end. Knuckles could just be relieved that he's not the LastOfHisKind anymore, but it could also be something more specific.

* Likely the most prominent is the ship between [[KnightInShiningArmor Garen, the Might of Demacia]] and [[FemmeFatale Katarina, the Sinister Blade]]. They started out with simple FoeRomanceSubtext (being both {{Blood Knight}}s of opposing nations who each saw the other as a WorthyOpponent) and each subsequent appearance by them in the lore has painted them as less and less antagonistic towards each other. Even years later, Riot seems to have a soft spot for the two, and frequently references this with new or updated characters.

* [[WarriorPrince Prince Jarvan IV, the Exemplar of Demacia]] and [[DragonAncestry Shyvana, the Half-Dragon]] are [[BashBrothers loyal partners-in-arms]], and are implied to be perhaps something more. Beyond the subtext of how they met ([[RescueRomance Shyvana helped save an exiled Jarvan from her dragon mother, and the two defeated her together]]), the "Lux" comic saw Jarvan admit that he was in love with an indeterminate magical being, [[ImpliedLoveInterest heavily implied to be Shyvana]]. As for Shyvana's end, she pledges her UndyingLoyalty specifically to ''Jarvan'' over the rest of Demacia, and one of her in-game quotes upon taking fatal damage is weakly croaking out his name.

* In ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3'', Para-Medic hints several times that she's got a thing for Snake. In particular, in one conversation, she calls a (literal) snake pretty, before freaking out at herself for calling a snake 'pretty' and telling Snake "this is all your fault". [[ObliviousToLove Snake doesn't get it]].

* Numerous [=NPCs=] [[ShipperOnDeck ship]] Ness and Paula in ''VideoGame/EarthBound1994''. Also, what was Paula going to say to Ness that she "forgot"?

** Zevran flirts with most AnythingThatMoves, but special mention must go to his soliloquizing to Morrigan (in a bet with either Alistair, Oghren, or Leliana) about her beauty that would "turn the eye of the Maker Himself." There's also his leering at Wynne in particular and her "magical bosom."

--->'''Fran''' (''cupping Balthier's cheek''): "Hadn't you best be off? That's what a sky pirate does, you fly, don't you?"
--->'''Balthier''' (''holding Fran's hand''): I suppose you'd better hang on then."

--->'''Ashe:''' [[spoiler:"You... do you understand what you are doing?"]]
--->'''Balthier:''' [[spoiler:"Princess, there's no need for worry. Who do you think I am? I'm the hero of the story. And the hero never dies."]]
--->'''Ashe:''' [[spoiler:"Please, Balthier, hurry and get out of the Bahamut! [[CannotSpitItOut Please. If you die... if you die... I...]]"]]
--->[[spoiler:(''as the Strahl blasts away'')]]
--->'''Ashe:''' [[spoiler:"BALTHIER!!!!"]]

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* The game constantly teases Max and Chloe. Episode Three takes this up a notch, with Max and Chloe sharing a bed and Chloe daring Max to kiss her. In the climax, [[spoiler:Max tells Chloe that Chloe is her number one priority. If Max chooses to sacrifice Chloe and the player consistently took Chloe's side throughout the game (and kissed her), Max and Chloe share a kiss before Max goes back in time]].
* While not as prevalent, there is also some teasing of Max and Warren. Warren obviously has a crush on Max, even asking her to come to a drive-in movie marathon with him. Several other characters comment on Warren's feelings for Max.
* During the NightmareSequence, Max sees visions of Chloe, teasing her with Jefferson, Warren, Nathan, and Victoria.
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** Largely lampshaded with Mordin Solus in ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'', but only if you speak to him enough times and you're either in no current romance or are loyal to one from the first game. It could be assumed this is a playful jab from the writers at those who ship their player character with [[AnythingThatMoves everyone]], but it certainly hasn't stopped people from assuming that Mordin might actually be serious about the possibility of him [[UnusualEuphemism "trying Shepard."]]

[[folder:''Senran Kagura'']]
* Imu is canonically in love with Miyabi, who doesn't seem to return her feelings... but replies to Imu's promise of UndyingLoyalty with "I'll hold you to that", becomes distressed (during her ''Estival'' heart storyline) at the thought that Imu doesn't find her attractive, and risks her life to [[spoiler:defeat Imu's SuperpoweredEvilSide]], so either way their relationship is definitely open to interpretation.
* In ''Shinovi Versus'', Yumi actively pokes fun at Homura's obvious attraction to Asuka.

* In a game that prides itself on HoYay, ''VideoGame/SengokuBasara'' gives us a little Magoichi/Mistunari ship tease in ''3'' if you choose (while playing as Magoichi) to side with Mitsunari. Magoichi actually treats Mitsunari's lack of social skills with snark and tends to always engage him in conversation. Mitsunari as a result acts less deranged, angsty and starts answering in words other than threats. When Magoichi asks him why he wants to keep a mercenary group like the Saika he replies : ''"When you joined the Toyotomi army you became a part of its treasure. There's nothing wrong with a man keeping his treasures to himself"'' leaving her speechless (at which she comments on his HiddenDepths when he's out of earshot). After killing Ieyasu, Mitsunari walks up to her and demands (in a rather casual way instead of his usual tone of seething rage) "Remake the deal." which can be taken as his way of saying "Don't leave me." and attacks her (the first time she blocked. Here she merely stands still) and stops the blade at her throat and removes it before walking away saying "We have much to do." As he walks away, Magoichi gently (for her) smiles before doing what he asked.
* Up to ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGeneration 2'', most people think that [[spoiler:[[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsAdvance Axel Almer and Lamia Loveless]]]] could never get along, as almost every appearance they have, they're usually enemies/rivals. The sequel ''Original Generation Gaiden'' gives them a chance to fight under one banner, and gives them a subplot that might have linked them together romantically, where the latter feels indebted to the former for saving her life. The end of the story adds [[spoiler:Axel]], in attempt to find his own paradise (on [[spoiler:Lamia's]] suggestion), promises to tell her first if he ever finds one. Awww...!
** The game adds up the teasing about pairing him and [[spoiler:[[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsCompact2 Einst Alfimi]]]]. There has been a lot of older men/little girl fan pairings in ''SRW'', and both of them traveling together in ''Original Generation Gaiden'' all the time attracted the attention of {{lolicon|AndShotacon}} fans, viewing them as a pair (it helps that [[spoiler:Alfimi]] just happens to be [[spoiler:a clone of Excellen Browning, the AlternateUniverse counterpart of Axel's deceased lover Lemon Browning, who also happened to have built Lamia]]). It's also supported with the way she states before their departure: "I may be the only one who understands him."
*** It's perhaps become official: their appearance in ''[[VideoGame/EndlessFrontier Super Robot Wars OG Saga: Endless Frontier EXCEED]]'' ascends them both to BattleCouple status.
** A slight ShipTease is present in [[AscendedFanboy Ryusei Date]] and [[LittleMissBadass Mai Kobayasahi]], following their CombinationAttack in ''Original Generation Gaiden'', although it's somewhat odd when [[ElegantGothicLolita Latooni Subota]] is the one who came up with the attack, as Latooni ''also'' has a deep-seated, one-sided crush for Ryusei since ''[=OG1=]'', and she's been around longer than Mai.
** When [[spoiler:Mekibos]] was asked if [[spoiler:Seti]] was an old girlfriend of his in ''Dark Prison'', Yong Gebana screamed loudly "nothing of the sort!", which caught the others by surprise.
** [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsZ Hibiki Kamishiro]] with [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsZ Suzune Saijou]] in ''[[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsZ Third Super Robot Wars Z: Jigoku-Hen]]'', since she shows interest in him after he saves her from [[{{Robeast}} Grogos G5]]. Afterwards, he swears to protect her. Also she calls him Knight and they become partners. At one point, Hibiki gets jealous of [[Manga/GetterRobo Ryouma]] getting along with Suzune-sensei.
** Whether or not [[Characters/SuperRobotWarsX Iori]]'s picked as the protagonist of ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsX'', the members of X-Cross will be under the impression that he has a crush on Amari. When the members of X-Cross ask if Iori is Amari's lover, she quickly [[SheIsNotMyGirlfriend deny]] sadly [[EveryoneCanSeeIt no one believe her]]. If Iori is the protagonist, [[spoiler:Hope will ask what is her relationship with him which make her blush]].
* ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear'':
** Ky/Jam was teased with artwork, special intros and stuff. [[spoiler:Their ship got [[ShipSinking sunk]].]] ''Accent Core Plus'' now teases, surprisingly, Ky/Dizzy.
** ''Guilty Gear 2: Overture'' drops loads of hints the Ky/Dizzy pairing has become official, which was given explicit confirmation in ''Xrd'' as they have a son.
** Millia Rage and Zato, though they had the benefit of being an item before the series proper. [[spoiler:He's still attracted to her even after Millia betrayed him and he was later killed and taken over by his parasitic Shadow Beast Eddie, as evidenced by the fact that Millia is the one thing Zato clearly remembers after his resurrection in ''Xrd'' and the one thing that evokes [[EmptyShell any sort of emotion from him]]. Millia's interactions with him in the same game (as well as her DeathCryEcho being [[SayMyName Zato's name]]) suggest [[AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther those feelings are most likely reciprocated]] despite their long and often turbulent history.]]
** In ''XX'', Bridget (when she still identified as a boy) was teased with both Dizzy and May in several arcade mode endings.
*** There's also some ship tease between Bridget and Jam, although despite Jam's flirting, she notes that Bridget was too young for her. In one ending of ''Accent Core Plus'', Jam hires Bridget as a waitress in her restaurant.
*** [[https://guiltygear.fandom.com/wiki/Bridget/Gallery?file=Ggxxacp_sp_11.jpg One special illustration]] shows Bridget getting doted upon by Dizzy, Jam, and ''Baiken''.
** Jam also shows an interest in [[LoveFatherLoveSon Ky's son Sin]] in ''Xrd''; she even tells him to "never let go" when he grabs her in his Instant Kill.
** The FoeRomanceSubtext between Sol and Ky. Fans of the pairing will often point to the fact that one of the drama [=CDs=] depicts Sol mourning Ky's death at the Battle of Rome in an AlternateTimeline-turned-BadFuture.
** Since Valentine and her sisters Ramlethal, Elphelt, and Jack-O' are made from Sol's girlfriend [[TheLostLenore Aria's]] [[ClonesArePeopleToo genetic template]], shipping them with Sol is fair game. Though Valentine and Elphelt have their moments, Jack-O' presents the strongest case due to [[spoiler:[[SoulJar possessing half of Aria's soul]] and [[GeneticMemory most of her memories]], to the point of essentially functioning as Aria during the second half of ''-REVELATOR-''[='s=] story]]. That ship technically is sunk by the end of ''-REVELATOR-''... but only because [[spoiler:Jack-O' willingly initiates a FusionDance between herself and Justice (who is Aria in the flesh) to fully revive Aria. It's telling that Sol drops his series-long animosity against presumed BigBad That Man once the latter comes clean to his old friend about everything and explains the plan to bring Aria back to life]].
* Stealth game ''VideoGame/{{Tenchu}}'' made some massive teasing about the two protagonists, Rikimaru and Ayame, most notably during the intro of the ''Wrath of Heaven'' episode.
** And then they [[ShipSinking sunk the ship]] really bad in the ending of ''Shadow Assassins''.
* ''Franchise/MortalKombat'' used this massively between [[AnIcePerson Sub-Zero]] and [[NobleDemon Sareena]], even going up to a LoveTriangle-like tease by adding a little subtext with [[TheUndead Noob Saibot]], Sub-Zero's older brother who was the original Sub-Zero.
* ''VideoGame/Onmyoji2016'' has this between Seimei and Yaobikuni, especially the latter's introduction when she tells him that she has been waiting for god knows how long for her "fated one", who is none other than Seimei, to arrive and... [[DeathSeeker kill her]]. A heart icon even popped up next to her during that moment in order to further drive the point home. Unfortunately, fans [[FanPreferredCouple like to pair]] Seimei with Hiromasa or ''yōkai'' characters instead.

