Category:Ho Yay/Video Games: Difference between revisions

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{{quote|'''Aramis:''' ...Thank you, Your Highness.

'''Laharl:''' Hmph...! Well, it IS part of my job as the Overlord. And don't bother to thank me. If you want to show your gratitude, you can repay me with your body.

 

 

 

== A-E ==

* ''[[Alan Wake]]''. Alan/Thomas. [[Mind Screw]]-iness abounds, so this is ''open to interpretation'' but consider:

** Alan {{spoiler|writing Thomas into his manuscript as his savior figure. ''Or vice versa.''}}

* In ''[[A Witch's Tale]]'' Princess Gretel responds to discovering that Liddell (a young girl herself) rescued her by saying "Both strong and lovely, you must be sent from heaven" while a heart appears in her character portrait. She later comments on how she knows she can trust Liddell because she has "pure eyes", with the heart appearing again.

* Played straight (no pun intended) in ''[[Bahamut Lagoon]]'' where the elderly summoner Sendak has an unhealthy obsession with the protagonist Byuu. Like when Sendak comments on the shape of Byuu's rear, and when he asks Byuu to rub his legs because he's frightened.

** The sequel has an even stronger version, where Subject Delta picks up an audio-log from Stanley Poole, in which Stan describes how he needs to be "more like Johnny Topside" (Delta pre-Daddy suit).

{{quote|'''Stanley:''' I keep thinking of Johnny Topside, though. Took real guts to find Rapture like he did... makes it easier not to crack if I sort of... imagine that I'm him. It's a good thing I can't tell Lamb about that. She'd probably say I got a secret need to fall into his arms and make wild whoopee or somethin'!}}

** The possibility of {{spoiler|[[Improbable Species Compatibility|Sinclair/Delta]]. Despite his past as a [[Corrupt Corporate Executive]], by the end [[Dynamic Character|it's pretty clear that he's grown a heart along the way]]. First he ties ([[Subverted Trope|and fails]]) to pull a [[Big Damn Heroes]] when he could have easily turned tail instead, and after [[Tragic Monster|he becomes an Alpha Series]], [[Cannot Self Terminate|he begs for a]] [[Mercy Kill]], expressly stating that he's content to [[Dying as Yourself|die as himself]] [[Heroic Sacrifice|if Delta and Eleanor can escape]].}} Is this a case of [[Power of Friendship]]... or [[Love Redeems]]?

** She's not limited to groping Litchi's breasts, either. In ''Continuum Shift'' Tsubaki becomes a victim of Tao's ravenous lust for boobies. Noel would be as well, if she weren't [[Pettanko|flat-chested]], something Taokaka has to make a point of mentioning every time she sees her.

** Speaking of Noel, she's become quite a case of [[Even the Girls Want Her]], as Litchi has a fetish for dressing Noel up in cute outfits, and Makoto is extremely protective of her. There's also a ''lot'' of Noel X Rachel art, and much of it is ''official''!

** The 4th game continues the "tradition" with Fenrich's devotion to his lord. Fuka speculates that [[In-Series Nickname|Fenfen]] is jealous of Artina and and one point asks him "if he swings that way". She doesn't get an answer, sadly.

* In the hybrid board game/RPG ''[[Dokapon Kingdom]]'' for Wii and [[PlayStation 2]], the heroes, regardless of gender, are competing for the Princess' hand in marriage. At the end of the game, if a girl wins, the King objects - though the Princess says she really doesn't mind. The King then [[Nightmare Fuel|dons a wedding dress]] and offers to marry you instead, as he wants a bloodline. This doesn't go over very well, and the final shot of the game seems to imply that the Princess and her heroine went through with the marriage anyway.

* ''[[Drakengard]] 2'' features a boss fight dedicated to [[Ho Yay]], as Yaha, one of the guardians of the Districts, ''openly admits'' at least three times during the boss fight that in the past, he had a crush on Urick, a former member of the Knights of the Seal, and that he {{spoiler|made his pact with the gnomes}} in order to win Urick's love once and for all. But Urick rejected him. So now Yaha is sad. And really campy, because it seems that the gnomes in fact took his masculinity. Ironically, during the boss fight {{spoiler|Yaha insinuates that Urick in fact returned his feelings '''before''' Yaha made the pact.}}

** Furthermore, Urick and Nowe seem far too friendly in their dialogue for just old friends. Direct your attention, if you will, towards {{spoiler|Urick's death scene, where Nowe '''holds Urick in his arms''' as Urick lies there dying, and then lovingly deposits his body in the funeral pyre of the burning Holy Flowers.}}

* ''[[Hotel Dusk: Room 215]]''. The protagonist, Kyle Hyde, meets several attractively drawn young men in quick succession, all of whom give him their room number. And part of your mission is to find a lost pornographic magazine.

