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** It helps that Presea looks like a young girl around Genis' age ({{spoiler|but is actually a woman who is a decade older than Lloyd}}), and Raine is Lloyd's teacher. The Genis/Presea and Regal/Presea ships often get teased; when Zelos suggests that Presea could fall in love with a much older man around Regal's age, Genis gets very defensive.

* ''[[Tales of Vesperia]]'', despite never really focusing on romance, does have a lot of fun teasing the fans. Yuri and Judith are openly flirtatious, Yuri goes to great lengths to save Estelle {{spoiler|from Alexei}}, Karol keeps trying to impress Nan while Nan is very clearly hoping he does (Nan's dialogue when Karol fights her in the Colosseum is also very revealing; and it's implied in the credits they eventually end up with each other), [[Les Yay|Judith keeps telling the other girls they look cute...and then there's Rita and Estelle's very, very close friendship.]]

** Yuri and Flynn are also close, close friends. [[Heterosexual Life Partners|Close]], [[Ho Yay|close]]..."[[Yaoi Guys|friends]]."

* ''[[Tales of Graces]]'' has Asbel and Sophie. Seven years before the game's events, they start by vowing to protect each other. Then after they reunite seven years later, there is a scene that has Asbel kneeling in front of Sophie, letting out his regrets for his failing her. Then, after Sophie regained her memories they <s> have a date</s> have a little chit-chat at the place where they first met. And remember the 125th entry of [[The Grand List of Console Role Playing Game Cliches]], "If any character in the game ever meets any other character standing alone at night looking at the moon, those two will eventually fall in love"? Despite this, Asbel still ends up with Cheria, his childhood friend. this is justified because {{spoiler|Sophie is not human.}} [[Fan-Preferred Couple|Doesn't stop the shippers, though.]]

* Up to ''[[Super Robot Wars Original Generation|Super Robot Wars Original Generation 2]]'', most people think that {{spoiler|[[Super Robot Wars Advance|Axel Almer and Lamia Loveless]]}} could never get along, as almost every appearance they have, they're usually enemies/rivals. The sequel ''Original Generation Gaiden'' gives them a chance to fight under one banner, and gives them a subplot that might have linked them together romantically, where the latter feels indebted to the former for saving her life. The end of the story also adds {{spoiler|Axel}}, in attempt to find his own paradise (on {{spoiler|Lamia's}} suggestion), promises to tell her first if he ever finds one. Awww...!

** And then they [[Ship Sinking|sunk the ship]] really bad in the ending of "Shadow Assassins".

* ''[[Mortal Kombat]]'' used this massively between [[An Ice Person|Sub-Zero]] and [[Noble Demon|Sareena]], even going up to a [[Love Triangle]]-like tease by adding a little subtext with [[The Undead|Noob Saibot]], Sub-Zero's older brother who was the original Sub-Zero.

** As of ''World of Warcraft: Cataclysm''. Thrall has met a nice lady named Aggra, and [[Word of God|Chris Metzen confirmed them to be mates at Blizzcon]]. (Chris Metzen '''despised''' the [[Fan-Preferred Couple|incredibly popular Thrall/Jaina ship]] and seemingly invented Aggra just for the purpose of [[Ship Sinking|making Thrall committed]] and has even gone on to say "Thrall/Jaina will never happen. EVER!")

** [[Well-Intentioned Extremist|Varian]] [[The Brigadier|Wrynn]] and [[The Heart|Jaina]] [[Technical Pacifist|Proudmoore]] get a bit too, particularly in Icecrown Citadel after his [[Pet the Dog]] moment toward Saurfang the Elder.

'''Jaina''': [sniffle] It was nothing, your Majesty...Just..I'm ''proud'' of my king. }}

* ''[[Final Fantasy VII]]'''s first disc is full of all sorts of [[Ship Tease]], including a micro-dating sim where one of the three girls (and Barret) can go on a date with Cloud. Excellent examples are Cloud's and Tifa's [[The Promise|promise under the stars]] scene in the beginning of the game, the Bodyguard for a Date deal, Cait Sith's 'love prediction' about Cloud and Aerith's happy future together {{spoiler|just before she leaves your party and is killed by Sephiroth}}, and Yuffie kissing Cloud during the Gondola ride. It even has instances of [[Ship Tease]] with random male characters, like Mukki, Don Corneo, and the ability to date party member Barret.

* ''[[Kingdom Hearts II]]''. Full stop. Hilarious given that it's a [[No Hugging, No Kissing]] game - Nomura (and Nojima) are screwing with us all, and the shipper wars they have given birth to are incredible to behold.