* TrueCompanions Quote and Curly Brace from ''VideoGame/CaveStory'', they are a BattleCouple and whether they're something more is left up to the player [[ImpliedLoveInterest interpretation]] but it's clear they care for each other very much, their bond [[https://cavestory.fandom.com/wiki/Iron_Bond#Aeon%20Genesis is strong as iron]]. In ''VideoGame/BladeStrangers'' just the memory of Quote is enough get Curly out of her drowning NightmareSequence,
* In ''VideoGame/WarCraft'', the strong alliance between Thrall and Jaina Proudmoore has raised some... interesting stuff going on between those two. The White Gnomeregan Punch Card also contains "Thrall and Jaina sitting in a tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-G." (in binary, but still), and Jaina happens to resemble Thrall's [[spoiler:Dead Surrogate Big Sister Taretha from ''Literature/LordOfTheClans'']]. ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' even gives them nearly identical character models.
** As of ''World of Warcraft: Cataclysm''. Thrall has met a nice lady named Aggra, and Creator/ChrisMetzen [[WordOfGod confirmed them to be mates at Blizzcon]]. (Chris Metzen '''despised''' the [[FanPreferredCouple incredibly popular Thrall/Jaina ship]] and seemingly invented Aggra just for the purpose of [[ShipSinking making Thrall committed]] and has even gone on to say "Thrall/Jaina will never happen. EVER!")
** [[WellIntentionedExtremist Varian]] [[TheBrigadier Wrynn]] and [[TheHeart Jaina]] [[TechnicalPacifist Proudmoore]] get a bit too, particularly in Icecrown Citadel after his PetTheDog moment toward Saurfang the Elder.
--->'''Jaina''': [sobs]
--->'''Varian''': "Jaina... Why are you crying?"
--->'''Jaina''': [sniffle] "It was nothing, your Majesty... Just.. I'm ''proud'' of my king."
*** It helps that he grew up as the [[HeterosexualLifePartners best friend/near-brother]] of her only past lover (Arthas Menethil, Prince of Lordaeron) and retains a lot of similarities, while she looks scarily like his dead [[TheLostLenore wife]] and acts as a sort of surrogate mother to his son.
** Garrosh Hellscream and and Warlord Zaela got plenty of this, which became particularly apparent when she remained loyal to him long after most of the Horde turned against him and he was defeated, and even after he helped found the Iron Horde.
** ''Battle for Azeroth'' featured Mathias Shaw and [[LoveableRogue Flynn Fairwind]] on a mission with the player; the two of them spend the entire thing [[FlirtingUnderFire flirting with each other]]. They [[RelationshipUpgrade got]] [[OfficialCouple together]] in a tie-in novel set between [=BfA=] and ''Shadowlands''.
* [[VideoGame/MetalGear Solid Snake's]] codec transmissions regarding [[Franchise/{{Metroid}} Samus Aran]] in ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosBrawl'' could be regarded as a form of Ship Tease, since it's all one-sided and we have no way of knowing how Samus feels about the matter. That hasn't stopped them from becoming the game's resident OneTruePairing... though the pairing's support has less to do with any perceived teasing and more to do with how their combined sex appeal is dense enough to create a singularity.
** ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosForNintendo3DSAndWiiU'' gives even more teasing, such as Peach and Zelda fighting over Link, [[VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles1 Shulk]] smashing Link away to play with them ''both'', or [[VideoGame/FireEmblemPathOfRadiance Ike]] offering a flower to [[VideoGame/KidIcarusUprising Palutena]].
** A somewhat unintentional example, but the TinyGuyHugeGirl dynamic between [[VideoGame/PunchOut Little Mac]] and Samus in his [[https://youtu.be/kV82qq30Cfk?t=60 reveal trailer]] was just PlayedForLaughs, ''but'' coincidentally the trailer came out on Valentine's Day. So their ship [[https://pm1.narvii.com/6978/f72b5744d7241ecf23811728c2024983c1b2610fr1-1018-784v2_hq.jpg became]] ''very popular'', effectively dethroning Snake's ship with Samus.
* Interestingly enough, ''VideoGame/GearsOfWar2'' has some of this between Marcus and Anya, such as the way Anya asks him to take care of himself when he descends into the Hollow, and Marcus calling repeatedly over the radio at the end to see if Anya is okay, and looking ''extremely'' relieved when he spots her on the next Raven helicopter.
** The first game kind of hinted at an old relationship when they meet up briefly at the start of the game. [[MissionControl You never saw her again]], so nothing more came of it.
* ''VideoGame/TombRaider2013'':
** [[LesYay Lara and Samantha]] is the most notable, being extremely close since they met in university. Lara throughout the game is very protective of Sam who in turn is very affectionate to her, the finale takes it even further with Lara giving Sam (in a white dress) a BridalCarry after saving her from BigBad Mathias. Rhianna Pratchett the main writer of reboot did [[WordOfGod intend]] for Lara and Sam to be a couple, but ExecutiveMeddling got involved. While Sam makes [[PutOnABus no appearance]] in the sequels, she does return in the [[ComicBook/TombRaider comics]] where she lives with Lara and acts her LivingEmotionalCrutch.
** To a lesser extent there’s Lara and Alex while it initially seems like a one-sided AmazonChaser crush on his part, Lara does admit she finds him “sweet”. [[spoiler: When Alex gets himself trapped [[LoveMakesYouDumb trying to be a hero and impress her]], Lara is very upset when he decides to sacrifice himself and refuses to leave him at first but Alex urges her to go. Lara then leans in close to give him a LastKiss on the cheek, noticeably she appeared to aim for his lips but Alex turns his head away pained. In the comics Lara remembers Alex fondly and in one of her less horrific visions, Alex appears before her and she strokes the non-scarred side of his face]].
* ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros''
** ''VideoGame/PaperMarioTheThousandYearDoor'' features Mario getting kissed by each of his female party members and no less than four times by Ms. Mowz (which makes Goombella and Flurrie jealous).[[note]]Ms. Mowz and Goombella can also learn a special skill that allows them to kiss Mario ''at any time'' for [[IntimateHealing HP recovery]] and an extra turn respectively.[[/note]] [[spoiler:Vivian]] almost makes a love confession to Mario in the ending, but decides that [[ShipperOnDeck he and Peach would be a good couple]], and Goombella is about to tell Mario something she hadn't been able to express to him before in her last e-mail, but decides to save it for later. Peach has an almost romantic bond with TEC, especially when [[WhatIsThisThingYouCallLove educating him about human feelings]], and by the time [[spoiler:Grodus has him deleted for helping her get classified information for Mario, he declares his love for her just before shutting down (he gets better)]].
** ''VideoGame/SuperPaperMario'' is a gigantic ship tease for Bowser/Peach fans. They get married in the opening and Bowser constantly declares his love for her throughout the game. Then there's the scene near the end [[spoiler:where Bowser stays behind to hold up the ceiling, Peach stays a little longer than Mario and Luigi, and later on falls on top of him off-screen. Considering Bowser is covered in spikes, he probably caught her in his arms or on his chest.]] Their marriage is never really annulled, either (though Peach quite rightly points out that the event was a sham, since she was [[HypnotizeTheCaptive forced to participate against her own will]]).
** One popular ShipTease is Yoshi and Birdo, probably because they're both dinosaurs who are about the same size with one being male and the other being female. Some sources say Birdo is transgender, and most of the fans that follow those sources love to ship her with Yoshi. When this shipping exactly started, the jury's still out on it, but some say it was ''Mario Tennis'' on the Nintendo 64 that started it.
** Because Mario/Peach tends to sit in a strange place between OfficialCouple and ImpliedLoveInterest, the sheer number of ship teases between the two are almost too numerous to list. Luigi/Daisy is similar, but not as prominent.
* ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry''
** Initially Dante and Trish were shipped together in ''[[VideoGame/DevilMayCry1 DMC1]]'' with his heroics inspiring Trish HeelFaceTurn from BigBad Mundus and Mundus nearly killing her in retaliation inspires Dante's LetsGetDangerous, at the end of game she even embraces Dante. ''VideoGame/ViewtifulJoe'' [[https://youtu.be/_zh4RgivmsM?t=48 added even more]] with Dante and Trish replacing Joe and his girlfriend Silvia in cutscenes, even in ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom3'' Trish laments that Vergil isn't as fun as Dante in her win quote, and in the Pachinko title, Devil May Cry X, Dante and Trish take on a mission together, one scene has Dante comically trying to get Trish to play around as if they are on a date.
** Dante and Lucia get a bit of teasing in ''[[VideoGame/DevilMayCry2 DMC2]]'' with Luicaa trusting him, openly worrying for Dante's safety when Dante claims he intends to enter the portal. In the ''[[VideoGame/DevilMayCry5 DMC5]]'' tie-in novel ''Before the Nightmare'', it's revealed Lucia had feelings for Dante and they even reunite in Vie de Marli and they defeat the fire demon Balrog together.