** And the person Kyle's trailing around after like a lost puppy, Brian Bradley... or is he too obvious?

** Or the fact that Louis is following ''Kyle'' around like a lost puppy and is nearly brought to tears of rage when you insult him or withhold information.

*** Louie's backstory involved leaving Manhattan with [[Heterosexual Life Partners|his best friend Danny]]; the way he talks about it, it's like they were going to elope and find some place to settle down together and raise their kids away from the ugliness of the city or something.

** Dietrich really respects Yuri and seems happy whenever he is assigned under Yuri's command, even going so far pleading him to accept the proposal to lead the battle in Adis, just so he can fight alongside his fleet. {{spoiler|Right before his death, he apologizes to Yuri for unable to keep his words to stay alive, and Yuri seems to be shocked upon hearing his death.}}

* Official artwork for ''[[Izuna Legend of the Unemployed Ninja]]'' shows the eponymous ninja and her traveling companion Shino in very ''close'' proximity of each other. [[Bait and Switch Lesbians|In-game, however]], Izuna merely thinks of Shino as a [[Onee-Sama|sisterly figure]].

* ''[[Jak and Daxter]]'' have this at times. One notable scene is when an incredibly inebriated Daxter hugs Jak while slurring "I love you, man!" (Which earns a disturbed look from Jak.)

 

** Of all people who become the target of her incantations, Chloe is really fond of using her childhood friend Ulrika as her guinea pig.

** Yun and Raze can qualify as well, especially in later chapters. The ending where {{spoiler|Raze is hired to become his adoptive daughter's bodyguard}} doesn't help, since practically {{spoiler|that makes Corona has two daddies.}}

** Vayne's tone of voice in Japanese in Pamela's third character quest when it concerned Roxis is hilarious to listen to. "But... Roxis...!"

** Among the items you can alchemize are collars, for Sulphur. For one of them, Roxis snarks at Vayne as usual but mentions aside that he thinks putting a collar on Vayne isn't a bad idea (granted it's supposed to be more of a controlling a rival thing but if that doesn't sound questionable, what does).

** Parodied in ''[[Bob and George]]''. During the story arcs involving X and Zero time traveling to the present, most of the characters in the present, especially Roll, think they're gay lovers.

** In one webcomic, Zero is female in an [[Alternate Universe]]. And she is in a relationship with her X, and they have tons of insane, hot sex. Eventually Fem-Zero gets to the main universe, and finds out that both Zero and X are male. She makes the natural assumption.

** And in one ending on Mega man X8, Zero says "Maybe I won't have to fight anymore..." then smiles and looks towards X as if he was imagining something. Very [[Ho Yay]] moment.

** Even before that, when X and Zero reunited in X6, Zero had a small blush on his face.

** More Yay from a recently translated Japan-only manga and strategy guide by Wanpakku Comics, released in 1986: [http://metroid-database.com/manga/?vid=3&cid=17#manga_top Samus accompanied by a pair of "his" scantily clad fangirls, as part of "his" promotional video no less.] It was no doubt meant to keep up [[Samus Is a Girl|the game's surprise ending,]] but to the modern reader it's [[Hilarious in Hindsight|unintentionally hilarious.]]

* In ''[[Mortal Kombat]]: Deception'', Nightwolf's ending has him go through hell to reunite Liu Kang with his body.

** And there is also that guy guarding the Mani Mani statue at Sidemoon, and when you show him the guy with the golden tooth, both of them leave to go get a drink.

* In [[Mother 3]] while underwater, you must fill up on oxygen by kissing robot O2 tanks who look like middle aged mermen wearing bright red lipstick. When you do it makes your whole party blush. In the last part of the game there's a centaur version that offers oxygen above water for no reason.

** During the underwater stage one of the Pig Masks comments that he kind of likes them, disturbing his comrade.

** And then you consider [[Bilingual Bonus|the English translation to the lyrics]] of the {{spoiler|1=turret opera, sung by GLaDOS to Chell}}:

{{quote|{{spoiler|My beautiful dear, my darling beauty! My li’l girl, oh Chell! That she holds her in such esteem! That she holds her in such esteem! Oh my beloved, fare thee well! My dear child... why dost thou not stay further away? Yes, away from Science! My dear, dear baby... Ah, my beauty! Ah, my dear! Ah, my dear! Ah, my li’l girl! Oh my dearest one!}}}}

