Idiot Ball/Video Games: Difference between revisions

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* ''[[No More Heroes]]'' has the viewpoint character hug the idiot ball and never let go. It's not clear whether this is meant as a [[This Loser Is You]], or just for [[Rule of Cool]], but it. never. stops. If there is a trap, no matter how obvious, [[Stupidity Is the Only Option|Travis will walk right into it]]. If there is a trick, no matter how old, Mr. Touchdown will fall for it. If there is a foe, Travis ''will'' [[Leeroy Jenkins|charge them head first]]. Those trip mines might be obviously placed, but Travis Touchdown ''will never'' resist the urge to pass right over them. [[Made of Iron|Good thing he's nearly invulnerable.]]

*** This is justified since he Genre Savy enough to know he's in a game and that he can't die so long as the player isn't in control. One has to wonder if Dante knew he was in a game as well.

*** The Beethoven one deserves a special mention. Renee Sance should have spotted that the Sousaphone, not invented for about another 50 years, is in an ''1808'' orchestra. [[Alternate Character Interpretation|Unless you buy into the interpretation that the good guides know very well where the criminal was hiding (most of the time) and wanted you to figure it out yourself.]]

* In Japan-only 3DS [[Text Parser]] based adventure game ''[[Onna no Ko to Misshitsu ni Itara ○○shichau Kamoshirenai]]'' the heroines the player character guides through escape rooms in his dreams (where he is an incorporeal ball of light) will suddenly become too incompetent to accomplish basic tasks without his guidance if it makes for an excuse to [[Rule of Sexy|put her model in lewd poses]] till the next word is input. Some peaks of this are needing to be told to use a plainly visible stool to reach an item on a high shelf instead of blindly jumping for it, and forgetting seat belts are removed by pressing the button, not blindly tugging on it.