** ''[[VideoGame/DevilMayCry3DantesAwakening DMC3]]'' introduces the FanPreferredCouple Dante and Lady and it helps that she doesn't look like his mother, or that she acts {{tsundere}} towards him when he flirts with her, ''or'' [[https://youtu.be/2MPPLrePwBU?t=1681 the bit]] where he saves her from falling '''or''' the fact they invoke BattleCouple twice. Pretty much all the sexual tension can be summed up in the library scene where Dante takes away her gun away and comes ''[[https://youtu.be/pwoDWW_k680?t=400 within inches of her face]]'' as they have HeldGaze and when Dante [[AlmostKiss moves his head even closer]] Lady makes a suspect noise before she gives him her {{BFG}}. Oh and less we forget Dante is one who gives her the name "Lady" after she denounced her old name of Mary and she's one who gives Dante the inspiration to defeat Arkham and Vergil. The [[Anime/DevilMayCryTheAnimatedSeries anime]] and CD-drama imply Lady is actually somewhat jealous of Trish and relationship’s with Dante.
*** OutOfUniverse Reuben Langdon (Dante's voice actor) and his wife cosplayed as Dante and Lady for ''[=DMC5=]'' Tokyo Game Show 2018, then the director Hideaki Itsuno had to come in and [[MomentKiller kill the moment]] by saying Dante and Lady [[ShipSinking aren't a couple]].
** Nero and Kyrie throughout ''[[VideoGame/DevilMayCry4 DMC4]]'' with them having a ChildhoodFriendRomance and Kyrie wearing the necklance that Nero got for her through most of the game. Unlike the previous examples Nero and Kyrie's relationship is more explicit with a BridalCarry and AlmostKiss at the end making them an OfficialCouple.
** On the HoYay side, the brothers Dante and Vergil receive more FanArt than anyone else, Dante also asks Vergil [[https://youtu.be/2MPPLrePwBU?t=1788 if he’ll give him a kiss]] when they meet again in ''[=DMC3=]''. LesYay has Trish and Lady [[https://youtu.be/tWW1rZsQw-c?t=184 especially in the anime]].
-->'''Dante''' (to Trish and Lady): If you two are gonna continue like that, you should find a underground club or something, [[GirlOnGirlIsHot your little show could probably bring in some money]].
** Dante and Kat in [[VideoGame/DMCDevilMayCry the Reboot]], the comic also shows Kat had a relationship with Vergil too.
** In crossover games such as ''[[VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom3 MVC3]]'' Morrigan is attracted to Dante calling him a "handsome devil" and while Dante flirts back he also lament that he never meets any nice girls. In ''[[VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcomInfinite MVC Infinite]]'' Dante gets paired with Captain Marvel in the FinalBattle.
* After [[TheBigGuy Heavy]]/[[MadDoctor Medic]] grew to prominence amongst ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' fans, hints about their relationship began to be sprinkled about the various supplementary material, such as the Sniper's "Beaux and Arrows" achievement (kill a Heavy/Medic pair) and their strangely intimate interactions during open-heart surgery in the "Meet the Medic" video. Though, the WAR update [[ShipSinking attempted to torpedo]] it with the Demoman's Medic-specific taunt that suggests the Medic is married.
** [[FoeYayShipping Spy/Sniper]] fans take some of their domination taunts and achievements as ship teasing. But then again, this ''is'' the Spy and the Sniper.
** Sniper/Medic fans take the Sniper's [[http://wiki.teamfortress.com/w/images/e/e2/Sniper_activatecharge04.wav "charge me"]] voice clips as Ship Teasing.
** {{Yaoi Fangirl}}s went {{Squee}} when Valve started releasing information leading up to the WAR update. Until the Mac Update shipped, the loadup screen featured the [[FriendlyEnemy BLU Soldier and the RED Demoman]] butting heads and glaring at each other [[FoeRomanceSubtext very intensely]].
*** From the sound of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhZboftDIaI these]] (robotized) unused Domination lines, the Administrator was unsuccessful at preventing their friendship.
** Prior to the 2011 Australian Christmas update, the Pyro and Engineer got a [[http://www.teamfortress.com/truemeaning/ comic]] together.
* It's a matter of cut content rather than ShipTease, but the fact the sheer amount of interaction with [[TokenEvilTeammate Bishop]] and [[FanPreferredCouple Neeshka]] in ''VideoGame/NeverwinterNights2'' that never goes anywhere is infuriating... Neeshka's [[RelationshipValues influence goes down]] whenever you [[ClingyJealousGirl agree with another girl]] for instance.
** As for Bishop, he'll have a few instances of jealousy over the Knight-Commander's relationship, romantic or not, with Casavir, and will offer to run away with her if she has high enough influence.
** Also, [[LoveInterests Elanee/Casavir]] will be ''really'' jealous if you have a higher influence with Neeshka/Bishop than with them. ''Really'' jealous.
--> '''Elanee:''' "You're spending more time with Neeshka than with me!"
--> '''Casavir:''' "I don't like how that ranger looks at you."
** Some dialogue with Kaelyn in Mask of the Betrayer could potentially be interpreted as this, but not blatantly.
* In ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublicIITheSithLords'', if a male player character tells Mira that they just want to get to know her better, her immediate assumption is that he wants to get her into bed. Her immediate refusal ruins it, though.
** You also get a really creepy side-order of Ship Tease for each gender. One is a Sith Lord held together by hatred who thinks the female Exile is beautiful, but he also wants to kill her because she's a Jedi. The male Exile has a Jedi Master who's rapidly sliding down the slippery slope to the Dark Side, who gets jealous of your actual {{Love Interest|s}} and is caught somewhere between hero worship and a serious case of FoeRomanceSubtext.
*** For a Female PC Sion wanting to kill you is actually less about you being a Jedi and more about his master replacing him with you and him not wanting you to undergo the same torture he did. So his answer to protecting you from her is killing you before it can happen
* ''Franchise/SilentHill'' does this a bit, but it's always subverted in some disturbing PsychologicalHorror fashion.
** ''VideoGame/SilentHill1'': Harry Mason and FairCop Cybil Bennet, it get especially explicit when in the GoldenEnding where Harry and Cybil have [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/silenthill/images/5/59/SH_good%2Bending.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20170430011711&path-prefix=ru a cute moment]] with his newly reincarnated daughter Cheryl, intentionally mirroring Harry finding Cheryl years early [[https://pm1.narvii.com/6680/187f5fdfc7b8c8f0af7a1b718fe26f7e017e1831_hq.jpg with his deceased wife Jodie]].. suggesting Cybil will be the new mom. [[spoiler: Unfortunately the ship is DoomedByCanon as Cybil (WordOfGod) died horribly during the events of the first game, justifying why she would be absent in ''VideoGame/SilentHill3'']].
** Harry also has some tender moments with SexyNurse Lisa, interestingly in the screenshots of [=SH1=] a photo of Harry and his wife Jodie [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/silent/images/7/7c/Lisa1.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20090427215712 can be seen behind Lisa]]. Considering the MindScrew nature of the town, Lisa can well symbolizes the former love and lose in Harry's life. [[spoiler: Which gives greater context to Harry being unable to save Lisa from her bloody fate, much like Harry lost his wife Jodie]].
** ''VideoGame/SilentHill2'' has its own unexpectedly horrifying contributions to the trope with James Sunderland, a introverted individual who traveled to the eponymous town to search for his dead wife Mary, and Maria, an mysterious extremely flirtatious and slightly {{Tsundere}} woman who reminds James of aforementioned dead wife (she look exactly like Mary). For a while it seems as if the two will enter a {{Replacement Goldfish}}-esque relationship ([[spoiler:and they do]] in the "Maria" ending), but turns out that not only is [[spoiler:Maria a figment of James' imagination formed from a combination of his sexual frustration and refusal to accept his wife's death, but that ''she's'' the one who has been unleashing all the horror on James throughout the course of the game, and the FinalBoss]].
** ''VideoGame/SilentHill4'' has Henry Townshend and literal GirlNextDoor Eileen Galvin. Elieen cares very much for the welfare of Henry her neighbor since he hasn't come out of his room in for five days (thanks to the supernatural serial killer keeping him trapped) and she implores the landlord and other neighbors to help Harry out, in turn Harry can "check up" on Elieen in her room throughout the game making sure she's okay. Of course this being a Silent Hill game their Ship Tease gets twisted unpleasantly as despite the good intentions Harry is still being ThePeepingTom and the [[https://silenthill.fandom.com/wiki/Eileen_Head giant disembodied ''staring'' head of Elieen]] is some kind of LaserGuidedKarma for Henry's voyeurism. When Henry reunites with Eileen she is initially terrified of him [[spoiler: thank to having a near death experience with the AxCrazy Walter Sullivan]] however Henry [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/silent/images/9/9c/EileenCalm02.png/revision/latest?cb=20150718173246 gives her]] a CoolDownHug and the rest of the game is a EscortMission. In the best endings Harry visits Elieen [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=tXbO1_raofs in hospital with flowers]].
** In ''VideoGame/SilentHillShatteredMemories'', Harry Mason has at least a little [[UnresolvedSexualTension chemistry]] with every female character in the game. [[spoiler: Since they all turn out to be [[IncestSubtext elements of his daughter Cheryl's mind]], this has some interesting implications.]]
* ''VideoGame/MegaManX'' fans have shipped X/Zero ever since its first game, citing Zero's HeroicSacrifice for X and the latter's desire for Zero to be the one to kill him should X go rogue as proof. There's also the (optional) reunion cutscene in ''X6'' in which X looks a bit too enthusiastic (to the point of ''blushing'') when he sees Zero alive and well.

