Cool Big Sisters and Brothers in Video Games.
- Advanced V.G.:
- Satomi's a literal example, to her kid brother, Daisuke, because she's had to support them on her own, ever since their parents died. In her second ending, she wins the prize money she needs for her brother's treatment and he makes a full recovery
. - Whereas Yuka is Tamao's role model, so she strives to become just like her. Tamao affectionately refers to Yuka as, "sempai" and joined the tournament for the chance to finally meet her.
- Satomi's a literal example, to her kid brother, Daisuke, because she's had to support them on her own, ever since their parents died. In her second ending, she wins the prize money she needs for her brother's treatment and he makes a full recovery
- From Agarest Senki 2, Fiona sees the Love Interests from the first generation this way. She thinks the world of them and wants to be as good a healer as Aina and says she's a great teacher, thinks Felenne is an awesome badass and squees at the fact that Victoria is both a princess and a warrior. She even states she wants to grow up to be like them.
- This is one of the new villager personality types in Animal Crossing: New Leaf, officially referred to as "Uchi"note . Uchi villagers are blunt and tomboyish, but are also very protective of characters they've befriended. They'll even give you medicine if you get stung by bees!
- You can play this in Baldur's Gate to Imeon, particularly in the second game, but to an extent in the first one. The second game adds Aerie who basically thinks you're the best thing ever.
- In Battle Fantasia, another game by Arc Systems, Marco Van De Land considers Princess Olivia like a big sister. The feeling seems to be mutual, as Olivia will gladly join in Marco's games. This stems from the fact that Olivia and Urs (Marco's older brother) have known each other since they've been very young.
- BlazBlue:
- Posthumously, Ada Clover, whom her little brother Carl described to be so kind, caring and compassionate that he seriously adored her. Obviously, when she had her soul plucked out by their father Relius (callously, no less) into the Nox Nyctores Nirvana, Carl swears revenge and eternal hatred to Relius.
- Litchi Faye-Ling generally acts as a big sister figure to many of the younger ones, with her teaching Taokaka the ropes, generally humors with Noel when they meet and Noel certainly appreciates her (...or being jealous at her boobies), and she was exceptionally kind and caring to the aforementioned Carl that she secretly wants a little brother like him, and Carl adores her so much that he sees parts of his sister residing on her. This could be either a subversion or a double subversion, the former because Litchi's Cool Big Sis attitude hides her massive emotional baggage about her grief and guilt about losing her friend and her taking on an Impossible Task to Find the Cure!, to the point of being forced to join the main bad guys and never telling anyone else her problem, thus damaging her Cool Big Sis credentials (Noel was particularly devastated when she learns her new allegiance and actions, though Carl decides to try and help her). The double-subversion is that regardless of the baggage, the caring, sisterly attitude was truly genuine on Litchi's part if the situation was not that severe.
- Bleu/Deis from the Breath of Fire series is somewhat of a Cool Big Sis to the party, most notably in Breath of Fire III and Breath of Fire IV. She guides and gives hints to Ryu and his party, and is definitely the most... erm... endowed woman in the party. Interestingly enough, Ryu does express romantic interest in her (pretty much the most you'll ever see him express towards anyone, considering he's a Silent Protagonist) in 3, sort of culminating in a little kiddy crush. Probably has to do with how he saw her full front, completely naked and up close.
- Chrono Trigger gives us Schala, who fulfills the role for her younger brother, but is otherwise too kind and empathetic to actually stand up for herself. In the sequel, it is implied that Lucca acted as this to Kid, to much greater effect.
- Crash Bandicoot probably isn't the first person you'd expect to be big brother material, but the guy has saved the day numerous times over and is literate with countless forms of combat, weaponry and transportation, all of which is only concentrated when it involves his baby sister Coco. Crash follows her every command and desire, and when the villains target her, he becomes a very different person.
- Dragon Age:
- Regardless of which one is actually older, a female Warden in Dragon Age: Origins can have this sort of dynamic with Morrigan, or with a non-romanced Leliana, Zevran, and/or Alistair.