*** Ruto actually [[Childhood Marriage Promise|getting engaged to Link]], the scene in which it happens dripping with [[Does This Remind You of Anything?|subtext]].

*** There tends to be an underlying vibe to any scene with Link and Zelda in it, and he's shown (and implied via dialogue) to be quite motivated to protect her. In particular, there's a great deal of unspoken emotion in their last scene together, to be interpreted as the player wills.

* Interestingly enough, ''[[Gears of War]] 2'' has some of this between Marcus and Anya, such as the way Anya asks him to take care of himself when he descends into the Hollow, and Marcus calling repeatedly over the radio at the end to see if Anya is okay, and looking ''extremely'' relieved when he spots her on the next Raven helicopter.

** The first game kind of hinted at an old relationship when they meet up briefly at the start of the game. [[Mission Control|You never saw her again]], so nothing more came of it.

* In ''[[Final Fantasy X]]'', Tidus and Auron seemed to flirt a bit in Luca during Auron's reappearance. Between Auron saying things like [[Double Entendre|"Come or don't come. It's your decision,"]] and Tidus assuming the position shortly thereafter, the UST was palpable. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAQmzOzh_yA 6:15 and 6:38-7:00].

** Depending on your [[Relationship Values|affection rating]], you can have Tidus outright tell Lulu or Rikku that he would rather have them in Guadosalam.

** ''[[Super Paper Mario]]'' is a gigantic ship tease for Bowser/Peach fans. They get married in the opening and Bowser constantly declares his love for her throughout the game. Then there's the scene near the end {{spoiler|where Bowser stays behind to hold up the ceiling, Peach stays a little longer than Mario and Luigi, and later on falls on top of him offscreen. Considering Bowser is covered in spikes, he probably caught her in his arms or on his chest.}} Their marriage is never really annulled either.

* After [[The Big Guy|Heavy]]/[[Mad Doctor|Medic]] grew to prominence amongst ''[[Team Fortress 2]]'' fans, hints about their relationship began to be sprinkled about the various supplementary material, such as the Sniper's "Beaux and Arrows" achievement (kill a Heavy/Medic pair) and their strangely intimate interactions during open-heart surgery in the "Meet the Medic" video. Though, the WAR update [[Ship Sinking|attempted to torpedo]] it with the Demoman's Medic-specific taunt that suggests the Medic is married.

* ''[[Mega Man X]]'' fans have shipped X/Zero ever since its first game, citing Zero's [[Heroic Sacrifice]] for X and the latter's desire for Zero to be the one to kill him should X go rogue as proof. There's also the (optional) reunion cutscene in X6 in which X looks a bit too enthusiastic (to the point of ''blushing'') when he sees Zero alive and well.

* ''[[Mega Man Zero]]'' has various moments of [[Ship Tease]] between Zero (yes, ''[[My Hero Zero|that Zero]]'') and Ciel (who's ''human'', by the way), not only during the series' run, but in the [[All There in the Manual|accompanying materials]] as well. Amongst many, there's this little piece of dialogue before the end of the first game:

** And another, from Zero's [[Mega Man/Awesome|very famous]] [[World of Cardboard Speech]] {{spoiler|that is also his ''[[Final Speech]]''.}}

** The entire lyric sang by [[Rie Tanaka]], Ciel's seiyuu herself, in the song Freesia, in Remastered Rockman Zero Soundtracks PHYSIS depicts Ciel's love for Zero.

* For a series that tends to avoid the topic of relationships in the games (except for Amy, who is...[[Clingy Jealous Girl|rather clingy]] and it seems one-sided), ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' has been known to ship tease a few times. Knuckles and Rouge in ''SA2'', for starters. Then there's the end of ''[[Sonic Rush Series]]'', where Sonic and Blaze are trying to hold on to each other as long as possible before they get separated - Sonic's holding on with both hands. It's as if they're both reluctant to part ways.

** Multiple games have nods towards Sonic/Blaze, including [[Sonic Generations]] and [[Sonic and The Black Knight]]. At this point it's possible both of them are suffering from [[Cannot Spit It Out]].

** ''[[Sonic Unleashed]]'' has Sonic feeling depressed after Amy didn't recognize him as a werehog, thinking she mistook him for someone else again.