* ''VideoGame/MegaManZero'' has various moments of ShipTease between Zero (yes, ''[[MyHeroZero that Zero]]'') and Ciel (who's ''human'', by the way), not only during the series' run, but in the [[AllThereInTheManual accompanying materials]] as well. Amongst many, there's this little piece of dialogue before the end of the first game:

** And another, from Zero's [[Awesome/MegaMan very famous speech]] [[spoiler:that is also his ''FinalSpeech''.]]

* ''Franchise/ResidentEvil''. The entire series is filled with scope for interpretation for Ship Teases, though there are a few blatant ones that should probably be listed.
** Rebecca and Billy from ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvil0 RE0]]'' have a [[https://youtu.be/LTdc8yquonA?t=491 few]] [[https://youtu.be/LTdc8yquonA?t=1319 teasing]] [[https://youtu.be/LTdc8yquonA?t=1902 moments]].
** ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvil1 RE1]]'': The scene where [[https://data.whicdn.com/images/245704930/original.gif Jill puts her head on Chris's shoulder]] [[SleepCute when she falls]] alseep. Also when playing as Chris in the first game, when you save Jill from the basement prison, they hug in an intimate manner. Also can't forget the Jill-Chris [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/residentevil/images/5/57/Chris_and_Jill_Congratulations_Screen.png/revision/latest?cb=20150710062007 end screen]].
** In ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvil2 RE2]]'': Leon kisses Ada and then screams her name as she "[[FakingTheDead dies]]". In her later appearances Ada is Leon's main LoveInterest... despite Leon also having Ship Tease moments with [[ChickMagnet many]] other women such as: [[MissionControl Codec girl]] Hunnigan, Angela in ''Anime/ResidentEvilDegeneration'', Manuela from ''VideoGame/ResidentEvilTheDarkSideChronicles'' who has a BodyguardCrush on Leon, and Helena from ''[=RE6=]'' gives him the HeldGaze.
** In ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvil3Nemesis RE3]]'' Jill despite not showing any romantic interest in Carlos in the main game is shown [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn%3AANd9GcRGKMX2cA0bT6jBYE-s4aPONmmCo4JN8t9L8Q&usqp=CAU on a imitate cruise with him]] in the ending score screen. The ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil3Remake'' (much like Leon and Claire below) deepens [[https://youtu.be/gdo7vZ9bokU?t=95 Jill and Carlos]]'s relationship compared to the original, their bond is more affectionate with Jill [[DefrostingIceQueen eventually]] responding gently to his flirting and Carlos even gives her [[PiggybackCute a piggyback]] when she gets infected.
** Claire and Steve in ''VideoGame/ResidentEvilCodeVeronica'', while she finds him annoying at first she eventually returns his advances, the [[VideoGame/ResidentEvilTheDarkSideChronicles Wii Game]] even explicitly has Steve give Claire the MaleGaze when she bends over a computer. [[spoiler: [[ShipSinking Unfortunately]] for those who ship them, Steve is turned into a giant monster by Alexia and dies telling Claire he loves her.]]
** ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvil4 RE4]]'': Leon almost blatantly checks out Ada's ass as she's leaving the boat in the cinematic just before you begin playing the island. In the closing scene of Ashley all but invites Leon into her pants; [[ShipSinking he politely declines]].
** ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvil5 RE5]]'': Jill tackles Wesker through a window to save Chris, or the fact that you get a game over if you kill Jill in the game. Chris sounds staggeringly pained whenever Jill is mentioned (as she seemingly died), and [[https://youtu.be/CK4t2qK9nko?t=330 the way he acts around her]] [[spoiler:after freeing her from Wesker]] is loaded with emotion. Not to mention Chris was willing to stay with Jill instead of chasing after Wesker, [[LoveMakesYouDumb putting the whole world in danger]].
*** ''VideoGame/ResidentEvilRevelations'': Chris acts as though he's MarriedToTheJob and ignores the advances of his mission partner Jessica... at least until Jill gets captured. From that point on, he plows through everyone to save her.
** ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil6'': The entire campaign between [[TheBusCameBack Sherry Birkin]] and Jake Muller is sexual tension galore during their [[ActionFilmQuietDramaScene quieter scenes]]. There's one tidbit where they're trapped in a research facility in China; Jake has nothing but pants on, Sherry's in a skimpy hospital gown, they meet.. and MaleGaze. Jake is also fiercely protective of Sherry.
*** Leon's campaign in ''[=RE6=]'' boils down to him having a CockFight with the BigBad over Ada, at one point Ada even gives Leon a ring for a puzzle and tells him "don't get excited".
*** HoYay fans rejoice Chris and Piers’s campaign is nothing short of this.
** Leon and Claire were the only partners that initially avoided a lot of Ship Teasing. Mostly due having few scenes together in the original ''[=RE2=]'' and Leon being attracted to Ada, ''Anime/ResidentEvilDegeneration'' added a little more with Leon giving Claire emotional (and [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn%3AANd9GcQvqevJyo3FY0vWeoL418-YZTqw7Z_SneS4zMymZR_BJjZxnLJi physical]]) support and Claire giving Leon a [[https://media1.tenor.com/images/77fa43f37859a3d4049025c3afad27c3/tenor.gif?itemid=7176285 cheeky wink]] but overall spoiled thanks to Angela being ship teased with Leon instead. ''VideoGame/ResidentEvilTheDarkSideChronicles'' gave Leon and Claire a few moments ''but'' played it off as them being more friends [[ShipSinking than love interests]]... the ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil2Remake'' however '''[[https://youtu.be/e_DHrNfi1jo?t=339 plays it straight]]'''. It strongly implies that Claire at least has [[SmittenTeenageGirl feelings]] for him, while Leon is far less stoic around her. In the ending Sherry puts the cherry on top [[ShipperOnDeck mistaking them for boyfriend and girlfriend]]. ''Anime/ResidentEvilInfiniteDarkness'' delivers yet more ShipTease between them, as especially seen in climax of the first season where despite the mutated villain escaping, when Leon sees Claire [[AlwaysSaveTheGirl in need of help]] [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=FMD-lUgJaDk&pp=ygUSbGVvbiBzYXZlcyBjbGFpcmUg he immediately rushes towards her and pulls her to safety]] resulting in a SuggestiveCollision complete with a HeldGaze. If that wasn’t enough, during the BittersweetEnding when Leon meets Claire outside the White House, he actually hoped she was going to ask him out for dinner.
*** Out of Universe Creator/{{Capcom}} even teased Leon/Claire fans on the [[https://i.redd.it/4gvw1l1fcs721.jpg New Years poster]].
** The ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvilOutbreak Outbreak]]'' spin-off even had one in the form of George and Cindy, who shared a DownerEnding together. All the survivors shared one of some sort of pairing, but their's was the only romantic one.
* ''VideoGame/Left4Dead2'', brings us ''The Passing'' which features Ship Teases for Ellis with Zoey, and Rochelle with Francis. Ellis quickly falls in love with Zoey and she seems to have a crush on him. Francis openly flirts with Rochelle who shows an attraction to him. [[BerserkButton Although there is that matter of her insulting his vest...]]
* ''VideoGame/SkiesOfArcadia'':
** The night before the final battle, Vyse talks to both Aika and Fina and can reassure them one way or another -- he can put his arm around Fina's shoulders, and if he says the right thing to Aika, she'll kiss his cheek.
** On Clara's ship, Aika and Fina wake up in bed together with no apparent awkwardness at all (it's not what it sounds like, to be fair), and when they both mention him to Clara, she promptly assumes they like both him that way.
** The part where Aika is holding Fina after she's badly injured on Crescent Isle, while Vyse confronts Ramirez. Or the time where Aika glomps Vyse after they're reunited in Daccat's tomb, where Fina hugs Vyse after he, Aika, and Glider rescue her from Valua's palace, and where Aika glomps Fina out of sheer happiness in the ending. All of these are about as ship-teasing as the aforementioned scenes.
** In their cameo appearance in ''VideoGame/ValkyriaChronicles'', Vyse and Aika will call out each other's names if they're injured (and are absolutely beside themselves with worry when they rescue the other and call for the Medic (who just happens to be Fina, compounding it further). Also, if they're close enough to provide supporting fire, they can say things like "Let me help, Vyse baby!"
* The ''VideoGame/LuminousArc'' series have it as a part of the ''gameplay mechanics'', both in and out of Intermissions between each game's protagonist and most of their female party members. In the first game, while there's not-so-subtle hints of Alph/Lucia, there's also Alph/Cecille, Leon/Cecille, Nikolai/Cecille, [[spoiler:Heath/Iris]], [[spoiler:Alph/Vanessa (!)]]...
** ''VideoGame/LuminousArc2'' brings it back with two potential love interests for Roland, depending on dialogue choices, he can [[MultipleEndings end up with either]] Althea or [[spoiler:Fatima]]. Beside those two, there's Ship Teasing for Roland/Dia, Roland/Sadie, Roland/[[spoiler:Karen]]... And the blatant teasing for Rasche/Dia can't be a coincidence, especially their teasing about [[spoiler:forming their own Final Bond after seeing Roland do it with Althea or Fatima]].
** ''VideoGame/LuminousArc3''[='s=] Refi can find himself in this, as well as forming a closer relationship with one of the girls for a [[LevelUpAtIntimacy5 Zodiac Card]] to perform a Unison Strike. For some extra, he is NOT limited to female.