- Isabela acts like this towards Merrill and Bethany in Dragon Age II, especially the former. Whenever Fenris or Anders would be ragging on Merrill for her use of Blood Magic, Isabela just tries to comfort her and asks if it's what she really wants. Party banter between them involves offering to teach Merrill about body-shots and trying to get Bethany a night at the local brothel. If the PC romances Merrill, Isabela gives him/her the If You Ever Do Anything to Hurt Her... speech, threatening a male PC with castration.
- If Hawke is female, this is implied to be her relationship with Bethany. If Hawke is a mage (and Bethany therefore dies in the prologue), Bethany's character information states that she idolized her big sister. If Bethany survives the prologue, most dialogue options between the sisters reinforce the idea that this is their relationship.
- Bethany herself gets a turn at being a Cool Big Sis if she survives the prologue and is later sent to the Circle. A letter she writes to her sibling says that she's teaching younger mages, and one of them in particular looks up to her in this manner.
- Dragon Age: Inquisition makes Leliana perhaps the coolest version of this trope in Thedas towards Josephine, whom she considers one of her few true friends. This can actually cause problems where her methods of protecting the pacifist Josephine are violence, not to mention scare off anyone interested romantically. To Leliana, upsetting Josephine is well worth the price if it keeps her from getting hurt.
- A female Inquisitor who maxes out Cassandra's friendship can have a relationship with her in which Cass basically takes this role. Cass is canonically in her late thirties or early forties, making her an ideal older sister figure for the potentially younger Inquisitor.
- In Drakan, Rynn has this in spades with her younger brother Delon. She also appears to have had Promotion to Parent seeing as their parents are never seen or mentioned. This is a sister that was willing to awaken a dragon and bond with him to save her brother. Sadly, though, it doesn't work out in the end, and Delon dies.
- Arashi of Ensemble Stars! styles herself as this, often referring to herself as 'neechan', particularly when it comes to Mitsuru, her junior in the track and field club.
- In Farnham Fables, we have Winona Edison and her older sister Wendy, who love each other very much. In Episode 2, when Winona suffers a bout of depression, Wendy comes to cheer her up by painting her nails while listening to her talk about her day.
- In Fatal Fury: Mark of the Wolves, Mai Shiranui is said to be this to Hokutomaru, who refers to her "Mai-neechan" ("Big Sis Mai").
- Final Fantasy X: Mid-way through the story, Rikku seems to view Lulu this way; Yuna is implied to have had a more mother-daughter relationship with her instead.
- Fire Emblem:
- Annand/Mahnya from Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War is regarded as this by her sister Erinys/Ferry.
- Lyn from Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade, especially to Florina (if not more), Nils and Ninian (even when they're technically much older than she is, though to be fair we don't learn that until almost the end of the game.
- Cecilia from Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade is something between this and The Mentor for Roy and Lilina, being the one who taught them how to fight.
- Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones: In support conversations, Tana outright admits that she sees Syrene as this. Syrene's actual sister, Vanessa, seems to look up to her a lot, too.
- Lucina comes off as this towards the other future children in Fire Emblem: Awakening, especially towards Cynthia. Sumia seems to view Cordelia as this as well, though the two are roughly the same age.
- Camilla from Fire Emblem Fates comes off this way towards her Nohrian siblings, especially in Elise's eyes (who idolizes her enough that she put purple highlights in her hair to match Camilla). Scarlet also has some Cool Big Sis vibes with Corrin in their supports and Revelation interactions, though to a lesser degree than Camilla.
- Subverted by Hinoka: she loves her younger siblings a lot and that's not for discussion, but she became so focused on training and getting ready to rescue the Avatar that she heavily neglected Takumi and Sakura's emotional needs and her supports with them are all about her realizing it. i.e, in her supports with Takumi she's horrified when he tells her that he thinks she and the others be better off without him, and she has to pretty much yell at him that his death would break her. Plus she had no idea about Sakura's glaring self-esteem problems and, when Sakura explains herself, is genuinely stunned and then explains that they're not so different.
