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* Though it started off on a bitter note, Sol and Ky's rivalry in ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear'' eventually becomes more brotherly. By the time of ''[[VideoGame/GuiltyGear2Overture Overture''[[labelnote:*]]five years after ''[[VideoGame/GuiltyGearTheMissingLink GG1]]'' and four years after the ''[[VideoGame/GuiltyGearX X]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/GuiltyGearXX XX]]'' titles[[/labelnote]], they're practically a combination of this and VitriolicBestBuds. Ky even entrusts the safekeeping of his son to Sol, something that would've been unthinkable earlier on in the series. [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Slayer]] also has a friendly rivalry with President Gabriel.
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* Though it started off on a bitter note, Sol and Ky's rivalry in ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear'' eventually becomes more brotherly. By the time of ''[[VideoGame/GuiltyGear2Overture Overture''[[labelnote:*]]five Overture]]''[[note]]five years after ''[[VideoGame/GuiltyGearTheMissingLink GG1]]'' and four years after the ''[[VideoGame/GuiltyGearX X]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/GuiltyGearXX XX]]'' titles[[/labelnote]], titles[[/note]], they're practically a combination of this and VitriolicBestBuds. Ky even entrusts the safekeeping of his son to Sol, something that would've been unthinkable earlier on in the series. [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Slayer]] also has a friendly rivalry with President Gabriel.
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** The ''VideoGame/StreetFighterIII'' series has two more examples. The first, Yun and Yang, are [[PolarOppositeTwins twin brothers]] who protect their hometown of Hong Kong together but also consider [[RedOniBlueOni the other]] to be their greatest rival (though Yang's unrequited and unvoiced pining for his brother's girlfriend Houmei may also factor into this). The second pair, Ibuki and Makoto, have a special intro in ''3rd Strike'', but also appear together in several pieces of official art (often alongside Elena), where it's suggested they're schoolmates and possibly close acquaintances. Ibuki regards Makoto more neutrally in ''SSFIV'' (likely because the game is set [[NonLinearSequel before]] the ''III'' series), where she instead partakes in a friendly spar with Sakura for her Rival Battle.
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** The ''VideoGame/StreetFighterIII'' series has two more examples. The first, Yun and Yang, are [[PolarOppositeTwins twin brothers]] who protect their hometown of Hong Kong together but also consider [[RedOniBlueOni the other]] to be their greatest rival (though Yang's unrequited and unvoiced pining for his brother's girlfriend Houmei Hoimei may also factor into this). The second pair, Ibuki and Makoto, have a special intro in ''3rd Strike'', but also appear together in several pieces of official art (often alongside Elena), where it's suggested they're schoolmates and possibly close acquaintances. Ibuki regards Makoto more neutrally in ''SSFIV'' (likely because the game is set [[NonLinearSequel before]] the ''III'' series), where she instead partakes in a friendly spar with Sakura for her Rival Battle.
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* ''VideoGame/FableI'': The Hero's childhood friend Whisper trains alongside him in the [[AdventureGuild Heroes Guild]] and takes several quests that pit her against him in order to challenge herself to surpass him. Nonetheless, she's always on good terms with him.
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** In games where they appear together (''KOF'' included), Ryo also has this sort of rivalry with [[VideoGame/FatalFury Terry]]; this was even the main draw of ''[[VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters94 KOF '94]]'' before the series decided to center the story on Kyo. ''KOF: Maximum Impact 2'' also gives them a special intro where [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall they acknowledge how long they've been squaring off]] and agree that it's not all bad; doing so with their alternate versions ([[LegacyCharacter Mr. Karate II]] and [[VideoGame/GarouMarkOfTheWolves Wild Wolf]]) has the exchange end with [[HandshakeSubstitute a fist bump]] before the battle commences. In fact, pretty much all ''KOF'' heroes [[{{Jerkass}} that aren't named Iori Yagami or K']] are quite respectful of one another's skills (even if Kyo can get cocky sometimes and Ash is fond of [[{{Troll}} deliberately riling up people]] [[HiddenHeartOfGold as part of his facade]]).
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** In games where they appear together (''KOF'' included), Ryo also has this sort of rivalry with [[VideoGame/FatalFury Terry]]; this was even the main draw of ''[[VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters94 KOF '94]]'' before the series decided to center the story on Kyo. ''KOF: Maximum Impact 2'' ''VideoGame/KOFMaximumImpact2'' also gives them a special intro where [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall they acknowledge how long they've been squaring off]] and agree that it's not all bad; doing so with their alternate versions ([[LegacyCharacter Mr. Karate II]] and [[VideoGame/GarouMarkOfTheWolves Wild Wolf]]) has the exchange end with [[HandshakeSubstitute a fist bump]] before the battle commences. commences.
** In fact, pretty much all ''KOF'' heroes [[{{Jerkass}} that aren't named Iori Yagami or K']] are quite respectful of one another's skills (even if Kyo can get cocky sometimes and Ash is fond of [[{{Troll}} deliberately riling up people]] [[HiddenHeartOfGold as part of his facade]]).
** In fact, pretty much all ''KOF'' heroes [[{{Jerkass}} that aren't named Iori Yagami or K']] are quite respectful of one another's skills (even if Kyo can get cocky sometimes and Ash is fond of [[{{Troll}} deliberately riling up people]] [[HiddenHeartOfGold as part of his facade]]).
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* Though it started off on a bitter note, Sol and Ky's rivalry in ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear'' eventually becomes more brotherly. By the time of ''Overture''[[note]]five years after ''[=GG1=]'' and four years after the ''X'' and ''XX'' titles[[/note]], they're practically a combination of this and VitriolicBestBuds. Ky even entrusts the safekeeping of his son to Sol, something that would've been unthinkable earlier on in the series. [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Slayer]] also has a friendly rivalry with President Gabriel.
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* Though it started off on a bitter note, Sol and Ky's rivalry in ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear'' eventually becomes more brotherly. By the time of ''Overture''[[note]]five ''[[VideoGame/GuiltyGear2Overture Overture''[[labelnote:*]]five years after ''[=GG1=]'' ''[[VideoGame/GuiltyGearTheMissingLink GG1]]'' and four years after the ''X'' ''[[VideoGame/GuiltyGearX X]]'' and ''XX'' titles[[/note]], ''[[VideoGame/GuiltyGearXX XX]]'' titles[[/labelnote]], they're practically a combination of this and VitriolicBestBuds. Ky even entrusts the safekeeping of his son to Sol, something that would've been unthinkable earlier on in the series. [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Slayer]] also has a friendly rivalry with President Gabriel.
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* ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'': Most of the rivals from Gen III onward are very friendly to the protagonist, with them usually either being neighbors that want you as the new kid to feel welcome (Brendan/May in ''[[VideoGame/PokemonRubyAndSapphire Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald]]'', Calem/Serena in ''[[VideoGame/PokemonXAndY X and Y]]'', Hau in ''[[VideoGame/PokemonSunAndMoon Sun and Moon]]'', and Nemona in ''[[Videogame/PokemonScarletAndViolet Scarlet and Violet]]'') or close childhood friends (Barry in ''[[VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum]]'', Cheren and Bianca in ''[[VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite Black and White]]'', Hugh in ''[[VideoGame/PokemonBlack2AndWhite2 Black 2 and White 2]]'', Trace from ''[[VideoGame/PokemonLetsGoPikachuAndLetsGoEevee Let's Go, Pikachu! and Eevee!]]'', and Hop in ''[[VideoGame/PokemonSwordAndShield Sword and Shield]]''). Additionally, the protagonist may end up forming friendly rivalries with other characters that they end up meeting during their journey (Wally in ''Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald'', Shauna/Tierno/Trevor in ''X and Y''[[note]]They meet the protagonist around the same time as Calem/Serena, but are not shown to be their neighbors[[/note]], and Marnie in ''Sword and Shield''). This is in stark contrast with the first two rivals, [[VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue Blue/Green]] and [[VideoGame/PokemonGoldAndSilver Silver]], who would regularly insult and belittle the player.
** Kieran from the ''[[Videogame/PokemonScarletAndViolet Scarlet and Violet]]'' DLC gradually subverts and deconstructs this. When you first meet him in ''The Teal Mask'', he's eager to befriend you and battle with you in spite of his shyness, but as the storyline progresses he becomes increasingly unable to cope with being AlwaysSecondBest to you (among [[PoorCommunicationKills other things]]), and the "friendly" part [[TookALevelInJerkass gradually ebbs away]].