* ''VideoGame/Kirby64TheCrystalShards'' teases Kirby/[[FairyCompanion Ribbon]]--the very first cutscene features a CrashIntoHello, and [[spoiler:the true ending]] has her kiss him and give him a LuminescentBlush.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Vanquish}}'' there’s [[ImpliedLoveInterest something going on]] between protagonist Sam and his [[MissionControl radio girl]] Elena. Which only becomes more [[https://youtu.be/zZVshzE1Ges?t=124 apparent]] in the ending where Elena thinks Sam has died and despairs only to discover to her joy that he escaped unscathed and when their ship rocks with the impact of a explosion Sam quickly gives Elena a SecurityCling which she notably enjoys. If that wasn’t enough when Sam wonders if he's not so different from Burns, Elena (with "my hero" eyes) assures him that he saved millions of people, Sam gives Elena a big smile in response.
* ''VideoGame/HalfLife2'' has some subtle moments of affection between [[HeroicMime Gordon]] and [[ActionGirl Alyx]]. Then ''Episode One'' and ''Episode Two'' went nuts with it, including almost achieving full BattleCouple status, both Barney and Eli (Alyx's ''father'') being [[ShipperOnDeck Shippers on Deck]] for them, the first half of ''Two'' being straight out of a HurtComfortFic, and the Vortigaunts stating that their bond is [[ItMakesSenseInContext "almost Vortal."]]

