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** {{spoiler|''[[Neverwinter Nights]] [[A Dance With Rogues]]''}}: Spoiled princess gets deposed, her family destroyed, her city overrun with hostile soldiers out to kill her and her friends. This all in the prologue. [[It Got Worse]].
** {{spoiler|''[[Neverwinter Nights]] [[A Dance With Rogues]]''}}: Spoiled princess gets deposed, her family destroyed, her city overrun with hostile soldiers out to kill her and her friends. This all in the prologue. [[It Got Worse]].
* {{spoiler|''[[Neverwinter Nights 2]]: Mask of the Betrayer''}}: Main character wakes up at the bottom of a ghost-infested cave as [[The Punishment]]. He cannot decide if this is a good thing.
* {{spoiler|''[[Neverwinter Nights 2]]: Mask of the Betrayer''}}: Main character wakes up at the bottom of a ghost-infested cave as [[The Punishment]]. He cannot decide if this is a good thing.
* {{spoiler|''[[Nicktoons Unite!]]''}}: [[SpongeBob SquarePants|Sentient cheese block]], [[Danny Phantom|spandex ghost]], [[Jimmy Neutron|guy with bizarre hairdo]] and [[The Fairly Odd Parents|non-manly guy wearing pink]] battle [[Tim Curry]].
* {{spoiler|''[[Nicktoons Unite!]]''}}: [[SpongeBob SquarePants|Sentient cheese block]], [[Danny Phantom|spandex ghost]], [[Jimmy Neutron|guy with bizarre hairdo]] and [[The Fairly OddParents|non-manly guy wearing pink]] battle [[Tim Curry]].
** {{spoiler|''Nicktoons: Battle for Volcano Island''}}: [[SpongeBob SquarePants|Sentient cheese block, retarded echinoderm, astronaut mammal, cranky six-armed octopus]], [[Danny Phantom|spandex ghost, goth girl, technical wizard]], [[Jimmy Neutron|guy with bizarre hairdo]] and [[The Fairly Odd Parents|non-manly guy wearing pink]] save an island of crabs.
** {{spoiler|''Nicktoons: Battle for Volcano Island''}}: [[SpongeBob SquarePants|Sentient cheese block, retarded echinoderm, astronaut mammal, cranky six-armed octopus]], [[Danny Phantom|spandex ghost, goth girl, technical wizard]], [[Jimmy Neutron|guy with bizarre hairdo]] and [[The Fairly OddParents|non-manly guy wearing pink]] save an island of crabs.
** {{spoiler|''Nicktoons: Attack of the Toybots}}'': [[SpongeBob SquarePants|Sentient cheese block, retarded echinoderm]], [[Danny Phantom|spandex ghost, goth girl]], [[Jimmy Neutron|guy with bizarre hairdo]], [[The Fairly Odd Parents|non-manly guy wearing pink]], [[Tak and the Power of Juju|little shaman]], [[The Ren and Stimpy Show|gross kitty]], [[Rocko's Modern Life|wallaby wearing a Hawaiian shirt]], [[My Life as a Teenage Robot|girl in blue and white]] and [[Invader Zim|stupid hedonist]] battle Tim Curry's [[Living Toys]].
** {{spoiler|''Nicktoons: Attack of the Toybots}}'': [[SpongeBob SquarePants|Sentient cheese block, retarded echinoderm]], [[Danny Phantom|spandex ghost, goth girl]], [[Jimmy Neutron|guy with bizarre hairdo]], [[The Fairly OddParents|non-manly guy wearing pink]], [[Tak and the Power of Juju|little shaman]], [[The Ren and Stimpy Show|gross kitty]], [[Rocko's Modern Life|wallaby wearing a Hawaiian shirt]], [[My Life as a Teenage Robot|girl in blue and white]] and [[Invader Zim|stupid hedonist]] battle Tim Curry's [[Living Toys]].
** {{spoiler|''Nicktoons: Globs of Doom''}}: [[SpongeBob SquarePants|Sentient cheese block, little cyclops]], [[Danny Phantom|spandex ghost, not-Gilbert-Gottfried-honest]], [[Jimmy Neutron|guy with bizarre hairdo, Tim Curry's daughter]], [[Tak and the Power of Juju|little shaman, tall shaman]], [[Invader Zim|green omnicidal maniac and conspiracy nut]] battle alien mucus older than time itself.
** {{spoiler|''Nicktoons: Globs of Doom''}}: [[SpongeBob SquarePants|Sentient cheese block, little cyclops]], [[Danny Phantom|spandex ghost, not-Gilbert-Gottfried-honest]], [[Jimmy Neutron|guy with bizarre hairdo, Tim Curry's daughter]], [[Tak and the Power of Juju|little shaman, tall shaman]], [[Invader Zim|green omnicidal maniac and conspiracy nut]] battle alien mucus older than time itself.
* {{spoiler|''[[Nicktoons MLB]]''}}: [[SpongeBob SquarePants|Sentient cheese block]], [[Danny Phantom|spandex ghost]], [[Tuff Puppy|secret agent dog]], [[Avatar: The Last Airbender|bald kid]], [[Invader Zim|green omnicidal maniac]], [[The Ren and Stimpy Show|gross kitty]] and more face-off against real baseball players. [[What Do You Mean It Wasn't Made on Drugs?|No, you are not high.]]
* {{spoiler|''[[Nicktoons MLB]]''}}: [[SpongeBob SquarePants|Sentient cheese block]], [[Danny Phantom|spandex ghost]], [[Tuff Puppy|secret agent dog]], [[Avatar: The Last Airbender|bald kid]], [[Invader Zim|green omnicidal maniac]], [[The Ren and Stimpy Show|gross kitty]] and more face-off against real baseball players. [[What Do You Mean It Wasn't Made on Drugs?|No, you are not high.]]
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** {{spoiler|''Pajama Sam: Thunder and Lightening Aren't so Frightening''}}: The same kid goes into the attic and gets involved in office politics.
** {{spoiler|''Pajama Sam: Thunder and Lightening Aren't so Frightening''}}: The same kid goes into the attic and gets involved in office politics.