* ''[[Resident Evil]]''. The entire series is filled with [[Your Mileage May Vary]] for Ship Teases, though there are a few blatant ones that should probably be listed. ''[[Resident Evil 1|RE1]]'', the scene where [[Sleep Cute|Jill puts her head on Chris's shoulder]]. ''[[Resident Evil 2|RE2]]'', Leon screaming her name when Ada "dies". ''[[Resident Evil 4|RE4]]'', Leon almost blatantly checks out Ada's ass as she's leaving the boat in the cinematic just before you begin playing the island. ''[[Resident Evil 5|RE5]]'', Jill tackling Wesker through a window to save Chris, or the fact that you get a game over if you kill Jill in the game.

** In the closing scene of ''RE4'', Ashley all but invites Leon into her pants; he politely declines.

** The part where Aika is holding Fina after she's badly injured on Crescent Isle, while Vyse confronts Ramirez. Or the time where Aika glomps Vyse after they're reunited in Daccat's tomb, where Fina hugs Vyse after he Aika, and Glider rescue her from Valua's palace, and where Aika glomps Fina out of sheer happiness in the ending. All of these are about as ship-teasing as the aforementioned scenes.

** In their cameo appearance in ''[[Valkyria Chronicles]]'', Vyse and Aika will call out each other's names if they're killed; also, if they're close enough to provide supporting fire, they can say things like "Let me help, Vyse baby!"

'''Balthier:''' I always knew Fran didn't take well to being tied up. I just never knew how much. How about you? }}

'''Balthier''' (holding Fran's hand): I suppose you'd better hang on then. }}

** There's also some Ship Teases for Balthier/Ashe too in the original game. During a scene closer to the end of the game, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTXIe7Bv1HY he seems rather agitated when Al-cid flirts with her, prompting Fran to give him a knowing look]. Also, in the scene in which {{spoiler|1=Balthier is risking his life to stop the Bahamut from destroying Rabanastre Ashe seems particularly scared that he might die, ([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ultjsCoYXlo especially in the original Japanese version]) The following is a translation of some of the scene:}}

** Ashe and Basch is also plausible. In the ending, Penelo writes to Larsa, and she tells him how she hopes Basch will see Ashe because she thinks Ashe misses him (which Basch reads after Larsa hands him the letter).

* In ''[[Dissidia Final Fantasy|Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy]]'', a series of scenes involves [[Final Fantasy II|Firion]] trying to approach [[Final Fantasy XIII|Lightning]] to talk to her, only for a string of [[Moment Killer|Moment Killers]] to scare him off. It turns out he lost his rose and she found it, and he's trying to ask for it back but is embarrassed about the [[Hot-Blooded]] rebel having to ask the resident [[Action Girl]] for his flower (in his exact words, "a grown man asking for his flower back..."). However, the subtext is very thin, and is complete with [[Final Fantasy IV|Cecil]] appointing himself Firion's wingman.

'''Firion:''' "No, don't call her over!" }}

** In ''[[Final Fantasy VI]]'', Terra gets ship teases with Onion Knight, Cloud and Vaan. Vaan and Onion Knight appoint themselves her protectors, worrying about her safety and councilling her on following her heart to find out what she truly wants. Cloud meanwhile waxes poetic with her about their dreams for the future in spite of their self-doubts.

** ''[[Luminous Arc 2]]'' brings it back with two potential love interests for Roland, depending on dialogue choices, he can [[Multiple Endings|end up with either]] Althea or {{spoiler|Fatima}}. Beside those two, there's Ship Teasing for Roland/Dia, Roland/Sadie, Roland/{{spoiler|Karen}}...And the blatant teasing for Rasche/Dia can't be a coincidence, especially their teasing about {{spoiler|forming their own Final Bond after seeing Roland does it with Althea or Fatima}}.

** ''[[Luminous Arc 3]]'''s Refi can find himself in this, as well as forming a closer relationship with one of the girls for a [[Level Up At Intimacy 5|Zodiac Card]] to perform a Unison Strike. For some extra, he is NOT limited to female.

* ''[[Half-Life]] 2'' has some subtle moments of affection between [[Heroic Mime|Gordon]] and [[Action Girl|Alyx]]. Then ''Episode One'' and ''Episode Two'' went nuts with it, up to and including Alyx's father being a [[Shipper on Deck]] for them. One can only imagine what ''Episode Three'' will have for these two.

* ''[[Snow Sakura]]'' has this one at the end of Kozue's route with the [[Bromantic Foil]] Sumoyoshi and your resident [[Tsundere]] Saki who compliments him on a nice rousing speech to Kozue while blushing noticeably. There were a few fans quite disappointed with Digital Objet not doing more with it.