* ''VisualNovel/LuxPain''. You can pair roughly half the cast with each other and it makes at least a little sense.
* ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedBrotherhood'' teases at Lucy and Desmond. In the [[VideoGame/AssassinsCreedI first game]], they were simply working together, with only vague hints that she was on his side up until the end. The [[VideoGame/AssassinsCreedII sequel]] had a little bit of ship teasing, but not a lot. By the time of ''Brotherhood'', though, it's quite clear there's some unspoken mutual attraction there, especially in one of the out-of-Animus sequences where Desmond and Lucy have a brief, heartfelt conversation while looking up at the moon. Then there's [[spoiler: the ending...]]
* In ''VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}}'' Demitri and Morrigan are the primary Ship as rivals, Morrigan acts like TheTease to him and Demitri alternates between wanting to destroy her to claim the Demon World Throne and wanting [[https://66.media.tumblr.com/1e2d16057ee74db82e4d9a6b178c78cd/tumblr_oq8f1nGAZj1r7sijxo1_500.gif to suck her dry]]. The [[Anime/NightWarriorsDarkstalkersRevenge OVA]] was more [[https://youtu.be/QrTjp8RRDIg?t=1221 explicit]] and Demitri and Morrigan become an UnholyMatrimony by the end.
** The secondary Ship is Jon Tailbane and Felicia being a WolfMan and CatGirl the FemaleFelineMaleMutt come to life and Jon does legitimately care for Felicia while she implores him to humanity a chance. Both of them care for children and become a BattleCouple protecting innocents in the OVA and comics.
** The third slightly more downplayed example is Lord Raptor and Hisenko both zombies and Lord Raptor gets heart eyes before fighting her and says "My love" however Hisenko considers him a AbhorrentAdmirer. The manga plays it straight however.
** Morrigan in general can be considered a LauncherOfAThousandShips since the VideoGame/CapcomVs games she expresses lusty attraction to: ComicBook/GhostRider, [[Franchise/AceAttorney Phoenix Wright]], ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}, [[VideoGame/DeadRising Frank West]], ComicBook/{{Gambit}}, [[VideoGame/RivalSchools Batsu]], [[EldritchAbomination Shuma Gorath]], [[VideoGame/MegaManX Zero]] and [[VideoGame/DevilMayCry Dante]]. Also double standard Morrigan has some LesYay with Chun-Li, ComicBook/{{X 23}} and [[https://i.ytimg.com/vi/EhBa1KKVO3E/maxresdefault.jpg especially Lilith]] her living SoulJar.
* The ''VideoGame/HarvestMoon'' games set in Forget-me-Not Valley have Rock with the female PC. He's one of the potential {{Love Interest|s}} characters for you, so what's so odd about that, you ask? The fact that the game continues to tease PC/Rock ''even after one or both of you get married.'' Rock will continue to make romantic comments toward you even after you marry someone else, and once he gets married, his wife Lumina will chew him out about it.
* ''VideoGame/BeyondGoodAndEvil'' has quite a bit of teasing between Jade and Double H, to the point that Double H having a BodyguardCrush on Jade is widely-accepted {{Fanon}}. The most obvious tease is when HH attempts to give Jade a SmoochOfVictory after winning a RacingMiniGame, but there are others: There's a TakeMyHand scene with a dramatic DivingSave (and a MeaningfulEcho that could well be interpreted as meaning "I love you"), Double H being driven to the verge of ManlyTears whenever Jade gets sad, and (from Jade's point of view) the fact that Jade initially seems to go into [[TheKnightsWhoSaySquee Giddy Fangirl Mode]] when they first meet. ''Some'' sort of relationship develops between them over the course of the game; it's just hard to say [[BattleCouple what,]] [[PlatonicLifePartners exactly.]]
* Although Guybrush and Elaine were already [[OfficialCouple neatly paired]] and HappilyMarried, this did not stop the developers of ''VideoGame/TalesOfMonkeyIsland'' from throwing some Ship Teasing (along with ShipSinking) moments between Guybrush and his fangirl, Morgan Le Flay. Noticeably in ''The Lair of the Leviathan'' and ''Rise of the Pirate God''.
* The ending of ''VideoGame/Portal2'' is a parade of Ship Teasing. First, the [[spoiler:Turret opera]] heavily hints that [=GLaDOS=] may actually deeply care for Chell (especially considering [[BilingualBonus the English translation]]), further solidified by the ending song "Want You Gone", which may as well have been titled "{{Tsundere}}: The Song/" Second, Chell's final scene has her [[spoiler:[[CargoShip reunited with]] CompanionCube]]. Third, the very final scene has [[spoiler:Wheatley lamenting all the bad things he did, and that all he wants to do now is apologise to Chell]].
* Some ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger'' fans have latched on to Crono and Lucca, in large part due to Lucca [[spoiler:being the only other character to embrace Crono in a cutscene on his revival]] if Marle isn't in the party.
** Can’t forget [[NubileSavage Ayla]] tackling Chrono to a wall when she meets him and considering him an ideal strong mate. “Snu Snu” might be on her mind.
* Although the series as a whole doesn't do much in the way of ship teasing, the bonus game ''VideoGame/ProfessorLayton's [[VideoGame/ProfessorLaytonAndTheLastSpecter London Life]]'' has a very subtle one that hints at the possibility of pairing the two young people in the Professor's life -- his apprentice Luke and his adopted daughter Flora. It's especially hinted in the way Luke [[spoiler:reacts rather violently to the possibility that Flora has been kidnapped]].
* ''VideoGame/{{Solatorobo}}'' teases Red x Elh enough during the main game, but the DLC quests take it further. In #5, [[spoiler:they both act embarrassed when Red sees Elh in her cheerleader outfit, and she's disappointed if Red doesn't manage to beat the track record (which is the condition she agreed to in order to wear that outfit in the first place).]] In #7, [[spoiler:she gets extremely upset when Red has Princess Terria and Toffee fangirling over him, and in the end Red admits he wanted to give her the tournament prize as they make up.]] #8 [[spoiler:borders on "RelationshipUpgrade with the SerialNumbersFiledOff", as it eventually turns into an InterruptedDeclarationOfLove.]] It also teases Béluga x Merveille a couple times, with him [[spoiler:giving her a hologram of flowers]] and [[spoiler:losing an arena match because he was trying to show off too much.]]
* ''VideoGame/EnslavedOdysseyToTheWest'', there seems to be quite a bit for Monkey and Trip, especially evident in the end of the fourth chapter where they share a rather long HeldGaze, after Trip scans the dog.
* You'd think ''Franchise/StreetFighter'' would be exempt from this trope, but the chemistry shared between series leads Ryu and Chun-Li invoke this hard. Ryu respects her abilities greatly (he even states her [[KickChick kicks]] are "stunning" in his [[https://streetfighter.fandom.com/wiki/Ryu/Quotes win quotes]]) and considers her to be a very good friend, while Chun-Li has a lot of admiration for him and enjoys fighting him every chance she gets. Chun-Li also [[https://youtu.be/P6KKsSAbbaM?t=5581 suspiciously excited]] to see him again in the ''VideoGame/StreetFighterV'' story mode and [[https://youtu.be/P6KKsSAbbaM?t=7220 Ryu even saves Chun-Li and Fi-Len from fire with a Hadoken]]. Also fact that Ryu and Chun-Li are in '''every''' [[VideoGame/CapcomVs crossover]] title together only encourages things.
*** There's also the [[https://www.gamereactor.eu/media/32/alternatestreetfighter_1623253.jpg illustrated alternate cover]] of ''[=SFV=]'' of Ryu and Chunners back to back and smiling at each other in their "Hot" costumes. Capcom in general doesn't shy away from having official art of Ryu and Chun-Li being quite close together see the [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/streetfighter/images/4/4a/New_Year_Art.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20191219084355 New Year art]] and especially the ''[=SFV=]'' [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/streetfighter/images/a/aa/Pockyxsf_illust_a-605x900.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20191216013526 Pocky cover]].
*** IIRC, even if it doesn't come up in the games themselves there's some spin-off media (comicbooks, etc) that explicitly states Ryu and Chun-Li are either now, could be or had in the past been in a relationship.
** There's also the fact that Sakura's HeroWorshipper tendencies to Ryu have pretty much evolved into her having a blatant crush on him. Seriously, the girl actually refers to Ryu as "dreamy" in one of her post-fight quotes against Sagat, in ''The Ties that Bind'' [[spoiler:she gives him a CooldownHug after he almost falls victim to his SuperpoweredEvilSide and then stays by him when he has an HeroicBSOD because of that]], and both of her endings have her either helping Ryu [[spoiler:after he destroys BLECE]] (''IV'') or him dropping by to visit her (''Super IV''). [[VideoGame/StreetFighterV SFV]] goes the extra step further of giving Sakura LuminescentBlush when she talks about being old enough to give birth to Ryu's child... "[[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial not that she wants to have kids]]".
** Guy and Rose get a pretty hefty dose of this in ''SSFIV'', perhaps unintentionally. The idea behind [[FightingYourFriend Guy's Rival Battle with Rose]] is that Guy is trying to stop Rose from facing Bison, something he failed to prevent in ''VideoGame/StreetFighterAlpha 3'', because he sees it as [[SenselessSacrifice Rose being a martyr]], but the romantic subtext comes on strong for anyone who's seen their fight (their banter in-battle consists of, among other lines, Guy somberly asking Rose to reconsider, Rose sorrowfully proclaiming that [[HesitantSacrifice she]] ''[[HesitantSacrifice doesn't]]'' [[HesitantSacrifice want to die]], and both fighters [[ApologeticAttacker apologizing]] before unleashing [[LimitBreak their Ultras]]) and their linked endings (Guy becomes fiercely protective of Rose and [[NotSoStoic unusually emotive]] when Bison abducts her, and Rose is roused back to life by Guy's concerned urging). This becomes stranger if you take into consideration that, according to ''VideoGame/FinalFight 2'', ''Guy already has a fiancee''.
* ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters'', as a FightingGame franchise with a LARGE female fanbase, has followed suit. There's all kinds of [[{{Het}} male/female]], [[HoYay male/male]] ''and'' [[LesYay female/female]] ship tease, ShippingGoggles and/or {{Relationship Writing Fumble}}s notwithstanding. For example...
** Male/Female: Almost all of Mary and Terry's interactions. Athena's light (and semi-canon) crush on Kyo (despite Kyo [[OfficialCouple having a girlfriend]]). Kensou's blatant crush on Athena. Jhun being a total Athena fanboy, to the point that at least one fighters will get nervous at the thought of fighting her because they know he'll react badly. Almost everything regarding Ryo and King. Shen openly telling [[spoiler: Vice]] and [[spoiler: Mature]] that [[InterplayOfSexAndViolence he loves strong and sexy women]]. etc.;
** Male/male: Iori's murderous obsession with Kyo, which is very easy to interpret as a borderline StalkerWithACrush deal and gets lampshaded by other people. Shingo's [[HeroWorshipper behavior to Kyo]], which isn't too far from a man-crush. Shen and Duo Lon's very slashy OddFriendship. Shen's FoeRomanceSubtext with Oswald. etc.
** Female/female: Whip is Kula's CoolBigSis and even wiping some ice-cream off her face at some point, Athena's borderline PseudoRomanticFriendship with Kaoru, etc.
* ''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends'' dabbles into ship teasing various characters of its increasingly enormous cast every now and then, and to varying degrees:
** Likely the most prominent is the ship between [[KnightInShiningArmor Garen, the Might of Demacia]] and [[FemmeFatale Katarina, the Sinister Blade]]. They started out with simple FoeRomanceSubtext (being both {{Blood Knight}}s of opposing nations who each saw the other as a WorthyOpponent) and each subsequent appearance by them in the lore has painted them as less and less antagonistic towards each other. Even years later, Riot seems to have a soft spot for the two, and frequently references this with new or updated characters.
--->'''[[WhenTreesAttack Maokai]]''': Stop [[SweetieGraffiti carving words into my bark]]! [[EveryoneCanSeeIt Everyone knows "G hearts K"]]!
** Another ship Riot likes to tease [[ZigZaggingTrope (emphasis on "tease")]] is between [[SorcerousOverlord Swain, the Noxian Grand General]] and [[LadyOfBlackMagic LeBlanc, the Deceiver]]. While their relationship was subtext from the start, lore updates from the 2014 Sion update revealed a mostly one-sided interest on [[DarkMistress LeBlanc's side]], exacerbated by her concurrently-released "Ravenborn [=LeBlanc=]" skin, [[CoordinatedClothes coordinating her appearance to Swain's]] [[CreepyCrows raven-themed aesthetic]]. This took a turn for the complicated following Swain's lore update in 2018, where it's revealed that while the two have personal history together, [[ManipulativeBitch LeBlanc is actively conspiring against him]] and Swain knows it, [[DatingCatwoman making it a much more]] [[FriendlyEnemy violently love-hate kind of thing]].
--->'''Swain''': I suppose this makes us [[FriendsWithBenefits enemies with benefits]].
** Another pairing Riot has on/off fondness for is [[AdventureArchaeologist Ezreal, the Prodigal Explorer]], and [[MagicalGirl Lux, the Lady of Luminosity]]. Ezreal's uncle Lyte in the Howling Abyss will sometimes ask him about his relationship with Lux, and [[http://riot-web-static.s3.amazonaws.com/images/news/April_2013/post/ez-lux-separate.jpg this image of the two together]] was curiously hidden away on an [[http://na.leagueoflegends.com/board/showthread.php?t=3422263 in-character forum post.]] However, this would be [[ShipSinking undone]] years later with Lux's updated 2017 voiceover, where she taunts him with "Are we supposed to be... dating... or something? [[ShipsThatPassInTheNight We've never even talked]]."
*** The ship was [[ZigZaggingTrope ambiguously resurrected]] with the later creation of [[GreatGazoo Zoe, the Aspect of Twilight]] later in the year, who has a PrecociousCrush ([[ImmortalImmaturity sort]] [[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld of]]) on Ezreal and has [[UnknownRival a decidedly one-sided rivalry against Lux]] for his affection.
*** Ezreal's new perspective was finally given with his late 2018 visual/voiceover update: he still has a pretty blatant crush on Lux, but she's [[AllLoveIsUnrequited simply uninterested in him]], and Ezreal wants Zoe to knock it off at risk of ruining his chances with her (incidentally, [[ShipSinking he rejects Zoe]] because ''[[OlderThanTheyLook she's]]'' [[OlderThanTheyLook too old for]] ''[[OlderThanTheyLook him]]'').
*** The non-canon, but official [[MagicalGirl Star Guardian]] AlternateUniverse features counterparts of Ezreal and Lux, and in the online serial ''Starfall'' (released ''after'' the aforementioned ShipSinking), it positively revels in showing the two crushing on each other right as they first meet. Combined with the Zoe interaction, one has to wonder if [[WriterRevolt someone within Riot's internal lore team was really unhappy with the decision to split them up and is doing their damnest to reunite them in any way they can]]. The later [[SuperheroSchool Battle Academia]] versions of the ''finally'' broke all pretense and now states [[OfficialCouple the two are officially dating]], so that one writer in some way got their wish.
** [[WarriorPrince Prince Jarvan IV, the Exemplar of Demacia]] and [[DragonAncestry Shyvana, the Half-Dragon]] are [[BashBrothers loyal partners-in-arms]], and are implied to be perhaps something more. Beyond the subtext of how they met ([[RescueRomance Shyvana helped save an exiled Jarvan from her dragon mother, and the two defeated her together]]), the "Lux" comic saw Jarvan admit that he was in love with an indeterminate magical being, [[ImpliedLoveInterest heavily implied to be Shyvana]]. As for Shyvana's end, she pledges her UndyingLoyalty specifically to ''Jarvan'' over the rest of Demacia, and one of her in-game quotes upon taking fatal damage is weakly croaking out his name.
** The [[{{Wuxia}} Immortal Journey universe's]] version of Morgana (Majestic Empress) can be read to have some kind of history with Enduring Sword Talon. In this universe Morgana was so enraged by demigoddess Irelia taking Talon's powers from him that she came down from her heavenly throne to crush Irelia and seeks to return those powers to Talon at any cost. Her splash art features her looking at him through a magical pool, and her recall animation shows her fall to the ground sobbing in grief when his power disappears from her. Talon's side of this is unclear, as none of his art or animations reference Morgana.
* ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'' seems to do this between Master Chief and Cortana ([[RoboShip even though Cortana is an AI]]), especially starting in [[VideoGame/Halo3 the third game]] when [[spoiler:Chief rescued Cortana from the Gravemind]]. In [[VideoGame/Halo4 the fourth game]], Master Chief goes to extraordinary lengths to try and [[spoiler:save Cortana when her programming begins to rapidly deteriorate due to rampancy. Cortana ultimately performs a HeroicSacrifice to save the Chief, but not before revealing her deepest desire was to be able to touch him once before she dies.]] In ''VideoGame/Halo5Guardians'', Chief is clearly shaken up by [[spoiler:her death, and goes AWOL the moment he realizes she might be alive. For her part, a revived Cortana still wants John to be at her side. Unfortunately, the two end up at odds against each other when John realizes that Cortana has jumped off the deep end.]]

* In ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim'', there is a lot of this between [[FriendlyNeighbourhoodVampire Serana]] and the Dragonborn, which is part of the reason why the pairing is [[FanPreferredCouple heavily shipped]] by the fandom. However, she politely declines any proposal of marriage, claiming her DarkAndTroubledPast left her completely afraid of temples. Curiously, said marriage decline is a case of DevelopersForesight, as most un-marry-able characters simply have no way of proposing. Clearly, someone at Bethesda ''knew'' players would want to marry Serana, and made a point of having her reason for declining [[ShipTease being no lack of feelings on her part]].
** At one point, Serana mentions that she spent a long time slumbering with her Elder Scroll and jokes that she thought she should know more about something after sleeping with it a lot. The Dragonborn then gets the chance to suggest that Serana wants to know him/her better. [[DeadpanSnarker She declines.]] Later on, when confronting Lord Harkon, a Dawnguard aligned Dragonborn can respond to Harkon's accusation that s/he would kill all vampires, including Serana, by saying that "Serana means too much to me." Harkon will remark, with an almost-defeated tone, that Serana "was lost to me the moment she accepted a mortal into her life."