** {{spoiler|''Pajama Sam: You Are What You Eat From Your Head to Your Feet''}}: The kid is kidnapped by a box of cookies and tasked with averting a war.
** {{spoiler|''Pajama Sam: You Are What You Eat From Your Head to Your Feet''}}: The kid is kidnapped by a box of cookies and tasked with averting a war.
* {{spoiler|''[[Panel De Pon]]''}}: A fairy princess frees her friends from brainwashing by dropping blocks of garbage on them. Today, the game is best known for a flower that appeared in a more famous video game.
* {{spoiler|''[[Panel de Pon]]''}}: A fairy princess frees her friends from brainwashing by dropping blocks of garbage on them. Today, the game is best known for a flower that appeared in a more famous video game.
** {{spoiler|''[[Tetris Attack]]''/''Pokemon Puzzle League''}}: Developers decide [[Dolled-Up Installment|this plot won't sell in America, so they let]] [[Yoshi's Island|a dinosaur]] and [[Pokémon|an animal trainer]] save the day instead.
** {{spoiler|''[[Tetris Attack]]''/''Pokemon Puzzle League''}}: Developers decide [[Dolled-Up Installment|this plot won't sell in America, so they let]] [[Yoshi's Island|a dinosaur]] and [[Pokémon|an animal trainer]] save the day instead.
* {{spoiler|''[[Pangya]]''}}: Players celebrate the exploits of an island hero by playing a game most of us refer to as "golf".
* {{spoiler|''[[Pangya]]''}}: Players celebrate the exploits of an island hero by playing a game most of us refer to as "golf".
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** {{spoiler|''[[Pokémon Trading Card Game (video game)|Pokémon Trading Card Game]]''}}: The player takes on the role of a different child in a world where card games are [[Serious Business]].
** {{spoiler|''[[Pokémon Trading Card Game (video game)|Pokémon Trading Card Game]]''}}: The player takes on the role of a different child in a world where card games are [[Serious Business]].
*** {{spoiler|''[[Pokémon Trading Card Game (video game)|Pokémon Trading Card Game]]: Here comes Team Rocket!'' (2001 video game)}}: The player takes on the role of a young man or woman in a world where card games are [[Serious Business]]. Now you have to do a Pokémon-themed rendition of the entire plot of Yu-Gi-Oh's second season. Now with more cards, more duelists, and no port to America.
*** {{spoiler|''[[Pokémon Trading Card Game (video game)|Pokémon Trading Card Game]]: Here comes Team Rocket!'' (2001 video game)}}: The player takes on the role of a young man or woman in a world where card games are [[Serious Business]]. Now you have to do a Pokémon-themed rendition of the entire plot of Yu-Gi-Oh's second season. Now with more cards, more duelists, and no port to America.
** {{spoiler|''[[Hey You Pikachu]]''}}: In this same world, a child must befriend a baby mouse with the help of buggy voice-recognition technology.
** {{spoiler|''[[Hey You, Pikachu!]]''}}: In this same world, a child must befriend a baby mouse with the help of buggy voice-recognition technology.
*** {{spoiler|''[[Pokémon Channel]]''}}: Another mouse must be befriended by a second child. They bond by watching television.
*** {{spoiler|''[[Pokémon Channel]]''}}: Another mouse must be befriended by a second child. They bond by watching television.
*** {{spoiler|''[[Poke Park Wii]]''}}: A third mouse saves a theme park from being destroyed by a flying cat's home crashing into it, through [[The Power of Friendship]].
*** {{spoiler|''[[Poke Park Wii]]''}}: A third mouse saves a theme park from being destroyed by a flying cat's home crashing into it, through [[The Power of Friendship]].
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** {{spoiler|''[[Ratchet & Clank|Ratchet and Clank]] Future: Quest for Booty''}}: Vaguely catlike repairman faces two pirates with the intent of finding where his factory-rejected robot friend is working.
** {{spoiler|''[[Ratchet & Clank|Ratchet and Clank]] Future: Quest for Booty''}}: Vaguely catlike repairman faces two pirates with the intent of finding where his factory-rejected robot friend is working.
** {{spoiler|''[[Ratchet and Clank Future A Crack In Time]]''}}: Vaguely catlike repairman finds out he isn't the [[Last of His Kind|only one]]. In the meantime, factory-rejected robot is now employed in the exact center of the universe, give or take fifty feet.
** {{spoiler|''[[Ratchet and Clank Future A Crack In Time]]''}}: Vaguely catlike repairman finds out he isn't the [[Last of His Kind|only one]]. In the meantime, factory-rejected robot is now employed in the exact center of the universe, give or take fifty feet.
** {{spoiler|''[[Ratchet and Clank All 4 One]]''}}: Vaguely catlike repairman, his factory-rejected robot friend, stupid green-wearing president, and mad scientist [[Enemy Mine|work together]] to stop a man {{spoiler|in search of his lost pet}}.
** {{spoiler|''[[Ratchet and Clank: All 4 One]]''}}: Vaguely catlike repairman, his factory-rejected robot friend, stupid green-wearing president, and mad scientist [[Enemy Mine|work together]] to stop a man {{spoiler|in search of his lost pet}}.
* {{spoiler|''[[Rayman]]'' series}}: Limbless man fights evil despite disability.
* {{spoiler|''[[Rayman]]'' series}}: Limbless man fights evil despite disability.
** {{spoiler|''Rayman'' (1995 game)}}: Limbless man must rescue dozens of his fangirls before he can confront the villain, who lives in a fortress made of candy and cake. There, he defeats the reassembled body parts of all the game's bosses, then lets the villain go free.
** {{spoiler|''Rayman'' (1995 game)}}: Limbless man must rescue dozens of his fangirls before he can confront the villain, who lives in a fortress made of candy and cake. There, he defeats the reassembled body parts of all the game's bosses, then lets the villain go free.
** {{spoiler|''[[Rayman 2 (Video Game)|Rayman 2]]: The Great Escape''}}: Limbless man must eat a lot of yellow flies on a quest to awaken an omnipotent voodoo doll.
