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== [[Action Adventure]] ==

* Since ''[[Symphony of the Night]]'', ''[[Castlevania]]'' has featured unlockable characters, usually the secondary characters. ''Dawn of Sorrow'' 's Julius Mode, besides being a tribute to ''[[Castlevania]] 3'', is also a rare example of a [[Bad End]] Plus: the reason you're playing as Julius is to {{spoiler|kill Soma, who's become Dracula.}}

 

== [[Action Game]] ==

* After beating ''[[Killer7]]'' once on any difficulty, you can go back and re-play the game in ''killer8'' mode, which gives you access to the previously unavailable Young Harman character, whose huge amount of health and tommy-gun make him almost a [[Game Breaker]]. You'll need him though, since the only difficulty level available for ''killer8'' mode is Bloodbath, where enemies take obtuse amounts of damage, give almost no blood at all, and have invisible weak points.

 

== [[Fighting Game]] ==

* ''[[SNK vs. Capcom]]: SVC Chaos'' had a buttload of secret characters. Some of them were the ones you woudl expect like Dan or [[Fatal Fury|Geese]], while others included [[Mega Man Zero|Zero]] and [[Darkstalkers|Demitri]]. It also featured an evil version of Ken, called Violent Ken, based off of his possessed self from the Street Fighter 2 movie.

* ''[[Battle Arena Toshinden]]'': In order to play as Gaia and Sho, the two bosses, you had to enter two codes on the title screen before the options showed up, then select either [[Ryu and Ken|Eiji or Kayin]] while holding certain down certain buttons on the D-pad

** Recent WWE games can be hacked to unlock WWE management like Vince Mcmahon, Jim Ross, Michael Cole, Lillian Garcia, Mike Chioda and Nick Patrick.

* ''[[Dissidia Final Fantasy]]'': [[Final Fantasy XI|Shantotto]] and [[Final Fantasy XII|Gabranth]] join the heroes and villains (respectively) once their story lines are cleared, adding them to the PP catalog to be purchased.

* ''[[Lightning Legend Daigo no Daibouken]]'' has four unlockable characters. [[Defeat Means Playable]] is the way to get them; it's not a problem for two of them, who are {{spoiler|the [[Mid Boss]] and the [[Final Boss]]}}, but the other two are {{spoiler|[[Bonus Boss]]es}} requiring near-completion of the game and [[No Continue Run|no continues in a playthrough]] in addition.

* Toraichi and Toraji in ''[[Kunio-Kun|Nekketsu Kakutou Densetsu]]''.

 

== [[Platform Game]] ==

* ''[[Meat Boy|Super Meat Boy]]'' has a whole host of entirely optional secret characters from other various indie games, including [[Bit.Trip|Commander Video]], [[Aquaria (video game)|Naija]], [[Half Life|a headcrab]], [[I Wanna Be the Guy|The Kid]], [[VVVVVV|Captain Viridian]], [[Alien Hominid|the alien hominid]]...

* [[Super Mario Bros.|Luigi]] has become this in many of the recent platform games, usually because his abilities tend to [[Lightning Bruiser|overshadow]] [[Jack of All Stats|Mario's]] gameplay-wise.

 

== [[Puzzle Game]] ==

* ''[[Shift]] 3'' lets you unlock Fancy Pants from ''Fancy Pants Adventures''.

* ''Wrecking Crew '98'' had four original secret characters: Onigiri, Onnanoko, Oyaji and Dogu. As with the normal opponents, [[Defeat Means Playable]], but they might not even be seen on a normal playthrough.

 

== [[Real Time Strategy]] ==

* In ''[[Warcraft]]'' 3, you can recruit a Hydralisk unit from ''[[StarCraft]]'' for one mission. It was only one mission, but he was hidden quite a ways away.

** Likewise, in the expansion pack it was possible to receive an extra hero unit for one mission providing you first triggered a secret mission in the preceding mission and then completed said secret mission.

 

== [[Racing Game]] ==

* In racing games, you often have [[Unlockable Content|secret vehicles]] rather than secret [[Characterization Tropes|''characters'']]. Though some games like the [[Mario Kart]] series are character driven enough to qualify.

 

== [[Rhythm Game]] ==

** Not terribly. You get them by beating hard mode, which unlocks [[Harder Than Hard]] mode. in EBA< beating ''that'' allows you to {{spoiler|play as Commander Kahn.}}

* ''[[Space Channel 5]] Part 2'' somewhat does this. By completing Reports with 100% and by doing other things, you can play as other characters in the game, including the [[Big Bad]].

 

== [[Roguelike]] ==

 

== [[Role-Playing Game]] ==

* Many of the Legendaries in ''[[Pokémon Mystery Dungeon|Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time/Darkness/Sky]]''. They don't appear at all unless you have either the Secret Slab or the Enigma Part, and from there, you'd need a [[Guide Dang It|strategy guide]] to figure out where exactly they appear.

* The ''Hellfire'' [[Expansion Pack]] for the original ''[[Diablo]]'' came with two secret, "unlockable" characters: the Bard and Barbarian. The Barbarian has since reappeared in the sequels.

 

== [[Shoot'Em Up]] ==

* In ''[[Touhou Project|Phantasmagoria of Flower View]]'' you can unlock Merlin and Lunasa Prismrivers if you complete the [[Nintendo Hard]] Extra Mode with Komachi and Shikieiki. Given that this game is from [[Bullet Hell]] genre, many casual players won't even try this (it's like the story mode, but with number of bullets on [[Harder Than Hard|Lunatic]] standards, both you and opponent having [[One-Hit-Point Wonder|one hit point]] while she has the invincibility time for the beginning of the fight, and without any spare lives or continues).

* In the iOS port of [[Don Pachi|Daifukkatsu]] you can unlock {{spoiler|Hibachi}} as a playable ship. And it is just as powerfull as it's boss counterpart.

 

== [[Simulation Game]] ==

** ''Tokimeki Memorial Girl's Side 2nd Kiss'' : Akagi Kazuyuki, [[Jerkass|Majima Tarou]] and [[Hikkikomori|Komori Taku]] (for the DS Version ''2nd Season'')

* In ''[[Frozen Essence]]'', not completing the requirements for any character's path unlocks {{spoiler|Zareh}}'s path.

 

== [[Sports Game]] ==

* The ''[[Backyard Sports|Backyard Baseball]]'' series has secret characters ranging from Mr. Clanky to the announcers to ''freaking Babe Ruth''.

 

== [[Stealth Based Game]] ==

* ''[[Metal Gear Solid]]: Portable Ops'' allowed you to unlock a whole bunch of characters (usually through a [[New Game+]], with a code as an alternative). A couple are from the [[Alternate Continuity]] ''[[Metal Gear Acid|MetalGearAc!d]]'', and are only unlocked if you have a save file from the Ac!d games (or, again, through using the right code).

 

== [[Turn-Based Strategy]] ==

 

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