** Kieran from the ''[[Videogame/PokemonScarletAndViolet Scarlet and Violet]]'' DLC gradually subverts and deconstructs this. When you first meet him in ''The Teal Mask'', he's eager to befriend you and battle with you in spite of his shyness, but as the storyline progresses he becomes increasingly unable to cope with being AlwaysSecondBest to you (among [[PoorCommunicationKills other things]]), and the "friendly" part [[TookALevelInJerkass gradually ebbs away]].
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* ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'': ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'':
** Most of the rivals from Gen III onward are very friendly to the protagonist, with them usually either being neighbors that want you as the new kid to feel welcome (Brendan/May in ''[[VideoGame/PokemonRubyAndSapphire Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald]]'', Calem/Serena in ''[[VideoGame/PokemonXAndY X and Y]]'', Hau in ''[[VideoGame/PokemonSunAndMoon Sun and Moon]]'', and Nemona in ''[[Videogame/PokemonScarletAndViolet Scarlet and Violet]]'') or close childhood friends (Barry in ''[[VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum]]'', Cheren and Bianca in ''[[VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite Black and White]]'', Hugh in ''[[VideoGame/PokemonBlack2AndWhite2 Black 2 and White 2]]'', Trace from ''[[VideoGame/PokemonLetsGoPikachuAndLetsGoEevee Let's Go, Pikachu! and Eevee!]]'', and Hop in ''[[VideoGame/PokemonSwordAndShield Sword and Shield]]''). Additionally, the protagonist may end up forming friendly rivalries with other characters that they end up meeting during their journey (Wally in ''Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald'', Shauna/Tierno/Trevor in ''X and Y''[[note]]They meet the protagonist around the same time as Calem/Serena, but are not shown to be their neighbors[[/note]], and Marnie in ''Sword and Shield''). This is in stark contrast with the first two rivals, [[VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue Blue/Green]] and [[VideoGame/PokemonGoldAndSilver Silver]], who would regularly insult and belittle the player.
** Kieran from the''[[Videogame/PokemonScarletAndViolet ''[[VideoGame/PokemonScarletAndViolet Scarlet and Violet]]'' DLC gradually subverts and deconstructs this. When you first meet him in ''The Teal Mask'', he's eager to befriend you and battle with you in spite of his shyness, but as the storyline progresses he becomes increasingly unable to cope with being AlwaysSecondBest to you (among [[PoorCommunicationKills other things]]), and the "friendly" part [[TookALevelInJerkass gradually ebbs away]].
** Most of the rivals from Gen III onward are very friendly to the protagonist, with them usually either being neighbors that want you as the new kid to feel welcome (Brendan/May in ''[[VideoGame/PokemonRubyAndSapphire Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald]]'', Calem/Serena in ''[[VideoGame/PokemonXAndY X and Y]]'', Hau in ''[[VideoGame/PokemonSunAndMoon Sun and Moon]]'', and Nemona in ''[[Videogame/PokemonScarletAndViolet Scarlet and Violet]]'') or close childhood friends (Barry in ''[[VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum]]'', Cheren and Bianca in ''[[VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite Black and White]]'', Hugh in ''[[VideoGame/PokemonBlack2AndWhite2 Black 2 and White 2]]'', Trace from ''[[VideoGame/PokemonLetsGoPikachuAndLetsGoEevee Let's Go, Pikachu! and Eevee!]]'', and Hop in ''[[VideoGame/PokemonSwordAndShield Sword and Shield]]''). Additionally, the protagonist may end up forming friendly rivalries with other characters that they end up meeting during their journey (Wally in ''Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald'', Shauna/Tierno/Trevor in ''X and Y''[[note]]They meet the protagonist around the same time as Calem/Serena, but are not shown to be their neighbors[[/note]], and Marnie in ''Sword and Shield''). This is in stark contrast with the first two rivals, [[VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue Blue/Green]] and [[VideoGame/PokemonGoldAndSilver Silver]], who would regularly insult and belittle the player.
** Kieran from the
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** [[VideoGame/StreetFighterAlpha Sakura and Karin]]'s relationship began as a one-sided rivalry on the latter's part, as she previously suffered a defeat at Sakura's hands. After settling the score in ''Alpha 3'', Karin realizes her victory was a fluke and remembers Ken's words (from earlier in her ''A3'' story) that the outcome of a match isn't as important as [[SpiritedCompetitor the match itself]]. [[DefeatEqualsFriendship Karin then changes her tune about Sakura]], with ''VideoGame/NamcoXCapcom'' [[BashBrothers pairing them up]] and later games like ''SFIV'' implying the two now enjoy a much healthier rivalry like Ryu and Ken do. Sakura's appearance in Season 3 of ''VideoGame/StreetFighterV'' would solidify their status as [[HeterosexualLifePartners close friends]]; Karin regularly invites Sakura to the Kanzuki estate, which leads to the two squaring off nearly every time they catch up, but also lends an ear and offers some counsel when Sakky is unsure about where her life's path is leading her.
** The ''VideoGame/StreetFighterIII'' series has two more examples. The first, Yun and Yang, are [[PolarOppositeTwins twin brothers]] who protect their hometown of Hong Kong together but also consider [[RedOniBlueOni the other]] to be their greatest rival (though Yang's unrequited and unvoiced pining for his brother's girlfriend Houmei may also factor into this). The second pair, Ibuki and Makoto, have a special intro in ''3rd Strike'', but also appear together in several pieces of official art (often alongside Elena), where it's suggested they're schoolmates and possibly close acquaintances. Ibuki regards Makoto more neutrally in ''SSFIV'' (likely because the game is set [[AnachronicOrder before]] the ''III'' series), where she instead partakes in a friendly spar with Sakura for her Rival Battle.
** The ''VideoGame/StreetFighterIII'' series has two more examples. The first, Yun and Yang, are [[PolarOppositeTwins twin brothers]] who protect their hometown of Hong Kong together but also consider [[RedOniBlueOni the other]] to be their greatest rival (though Yang's unrequited and unvoiced pining for his brother's girlfriend Houmei may also factor into this). The second pair, Ibuki and Makoto, have a special intro in ''3rd Strike'', but also appear together in several pieces of official art (often alongside Elena), where it's suggested they're schoolmates and possibly close acquaintances. Ibuki regards Makoto more neutrally in ''SSFIV'' (likely because the game is set [[AnachronicOrder before]] the ''III'' series), where she instead partakes in a friendly spar with Sakura for her Rival Battle.
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** [[VideoGame/StreetFighterAlpha Sakura and Karin]]'s Karin's]] relationship began as a one-sided rivalry on the latter's part, as she previously suffered a defeat at Sakura's hands. After settling the score in ''Alpha 3'', Karin realizes her victory was a fluke and remembers Ken's words (from earlier in her ''A3'' story) that the outcome of a match isn't as important as [[SpiritedCompetitor the match itself]]. [[DefeatEqualsFriendship Karin then changes her tune about Sakura]], with ''VideoGame/NamcoXCapcom'' [[BashBrothers pairing them up]] and later games like ''SFIV'' implying the two now enjoy a much healthier rivalry like Ryu and Ken do. Sakura's appearance in Season 3 of ''VideoGame/StreetFighterV'' would solidify their status as [[HeterosexualLifePartners close friends]]; Karin regularly invites Sakura to the Kanzuki estate, which leads to the two squaring off nearly every time they catch up, but also lends an ear and offers some counsel when Sakky is unsure about where her life's path is leading her.
** The ''VideoGame/StreetFighterIII'' series has two more examples. The first, Yun and Yang, are [[PolarOppositeTwins twin brothers]] who protect their hometown of Hong Kong together but also consider [[RedOniBlueOni the other]] to be their greatest rival (though Yang's unrequited and unvoiced pining for his brother's girlfriend Houmei may also factor into this). The second pair, Ibuki and Makoto, have a special intro in ''3rd Strike'', but also appear together in several pieces of official art (often alongside Elena), where it's suggested they're schoolmates and possibly close acquaintances. Ibuki regards Makoto more neutrally in ''SSFIV'' (likely because the game is set[[AnachronicOrder [[NonLinearSequel before]] the ''III'' series), where she instead partakes in a friendly spar with Sakura for her Rival Battle.