** {{spoiler|''[[Rayman 2: The Great Escape|Rayman 2]]: The Great Escape''}}: Limbless man must eat a lot of yellow flies on a quest to awaken an omnipotent voodoo doll.
** {{spoiler|''Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc''}}: Limbless man has trouble getting his shoes to stay on. He saves the world by making a googly face at a wise-cracking black fly.
** {{spoiler|''Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc''}}: Limbless man has trouble getting his shoes to stay on. He saves the world by making a googly face at a wise-cracking black fly.
** {{spoiler|''Rayman Raving Rabbids''}}: Limbless man is forced to play bizarre sports with screaming bunnies.
** {{spoiler|''Rayman Raving Rabbids''}}: Limbless man is forced to play bizarre sports with screaming bunnies.
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* {{spoiler|''[[Resident Evil 1]]''}}: Cops break into a house and kill everyone inside.
* {{spoiler|''[[Resident Evil 1]]''}}: Cops break into a house and kill everyone inside.
** {{spoiler|''[[Resident Evil 2]]''}}: A policeman arrives in a town and starts shooting its residents. Meanwhile, an evil corporation conspires to invent skin cream.
** {{spoiler|''[[Resident Evil 2]]''}}: A policeman arrives in a town and starts shooting its residents. Meanwhile, an evil corporation conspires to invent skin cream.
** {{spoiler|''[[Resident Evil 3 Nemesis]]''}}: A gal in a miniskirt spends the entire game running away from a tentacle monster.
** {{spoiler|''[[Resident Evil 3: Nemesis]]''}}: A gal in a miniskirt spends the entire game running away from a tentacle monster.
** {{spoiler|''[[Resident Evil Code Veronica]]''}}: A girl protects a boy only slightly younger than she is because her older brother isn't around to protect ''her'' until the very end.
** {{spoiler|''[[Resident Evil Code: Veronica]]''}}: A girl protects a boy only slightly younger than she is because her older brother isn't around to protect ''her'' until the very end.
** {{spoiler|''[[Resident Evil 4]]''}}: The President's daughter has been kidnapped by Spaniards! Are you a bad enough dude to rescue the President's daughter?
** {{spoiler|''[[Resident Evil 4]]''}}: The President's daughter has been kidnapped by Spaniards! Are you a bad enough dude to rescue the President's daughter?
*** Or: An American goes to Spain to rescue the president's daughter and meets a man who is eventually killed by a cult leader and his demon penis.
*** Or: An American goes to Spain to rescue the president's daughter and meets a man who is eventually killed by a cult leader and his demon penis.
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*** Or: Big Bad explains plan to protagonist and spends several days trying to kill him, when unlocking all the doors and taking a nap would have assured him world domination.
*** Or: Big Bad explains plan to protagonist and spends several days trying to kill him, when unlocking all the doors and taking a nap would have assured him world domination.
*** {{spoiler|''Resident Evil 4: Separate Ways''}}: A woman uses a [[Grappling Hook Pistol]] to help out the above American behind the scenes while working for the villain behind the first three games, but in reality is a [[Chessmaster]] who is doing it all for own nefarious schemes.
*** {{spoiler|''Resident Evil 4: Separate Ways''}}: A woman uses a [[Grappling Hook Pistol]] to help out the above American behind the scenes while working for the villain behind the first three games, but in reality is a [[Chessmaster]] who is doing it all for own nefarious schemes.
** {{spoiler|''[[Resident Evil 5]]''}}: A [[Magnificent Bastard|very stylish and clever villain]] who [[Large Ham|speaks in a huge, bombastic tone]] plots to [[Take Over the World|control the world]] while wearing [[Sunglasses At Night]]. He is stopped by a heavily-muscled international police officer and his [[Waif Fu|small, slender female partner.]]
** {{spoiler|''[[Resident Evil 5]]''}}: A [[Magnificent Bastard|very stylish and clever villain]] who [[Large Ham|speaks in a huge, bombastic tone]] plots to [[Take Over the World|control the world]] while wearing [[Sunglasses at Night]]. He is stopped by a heavily-muscled international police officer and his [[Waif Fu|small, slender female partner.]]
*** Alternatively, the first recipient of a gorilla-human arm transplant punches his way through Africa with the support of a local in order to stop Neo from controlling worms. In the end, he fistfights a boulder in a volcano.
*** Alternatively, the first recipient of a gorilla-human arm transplant punches his way through Africa with the support of a local in order to stop Neo from controlling worms. In the end, he fistfights a boulder in a volcano.
** {{spoiler|''[[Resident Evil Outbreak]]''}}: A group of people completely unrelated to all of the above have to put up with the aftermath.
** {{spoiler|''[[Resident Evil Outbreak]]''}}: A group of people completely unrelated to all of the above have to put up with the aftermath.
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* {{spoiler|''[[Rosenkreuzstilette]]''}}: A church maiden and army official fights her friends who have sided with a vampire. {{spoiler|[[Xanatos Gambit|All for said vampire's daughter's entertainment.]]}}
* {{spoiler|''[[Rosenkreuzstilette]]''}}: A church maiden and army official fights her friends who have sided with a vampire. {{spoiler|[[Xanatos Gambit|All for said vampire's daughter's entertainment.]]}}
* {{spoiler|''[[Rule of Rose]]''}}: Little lesbian girls proceed to torture, humiliate and beat each other. The happy ending is where everybody dies.
* {{spoiler|''[[Rule of Rose]]''}}: Little lesbian girls proceed to torture, humiliate and beat each other. The happy ending is where everybody dies.
* {{spoiler|''[[Runescape]]''}}: A fresh-faced adventurer seeks to make his place in the world by spending hours and hours training his skills and fighting the evil forces of an undead creature with the power of a god, an island of monkeys, a mage that uses food as his power source, and Communist penguins. Whilst tons of 12-year old boys pester him, and/or beg him for items.
* {{spoiler|''[[RuneScape]]''}}: A fresh-faced adventurer seeks to make his place in the world by spending hours and hours training his skills and fighting the evil forces of an undead creature with the power of a god, an island of monkeys, a mage that uses food as his power source, and Communist penguins. Whilst tons of 12-year old boys pester him, and/or beg him for items.