- A female Avatar has this kind of relationship with her younger sisters Elise and Sakura, who care deeply for the Avatar and are the least willing to fight her if she ends up on the opposing side. Her relationships with her younger brothers Leo and Takumi are a bit more strained because of the latter pair's insecurity and jealousy, but they do nevertheless care for their brothers.
- Sylvain of Fire Emblem: Three Houses often fills in this role for his classmates, as he's the second oldest member of his House and the oldest of his childhood friends. He tends to be someone younger characters go to for advice thanks to how easygoing he is, and despite his womanising he's quite intelligent and insightful on various topics.
- In Fire Emblem Heroes, Letizia is quite affectionate to her relative Veronica, who sees her as like an older sister. Subverted when it turns out that Letizia despises Veronica and wants revenge on her.
- Galaxy Angel: Forte Stollen, as the oldest member of the Moon Angel Wing and their flight leader, acts as an older sister/mentor figure to them. It actually causes her a considerable degree of consternation on her route in Moonlit Lovers when Chitose takes it a little too far and starts addressing her as "Onee-sama". It also extends to the Galaxy Angel II trilogy, where Anise takes to view Forte as a "big sis".
- While Milfeulle does not fulfill this role among her team members, she is the singular older sister to her younger sibling, Apricot, who absolutely adores her.
- Teased with Grandia III. Everything you've seen indicates Miranda is a Cool Big Sis, until it's revealed she's a mother. Her personality, however, fits this trope.
- Horizon Forbidden West: Aloy eventually becomes this for her clone-"sister", Beta. They bond because of their shared heritage, insecurities, and Clone Angst.
- I Was a Teenage Exocolonist: In Nomi's epilogue, they become a "magnet" for the younger generation, including Sol's children if they have any, sharing their nerdy interests with them.
- The King of Fighters has two example between King and Chizuru Kagura.
- Many of the younger female fighters admire King for her style and sophistication, which is why she usually serves as the captain of the All Womens Team. Yuri, in particular, wants to make it official, by encouraging King to hook up with her older brother, Ryo.
- Chizuru fills this role where Shingo, Yuki, Kyo and Iori are concerned, albeit begrudgingly in the latter's case. Kyo even mentions how she always seems to look after them, during one of his conversations with Terry Bogard in the Sky Stage games. She's also the only one King has ever deferred leadership of the All Womens Team to, implying she may regard Chizuru this way as well.
- A female Player Character can be this to Mission Vao in Knights of the Old Republic.
- In Mass Effect a female Shepard can be this to Tali to the point where in the second game she seems to have something of a crush on the Commander. She's also something like this to Garrus during the first game. Shepard's role as the team's Living Emotional Crutch does seem to put him/her in this position a lot.
- Mass Effect: Andromeda brings us Sidera and Vetra Nyx who have this relationship. Vetra is very much the Surrogate Mama Bear and extremely protective of Sidera. She is occasionally frustrated from raising her. Sid admires the hell out of Vetra to the point that she uses Vetra's identity to do random good deeds). During Vetra's loyalty mission, their relationship matures a bit, with Vetra realizing Sidera may be a bit green, but she can't be sheltered forever. Vetra becomes more of a mentor and fits this trope better. Of course, neither look it, as both are turians◊.
- Ryder can be this if you play the female twin.
- Nathyrra plays this role to a female Player Character in Neverwinter Nights: Hordes of the Underdark.
- In NieR, Kaine plays this role to Emil, in that she can relate to the idea of having a part of their body that makes them hated (Emil has Magical Eyes while Kaine is a Hermaphrodite possessed by a Shade) and tells him to never be ashamed of himself for what he is.
- Rosalyn from Okage: Shadow King is this to Ari, his little sister Annie, and possibly Linda. If you're not one of these people, chances are if you're part of the rest of the group, she's going to be short-tempered with you.