** The ''VideoGame/StreetFighterIII'' series has two more examples. The first, Yun and Yang, are [[PolarOppositeTwins twin brothers]] who protect their hometown of Hong Kong together but also consider [[RedOniBlueOni the other]] to be their greatest rival (though Yang's unrequited and unvoiced pining for his brother's girlfriend Houmei may also factor into this). The second pair, Ibuki and Makoto, have a special intro in ''3rd Strike'', but also appear together in several pieces of official art (often alongside Elena), where it's suggested they're schoolmates and possibly close acquaintances. Ibuki regards Makoto more neutrally in ''SSFIV'' (likely because the game is set
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** Jin Kazama and Hwoarang start out as bitter rivals in their debut game, but since Jin eventually has to deal with ''much'' bigger and serious unrelated issues, he consciously tones down on their petty rivalry, much to Hwoarang's chagrin. It's worth noting that, aside from [[UnresolvedSexualTension Ling Xiaoyu]], Hwoarang is the only person Jin has been shown to genuinely smile at. In ''[[VideoGame/Tekken8 8]]'', Hwoarang is the first person to notice that Jin is hiding his Devil powers at his expense, and encourages him to stop doing that, which proves to be the answer to decisively defeat his father.
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** Jin Kazama and Hwoarang start out as bitter rivals in their debut game, game (''Tekken 3'', with the backstory establishing their rivalry began when the two fought to a draw prior to the third King of Iron Fist Tournament), but since Jin eventually has to deal with ''much'' bigger and serious unrelated issues, he consciously tones down on their petty rivalry, much to Hwoarang's chagrin. It's worth noting that, aside from [[UnresolvedSexualTension Ling Xiaoyu]], Hwoarang is the only person Jin has been shown to genuinely smile at. In ''[[VideoGame/Tekken8 8]]'', Hwoarang is the first person to notice that Jin is hiding his Devil powers at his expense, and encourages him to stop doing that, which proves to be the answer to decisively defeat his father.
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** Jin Kazama and Hwoarang start out as bitter rivals in their debut game, but since Jin eventually has to deal with ''much'' bigger and serious unrelated issues, he consciously tones down on their petty rivalry, much to Hwoarang's chagrin. It's worth noting that, aside from [[UnresolvedSexualTension Ling Xiaoyu]], Hwoarang is the only person Jin has been shown to genuinely smile at. In ''[[VideoGame/Tekken8 8]]'', Hwoarang is the first person to notice that Jin is hiding his Devil powers at his expense, and encourages him to stop doing that, which proves to be the answer to decisively defeat his father.
** Asuka Kazama, much like her relative, starts out having a serious rivalry with Lili Rochefort, but it seems that their time in the tournaments have made them realize that [[BirdsOfAFeather they are more alike than they thought]], and they become friends as a result.
** Jin Kazama and Hwoarang start out as bitter rivals in their debut game, but since Jin eventually has to deal with ''much'' bigger and serious unrelated issues, he consciously tones down on their petty rivalry, much to Hwoarang's chagrin. It's worth noting that, aside from [[UnresolvedSexualTension Ling Xiaoyu]], Hwoarang is the only person Jin has been shown to genuinely smile at. In ''[[VideoGame/Tekken8 8]]'', Hwoarang is the first person to notice that Jin is hiding his Devil powers at his expense, and encourages him to stop doing that, which proves to be the answer to decisively defeat his father.
** Asuka Kazama, much like her relative, starts out having a serious rivalry with Lili Rochefort, but it seems that their time in the tournaments have made them realize that [[BirdsOfAFeather they are more alike than they thought]], and they become friends as a result.
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** Kieran from the ''[[Videogame/PokemonScarletAndViolet Scarlet and Violet]]'' DLC gradually subverts and deconstructs this. When you first meet him in ''The Teal Mask'', he's eager to befriend you and battle with you in spite of his shyness, but as the storyline progresses he becomes increasingly unable to cope with being AlwaysSecondBest to you (among [[PoorCommunicationKills other things]]), and the "friendly" part [[TookALevelInJerkass gradually ebbs away]].
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* ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'': Most of the rivals from Gen III onward are very friendly to the protagonist, with them usually either being neighbors that want you as the new kid to feel welcome (Brendan/May in ''[[VideoGame/PokemonRubyAndSapphire Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald]]'', Calem/Serena in ''[[VideoGame/PokemonXAndY X and Y]]'', Hau in ''[[VideoGame/PokemonSunAndMoon Sun and Moon]]'', and Nemona in ''[[Videogame/PokemonScarletAndViolet Scarlet and Violet]]''), close childhood friends (Barry in ''[[VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum]]'', Cheren and Bianca in ''[[VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite Black and White]]'', Hugh in ''[[VideoGame/PokemonBlack2AndWhite2 Black 2 and White 2]]'', Trace from ''[[VideoGame/PokemonLetsGoPikachuAndLetsGoEevee Let's Go, Pikachu! and Eevee!]]'', and Hop in ''[[VideoGame/PokemonSwordAndShield Sword and Shield]]''). Additionally, the protagonist may end up forming friendly rivalries with other characters that they end up meeting during their journey (Wally in ''Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald'', Shauna/Tierno/Trevor in ''X and Y''[[note]]They meet the protagonist around the same time as Calem/Serena, but are not shown to be their neighbors[[/note]], and Marnie in ''Sword and Shield''). This is in stark contrast with the first two rivals, [[VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue Blue/Green]] and [[VideoGame/PokemonGoldAndSilver Silver]], who would regularly insult and belittle the player.
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* ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'': Most of the rivals from Gen III onward are very friendly to the protagonist, with them usually either being neighbors that want you as the new kid to feel welcome (Brendan/May in ''[[VideoGame/PokemonRubyAndSapphire Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald]]'', Calem/Serena in ''[[VideoGame/PokemonXAndY X and Y]]'', Hau in ''[[VideoGame/PokemonSunAndMoon Sun and Moon]]'', and Nemona in ''[[Videogame/PokemonScarletAndViolet Scarlet and Violet]]''), Violet]]'') or close childhood friends (Barry in ''[[VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum]]'', Cheren and Bianca in ''[[VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite Black and White]]'', Hugh in ''[[VideoGame/PokemonBlack2AndWhite2 Black 2 and White 2]]'', Trace from ''[[VideoGame/PokemonLetsGoPikachuAndLetsGoEevee Let's Go, Pikachu! and Eevee!]]'', and Hop in ''[[VideoGame/PokemonSwordAndShield Sword and Shield]]''). Additionally, the protagonist may end up forming friendly rivalries with other characters that they end up meeting during their journey (Wally in ''Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald'', Shauna/Tierno/Trevor in ''X and Y''[[note]]They meet the protagonist around the same time as Calem/Serena, but are not shown to be their neighbors[[/note]], and Marnie in ''Sword and Shield''). This is in stark contrast with the first two rivals, [[VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue Blue/Green]] and [[VideoGame/PokemonGoldAndSilver Silver]], who would regularly insult and belittle the player.
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* ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'': Most of the rivals from Gen III onward are very friendly to the protagonist, with them usually either being neighbors that want you as the new kid to feel welcome (Brendan/May in ''[[VideoGame/PokemonRubyAndSapphire Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald]]'', Calem/Serena in ''[[VideoGame/PokemonXAndY X and Y]]'', Hau in ''[[VideoGame/PokemonSunAndMoon Sun and Moon]]'', and Nemona in ''[[Videogame/PokemonScarletAndViolet Scarlet and Violet]]''), close childhood friends (Barry in ''[[VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum]]'', Cheren and Bianca in ''[[VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite Black and White]]'', Hugh in ''[[VideoGame/PokemonBlack2AndWhite2 Black 2 and White 2]]'', Trace from ''[[VideoGame/PokemonLetsGoPikachuAndLetsGoEevee Let's Go, Pikachu! and Eevee!]]'', and Hop in ''[[VideoGame/PokemonSwordAndShield Sword and Shield]]''). Additionally, the player
may end up forming friendly rivalries with other characters that they end up meeting during their journey (Wally in ''Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald'', Shauna/Tierno/Trevor in ''X and Y''[[note]]They meet the protagonist around the same time as Calem/Serena, but are not shown to be their neighbors[[/note]], and Marnie in ''Sword and Shield''). This is in stark contrast with the first two rivals, [[VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue Blue/Green]] and [[VideoGame/PokemonGoldAndSilver Silver]], who would regularly insult and belittle the player.
may end up forming friendly rivalries with other characters that they end up meeting during their journey (Wally in ''Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald'', Shauna/Tierno/Trevor in ''X and Y''[[note]]They meet the protagonist around the same time as Calem/Serena, but are not shown to be their neighbors[[/note]], and Marnie in ''Sword and Shield''). This is in stark contrast with the first two rivals, [[VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue Blue/Green]] and [[VideoGame/PokemonGoldAndSilver Silver]], who would regularly insult and belittle the player.