* {{spoiler|[[SOS]]}}: ''[[Prince of Persia]]'' <small>[[Recycled in Space|ON A SINKING SHIP!]] [[Xtreme Kool Letterz|WITH MODE 7 GRAFIX!]]</small>
* {{spoiler|[[SOS]]}}: ''[[Prince of Persia]]'' <small>[[Recycled in Space|ON A SINKING SHIP!]] [[Xtreme Kool Letterz|WITH MODE 7 GRAFIX!]]</small>
* {{spoiler|''[[Sacrifice]]''}}: Gods have a petty argument. Some guy appears and leads one of them to dominate using an army of monsters.
* {{spoiler|''[[Sacrifice]]''}}: Gods have a petty argument. Some guy appears and leads one of them to dominate using an army of monsters.
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* {{spoiler|''[[Sengoku Basara]]'' series}}: Historical samurai do almost nothing they did in real history and fight [[Obviously Evil|obvious evil]] and each other with the power of [[Engrish]], [[Large Ham|large hams]] and the [[Rule of Cool]].
* {{spoiler|''[[Sengoku Basara]]'' series}}: Historical samurai do almost nothing they did in real history and fight [[Obviously Evil|obvious evil]] and each other with the power of [[Engrish]], [[Large Ham|large hams]] and the [[Rule of Cool]].
* {{spoiler|''[[Serious Sam]]''}}: Guy romps through ancient Egypt in search of spaceship, leaves no survivors. In the [[Expansion Pack]], he loses the ship and must search South America, Babylon and Europe for a replacement. When he gets to his destination in the sequel, he finds he needs to collect stuff.
* {{spoiler|''[[Serious Sam]]''}}: Guy romps through ancient Egypt in search of spaceship, leaves no survivors. In the [[Expansion Pack]], he loses the ship and must search South America, Babylon and Europe for a replacement. When he gets to his destination in the sequel, he finds he needs to collect stuff.
* {{spoiler|''[[The Seventh Guest]]''}}: Walk around a house solving puzzles. {{spoiler|While dead.}}
* {{spoiler|''[[The 7th Guest]]''}}: Walk around a house solving puzzles. {{spoiler|While dead.}}
** {{spoiler|''The Eleventh Hour''}}: Do the same thing, but the house is a total fixer-upper now. And it had sex with a woman.
** {{spoiler|''The Eleventh Hour''}}: Do the same thing, but the house is a total fixer-upper now. And it had sex with a woman.
* {{spoiler|''[[Shadow Hearts]]''}}: A guy saves a girl in a short skirt from a man in a suit, then gets his friends to gang up on him. The [[Bittersweet Ending|bad ending]] is canon.
* {{spoiler|''[[Shadow Hearts]]''}}: A guy saves a girl in a short skirt from a man in a suit, then gets his friends to gang up on him. The [[Bittersweet Ending|bad ending]] is canon.
** {{spoiler|''[[Shadow Hearts]]: Covenant''}}: The same guy gets stabbed with a plant. He gets picked up by an old puppeteer and a German soldier in a quest to stop a minor character from the last game from doing what the guy in the suit wanted to do.
** {{spoiler|''[[Shadow Hearts]]: Covenant''}}: The same guy gets stabbed with a plant. He gets picked up by an old puppeteer and a German soldier in a quest to stop a minor character from the last game from doing what the guy in the suit wanted to do.
** {{spoiler|''[[Shadow Hearts]]: From the New World''}}: A [[First-Person Snapshooter|guy with a camera]] finds out what he can do. People suffer. This time it's [[Trans Atlantic Equivalent|on the other side of the Atlantic]].
** {{spoiler|''[[Shadow Hearts]]: From the New World''}}: A [[First-Person Snapshooter|guy with a camera]] finds out what he can do. People suffer. This time it's [[Trans-Atlantic Equivalent|on the other side of the Atlantic]].
* {{spoiler|''[[Shadow of Destiny]]''}}: The main character dies during the first cutscene and is resurrected by an androgynous time traveller who may or may not be Satan. He tries to prevent his own death while avoiding accidentally causing it. This is repeated several times.
* {{spoiler|''[[Shadow of Destiny]]''}}: The main character dies during the first cutscene and is resurrected by an androgynous time traveller who may or may not be Satan. He tries to prevent his own death while avoiding accidentally causing it. This is repeated several times.
* {{spoiler|''[[Shadow of the Colossus]]''}}: An oddly named [[A Boy and His X|boy and his horse]] set upon destroying sixteen statues in order to revive his dead girlfriend.
* {{spoiler|''[[Shadow of the Colossus]]''}}: An oddly named [[A Boy and His X|boy and his horse]] set upon destroying sixteen statues in order to revive his dead girlfriend.
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** {{spoiler|''[[Flower, Sun, and Rain]]''}}: A man never gets his breakfast, therefore airplanes explode.
** {{spoiler|''[[Flower, Sun, and Rain]]''}}: A man never gets his breakfast, therefore airplanes explode.
** {{spoiler|''The Silver Case: Ward 25''}}: Correctness, Match Maker, Placebo, Transmitter. These words have ''something'' in common, but [[No Export for You|darned if I know]] what they are.
** {{spoiler|''The Silver Case: Ward 25''}}: Correctness, Match Maker, Placebo, Transmitter. These words have ''something'' in common, but [[No Export for You|darned if I know]] what they are.
* {{spoiler|''[[Sim City]]''}}: Put yourself in power; receive many complaints about traffic.
* {{spoiler|''[[SimCity]]''}}: Put yourself in power; receive many complaints about traffic.
** {{spoiler|''[[Sim City]] 2000''}}: Put yourself in power; cut back on funding. [[Memetic Mutation|YOU WILL REGRET THIS!]]
** {{spoiler|''[[SimCity]] 2000''}}: Put yourself in power; cut back on funding. [[Memetic Mutation|YOU WILL REGRET THIS!]]