- Persona:
- A particularly notable example can be found in Persona 2: Innocent Sin with Maya Amano, a young woman who's very much this to the teenage party members. In fact, she's such a Cool Big Sis that in the past, the four younger kids she played with locked her in a shrine (with the exception of one of them, who was locked in with her) so she wouldn't have to move away. Of course, the shrine catches on fire and they think they've killed her.
- The female protagonist in Persona 3 Portable becomes this to Maiko and a non-romanced Ken, as you progress in their respective social links. She can even tell the former near the end of their social link that even though they'll be separated from each other, they'll still be sisters forever.
- Mia Fey from Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney to her sister Maya but also to Phoenix.
- Being level-headed, mature and clever she is always there to help and guide them even after her death
- The younger version of Mia in Trials and Tribulations has similar motions like Phoenix which shows the strong influence she has on her protegé
- Also Lana Skye to Ema Skye - in fact Mia and Lana bear many similarities. Both are highly capable and have younger sisters who have helped Phoenix in his cases and both wear scarves tied around their neck in a similar fashion.
- Claire Redfield from Resident Evil has the best track record of this e.g Sherry in RE2, Rani in Resident Evil: Degeneration (overlaps with Mama Bear) and Moira Burton in Resident Evil: Revelations 2.
- In Roommates, Anne's relationship with both Sally and Isabella has shades of this at first, as she's the shy Country Mouse and both of them have a little more life experience than her.
- In Samurai Warriors 4, Lady Hayakawa is this for to the youngsters of the Hojo clan, but it is more obvious with Saburo when he is sent as a hostage to the Uesugi clan, she says she will always help him if necessary and orders Fuuma Kotaro to watch over her.
- Soulcalibur: Seong Mina is Yun Seong's "big sister" figure and his mentor between parts II and IV, where she takes it upon herself to stop him from pursuing Soul Edge, before it's too late. But, since he won't listen to her, she's decided to knock some sense into him and march him straight back to her father's dojo.
- In Soul Calibur V Ivy was viewed either this way or as a surrogate mother by the younger warriors who were introduced in that game.
- Comes up in with a couple of classes in Star Wars: The Old Republic. The bounty hunter to Playful Hacker Mako and the Sith Warrior to The Gunslinger Vette (who also happens to be an Expy of Mission). With The Warrior you can even say she's like a little sister when you meet up with her old friends.
- In the Street Fighter 'verse there are two:
- The arcade version of Super Street Fighter IV portrays Chun-Li in this light towards Yun and Yang Lee. It should be noted that given the connections between Gen, Lee, Chun-Li's father, Chun-Li, and the Lee Bros. and the likening of a martial arts instructor/master to that of a father figure, Chun-Li is more or less their actual martial arts "big sister".
- Chun-Li technically plays this straight with Cammy as she’s one person the stoic Delta Red agent confides in when she needs advice as seen in the SFV story mode.
- Cammy can also be seen as this towards her fellow Dolls. Particularly, SSFIV has Cammy attempting to go all Sister Cub on newcomer Juri for savagely attacking and hospitalizing them, not to mention looking after a recovering Juni in her ending. And in Ultra, she's willing even to return to Bison's side if this means she can save the life of Decapre, the Doll that's actually her clone and the one who's been more physically/mentally/emotionally damaged.
- Hell in SV5 Cammy even breaks the law and sides with Juri to protect Decapre, and goes apeshit on Vega when he threatens the Dolls.
- Laura is a one sided case as while she adores her little brother Sean and shows a lot physical affection to him in their interactions, Sean himself can’t stand Laura coddling and wrestling him.
- The arcade version of Super Street Fighter IV portrays Chun-Li in this light towards Yun and Yang Lee. It should be noted that given the connections between Gen, Lee, Chun-Li's father, Chun-Li, and the Lee Bros. and the likening of a martial arts instructor/master to that of a father figure, Chun-Li is more or less their actual martial arts "big sister".