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* ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'': Most of the rivals from Gen III onward are very friendly to the protagonist, with them usually either being neighbors that want you as the new kid to feel welcome (Brendan/May in ''[[VideoGame/PokemonRubyAndSapphire Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald]]'', Calem/Serena in ''[[VideoGame/PokemonXAndY X and Y]]'', Hau in ''[[VideoGame/PokemonSunAndMoon Sun and Moon]]'', and Nemona in ''[[Videogame/PokemonScarletAndViolet Scarlet and Violet]]''), close childhood friends (Barry in ''[[VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum]]'', Cheren and Bianca in ''[[VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite Black and White]]'', Hugh in ''[[VideoGame/PokemonBlack2AndWhite2 Black 2 and White 2]]'', Trace from ''[[VideoGame/PokemonLetsGoPikachuAndLetsGoEevee Let's Go, Pikachu! and Eevee!]]'', and Hop in ''[[VideoGame/PokemonSwordAndShield Sword and Shield]]''). Additionally, the player
protagonist may end up forming friendly rivalries with other characters that they end up meeting during their journey (Wally in ''Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald'', Shauna/Tierno/Trevor in ''X and Y''[[note]]They meet the protagonist around the same time as Calem/Serena, but are not shown to be their neighbors[[/note]], and Marnie in ''Sword and Shield''). This is in stark contrast with the first two rivals, [[VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue Blue/Green]] and [[VideoGame/PokemonGoldAndSilver Silver]], who would regularly insult and belittle the player.
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While Hau can be considered a neighbor of sorts (since he lives right next to Route 1), Wally lives 2 towns and 2 routes away from the player in the Hoenn games (even if he still lives relatively close to them), and the player actually helps him out rather than the other way around. The XY friend group outside of Calem/Serena also aren't shown to live in Vaniville Town (Trevor lives in Lumiose City and Shauna's/Tierno's houses never appear).
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* ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'': Most of the rivals from Gen III onward are very friendly to the protagonist, either being neighbors that want you as the new kid to feel welcome (Brendan/May and Wally in ''[[VideoGame/PokemonRubyAndSapphire Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald]]'', Calem/Serena -- alongside your overall friend group -- in ''[[VideoGame/PokemonXAndY X and Y]]'', Hau in ''[[VideoGame/PokemonSunAndMoon Sun and Moon]]'', and Nemona in ''[[Videogame/PokemonScarletAndViolet Scarlet and Violet]]'') or close childhood friends (Barry in ''[[VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum]]'', Cheren and Bianca in ''[[VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite Black and White]]'', Hugh in ''[[VideoGame/PokemonBlack2AndWhite2 Black 2 and White 2]]'', Trace from ''[[VideoGame/PokemonLetsGoPikachuAndLetsGoEevee Let's Go, Pikachu! and Eevee!]]'', and Hop in ''[[VideoGame/PokemonSwordAndShield Sword and Shield]]''). This is in stark contrast with the first two rivals, [[VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue Blue/Green]] and [[VideoGame/PokemonGoldAndSilver Silver]], who would regularly insult and belittle the player.
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* ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'': Most of the rivals from Gen III onward are very friendly to the protagonist, with them usually either being neighbors that want you as the new kid to feel welcome (Brendan/May and Wally in ''[[VideoGame/PokemonRubyAndSapphire Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald]]'', Calem/Serena -- alongside your overall friend group -- in ''[[VideoGame/PokemonXAndY X and Y]]'', Hau in ''[[VideoGame/PokemonSunAndMoon Sun and Moon]]'', and Nemona in ''[[Videogame/PokemonScarletAndViolet Scarlet and Violet]]'') or Violet]]''), close childhood friends (Barry in ''[[VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum]]'', Cheren and Bianca in ''[[VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite Black and White]]'', Hugh in ''[[VideoGame/PokemonBlack2AndWhite2 Black 2 and White 2]]'', Trace from ''[[VideoGame/PokemonLetsGoPikachuAndLetsGoEevee Let's Go, Pikachu! and Eevee!]]'', and Hop in ''[[VideoGame/PokemonSwordAndShield Sword and Shield]]'').Shield]]''). Additionally, the player
may end up forming friendly rivalries with other characters that they end up meeting during their journey (Wally in ''Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald'', Shauna/Tierno/Trevor in ''X and Y''[[note]]They meet the protagonist around the same time as Calem/Serena, but are not shown to be their neighbors[[/note]], and Marnie in ''Sword and Shield''). This is in stark contrast with the first two rivals, [[VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue Blue/Green]] and [[VideoGame/PokemonGoldAndSilver Silver]], who would regularly insult and belittle the player.
may end up forming friendly rivalries with other characters that they end up meeting during their journey (Wally in ''Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald'', Shauna/Tierno/Trevor in ''X and Y''[[note]]They meet the protagonist around the same time as Calem/Serena, but are not shown to be their neighbors[[/note]], and Marnie in ''Sword and Shield''). This is in stark contrast with the first two rivals, [[VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue Blue/Green]] and [[VideoGame/PokemonGoldAndSilver Silver]], who would regularly insult and belittle the player.
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* ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'': Most of the rivals from Gen III onward are very friendly to the protagonist, either being neighbors that want you as the new kid to feel welcome (Brendan/May and Wally in ''[[VideoGame/PokemonRubyAndSapphire Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald]]'', Calem/Serena -- alongside your overall friend group -- in ''[[VideoGame/PokemonXAndY X and Y]]'', and Hau in ''[[VideoGame/PokemonSunAndMoon Sun and Moon]]'') Moon]]'', and Nemona in ''[[Videogame/PokemonScarletAndViolet Scarlet and Violet]]'') or close childhood friends (Barry in ''[[VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum]]'', Cheren and Bianca in ''[[VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite Black and White]]'', Hugh in ''[[VideoGame/PokemonBlack2AndWhite2 Black 2 and White 2]]'', Hop in ''[[VideoGame/PokemonSwordAndShield Sword and Shield]]'', Trace from ''[[VideoGame/PokemonLetsGoPikachuAndLetsGoEevee Let's Go, Pikachu! and Eevee!]]'' Eevee!]]'', and Nemona Hop in ''[[Videogame/PokemonScarletAndViolet Scarlet ''[[VideoGame/PokemonSwordAndShield Sword and Violet]]'').Shield]]''). This is in stark contrast with the first two rivals, [[VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue Blue/Green]] and [[VideoGame/PokemonGoldAndSilver Silver]], who would regularly insult and belittle the player.
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* Invoked in ''Xtreme Sports''. Finn and Guppi mutually decide to compete in a sports tournament so they can easily win its prize. Naturally, the player character ends up confronting whoever hasn't been picked, at one point. Amusingly, both competitors also happen to [[OfficialCouple be an item]].
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* ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'': Most of the rivals from Gen III onward are very friendly to the protagonist, either being neighbors that want you as the new kid to feel welcome (Brendan/May and Wally in ''[[VideoGame/PokemonRubyAndSapphire Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald]]'', Calem/Serena -- alongside your overall friend group -- in ''[[VideoGame/PokemonXAndY X and Y]]'', and Hau in ''[[VideoGame/PokemonSunAndMoon Sun and Moon]]'') or close childhood friends (Barry in ''[[VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum]]'', Cheren and Bianca in ''[[VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite Black and White]]'', Hugh in ''[[VideoGame/PokemonBlack2AndWhite2 Black 2 and White 2]]'', Hop in ''[[VideoGame/PokemonSwordAndShield Sword and Shield]]'', and Trace from ''[[VideoGame/PokemonLetsGoPikachuAndLetsGoEevee Let's Go, Pikachu! and Eevee!]]''). This is in stark contrast with the first two rivals, [[VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue Blue/Green]] and [[VideoGame/PokemonGoldAndSilver Silver]], who would regularly insult and belittle the player.