* [[Lux-Pain]]. Just...Just Lux Pain! Seriously, you can pair roughly half the cast with each other and it makes at least a little sense.

* Largely lampshaded with Mordin Solus in [[Mass Effect|Mass Effect 2]], but only if you speak to him enough times and you're either in no current romance or are loyal to one from the first game. It could be assumed this is a playful jab from the writers at those who ship their player character with [[Anything That Moves|everyone]], but it certainly hasn't stopped people from assuming that Mordin might actually be serious about the possibility of him [[Unusual Euphemism|"trying Shepard"]]...

* ''[[Soul Series|Soulcalibur]]'' gives us Kilik/Xianghua. ''Numerous times over''. From their Destined Battle in ''II'' (a [[Fighting Your Friend]] moment where neither wants the other to move on for fear of them dying in the battle against Soul Edge/Inferno) to their endings in ''III'' (Kilik's having him outright ask Xianghua to stay with him as they share a tender moment, Xianghua's having her hint her affections to an [[Oblivious to Love]] Kilik) as well as the fact that the two are the only characters in ''III'' to have a ''dual'' Weapons Demonstration, it's quite clear that these two are more than [[True Companions]]. ''Soulcalibur IV'' drives home their status as the [[Official Couple]] quite soundly: in Xianghua's ending, {{spoiler|she intercepts Kilik right before he attempts a [[Heroic Sacrifice]] to destroy [[Evil Weapon|Soul Edge]] once and for all. When Xianghua pleads for him to not go through with it and confronts him on their shared sexual chemistry, Kilik painfully states that he wants to be with her, but there simply isn't a way for them in a world that Soul Edge plagues with evil and [[I Want My Beloved to Be Happy|instead wants her to find happiness in a life without him]]. Right as he starts his kamikaze attempt, Xianghua runs up to Kilik and embraces him, telling him that [[Together in Death|she's going to stay with him]]. Kilik replies with a "thank you".}}

* Although Guybrush and Elaine were already [[Official Couple|neatly paired]] and [[Happily Married]], this did not stop the developers of [[Tales of Monkey Island]] from throwing some shipteasing (along with [[Ship Sinking]]) moments between Guybrush and his fangirl, Morgan Le Flay. Noticeably in ''The Lair of the Leviathan'' and ''Rise of the Pirate God''.

* The ending of ''[[Portal 2]]'' is a parade of Ship Teasing. First, the {{spoiler|Turret opera}} heavily hints that GLaDOS may actually deeply care for Chell (especially considering [[Bilingual Bonus|the English translation]]), further solidified by the ending song "Want You Gone", which may as well have been titled "[[Tsundere]]: The Song". Second, Chell's final scene has her {{spoiler|[[Cargo Ship|reunited with]] [[Companion Cube]]}}. Third, the very final scene has {{spoiler|Wheatley lamenting all the bad things he did, and that all he wants to do now is apologise to Chell}}.

* ''[[Solatorobo]]'' teases Red x Elh enough during the main game, but the DLC quests take it [[Up to Eleven]]. In #5, {{spoiler|they both act embarrassed when Red sees Elh in her cheerleader outfit, and she's disappointed if Red doesn't manage to beat the track record (which is the condition she agreed to in order to wear that outfit in the first place).}} In #7, {{spoiler|she gets extremely upset when Red has Princess Terria and Toffee fangirling over him, and in the end Red admits he wanted to give her the tournament prize as they make up.}} #8 {{spoiler|borders on "[[They Do]] with the [[Serial Numbers Filed Off]]", as it eventually turns into an [[Interrupted Declaration of Love]].}} It also teases Béluga x Merveille a couple times, with him {{spoiler|giving her a hologram of flowers}} and {{spoiler|losing an arena match because he was trying to show off too much.}}

* Shale in [[Dragon Age]] gets a telling remark about how attractive Sten's body looks in battle, while he affectionately calls her 'kadan', a term that means something like 'close to the heart'. And then there's all of Zevran's leering at Wynne in particular. In the Awakening expansion, which features no romances, Nathaniel and Velanna, and Anders and Female!Warden have a fair bit of flirting. In [[Dragon Age 2]], Bethany gets flustered around Sebastian, who happily flirts with her when not romanced, whilst Carver has a very obvious crush on Merrill. Fenris and Isabela are also revealed to have a friends with benefits relationship when not romanced, while Aveline can be flirted with repeatedly by Hawke, only for it not to go anywhere. Hawke can even throw a couple of flirty comments Varric's way.