- Suikoden:
- Suikoden II: Nanami is Riou's adoptive older sister and sworn protector, but she also takes it upon herself to look after Jowy, and Pilika after she's left traumatized by the slaughter of her family and village. Jowy even entrusts Nanami to continue to look after Pilika when he defects to the Highland Army. In that sense, she's doubles as the Team Mom.
- Suikoden V: Princess Lymsleia has absolute faith in her personal bodyguard, Miakis, and cares for her greatly. And for all her shenanigans, Miakis thinks of Lym as though she were her kid sister. In the end, the game's epilogue states that (quote): "they remained as close as loving sisters."
- Excellen Browning of Super Robot Wars is perpetually cheerful, friends with everybody (especially Lamia Loveless and Einst Alfimi) and an unabashed Ms. Fanservice. In fact, Excellen plays on this trope by having Lamia address her as "Ex-oneesama" when they first meet.
- Likewise, Ouka Nagisa of The School Children is the eldest and addressed by Arado Balanga, Seolla Schweizer and Latooni Subota as their "sister".
- By Moon Dwellers, Lamia's actual older sister Aschen Brodel comes into the fray and pretty much fits the bill... as in the sarcastic and occasionally hyperactive sister that sometimes tries to rope the more reserved Lamia into her shenanigans.
- In Super Robot Wars X, Ange ends up becoming one for both Wataru and Nadia. Interestingly Lelouch seem to also serve as a Cool Big Brother to Ange, as he in the very next Scenario after his reintroduction, helps Ange in carrying out a whole operation, to rescue her sister Sylvia. The whole startup is an awesome moment for Lelouch, as it allows the former Holy Britiannian Emperor to show some serious Big Brother Instincts to a fellow Fallen Royal, Ange, by having him really stick his neck out for the former Misurugi Princess, while everyone else were either say "good luck" or try to stop her. The very proposition stuns Ange so much that she thanks him and everyone for their support. And this is not a typical sarcastic "thank you" she gives either, but a true expression of gratitude for everyone's help.
- In Super Robot Wars 30, captain Mitsuba Greyvalley is this to Yuta and Az (If she was picked as the player's main protagonist). Lian Ambird is also this to Az as well.
- In Tales of Vesperia, Judith, after warming up to her teammates, becomes one for the party. She is usually bright in tone, is very reliable, and acts supportively towards her teammates, especially Karol.
- There's also Yuri, who is generally very supportive and encouraging to his younger teammates, Karol and Patty in particular.
- In the Trails in the Sky trilogy of the Trails Series, Schera serves as this to the protagonist Estelle, having been childhood friends, in charge of her bracer training, and being Estelle's Romantic Wingwoman.
- Letty Whiterock of Touhou Youyoumu ~ Perfect Cherry Blossom is one of these for the ditzy ice fairy Cirno.
- One thing that not many people catch is that being Cool Big Sis is an implicit part of Kagiyama Hina's hat. She's a specific kind of god of misfortune, in that she covers the festival where people "put" misfortune inside paper dolls and cast them down the river. These paper dolls are known as "big sister dolls".
- After Undefined Flying Object, fanworks seem to also make out Byakuren Hijiri to be half this trope and half All-Loving Hero in equal helpings — with the sis-dom particularly pointed towards Shou Toramaru and Nue Houjuu
- Clementine is one towards AJ in The Walking Dead: The Final Season. She's both his maternal and big sister figure, and practically the only family he's ever known, so AJ looks up to Clementine and seeks her approval.
- Jane Maxwell from Wild AR Ms 1 is this to the entire orphanage she provides for. It's the main reason she sticks with the job despite her lack of idealism.
- Raquel Applegate from Wild AR Ms 4 is this to Jude and Yulie. She acts as a more mature figure for Jude to look up to and she becomes incredibly worried when he undergoes a Heroic BSoD as a result of his mother being killed right in front of him.