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* ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'': Most of the rivals from Gen III onward are very friendly to the protagonist, either being neighbors that want you as the new kid to feel welcome (Brendan/May and Wally in ''[[VideoGame/PokemonRubyAndSapphire Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald]]'', Calem/Serena -- alongside your overall friend group -- in ''[[VideoGame/PokemonXAndY X and Y]]'', and Hau in ''[[VideoGame/PokemonSunAndMoon Sun and Moon]]'') or close childhood friends (Barry in ''[[VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum]]'', Cheren and Bianca in ''[[VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite Black and White]]'', Hugh in ''[[VideoGame/PokemonBlack2AndWhite2 Black 2 and White 2]]'', Hop in ''[[VideoGame/PokemonSwordAndShield Sword and Shield]]'', and Trace from ''[[VideoGame/PokemonLetsGoPikachuAndLetsGoEevee Let's Go, Pikachu! and Eevee!]]'').Eevee!]]'' and Nemona in ''[[Videogame/PokemonScarletAndViolet Scarlet and Violet]]''). This is in stark contrast with the first two rivals, [[VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue Blue/Green]] and [[VideoGame/PokemonGoldAndSilver Silver]], who would regularly insult and belittle the player.
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* Ninja and Miyamoto from the ''VideoGame/{{Richman}}'' series always have a dual with each other when met, and sometimes they learn from each other to become stronger in their next dual.
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[[FriendlyRivalry Friendly Rivalries]] in VideoGames.
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* Jack and the Blacker Baron in ''VideoGame/AnarchyReigns'' are in constant competition with each other, and neither can resist chances to land verbal (and sometimes physical) jabs at the other's expense... but when actually pushed, the two will immediately band together to crush anything that threatens either.
* ''VideoGame/ArtOfFighting'' (and related Creator/{{SNK}} titles):
** [[HeirToTheDojo Ryo]] and [[SharpDressedMan Robert's]] rivalry is lampshaded in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLIYe5akbdg the original game's intro]] and also by its Japanese title: ''"Ryuko no Ken"'' (lit. ''[[TigerVersusDragon "Fist of Dragon Tiger"]]''). This carried over to the ''[[Franchise/TheKingOfFighters King of Fighters]]'' series, where they often have special pre-fight intros and victory quotes for when they face each other.
** In games where they appear together (''KOF'' included), Ryo also has this sort of rivalry with [[VideoGame/FatalFury Terry]]; this was even the main draw of ''[[VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters94 KOF '94]]'' before the series decided to center the story on Kyo. ''KOF: Maximum Impact 2'' also gives them a special intro where [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall they acknowledge how long they've been squaring off]] and agree that it's not all bad; doing so with their alternate versions ([[LegacyCharacter Mr. Karate II]] and [[VideoGame/GarouMarkOfTheWolves Wild Wolf]]) has the exchange end with [[HandshakeSubstitute a fist bump]] before the battle commences. In fact, pretty much all ''KOF'' heroes [[{{Jerkass}} that aren't named Iori Yagami or K']] are quite respectful of one another's skills (even if Kyo can get cocky sometimes and Ash is fond of [[{{Troll}} deliberately riling up people]] [[HiddenHeartOfGold as part of his facade]]).
* ''[[VideoGame/AdvancedVariableGeo Advanced V.G.]]'' features several among its main cast:
** Yuka and her best friend, Satomi, were both taught by Yuka's grandfather and [[ChildhoodFriends grew up together]] as sparring partners at his dojo. So they've been competing with each other since childhood, though their rivalry is {{downplayed|Trope}}, as they have little interaction in either game's story mode.
** It's played straight between Yuka and Tamao, [[{{Fangirl}} who looks up]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21x4eowrKkk to Yuka]] as her role model and affectionately refers to her as, "sempai."
** Jun also competes with Yuka, but her main rivalry is with [[GorgeousGaijin Erina Goldsmith]], with whom she's become close friends. They've [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vyk1LDU6iWk competed directly]] in almost every game and often [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XntbUZj4tMI appear in each other's endings.]]
* At the end of ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry5'', [[spoiler:Dante and Vergil settle into this relationship. They work together to keep the demons at bay in the underworld while still taking every opportunity to show each other up or spar with each other]].
* At their best, this is what a rivalry represents in ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII''. While Hawke and the other character may have differing viewpoints, they respect the fact and still value each other as friends, or even more. The other part of it is that Hawke think the other person can do better. So rather than the friend-path "I'm with you all the way," it's more "Come on, you can do better than that!"
* ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIVOblivion'': The two most famous wineries in Skingrad are competitors but won't say a word against each other; Davide Surilie even admits that Tamika's wines are even better than the Surilie Brothers' -- albeit less affordable.
* In Setzer's backstory in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI'', he and Darill were good friends who loved competition with one another. [[spoiler:Sadly, she died in a crash long before the story began, setting up Setzer's drinking and gambling issues.]]
* ''Franchise/FireEmblem'':
** Boyd is this to Ike, TheHero of ''VideoGame/FireEmblemPathOfRadiance'' and ''VideoGame/FireEmblemRadiantDawn''. Despite his cockiness and brash nature, Boyd is genuinely a NiceGuy who's determined to one-up Ike in combat in the most friendly way possible, to the point that he can be regarded as Ike's equal. [[SlidingScaleOfGameplayAndStoryIntegration And if you play your cards right]], [[GameBreaker that's]] ''[[LightningBruiser exactly]]'' [[OneManArmy what happens]].
** Flavia and Basilio from ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'' rule the East and West halves of the militant nation of Regna Ferox. Flavia tends to call Basilio an "oaf" due to his grumpy attitude, and the two hold regular CombatByChampion competitions (usually won by Basilio) to determine the full ruler of Ferox, but they are quite friendly with each other, both on and off the battlefield.
* You can be a competitive gamer with Alex in ''VideoGame/GrowingUp'', and if so, she'll also see her neighbor Shane as her friendly rival, even if she gets jealous when he beats her high score in Space Sheep. She even doesn't hold ill will against him when [[spoiler:he gets injured in her dare in high school, but blames herself for it because she had to cut classes to visit him in the hospital. If you date her, she'll play Space Sheep with you in Shane's honor and even give you the choice to put his name in the scoreboard. He even becomes their wedding officiator in her good ending if you marry her.]]
* Though it started off on a bitter note, Sol and Ky's rivalry in ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear'' eventually becomes more brotherly. By the time of ''Overture''[[note]]five years after ''[=GG1=]'' and four years after the ''X'' and ''XX'' titles[[/note]], they're practically a combination of this and VitriolicBestBuds. Ky even entrusts the safekeeping of his son to Sol, something that would've been unthinkable earlier on in the series. [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Slayer]] also has a friendly rivalry with President Gabriel.
* A friendly rivalry between the protagonist and Jamie in ''VideoGame/HarvestMoonMagicalMelody'' is possible. Since Jamie is always the opposite sex, the option of marrying him/her is always an option. Doing so lands you a rare NonStandardGameOver good ending.
* Sora and Riku start off like this in ''Franchise/KingdomHearts''. The two would actually keep score of how many wins they had in their competition. [[TheDarkSideWillMakeYouForget But then Riku's jealousy of Sora and his own ambition for strength serves at the catalyst of him falling to the Dark Side.]] After his HeelFaceTurn, the rivalry in general started to die down and the two became BashBrothers instead.
* In the ''Franchise/{{Kirby}}'' series, this is what King Dedede's relationship with the titular pink puffball has settled down to in the modern era. While he still proclaims they're "destined rivals" (as per his figurine in ''[[VideoGame/KirbyAndTheForgottenLand Forgotten Land]]'' states), and he certainly won't hesitate to take a chance to one-up the pink puffball, at the end of the day he's one of Kirby's most stalwart companions and equally won't hesitate to have his back at the face of any massive crises they may go through. In ''VideoGame/KirbyAndTheForgottenLand'', a Waddle Dee even states that the king was "crestfallen" when he failed to find Kirby in the new world.