** {{spoiler|''[[Sim City]] 3000''}}: Put yourself in power; rule over the big-headed mutants of the [[Uncanny Valley]].
** {{spoiler|''[[SimCity]] 3000''}}: Put yourself in power; rule over the big-headed mutants of the [[Uncanny Valley]].
** {{spoiler|''[[Sim City]] 4''}}: Put yourself in power; receive many complaints about traffic, sanitation, and striking employees. But nicer graphics. In the expansion pack you get stuck in rush hour traffic.
** {{spoiler|''[[SimCity]] 4''}}: Put yourself in power; receive many complaints about traffic, sanitation, and striking employees. But nicer graphics. In the expansion pack you get stuck in rush hour traffic.
*** Or: You're the immortal mayor of a town who has immortal advisors who you will wish weren't immortal.
*** Or: You're the immortal mayor of a town who has immortal advisors who you will wish weren't immortal.
* {{spoiler|''Sim Copter''}}: [[Most Annoying Sound|This is an alert from central dispatch:]] Give helicopter rides to people who forgot where they put their car keys. Transport heavily-injured people to the hospital when ambulances are unable or just too lazy to do it themselves. End traffic jams by calling the drivers involved stupid idiots.
* {{spoiler|''Sim Copter''}}: [[Most Annoying Sound|This is an alert from central dispatch:]] Give helicopter rides to people who forgot where they put their car keys. Transport heavily-injured people to the hospital when ambulances are unable or just too lazy to do it themselves. End traffic jams by calling the drivers involved stupid idiots.
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*** Or: A black mammal uses a gun to fight The Man. But The Man is an alien. [[Multiple Endings|Sometimes.]]
*** Or: A black mammal uses a gun to fight The Man. But The Man is an alien. [[Multiple Endings|Sometimes.]]
** {{spoiler|''[[Sonic Storybook Series|Sonic and the Secret Rings]]''}}: Blue mammal <small>[[Recycled in Space|IN THE ARABIAN NIGHTS!]]</small> Also, he has a really bad case of heartburn.
** {{spoiler|''[[Sonic Storybook Series|Sonic and the Secret Rings]]''}}: Blue mammal <small>[[Recycled in Space|IN THE ARABIAN NIGHTS!]]</small> Also, he has a really bad case of heartburn.
** {{spoiler|''[[Sonic the Hedgehog 2006 (video game)|Sonic the Hedgehog 2006]]''}}: Four suspiciously similar mammals repeatedly change history. The game [[Canon Discontinuity|erases itself from the timeline]] as a result.
** {{spoiler|''[[Sonic the Hedgehog (2006 video game)||Sonic the Hedgehog 2006]]''}}: Four suspiciously similar mammals repeatedly change history. The game [[Canon Discontinuity|erases itself from the timeline]] as a result.
*** Or, a hammy demon executes a complicated gambit that defies common sense to make a girl cry.
*** Or, a hammy demon executes a complicated gambit that defies common sense to make a girl cry.
** {{spoiler|''[[Sonic Unleashed]]''}}: Blue mammal cursed to become a [[Our Werewolves Are Different|Blue Mammal That's Different.]]
** {{spoiler|''[[Sonic Unleashed]]''}}: Blue mammal cursed to become a [[Our Werewolves Are Different|Blue Mammal That's Different.]]
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** ''{{spoiler|As above, in Hunt mode}}'': Fight off the most advanced armies in the galaxy using obsolete weapons, and sometimes claws.
** ''{{spoiler|As above, in Hunt mode}}'': Fight off the most advanced armies in the galaxy using obsolete weapons, and sometimes claws.
* ''{{spoiler|[[Star Wars]] [[Shadows of the Empire]]}}'': Play through never-before-seen areas because the game isn't about [[A New Hope|the]] [[The Empire Strikes Back|original]] [[Return of the Jedi|trilogy]].
* ''{{spoiler|[[Star Wars]] [[Shadows of the Empire]]}}'': Play through never-before-seen areas because the game isn't about [[A New Hope|the]] [[The Empire Strikes Back|original]] [[Return of the Jedi|trilogy]].
* ''{{spoiler|[[Starcraft]]}}'': A giant evil brain turns a bitch into an even bigger bitch, convincing two warring empires to unite and try to kill her. They fail miserably. Korea loves it.
* ''{{spoiler|[[StarCraft]]}}'': A giant evil brain turns a bitch into an even bigger bitch, convincing two warring empires to unite and try to kill her. They fail miserably. Korea loves it.
** ''{{spoiler|1=StarCraft: Brood War}}'': The French and Russians get in on the action. [[Evil Is Sexy|The bitch]] [[Downer Ending|wins again]]. Korea? Still loves it.
** ''{{spoiler|1=StarCraft: Brood War}}'': The French and Russians get in on the action. [[Evil Is Sexy|The bitch]] [[Downer Ending|wins again]]. Korea? Still loves it.
** ''{{spoiler|[[Starcraft II]]: Wings of Liberty}}'': The bitch comes back for round three. A dead [[Warrior Poet]] forsees [[Apocalypse How|a Class X-4]] and tells his redneck friend about it. The bitch turns back to normal, but is still a bitch. [[Rule of Three|Korea loving it as we speak]].
** ''{{spoiler|[[StarCraft II]]: Wings of Liberty}}'': The bitch comes back for round three. A dead [[Warrior Poet]] forsees [[Apocalypse How|a Class X-4]] and tells his redneck friend about it. The bitch turns back to normal, but is still a bitch. [[Rule of Three|Korea loving it as we speak]].
*** ''{{spoiler|[[Starcraft II]]: Heart of the Swarm}}'': The bitch gets her groove back and goes on a [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]]. [[Running Gag|Korea gearing up to love it.]]
*** ''{{spoiler|[[StarCraft II]]: Heart of the Swarm}}'': The bitch gets her groove back and goes on a [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]]. [[Running Gag|Korea gearing up to love it.]]