** Possible [[Squick]] when you consider {{spoiler|1=the implication that GLaDOS's AI was created from Caroline, Chell's possible mother.}}

** Layton and his friend Clark are pretty affectionate in the ending credits of the fourth game, too.

* [[Ambiguously Gay]] [[Space Pirate]] Rusty Pete from the ''[[Ratchet and Clank]]'' series is quite blatantly obsessed with Captain Slag, crying over Slag's decapitated head and having it talk to him like a ventriloquist dummy, saying things like "You may not have me body, but you will always have me heart". He eventually rewires Slag's head so it can talk again and calls it "Slag on a Stick", and later {{spoiler|attaches it to the decapitated body of Angstrom Darkwater to revive him.}}

{{quote|'''Pwyll Voiceover:''' That's right... He was a fallen angel. The same blaze that condemned me was the same that had mercilessly condemned him. He threw himself into that fire, burned away his brilliant white form, and dyed himself in darkness. And he was still burning in that inner fire even as he stood before me. ... His ice-cold eyes met mine directly, condemned me, and called to me. Saying... 'Fall with me.' So... So I...}}

** Later it's Arawn and [[Hot-Blooded|Arthur]], who's [[Identical Grandson|near-identical to Pwyll]] but with a different personality. They're [[Back-to-Back Badasses]] in the anime's opening sequence, while eating an apple (though they make a point of obscuring [[Indirect Kiss|just what part of the apple Arthur took a bite from]]); when Arawn {{spoiler|nearly dies again}} Arthur ''snaps him out of dying'' (though Arawn briefly hallucinates Arthur as Pwyll); then there's the scene in the Avalon courtyard, during which time Arawn's voice is softer than we've ever heard it before (while speaking to Pwyll's ghost and when calling Arthur back inside). Oh, and when Arthur reclaims the sword Danwyn, [[Does This Remind You of Anything?|Arawn's half of the matched pair starts glowing and humming like a cellphone in your back pocket.]] Played with during the tournament (game-only) when the party is split into opposing teams; Arthur and Arawn are on the same team, Arthur's sister Rhiannon is on the other, and before the fight Rhiannon accuses her Oniisama of 'stealing her time with Arawn-sama!' while the other girls query why, if Arawn got to choose the teams, they aren't on his team (though Arthur is).

** In the anime, Gaius's almost suggestive tone while talking about building a 'freer, more ''tolerant'' world,' and Decimus' reaction, seem to be implying a tolerance beyond freedom from theocratic rule.

** And there are copious amount of [[Les Yay]] from [[Lady of War|Octavia]] and [[Bokukko|Morgan]], who are also [[Back-to-Back Badasses]] at multiple points; Octavia also gives Morgan a 'friendship necklace,' and they hold hands during the seige of Avalon. Then there's the [[Les Yay]] and/or [[Foe Yay]] between Octavia and former roommate Lydia...

* The [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzTZb6G9XfY intro trailer] for ''[[Warhammer Fantasy Battle]] Online'' trailer contains some ''relatively'' subtle [[Les Yay]] (that probably counts as [[Foe Yay]]) between the nameless High Elf Shadow Warrior and the Dark Elf Sorceress.

* At one point in ''[[Wet]]'', Rubi visits a lady by the name of Kafka Dvorak, who's into ancient books and who she wants info from concerning Mr. Ackers. Kafka seems to have something of the hots for Rubi, considering the way she acts toward her during their first meeting, and the fact that she practically feels her up suggests that she might have a ''bit'' more than just a crush on Rubi (this being Kafka, who knows what she really wants to do to her?). And the capper? The mission you go on for her is called [[Incredibly Lame Pun|"Falling for Kafka."]]

** Probably because in Japan they're together, and this game's English translation didn't cover that up very well.

* Sorceress Philippa Eilhart's relationship with her apprentice Cynthia borders on a [[Running Gag]] in ''[[The Witcher|The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings]]'', where Geralt keeps hearing moans from behind their door, only to walk in on something other than the obvious - first time Cynthia giving a sensual massage to Philippa, the second Philippa giving a sensual ''whipping'' to Cynthia; gives her official title [[Double Entendre|"leashed sorceress"]] a completely new meaning. There's also discussion with Cynthia where she expresses admiration to the lifelike illusions Philippa is capable of doing, most notably a garden where "the fruit and she-elves are juicy".

* In the ''[[Xenosaga]]'' games, there's a very strong, definitely intentional element of [[Les Yay]] between Shion, and KOS-MOS, the beautiful robot she designed. It doesn't hurt that the fetish level of KOS-MOS's outfits depends directly on how much Shion has to do with that body's design...

 

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