* ''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends'': Jayce and Viktor, two young, brilliant inventive minds from the technologically-forward city-states of Piltover and Zaun, respectively, worked closely together on many of their inventing projects, and challenged each other to greater and greater achievements. Things went sour once Jayce, disagreeing with Viktor's growing unconcern with human free will, reported him to the authorities and had him ostracized from the inventing community. Viktor struck back by stealing the power source Jayce was experimenting with to fuel his human-turned-machine goal he called the "Glorious Evolution," while Jayce, wielding his newest and greatest invention, the [[SwissArmyWeapon Mercury Hammer]], broke into Viktor's lab and destroyed the power source. At this point, they're just plain [[TheRival rivals]], and Jayce, hailed as a hero by Piltover's general population, awaits another confrontation with Viktor.
* In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheMinishCap'', Smith and King Daltus had one when they were young men, having fought a sword duel during a past Picori Festival that ended in a draw. This is probably the reason why Smith's grandson Link and Daltus' daughter Zelda grew up as ChildhoodFriends.
* [[RedOniBlueOni Masato and Kengo]] in ''VisualNovel/LittleBusters'' Though they're both part of the group of TrueCompanions that are the eponymous Little Busters and often show that they care about each other, both are very competitive, to the point where [[spoiler:Kyousuke is able to convince Masato to take his side in the baseball game in Rin's route by appealing to his need to prove himself over Kengo]]. Sasami and Rin also stumble into one of these, though both the rivalry and the friendship [[UnknownRival are mostly on Sasami's side]].
* ''VideoGame/MarioAndSonicAtTheOlympicGames'':
** This is apparently the relationship that [[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog Tails]] and [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Yoshi]] have in the ''Mario & Sonic'' series. This can also be seen with the main duo Mario and Sonic themselves.
** And Peach and Amy; Daisy and Blaze; most of the rivalries in the games... However, it's averted with Luigi and Shadow, who spend most of the time on-screen glaring at each other.
* ''Franchise/MortalKombat'': Liu Kang and Kung Lao's relationship originally didn't start out as this, with them being straightforward friends. However, ''VideoGame/MortalKombatShaolinMonks'' reimagined Kung Lao as being jealous of Liu Kang being TheChosenOne which added some antagonism to their relationship. Since then, Liu Kang and Kung Lao have been depicted as being close friends who still compete with each other.
* ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'': Most of the rivals from Gen III onward are very friendly to the protagonist, either being neighbors that want you as the new kid to feel welcome (Brendan/May and Wally in ''[[VideoGame/PokemonRubyAndSapphire Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald]]'', Calem/Serena -- alongside your overall friend group -- in ''[[VideoGame/PokemonXAndY X and Y]]'', and Hau in ''[[VideoGame/PokemonSunAndMoon Sun and Moon]]'') or close childhood friends (Barry in ''[[VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum]]'', Cheren and Bianca in ''[[VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite Black and White]]'', Hugh in ''[[VideoGame/PokemonBlack2AndWhite2 Black 2 and White 2]]'', Hop in ''[[VideoGame/PokemonSwordAndShield Sword and Shield]]'', and Trace from ''[[VideoGame/PokemonLetsGoPikachuAndLetsGoEevee Let's Go, Pikachu! and Eevee!]]''). This is in stark contrast with the first two rivals, [[VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue Blue/Green]] and [[VideoGame/PokemonGoldAndSilver Silver]], who would regularly insult and belittle the player.
* ''VideoGame/SenranKagura'' games are about four schools (well, three schools and one band of runaway ninja) competing to out-ninja the others, so there is a lot of this trope going around.
* ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'':
** In contrast to his much more bitter relationship with the likes of [[AntiHero Shadow]] or [[JerkJock Jet]], Knuckles eventually ends up having this relationship with Sonic over time. Their usual spats lack any real malice and are treated more like playful teasing.
** Sonic tries to invoke this on Shadow in the hero path story of ''VideoGame/ShadowTheHedgehog'', but Shadow is rather annoyed about it. However, he reciprocates in the Pure Hero -- Dark ending, where he decides that he is the most powerful hedgehog in the world.
* In ''VideoGame/SoulNomadAndTheWorldEaters'', Danette is Revya's childhood friend/rival. In her ending (male), it is heavily implied that they will become intimate.
* In the ''Franchise/StarFox'' series, [[TheHero Fox]] and [[TheLancer Falco]] are this to one another. Despite being teammates, the two have a tendency to snark at one another's skills and try to show each other up given the opportunity.
* ''Franchise/StreetFighter'':
** Ryu and Ken are one of gaming's earliest and longstanding examples. They've been training together since childhood and have remained competitive with each other throughout the series. Ken's story in ''VideoGame/StreetFighterAlpha 2'' concluded with them having a friendly match, when he saw Ryu was still shaken by his duel with Sagat (in ''[[VideoGame/StreetFighterI SFI]]'') and the ramifications of his victory. Ken is also one of Ryu's Rival Battles in ''[[VideoGame/StreetFighterIV SSFIV]]''. In games that have special intros, you'll often see Ryu and Ken either [[FistBump tapping fists]] or doing something else that shows [[LetsFightLikeGentlemen they're not in it to kill each other]] (like Ken playfully putting Ryu in a headlock before he gets tossed to his own side of the screen).
** In the earlier parts of the series, Sagat was an enemy of Ryu and hellbent on getting revenge for being scarred by his {{Shoryuken}}, which served as [[ItsPersonal a permanent reminder of his defeat at Ryu's hands]]. This was {{retcon}}ned years later, to make it so Sagat had actually been the winner of the match. Ryu still scarred him but it was an upsurge of ''[[KillingIntent Satsui no Hadou]]'' ki that inspired it and it happened after he had lost. However, he still comes around during ''Alpha 3'' after running into Dan (whose father was killed by Sagat in the ring years ago) and having a HeelRealization, so Sagat now sees Ryu as his inspiration to delve deeper into his own spirituality as a warrior and relishes the opportunity to face him again.
** [[VideoGame/StreetFighterAlpha Sakura and Karin]]'s relationship began as a one-sided rivalry on the latter's part, as she previously suffered a defeat at Sakura's hands. After settling the score in ''Alpha 3'', Karin realizes her victory was a fluke and remembers Ken's words (from earlier in her ''A3'' story) that the outcome of a match isn't as important as [[SpiritedCompetitor the match itself]]. [[DefeatEqualsFriendship Karin then changes her tune about Sakura]], with ''VideoGame/NamcoXCapcom'' [[BashBrothers pairing them up]] and later games like ''SFIV'' implying the two now enjoy a much healthier rivalry like Ryu and Ken do. Sakura's appearance in Season 3 of ''VideoGame/StreetFighterV'' would solidify their status as [[HeterosexualLifePartners close friends]]; Karin regularly invites Sakura to the Kanzuki estate, which leads to the two squaring off nearly every time they catch up, but also lends an ear and offers some counsel when Sakky is unsure about where her life's path is leading her.
** The ''VideoGame/StreetFighterIII'' series has two more examples. The first, Yun and Yang, are [[PolarOppositeTwins twin brothers]] who protect their hometown of Hong Kong together but also consider [[RedOniBlueOni the other]] to be their greatest rival (though Yang's unrequited and unvoiced pining for his brother's girlfriend Houmei may also factor into this). The second pair, Ibuki and Makoto, have a special intro in ''3rd Strike'', but also appear together in several pieces of official art (often alongside Elena), where it's suggested they're schoolmates and possibly close acquaintances. Ibuki regards Makoto more neutrally in ''SSFIV'' (likely because the game is set [[AnachronicOrder before]] the ''III'' series), where she instead partakes in a friendly spar with Sakura for her Rival Battle.
** Ibuki's aforementioned encounter with Sakura seems to have also developed into one of these, albeit largely off-screen. When Karin requests the kunoichi's services and brings Ibuki into the fold in ''V'', she does so almost entirely based on all the positive word of mouth she had heard from her chats with Sakura.
** ''SFV'' sheds some light on the wrestling promotion which Rainbow Mika is a part of by way of adding Yamato Nadeshiko, a character who was previously only seen in artbooks and [[AllThereInTheManual mentioned in Mika's backstory]] as her main rival, as her tag team partner.