*** ''{{spoiler|[[Starcraft II]]: Legacy of the Void}}'': That [[Apocalypse How|Class X-4]] we mentioned [[Schrodinger's Gun|either does or doesn't happen]]. The bitch's role TBD. Korea will probably [[Running Gagged|lov--]][[Killed Mid-Sentence|*gunshot*]]
*** ''{{spoiler|[[StarCraft II]]: Legacy of the Void}}'': That [[Apocalypse How|Class X-4]] we mentioned [[Schrödinger's Gun|either does or doesn't happen]]. The bitch's role TBD. Korea will probably [[Running Gagged|lov--]][[Killed Mid-Sentence|*gunshot*]]
* ''{{spoiler|[[Star Trek Starfleet Command|Starfleet Command]]}}'': [[Space Is an Ocean]]—lucky for you, you can buy yourself a pretty [[Cool Ship|kickass galleon]]. ''Un''luckily, it's also [[Nintendo Hard]], with a [[Viewer-Friendly Interface|viewer-friendly]], yet [[Obfuscated Interface|user-unfriendly]] interface. ''And'' it's [[The Problem with Licensed Games|based on a]] [[Star Trek|TV show]] [[Sarcasm Mode|that you've probably never heard of]].
* ''{{spoiler|[[Star Trek Starfleet Command|Starfleet Command]]}}'': [[Space Is an Ocean]]—lucky for you, you can buy yourself a pretty [[Cool Ship|kickass galleon]]. ''Un''luckily, it's also [[Nintendo Hard]], with a [[Viewer-Friendly Interface|viewer-friendly]], yet [[Obfuscated Interface|user-unfriendly]] interface. ''And'' it's [[The Problem with Licensed Games|based on a]] [[Star Trek|TV show]] [[Sarcasm Mode|that you've probably never heard of]].
* {{spoiler|''[[StarTropics]]''}}: A boy goes on a tropical vacation. Halfway through the game he must solve a [[Copy Protection|mysterious riddle]].
* {{spoiler|''[[StarTropics]]''}}: A boy goes on a tropical vacation. Halfway through the game he must solve a [[Copy Protection|mysterious riddle]].
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** {{spoiler|''[[Super Mario Bros 3]]''}}: The duo must save the damsel again, this time be dressing up in outlandish costumes and systematically murdering the turtle king's children.
** {{spoiler|''[[Super Mario Bros 3]]''}}: The duo must save the damsel again, this time be dressing up in outlandish costumes and systematically murdering the turtle king's children.
** {{spoiler|''[[Super Mario Land]]''}}: One of the duo fights aliens to save a completely unrelated damsel in a kingdom filled with moai.
** {{spoiler|''[[Super Mario Land]]''}}: One of the duo fights aliens to save a completely unrelated damsel in a kingdom filled with moai.
*** {{spoiler|''[[Super Mario Land 2 Six Golden Coins]]''}}: It turns out the previous game was just a distraction so that a fat guy could rob his house. Afterward, everyone decides the fat guy is more interesting and helps him rob more people.
*** {{spoiler|''[[Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins]]''}}: It turns out the previous game was just a distraction so that a fat guy could rob his house. Afterward, everyone decides the fat guy is more interesting and helps him rob more people.
** {{spoiler|''[[Super Mario World (video game)|Super Mario World]]''}}: The duo must save the damsel from the turtle king and his children ''again,'' this time aided by a friendly green dinosaur who [[Extreme Omnivore|eats their enemies alive.]]
** {{spoiler|''[[Super Mario World (video game)|Super Mario World]]''}}: The duo must save the damsel from the turtle king and his children ''again,'' this time aided by a friendly green dinosaur who [[Extreme Omnivore|eats their enemies alive.]]
*** {{spoiler|''Super Mario World 2: [[Yoshi's Island]]''}}: Everyone decides the green dinosaur is more interesting and [[Badly-Battered Babysitter|helps him look after]] [[Spinoff Babies|younger versions of everyone else]].
*** {{spoiler|''Super Mario World 2: [[Yoshi's Island]]''}}: Everyone decides the green dinosaur is more interesting and [[Badly-Battered Babysitter|helps him look after]] [[Spinoff Babies|younger versions of everyone else]].
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** {{spoiler|''[[Super Princess Peach]]''}}: Everyone decides the damsel is more interesting and helps her have adventures with her umbrella.
** {{spoiler|''[[Super Princess Peach]]''}}: Everyone decides the damsel is more interesting and helps her have adventures with her umbrella.
** {{spoiler|''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]''}}: One of the duo is put to work against his will and sprays everyone with water in the process. The turtle king turns out to be taking a family vacation at the same resort the same blue-collar worker is staying at, but not with his original seven children—it's [[Replacement Scrappy|a new son]] with mommy confusion.
** {{spoiler|''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]''}}: One of the duo is put to work against his will and sprays everyone with water in the process. The turtle king turns out to be taking a family vacation at the same resort the same blue-collar worker is staying at, but not with his original seven children—it's [[Replacement Scrappy|a new son]] with mommy confusion.
** {{spoiler|''[[New Super Mario Bros]]''}}: Turtle king decides to re-enact the first time he kidnapped the damsel, only to [[Kill It with Fire|get his skin]] [[Family-Unfriendly Death|burned off]]. His [[Replacement Scrappy|son]] takes over.
** {{spoiler|''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]''}}: Turtle king decides to re-enact the first time he kidnapped the damsel, only to [[Kill It with Fire|get his skin]] [[Family-Unfriendly Death|burned off]]. His [[Replacement Scrappy|son]] takes over.
*** {{spoiler|''[[New Super Mario Bros Wii]]''}}: Turtle king decides to re-enact the first time he kidnapped the damsel again, but this time his original seven children return after a long absence and team up with [[Rescued From the Scrappy Heap|his other son]]. The duo enlists the help of two mushroom folk and the dinosaur, but end up tripping over each other.
*** {{spoiler|''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]''}}: Turtle king decides to re-enact the first time he kidnapped the damsel again, but this time his original seven children return after a long absence and team up with [[Rescued from the Scrappy Heap|his other son]]. The duo enlists the help of two mushroom folk and the dinosaur, but end up tripping over each other.
** {{spoiler|''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]''}}: The duo from the above examples find themselves [[Recycled in Space|in space]]. [[Batman Can Breathe in Space|They never acquire space suits.]] [[Gainax Ending|Then the universe explodes.]]