--> '''Odin''' (''discussing bringing Sif back to life and interfering with fate''): "If I do not, I fear that Thor will..."
--> '''Loki:''' "Thor will defy you and wage war against the Jotuns from now until Ragnarok."
* There seems to be some of this going on between the {{player character}} and resident GentlemanDetective C. Auguste Dupin, in the Poe-inspired PC game series ''VideoGame/DarkTales''.
* Mid-way in ''VideoGame/JakIIRenegade'', there is a scene which Ashelin flirts with Jak, while Daxter outright ships them together. It's more common in the next game, even outright going as far as to [[spoiler:show them kiss, even though the camera pans down]]. Of course, by ''Jak X'', the shipping stops completely, and [[spoiler:Jak finally gets to kiss Keira]].
* If your PC in ''VideoGame/SaintsRowTheThird'' uses Female Voice 2, she'll repeatedly imply that she's got a thing for Pierce, from expressing concern for him during "We're Going to Need Guns" to flirting with him during quest dialogues. During the "confession" scene in the penultimate quest "Three Way", whereas other Bosses will admit their secrets with some trepidation, Female Voice 2 will shamelessly confess "I want to make love to Pierce in front of a live studio audience!"
** There's also a one-off line from random city residents, asking a Female Boss if she and Johnny are going to hook up [[spoiler:with Aisha out of the picture.]]
* Numerous [=NPCs=] [[ShipperOnDeck ship]] Ness and Paula in ''VideoGame/EarthBound1994''. Also, what was Paula going to say to Ness that she "forgot"?
* In the ''VideoGame/{{Neptunia}}'' series, there's a lot of these with [[TheHero Neptune]] and [[{{Tsundere}} Noire]] when they're both together on screen. Neptune has no problems glomping on Noire, exchanging pudding with her, and seeing that Noire is just tsundere for her. Noire meanwhile will always help out Neptune whenever she's in trouble but she'll always make an excuse about it. And in ''VideoGame/MegadimensionNeptuniaVII'', Noire has finally admitted that without Neptune, she did feel a bit lonely. [[MomentKiller Too bad Neptune]] just had to lampshade that Noire's back to her {{Tsundere}} self.
* In ''VideoGame/KidIcarusUprising'', [[TheHero Pit]] gets some of this with Viridi, the Goddess of Nature. Though Viridi is initally introduced as an enemy, and plans to exterminate humanity, [[spoiler:the rest of the game forces her to team up with Pit against bigger threats]], and she becomes {{Tsundere}} for him. Palutena even [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] it [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_ibVoxsIf4 at one point]]. It's even more obvious in the [[https://youtu.be/XKhkaQwdwOc?t=221 Japanese version]], where Palutena outright calls her a {{Tsundere}}, to which she responds with even more typical {{Tsundere}} lines.
* Several cases of this happen during the ''VideoGame/BaldursGate'' series. The PC's childhood friend Imoen is very close to them, to the extent the first half of the second game's plot is about rescuing her, yet they never become anything more than JustFriends. [[spoiler:Probably for the best, as they end up being actually half-siblings.]]
** In the second game, Haer'Dalis will seem quite interested in a female PC when she rescues him, making several flirtatious remarks before suddenly dropping them completely. [[AbortedArc This is because he actually was supposed to be a romance option, but had to get cut due to time constraints]].
** In the Enhanced Edition for the first game, the PC can flirt with all the new companions of the appropriate gender, with the possibility of a RelationshipUpgrade in the Enhanced Edition for the second game.
* ''VideoGame/Dota2'' usually has very little 'romantic' encounters (barring the obvious ''ex'' ones like Vengeful Spirit/Skywrath Mage). But... when Crystal Maiden gets her Announcer Pack, she has special positive calls when the player picked Sven, and if the game goes idle long enough, she'll start wondering just where Sven is, this in addition of her getting really curious of what's under his armor if they encounter each other in-game and in the same team. Sven-Crystal Maiden has been a rather popular FanPreferredCouple for a long time[[labelnote:Bonus]]They also have a fair amount of synergy in terms of gameplay: Sven has powerful abilities, balanced by their high cost and his poor mana regen making it hard for him to use them very often. Crystal Maiden has an aura that increases her allies' rate of mana regen, helping to alleviate this issue.[[/labelnote]]
* ''VideoGame/GoldenSun'':
** The original ''VideoGame/GoldenSun1'' and ''VideoGame/GoldenSunTheLostAge'' has Felix unhesitatingly ''jumping off the top of Venus Lighthouse'' to try to save Sheba. The two of them probably get mentioned the least in ''Dark Dawn'', so it's one of the few ships from the original duology that was neither [[OfficialCouple confirmed]] nor [[ShipSinking sunk]].
*** There was also some borderline FoeRomanceSubtext between Felix and Karst.
*** Isaac/Jenna was teased quite a bit in ''[[VideoGame/GoldenSunTheLostAge Lost Age]]'', and the ending doesn't upgrade them to OfficialCouple...but the next game, set 30 years later (and released seven years later), ''does'', which means it would no longer qualify.
** ''[[VideoGame/GoldenSunDarkDawn Dark Dawn]]'' steps it up quite a bit. The game starts out with a TwoGuysAndAGirl [[ChildhoodFriendRomance Childhood Friends]] PowerTrio, and the sheer amount of BelligerentSexualTension between [[HotBlooded Tyrell]] and [[{{Tsundere}} Karis]] makes them seem like the more likely couple but on the other hand Karis seems nicer to Matthew and he's TheHero. Then [[CuteMonsterGirl Sveta]] shows up, and Matthew actually ''[[SharingABody merges souls with her]]'' at the conclusion of the game, making for an obvious {{Ship Mate|s}} to Tyrell/Karis...if not for the sizable amount of LesYay between Karis and Sveta, leading to the major ShipToShipCombat being [[ShipMates Matthew/Sveta and Tyrell/Karis]] vs. [[OneTrueThreesome Matthew/Sveta/Karis]]. [[labelnote:"Sizable amount"]]Early on, Sveta outright says, "Karis, you are a good person. I like you very much." After the activation of the Grave Eclipse, as the party is sailing away from Belinsk, the five male party members stay out on the deck to fight off the monsters while Sveta, who was just forced to leave her only living relative, her older brother, for dead, was allowed to rest below deck; Karis went below deck as well. The next morning, Sveta seems to be in much higher spirits, and Eoleo, who ''also lost a family member in the escape from Belinsk'', comments that she looks as though nothing happened. ''Sveta blushes at this comment.''[[/labelnote]]
*** Also Nowell's disappearance when Kraden returns is explained as her following [[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld Piers]], who she's evidently taken a fancy to.
* ''VideoGame/{{Overwatch}}'': Two of the pre-battle dialogues for Valentine's Day have Mercy and Genji give each other a box of chocolates.
%%** [=McCree=] and Ashe have FoeRomanceSubtext and UnresolvedSexualTension.
%%** Tracer and Widowmaker get a lot of LesYay shipping.
* ''VideoGame/{{Shantae}}'':
** Rottytops, the resident zombie, is a merciless flirt. Nearly all of this flirting is directed at Shantae[[note]](although she does give Bolo a quick glance, too)[[/note]]. In the very first game, when she barely even knows Shantae, she says that she likes her passion. In Risky's Revenge, the very first thing she does is call Shantae "snack cakes," and according to her brothers Abner and Poe, is talking about her near-constantly. Then along comes ''VideoGame/ShantaeAndThePiratesCurse'' in which she does the following...
*** Fakes a leg injury so that Shantae will carry her through a dark forest (in a bridal carry, at that!)
*** Follows Shantae to Tan Line Island, where they both end up in [[{{Fanservice}} ridiculous outfits.]] Rottytops is thrilled that they match.
*** When Shantae [[spoiler:finds Rotty's human soul on Mud Bog Island,]] she (unknowingly) gushes to Shantae... about Shantae, and worries about the ways she keeps screwing up their friendship.
*** Invites herself to Shantae's for a sleepover at the end of the game.
** While the teasing is toned down a little in ''VideoGame/ShantaeHalfGenieHero'', Rottytops does call Shantae "snack cakes" again, and when she asks Shantae to come to Cape Crustacean with her, she makes it sound like a date.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Hiveswap}}'', Xefros clings to the hem of Joey's shirt while blushing.
* Near the end of ''VideoGame/BoxxyQuestTheGatheringStorm'', Til and Tyalie briefly debate which members of their party would be shipped if they had fans. Til gets flustered at the idea of being paired with Anonymous, and Tyalie inadvertently reveals her own massive crush on Catie. (In the True Ending, Til and Anon do get together, but Tyalie [[CanNotSpitItOut never quite manages to spit it out]]).
* In ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3'', Para-Medic hints several times that she's got a thing for Snake. In particular, in one conversation, she calls a (literal) snake pretty, before freaking out at herself for calling a snake 'pretty' and telling Snake "this is all your fault". [[ObliviousToLove Snake doesn't get it]].

** Sam and Josh became close after the deaths of his sisters and some of their conversations can be seen as flirty. They are also the only girl and boy out of the group who are not dating or crushing on another member when the game starts. [[spoiler: Sadly, this has no chance of happening since Josh either dies or becomes a Wendigo.]]