* ''Franchise/TouhouProject'':
** Reimu and Marisa's relationships with other characters often end up becoming this. It is not unusual for both Reimu and Marisa to mercilessly beat down their enemies in battle, only to hang out and engage in witty banter with them later. When they're not investigating incidents, Reimu and Marisa get along fairly well with others, but both will jump at the chance to settle scores and see how much their former enemies' skills have improved.
** Reimu and Marisa's relationship with each other is like this as well. They're good friends and Marisa readily admits Reimu is stronger (proudly calling herself the second-strongest person in Gensokyo), but she still tries to become stronger and resolve incidents faster.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Wildermyth}}'', a given pair of heroes can become rivals through player choice, events, or in-game interaction. Their interaction tends to be aggressive, but they're still comrades who work together to accomplish the party's goals, and their rivalry inspires them to try to outdo one another in battle -- when one of them performs a successful [[CriticalHit stunt]], their rival gains an increased chance to stunt as well, indicated by the status "Oh Yeah? Watch This!"
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* Jack and the Blacker Baron in ''VideoGame/AnarchyReigns'' are in constant competition with each other, and neither can resist chances to land verbal (and sometimes physical) jabs at the other's expense... but when actually pushed, the two will immediately band together to crush anything that threatens either.
* ''VideoGame/ArtOfFighting'' (and related Creator/{{SNK}} titles):
** [[HeirToTheDojo Ryo]] and [[SharpDressedMan Robert's]] rivalry is lampshaded in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLIYe5akbdg the original game's intro]] and also by its Japanese title: ''"Ryuko no Ken"'' (lit. ''[[TigerVersusDragon "Fist of Dragon Tiger"]]''). This carried over to the ''[[Franchise/TheKingOfFighters King of Fighters]]'' series, where they often have special pre-fight intros and victory quotes for when they face each other.
** In games where they appear together (''KOF'' included), Ryo also has this sort of rivalry with [[VideoGame/FatalFury Terry]]; this was even the main draw of ''[[VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters94 KOF '94]]'' before the series decided to center the story on Kyo. ''KOF: Maximum Impact 2'' also gives them a special intro where [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall they acknowledge how long they've been squaring off]] and agree that it's not all bad; doing so with their alternate versions ([[LegacyCharacter Mr. Karate II]] and [[VideoGame/GarouMarkOfTheWolves Wild Wolf]]) has the exchange end with [[HandshakeSubstitute a fist bump]] before the battle commences. In fact, pretty much all ''KOF'' heroes [[{{Jerkass}} that aren't named Iori Yagami or K']] are quite respectful of one another's skills (even if Kyo can get cocky sometimes and Ash is fond of [[{{Troll}} deliberately riling up people]] [[HiddenHeartOfGold as part of his facade]]).
* ''[[VideoGame/AdvancedVariableGeo Advanced V.G.]]'' features several among its main cast:
** Yuka and her best friend, Satomi, were both taught by Yuka's grandfather and [[ChildhoodFriends grew up together]] as sparring partners at his dojo. So they've been competing with each other since childhood, though their rivalry is {{downplayed|Trope}}, as they have little interaction in either game's story mode.
** It's played straight between Yuka and Tamao, [[{{Fangirl}} who looks up]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21x4eowrKkk to Yuka]] as her role model and affectionately refers to her as, "sempai."
** Jun also competes with Yuka, but her main rivalry is with [[GorgeousGaijin Erina Goldsmith]], with whom she's become close friends. They've [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vyk1LDU6iWk competed directly]] in almost every game and often [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XntbUZj4tMI appear in each other's endings.]]
* At the end of ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry5'', [[spoiler:Dante and Vergil settle into this relationship. They work together to keep the demons at bay in the underworld while still taking every opportunity to show each other up or spar with each other]].
* At their best, this is what a rivalry represents in ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII''. While Hawke and the other character may have differing viewpoints, they respect the fact and still value each other as friends, or even more. The other part of it is that Hawke think the other person can do better. So rather than the friend-path "I'm with you all the way," it's more "Come on, you can do better than that!"
* ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIVOblivion'': The two most famous wineries in Skingrad are competitors but won't say a word against each other; Davide Surilie even admits that Tamika's wines are even better than the Surilie Brothers' -- albeit less affordable.
* In Setzer's backstory in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI'', he and Darill were good friends who loved competition with one another. [[spoiler:Sadly, she died in a crash long before the story began, setting up Setzer's drinking and gambling issues.]]
* ''Franchise/FireEmblem'':
** Boyd is this to Ike, TheHero of ''VideoGame/FireEmblemPathOfRadiance'' and ''VideoGame/FireEmblemRadiantDawn''. Despite his cockiness and brash nature, Boyd is genuinely a NiceGuy who's determined to one-up Ike in combat in the most friendly way possible, to the point that he can be regarded as Ike's equal. [[SlidingScaleOfGameplayAndStoryIntegration And if you play your cards right]], [[GameBreaker that's]] ''[[LightningBruiser exactly]]'' [[OneManArmy what happens]].
** Flavia and Basilio from ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'' rule the East and West halves of the militant nation of Regna Ferox. Flavia tends to call Basilio an "oaf" due to his grumpy attitude, and the two hold regular CombatByChampion competitions (usually won by Basilio) to determine the full ruler of Ferox, but they are quite friendly with each other, both on and off the battlefield.
* You can be a competitive gamer with Alex in ''VideoGame/GrowingUp'', and if so, she'll also see her neighbor Shane as her friendly rival, even if she gets jealous when he beats her high score in Space Sheep. She even doesn't hold ill will against him when [[spoiler:he gets injured in her dare in high school, but blames herself for it because she had to cut classes to visit him in the hospital. If you date her, she'll play Space Sheep with you in Shane's honor and even give you the choice to put his name in the scoreboard. He even becomes their wedding officiator in her good ending if you marry her.]]
* Though it started off on a bitter note, Sol and Ky's rivalry in ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear'' eventually becomes more brotherly. By the time of ''Overture''[[note]]five years after ''[=GG1=]'' and four years after the ''X'' and ''XX'' titles[[/note]], they're practically a combination of this and VitriolicBestBuds. Ky even entrusts the safekeeping of his son to Sol, something that would've been unthinkable earlier on in the series. [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Slayer]] also has a friendly rivalry with President Gabriel.
* A friendly rivalry between the protagonist and Jamie in ''VideoGame/HarvestMoonMagicalMelody'' is possible. Since Jamie is always the opposite sex, the option of marrying him/her is always an option. Doing so lands you a rare NonStandardGameOver good ending.
* Sora and Riku start off like this in ''Franchise/KingdomHearts''. The two would actually keep score of how many wins they had in their competition. [[TheDarkSideWillMakeYouForget But then Riku's jealousy of Sora and his own ambition for strength serves at the catalyst of him falling to the Dark Side.]] After his HeelFaceTurn, the rivalry in general started to die down and the two became BashBrothers instead.
* In the ''Franchise/{{Kirby}}'' series, this is what King Dedede's relationship with the titular pink puffball has settled down to in the modern era. While he still proclaims they're "destined rivals" (as per his figurine in ''[[VideoGame/KirbyAndTheForgottenLand Forgotten Land]]'' states), and he certainly won't hesitate to take a chance to one-up the pink puffball, at the end of the day he's one of Kirby's most stalwart companions and equally won't hesitate to have his back at the face of any massive crises they may go through. In ''VideoGame/KirbyAndTheForgottenLand'', a Waddle Dee even states that the king was "crestfallen" when he failed to find Kirby in the new world.
* ''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends'': Jayce and Viktor, two young, brilliant inventive minds from the technologically-forward city-states of Piltover and Zaun, respectively, worked closely together on many of their inventing projects, and challenged each other to greater and greater achievements. Things went sour once Jayce, disagreeing with Viktor's growing unconcern with human free will, reported him to the authorities and had him ostracized from the inventing community. Viktor struck back by stealing the power source Jayce was experimenting with to fuel his human-turned-machine goal he called the "Glorious Evolution," while Jayce, wielding his newest and greatest invention, the [[SwissArmyWeapon Mercury Hammer]], broke into Viktor's lab and destroyed the power source. At this point, they're just plain [[TheRival rivals]], and Jayce, hailed as a hero by Piltover's general population, awaits another confrontation with Viktor.
* In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheMinishCap'', Smith and King Daltus had one when they were young men, having fought a sword duel during a past Picori Festival that ended in a draw. This is probably the reason why Smith's grandson Link and Daltus' daughter Zelda grew up as ChildhoodFriends.