** {{spoiler|''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]''}}: The duo from the above examples find themselves [[Recycled in Space|in space]]. [[Batman Can Breathe in Space|They never acquire space suits.]] [[Gainax Ending|Then the universe explodes.]]
*** {{spoiler|''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]''}}: There is more exploration of space. This time the green dinosaur can be used to travel places. [[Batman Can Breathe in Space|They still never acquire space suits.]] The turtle king's original seven children once again fail to show up despite [[New Super Mario Bros Wii|the previous adventure]].
*** {{spoiler|''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]''}}: There is more exploration of space. This time the green dinosaur can be used to travel places. [[Batman Can Breathe in Space|They still never acquire space suits.]] The turtle king's original seven children once again fail to show up despite [[New Super Mario Bros. Wii|the previous adventure]].
** {{spoiler|''[[Hotel Mario]]''}}: Overweight hero calls his brother [[Mondegreen|a homosexual]] while going out on a picnic. They proceed to shut a lot of doors in order to condemn buildings. [[Read the Freaking Manual|Enclosed within is an instruction book.]]
** {{spoiler|''[[Hotel Mario]]''}}: Overweight hero calls his brother [[Mondegreen|a homosexual]] while going out on a picnic. They proceed to shut a lot of doors in order to condemn buildings. [[Read the Freaking Manual|Enclosed within is an instruction book.]]
*** To be honest, it really isn't any better than it sounds.
*** To be honest, it really isn't any better than it sounds.
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* {{spoiler|''Volley Fire''}}: Two ships fight across mini asteroid fields containing mirrors. This was made by an animation company.
* {{spoiler|''Volley Fire''}}: Two ships fight across mini asteroid fields containing mirrors. This was made by an animation company.
* {{spoiler|''[[VVVVVV]]''}}: Captain of a wrecked ship rescues crewmates by [[Gravity Screw|screwing with gravity]].
* {{spoiler|''[[VVVVVV]]''}}: Captain of a wrecked ship rescues crewmates by [[Gravity Screw|screwing with gravity]].
** Alternatively: A blue man who can't jump (and looks a lot like [[Little Big Planet|Sackboy]]) attempts to save some other colored people with strange names. SPIKES. SPIKES EVERYWHERE.
** Alternatively: A blue man who can't jump (and looks a lot like [[LittleBigPlanet|Sackboy]]) attempts to save some other colored people with strange names. SPIKES. SPIKES EVERYWHERE.
* {{spoiler|''[[Wacky Wheels]]''}}: ''[[Mario Kart]]'' <small>[[Recycled in Space|WITH]] [[Funny Animal|FUNNY[IER] ANIMALS!]]</small>
* {{spoiler|''[[Wacky Wheels]]''}}: ''[[Mario Kart]]'' <small>[[Recycled in Space|WITH]] [[Funny Animal|FUNNY[IER] ANIMALS!]]</small>
* '' {{spoiler|[[Wandering Hamster]]}}'': Hamster with mallet, a water mage, and a dancing canine end a war in the first chapter, conquer the invader's castle in the second chapter, and get eaten in the third. Currently in [[Development Hell]].
* '' {{spoiler|[[Wandering Hamster]]}}'': Hamster with mallet, a water mage, and a dancing canine end a war in the first chapter, conquer the invader's castle in the second chapter, and get eaten in the third. Currently in [[Development Hell]].
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*** {{spoiler|''World of Warcraft: Cataclysm''}}: The natives and immigrants resume their war. A senior official, formerly in exile because of his skin color, decides to return home. This causes property values to plummet. Furries and insane corporate executives join the grassroots campaign to kick him out of the country.
*** {{spoiler|''World of Warcraft: Cataclysm''}}: The natives and immigrants resume their war. A senior official, formerly in exile because of his skin color, decides to return home. This causes property values to plummet. Furries and insane corporate executives join the grassroots campaign to kick him out of the country.
*** {{spoiler|''World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria''}}: The immigrants discover the [[Far East]] and, ignoring the protests of the natives, proceed to fight over colonization rights. Almost all of the immigrants decide to learn [[Bare-Fisted Monk|new things]] from [[Pandaing to the Audience|bears]].
*** {{spoiler|''World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria''}}: The immigrants discover the [[Far East]] and, ignoring the protests of the natives, proceed to fight over colonization rights. Almost all of the immigrants decide to learn [[Bare-Fisted Monk|new things]] from [[Pandaing to the Audience|bears]].
* {{spoiler|''[[Warhammer 40000]]: [[Dawn of War]]''}}: A bunch of red-[[Powered Armor|armoured]] [[Super Soldier]]s land on a planet to help the local [[Redshirt Army]] fight off an invasion of [[Our Orcs Are Different|Different Orcs]]. A [[Church Militant]] shows up, looking for an invasion of [[The Legions of Hell]]. [[The Problem with Licensed Games|It's also licensed.]]
* {{spoiler|''[[Warhammer 40,000]]: [[Dawn of War]]''}}: A bunch of red-[[Powered Armor|armoured]] [[Super Soldier]]s land on a planet to help the local [[Redshirt Army]] fight off an invasion of [[Our Orcs Are Different|Different Orcs]]. A [[Church Militant]] shows up, looking for an invasion of [[The Legions of Hell]]. [[The Problem with Licensed Games|It's also licensed.]]
** {{spoiler|''Warhammer 40000: Dawn of War: Winter Assault''}}: A [[Humongous Mecha]] was wrecked on an [[Single Biome Planet|icy planet]] some years ago. The [[Redshirt Army]], reluctantly aided by [[Our Elves Are Better|Better Elves]], fight against [[Our Orcs Are Different|Different Orcs]] and [[The Legions of Hell]] to get to the 'mech, only to find [[Terminator]]-wannabes with pyramids waiting.