* ''VideoGame/Borderlands3'': [=Zer0=] and Lorelei. The ECHO Log "Lorelei holds off Maliwan troops" records [=Zer0=] reacting to Lorelei with uncharacteristic nervousness - even uniquely bungling one of his haikus. Lorelei's reaction is more subtle, as she muses, "That's a weird one. Tall though." In regular game dialogue, [=Zer0=] also says, "Lorelei scares me. / But, you know, in a good way. / Am I making sense?"
* ''VideoGame/Hitman3'':
** The game answers the fandom's longstanding question of "would [[MissionControl Diana]] and [[HumanWeapon Agent 47]] dance together after murdering someone?" [[spoiler:Yes. And it is adorable.]]
** Earlier, Edwards notes that 47 "cares for [Diana] in his own way" while trying to manipulate her.
* ''VideoGame/DragonQuestV'': Several times it is hinted Honey has a crush on the Hero, though nothing can come of it (on account of her being a fairy, and him being the Chosen Hero's future father).
* ''VideoGame/Cyberpunk2077'': While the game seems to insist that [[{{Deuteragonist}} Johnny Silverhand]] and [[PlayerCharacter V]] are strictly friends, it's incredibly easy to interpret Johnny's behavior towards V as him falling in love with them: In the mission "Chippin' In", Johnny can [[spoiler:tattoo a cupid's heart with "V + Johnny" written in it on V's arm while [[WillingChanneler he has the control over their body]].]] Johnny can compare his and V's relationship to an [[LikeAnOldMarriedCouple old married couple]] in another scene. A sidequest where Johnny and V fix a broken rollercoaster and take it on a ride is called "Rollercoaster of Love", after [[TitledAfterTheSong the song]] by Ohio Players that talks about a tumultuous romantic relationship and a guy who loves how wild his partner is. A secret ending that involves [[spoiler:Johnny and V storming the [[TheTower Arasaka Tower]] by themselves to save V's life]] is called "(Don't Fear) The Reaper", after the song by Music/BlueOysterCult which tells the story of two lovers commiting suicide together and features a lot of ''Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet'' imagery (Johnny writes V's [[LemonyNarrator questlog]], so it's safe to assume that he names the missions too). The game features some TarotMotifs, and the "Lovers" arcana is used twice in the game, both times relating to Johnny and his two ex girlfriends, [[UptownGirl Alt]] and [[TheFixer Rogue]], but they also tie back to V in some way, implying that Johnny sees V as as important as he did his ex girlfriends (both of who still hold a degree of fondness for him and vice versa). He frequently gets annoyed when V pays attention to someone other than him, which can be interpreted as jealousy. [[spoiler:The "[[GrandTheftMe Temperance]]" ending makes Johnny seem like he's mourning his deceased soulmate]]. The pair's constant snarking and bickering can be interpreted as BelligerentSexualTension. Johnny's [[HasAType type]], going by his past two girlfriends, seems to be people who aren't afraid to stand up to him and call him out on his horrible behavior, which V fits perfectly. V's feelings regarding Johnny are more abiguous, on account of them being the PlayerCharacter, but they can still show kindness to Johnny and even give him some compliments.
* ''VideoGame/TheEndTimesVermintide'' and ''VideoGame/VermintideII'': Implied between [[SmugSuper Kerillian]] and [[SergeantRock Kruber]] in a few lines of dialogue. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZf9otf2k_Q In one exchange]], Kerillian catches Kruber staring at her, and he explains it as not seeing an elf before, but he definitely sounds smitten with her. He also finds her [[BeautifulSingingVoice singing in the keep enchanting]], though [[OurDwarvesAreAllTheSame Bardin]] warns him against ''telling'' her that. After becoming a Grail Knight, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yD6N2fOTjI he seems unusually concerned about whether or not Kerillian likes his (incredibly fake and hilarious) Bretonnian accent, and she giggles cutely at it]]. After she becomes a Sister of the Thorn and mentions her despondence at Queen Ariel being absorbed into the High Elf Everqueen, Kruber semi-jokingly offers to ''beat up a living goddess and her elite bodyguard entourage'' if it'll make Kerillian feel better, and doesn't seem too deterred at her telling him he would die if he tried. In-game, if Kruber uses a medical supply pack on Kerillian, one of her (unique in his case) lines is a slightly terse warning to watch where he puts his hands.
* ''VideoGame/DeusExMankindDivided'': Aria Argento is a kind, sweet woman working as the quartermaster in TF 29's Prague division. Her interactions with Adam Jensen are few, but they clearly know each other and are on friendly terms. Adam is even willing to vent to her, which he doesn't do with anyone else. Aria's relief at finding him alive and well after the train station bombing implies stronger feelings than mere friendship, while Adam's kind demeanor and frequent encouragement might mean he's finally starting to open up to the idea of moving on after Megan.
* In ''VideoGame/Klonoa2LunateasVeil'', a cutscene has Tat telling Klonoa, on whom she has an implied VillainousCrush, that "girls don't like pesky boys, you know". Lolo happens to be with them and assures Tat that she likes him, peskiness aside. Klonoa wonders about this, causing Lolo to give a flustered facial expression when she realizes what she just said.

** Multiple games have nods towards Sonic/Blaze, including ''VideoGame/SonicGenerations'' and ''[[VideoGame/SonicStorybookSeries Sonic and the Black Knight]]''. At this point it's possible both of them are suffering from CannotSpitItOut. (Although due to Sonic's characterization as a ChasteHero, the implications of romance aren't as simple in this series.) But taking into account how some of their interactions fit right into RuleOfRomantic, Blaze seems to be what is actually an ImpliedLoveInterest for him.

** Leon and Claire were the only partners that initially avoided a lot of Ship Teasing. Mostly due having few scenes together in the original ''[=RE2=]'' and Leon being attracted to Ada, ''Anime/ResidentEvilDegeneration'' added a little more with Leon giving Claire emotional (and [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn%3AANd9GcQvqevJyo3FY0vWeoL418-YZTqw7Z_SneS4zMymZR_BJjZxnLJi physical]]) support and Claire giving Leon a [[https://media1.tenor.com/images/77fa43f37859a3d4049025c3afad27c3/tenor.gif?itemid=7176285 cheeky wink]] but overall spoiled thanks to Angela being ship teased with Leon instead. ''VideoGame/ResidentEvilTheDarkSideChronicles'' gave Leon and Claire a few moments ''but'' played it off as them being more friends [[ShipSinking than love interests]]... the ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil2Remake'' however '''[[https://youtu.be/e_DHrNfi1jo?t=339 plays it straight]]'''. It strongly implies that Claire at least has [[SmittenTeenageGirl feelings]] for him, while Leon is far less stoic around her. In the ending Sherry puts the cherry on top [[ShipperOnDeck mistaking them for boyfriend and girlfriend]]. ''Anime/ResidentEvilInfiniteDarkness'' delivers yet more ShipTease between them, as especially seen in climax of the first season where despite the mutated villain escaping, when Leon sees Claire [[AlwaysSaveTheGirl in need of help]] [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=RS8TXAB8jrY&t=80s he immediately rushes towards her and pulls her to safety]] resulting in a SuggestiveCollision complete with a HeldGaze. If that wasn’t enough, during the BittersweetEnding when Leon meets Claire outside the White House, he actually hoped she was going to ask him out for dinner.

* ''VideoGame/{{Solatorobo}}'' teases Red x Elh enough during the main game, but the DLC quests take it further. In #5, [[spoiler:they both act embarrassed when Red sees Elh in her cheerleader outfit, and she's disappointed if Red doesn't manage to beat the track record (which is the condition she agreed to in order to wear that outfit in the first place).]] In #7, [[spoiler:she gets extremely upset when Red has Princess Terria and Toffee fangirling over him, and in the end Red admits he wanted to give her the tournament prize as they make up.]] #8 [[spoiler:borders on "TheyDo with the SerialNumbersFiledOff", as it eventually turns into an InterruptedDeclarationOfLove.]] It also teases Béluga x Merveille a couple times, with him [[spoiler:giving her a hologram of flowers]] and [[spoiler:losing an arena match because he was trying to show off too much.]]

*** The cover art for ''Kingdom Hearts 1.5 HD Remix'' makes it appear as though Kairi is flirting with Sora.*** ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsIII'' [[RelationshipUpgrade makes it canon]] when the two decide to share a Paopu, a fruit that binds the fate of whoever shares one together.
--->'''Sora:''' Kairi, [[DeclarationOfProtection I'll keep you safe.]]\\

*** The cover art for ''Kingdom Hearts 1.5 HD Remix'' makes it appear as though Kairi is flirting with Sora.
*** ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsIII'' has the two decide to exchange paopu fruit with each other.

** Futaba is one of few characters to have an unavoidable Rank 1 Confidant event, where she wonders why she only feels comfortable going out with him and decisively considers him a "key item" in her life. She also gets very flustered when Joker pats her head in Rank 8. And in a case similar to Haru's, should the player [[JustFriends pick the friendship route]], Futaba, who was just talking about how Joker makes her feel, backpedals into an AbortedDeclarationOfLove. Sojiro even thinks there's a chance Joker might be interested in her in his Rank 10 Confidant, and wavers between [[OverprotectiveDad discouraging it]] [[ShipperOnDeck or not]] regardless of whether or not Joker pursues her.

** During Futaba's story arc in August, Sojiro mistakes a terrified Makoto clinging to Joker as [[NotWhatItLooksLike an embrace]] and outright asks if they're dating. During the boss fight in Futaba's Palace, Joker saves Makoto with a DivingSave, and they briefly share a HeldGaze. On top of that, Makoto's Confidant Link involves her and Joker going UndercoverAsLovers regardless of whether or not you have any interest in pursuing her romantically.

* ''[[VideoGame/{{Onmyoji}} Onmyōji]]'' has this between Seimei and Yaobikuni, especially the latter's introduction when she tells him that she has been waiting for god knows how long for her "fated one", who is none other than Seimei, to arrive and... [[DeathSeeker kill her]]. A heart icon even popped up next to her during that moment in order to further drive the point home. Unfortunately, fans [[FanPreferredCouple like to pair]] Seimei with Hiromasa or ''yōkai'' characters instead.

** There's the numerous scenes between [[OfficialCouple Kairi and Sora]]. At one point in ''Kingdom Hearts II'', Sora imagines himself dancing with her, and towards the end they share a heartfelt hug.

*** ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsIII'' [[RelationshipUpgrade makes it canon]] when the two decide to share a Paopu, a fruit that binds the fate of whoever shares one together.

'''Kairi:''' ''(shakes head)'' [[BattleCouple Let me keep you safe.]]