* [[RedOniBlueOni Masato and Kengo]] in ''VisualNovel/LittleBusters'' Though they're both part of the group of TrueCompanions that are the eponymous Little Busters and often show that they care about each other, both are very competitive, to the point where [[spoiler:Kyousuke is able to convince Masato to take his side in the baseball game in Rin's route by appealing to his need to prove himself over Kengo]]. Sasami and Rin also stumble into one of these, though both the rivalry and the friendship [[UnknownRival are mostly on Sasami's side]].
* ''VideoGame/MarioAndSonicAtTheOlympicGames'':
** This is apparently the relationship that [[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog Tails]] and [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Yoshi]] have in the ''Mario & Sonic'' series. This can also be seen with the main duo Mario and Sonic themselves.
** And Peach and Amy; Daisy and Blaze; most of the rivalries in the games... However, it's averted with Luigi and Shadow, who spend most of the time on-screen glaring at each other.
* ''Franchise/MortalKombat'': Liu Kang and Kung Lao's relationship originally didn't start out as this, with them being straightforward friends. However, ''VideoGame/MortalKombatShaolinMonks'' reimagined Kung Lao as being jealous of Liu Kang being TheChosenOne which added some antagonism to their relationship. Since then, Liu Kang and Kung Lao have been depicted as being close friends who still compete with each other.
* ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'': Most of the rivals from Gen III onward are very friendly to the protagonist, either being neighbors that want you as the new kid to feel welcome (Brendan/May and Wally in ''[[VideoGame/PokemonRubyAndSapphire Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald]]'', Calem/Serena -- alongside your overall friend group -- in ''[[VideoGame/PokemonXAndY X and Y]]'', and Hau in ''[[VideoGame/PokemonSunAndMoon Sun and Moon]]'') or close childhood friends (Barry in ''[[VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum]]'', Cheren and Bianca in ''[[VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite Black and White]]'', Hugh in ''[[VideoGame/PokemonBlack2AndWhite2 Black 2 and White 2]]'', Hop in ''[[VideoGame/PokemonSwordAndShield Sword and Shield]]'', and Trace from ''[[VideoGame/PokemonLetsGoPikachuAndLetsGoEevee Let's Go, Pikachu! and Eevee!]]''). This is in stark contrast with the first two rivals, [[VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue Blue/Green]] and [[VideoGame/PokemonGoldAndSilver Silver]], who would regularly insult and belittle the player.
* ''VideoGame/SenranKagura'' games are about four schools (well, three schools and one band of runaway ninja) competing to out-ninja the others, so there is a lot of this trope going around.
* ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'':
** In contrast to his much more bitter relationship with the likes of [[AntiHero Shadow]] or [[JerkJock Jet]], Knuckles eventually ends up having this relationship with Sonic over time. Their usual spats lack any real malice and are treated more like playful teasing.
** Sonic tries to invoke this on Shadow in the hero path story of ''VideoGame/ShadowTheHedgehog'', but Shadow is rather annoyed about it. However, he reciprocates in the Pure Hero -- Dark ending, where he decides that he is the most powerful hedgehog in the world.
* In ''VideoGame/SoulNomadAndTheWorldEaters'', Danette is Revya's childhood friend/rival. In her ending (male), it is heavily implied that they will become intimate.
* In the ''Franchise/StarFox'' series, [[TheHero Fox]] and [[TheLancer Falco]] are this to one another. Despite being teammates, the two have a tendency to snark at one another's skills and try to show each other up given the opportunity.
* ''Franchise/StreetFighter'':
** Ryu and Ken are one of gaming's earliest and longstanding examples. They've been training together since childhood and have remained competitive with each other throughout the series. Ken's story in ''VideoGame/StreetFighterAlpha 2'' concluded with them having a friendly match, when he saw Ryu was still shaken by his duel with Sagat (in ''[[VideoGame/StreetFighterI SFI]]'') and the ramifications of his victory. Ken is also one of Ryu's Rival Battles in ''[[VideoGame/StreetFighterIV SSFIV]]''. In games that have special intros, you'll often see Ryu and Ken either [[FistBump tapping fists]] or doing something else that shows [[LetsFightLikeGentlemen they're not in it to kill each other]] (like Ken playfully putting Ryu in a headlock before he gets tossed to his own side of the screen).
** In the earlier parts of the series, Sagat was an enemy of Ryu and hellbent on getting revenge for being scarred by his {{Shoryuken}}, which served as [[ItsPersonal a permanent reminder of his defeat at Ryu's hands]]. This was {{retcon}}ned years later, to make it so Sagat had actually been the winner of the match. Ryu still scarred him but it was an upsurge of ''[[KillingIntent Satsui no Hadou]]'' ki that inspired it and it happened after he had lost. However, he still comes around during ''Alpha 3'' after running into Dan (whose father was killed by Sagat in the ring years ago) and having a HeelRealization, so Sagat now sees Ryu as his inspiration to delve deeper into his own spirituality as a warrior and relishes the opportunity to face him again.
** [[VideoGame/StreetFighterAlpha Sakura and Karin]]'s relationship began as a one-sided rivalry on the latter's part, as she previously suffered a defeat at Sakura's hands. After settling the score in ''Alpha 3'', Karin realizes her victory was a fluke and remembers Ken's words (from earlier in her ''A3'' story) that the outcome of a match isn't as important as [[SpiritedCompetitor the match itself]]. [[DefeatEqualsFriendship Karin then changes her tune about Sakura]], with ''VideoGame/NamcoXCapcom'' [[BashBrothers pairing them up]] and later games like ''SFIV'' implying the two now enjoy a much healthier rivalry like Ryu and Ken do. Sakura's appearance in Season 3 of ''VideoGame/StreetFighterV'' would solidify their status as [[HeterosexualLifePartners close friends]]; Karin regularly invites Sakura to the Kanzuki estate, which leads to the two squaring off nearly every time they catch up, but also lends an ear and offers some counsel when Sakky is unsure about where her life's path is leading her.
** The ''VideoGame/StreetFighterIII'' series has two more examples. The first, Yun and Yang, are [[PolarOppositeTwins twin brothers]] who protect their hometown of Hong Kong together but also consider [[RedOniBlueOni the other]] to be their greatest rival (though Yang's unrequited and unvoiced pining for his brother's girlfriend Houmei may also factor into this). The second pair, Ibuki and Makoto, have a special intro in ''3rd Strike'', but also appear together in several pieces of official art (often alongside Elena), where it's suggested they're schoolmates and possibly close acquaintances. Ibuki regards Makoto more neutrally in ''SSFIV'' (likely because the game is set [[AnachronicOrder before]] the ''III'' series), where she instead partakes in a friendly spar with Sakura for her Rival Battle.
** Ibuki's aforementioned encounter with Sakura seems to have also developed into one of these, albeit largely off-screen. When Karin requests the kunoichi's services and brings Ibuki into the fold in ''V'', she does so almost entirely based on all the positive word of mouth she had heard from her chats with Sakura.
** ''SFV'' sheds some light on the wrestling promotion which Rainbow Mika is a part of by way of adding Yamato Nadeshiko, a character who was previously only seen in artbooks and [[AllThereInTheManual mentioned in Mika's backstory]] as her main rival, as her tag team partner.
* ''Franchise/TouhouProject'':
** Reimu and Marisa's relationships with other characters often end up becoming this. It is not unusual for both Reimu and Marisa to mercilessly beat down their enemies in battle, only to hang out and engage in witty banter with them later. When they're not investigating incidents, Reimu and Marisa get along fairly well with others, but both will jump at the chance to settle scores and see how much their former enemies' skills have improved.
** Reimu and Marisa's relationship with each other is like this as well. They're good friends and Marisa readily admits Reimu is stronger (proudly calling herself the second-strongest person in Gensokyo), but she still tries to become stronger and resolve incidents faster.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Wildermyth}}'', a given pair of heroes can become rivals through player choice, events, or in-game interaction. Their interaction tends to be aggressive, but they're still comrades who work together to accomplish the party's goals, and their rivalry inspires them to try to outdo one another in battle -- when one of them performs a successful [[CriticalHit stunt]], their rival gains an increased chance to stunt as well, indicated by the status "Oh Yeah? Watch This!"
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