** {{spoiler|''Warhammer 40000: Dawn of War: Winter Assault''}}: A [[Humongous Mecha]] was wrecked on an [[Single Biome Planet|icy planet]] some years ago. The [[Redshirt Army]], reluctantly aided by [[Our Elves Are Better|Better Elves]], fight against [[Our Orcs Are Different|Different Orcs]] and [[The Legions of Hell]] to get to the 'mech, only to find [[Terminator]]-wannabes with pyramids waiting.
** {{spoiler|''Warhammer 40000: Dawn of War: Dark Crusade''}}: A planet belonging to greyskins weak in melee gets invaded by [[Our Orcs Are Different|Different Orcs]] and [[The Legions of Hell]]. The [[Redshirt Army]] arrives to conquer the planet but attack their [[Super Soldier]] "allies" in the process. [[Terminator]]-wannabes wake up from a long sleep and [[Our Elves Are Better|Better Elves]] arrive to stop them.
** {{spoiler|''Warhammer 40000: Dawn of War: Dark Crusade''}}: A planet belonging to greyskins weak in melee gets invaded by [[Our Orcs Are Different|Different Orcs]] and [[The Legions of Hell]]. The [[Redshirt Army]] arrives to conquer the planet but attack their [[Super Soldier]] "allies" in the process. [[Terminator]]-wannabes wake up from a long sleep and [[Our Elves Are Better|Better Elves]] arrive to stop them.
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* {{spoiler|''[[Wet]]''}}: Game-ified exploitation movie.
* {{spoiler|''[[Wet]]''}}: Game-ified exploitation movie.
* {{spoiler|''Wetrix''}}: You create pools of water.
* {{spoiler|''Wetrix''}}: You create pools of water.
* {{spoiler|''[[Where's My Water|Where's My Water?]]''}}: An alligator takes a bath.
* {{spoiler|''[[Where's My Water?]]''}}: An alligator takes a bath.
** {{spoiler|Cranky's Story}}: An alligator hates eating vegetables.
** {{spoiler|Cranky's Story}}: An alligator hates eating vegetables.
* {{spoiler|''[[The white chamber]]''}}: Regretting your actions gives you a better ending.
* {{spoiler|''[[The white chamber]]''}}: Regretting your actions gives you a better ending.
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* {{spoiler|''[[Wii Sports]]''}}: Play simplified versions of baseball, golf, bowling, boxing, and tennis by swinging the controller around.
* {{spoiler|''[[Wii Sports]]''}}: Play simplified versions of baseball, golf, bowling, boxing, and tennis by swinging the controller around.
** {{spoiler|''[[Wii Sports Resort]]''}}: Play simplified versions of swordplay, wakeboarding, Frisbee, archery, basketball, table tennis, power cruising, canoeing, cycling, and air sports by swinging the controller around more precisely. The world is more developed and cohesive, and golf and bowling make a return, too.
** {{spoiler|''[[Wii Sports Resort]]''}}: Play simplified versions of swordplay, wakeboarding, Frisbee, archery, basketball, table tennis, power cruising, canoeing, cycling, and air sports by swinging the controller around more precisely. The world is more developed and cohesive, and golf and bowling make a return, too.
* {{spoiler|''[[Wild Arms 3]]''}}: Amnesiac environmentalists fight against the users of a demonically-possessed science wiki.
* {{spoiler|''[[Wild ARMs 3]]''}}: Amnesiac environmentalists fight against the users of a demonically-possessed science wiki.
* {{spoiler|''[[Windom XP]]''}}: [[Humongous Mecha]] that are the "[[Theme Naming|incarnations]]" of Windows OSes blow each other up. Can be a ridiculous [[Massive Multiplayer Crossover]] with the plethora of sound-only user add-ons.
* {{spoiler|''[[Windom XP]]''}}: [[Humongous Mecha]] that are the "[[Theme Naming|incarnations]]" of Windows OSes blow each other up. Can be a ridiculous [[Massive Multiplayer Crossover]] with the plethora of sound-only user add-ons.
* {{spoiler|''[[Wing Commander (video game)|Wing Commander]]''}}: [[Mark Hamill]] flies a fighter in the Pacific theater of [[World War II]] [[Recycled in Space|IN SPACE]] with 7-foot-tall alien furries standing in for the Japanese. There are a lot of cutscenes.
* {{spoiler|''[[Wing Commander (video game)|Wing Commander]]''}}: [[Mark Hamill]] flies a fighter in the Pacific theater of [[World War II]] [[Recycled in Space|IN SPACE]] with 7-foot-tall alien furries standing in for the Japanese. There are a lot of cutscenes.
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*** {{spoiler|''Xenosaga Episode III''}}: The heroes decide to destroy the universe. This is a good thing.
*** {{spoiler|''Xenosaga Episode III''}}: The heroes decide to destroy the universe. This is a good thing.
** ''{{spoiler|[[Xenoblade Chronicles]]}}'': A [[White-Haired Pretty Boy]] saves the world from giant robots using a red plastic lightsaber. The world he's saving also happens to be a giant robot.
** ''{{spoiler|[[Xenoblade Chronicles]]}}'': A [[White-Haired Pretty Boy]] saves the world from giant robots using a red plastic lightsaber. The world he's saving also happens to be a giant robot.
* {{spoiler|''[[X Men Legends]] 2: Rise of Apocalypse''}}: Non-humans battle Egyptian man.
* {{spoiler|''[[X-Men Legends]] 2: Rise of Apocalypse''}}: Non-humans battle Egyptian man.
* {{spoiler|''[[X-Men vs. Street Fighter]]''}}: Non-humans battle martial artists in a tag team match.
* {{spoiler|''[[X-Men vs. Street Fighter]]''}}: Non-humans battle martial artists in a tag team match.
** {{spoiler|''[[Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter]]''}}: Non-humans, [[Badass Normal|humans with skill]], humans with super powers, a cyborg, a demon and an [[Marth Debuted in Smash Bros|obscure octopus creature]] battle martial artists and a creepy fanboy in a tag team match.
** {{spoiler|''[[Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter]]''}}: Non-humans, [[Badass Normal|humans with skill]], humans with super powers, a cyborg, a demon and an [[Marth Debuted in Smash Bros|obscure octopus creature]] battle martial artists and a creepy fanboy in a tag team match.
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