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* In ''[[Battle Moon Wars]]'', [[Tsukihime|Kohaku]] becomes Magical Amber who happens to be a [[Magical Girl]], witch, [[Miko]], [[Ninja]], and [[Meido|maid]].
* ''LEGO Universe'' is [http://www.gametrailers.com/video/ces-10-lego-universe/60584 including them all, and then some]. It'll be interesting to see if it succeeds.
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** They got [[Gas Mask Mooks|rebreather systems]] apparently [[Nightmare Fuel|replacing the lower part of their faces. Oh yes, and it seems their skin is dissecated.]]
*** Then there's the [[Humongous Mecha|Avatar]], which can scrap the weapons of other Nod vehicles to use itself. This makes for a laser-flamethrower-CLOAKED-and-cloakdetecting humongous Mecha. With an extra laser cannon for good measure.
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** The sequel ''[[Musashi: Samurai Legend]]'' gives us the Ninjaroid enemies; ninja androids.
** In fact, both games involve using a [[Dual-Wielding|duel wielding]] [[Miyamoto Musashi|samurai]] to [[Save the Princess|save a princess.]]
* Oh, ''[[Super Smash Bros.]]''. As of ''Brawl'', the roster includes two [[Super Mario Bros.|fire-throwing plumbers]], [[Earthbound|two]] [[Mother 3|psychic]] children, a [[Yoshi's Island|dinosaur that can turn into a dragon]], a [[Super Mario Bros.|turtle-dragon]], [[Donkey Kong Country|two monkeys]] (well, all right, a monkey with a jetpack who shoots his enemies with peanuts and a bongo-playing ''ape'' wearing a tie), a [[Kirby|penguin with a sledgehammer]], a robot with laser eyes, a [[Kid Icarus|warrior angel]] with [[Improbable Aiming Skills]] and a [[Dual-Wielding]] [[Swiss Army Weapon]], some [[Star Fox (series)|furry space mercenaries who drive tanks]], a [[Samus Is a Girl|female]] [[Metroid|space mercenary in a battlesuit]], [[F-Zero|a race car driver/bounty hunter]], a [[Super Mario Bros.|princess who fights with an umbrella]], a [[The Legend of Zelda|magic princess/ninja]] (who, in her own series, has a magic princess pirate counterpart), an [[Pikmin|astronaut leading flower aliens]], a [[The Legend of Zelda|badass elf-looking chap with loads of weapons, an evil wizard/kickboxer, a smaller cartoon version of said badass elf]], a [[Lethal Joke Character|2-D stick figure guy]], an [[Extreme Omnivore]] [[Kirby|pink puffball]], a [[Kirby|blue ninja/Batman/Vader puffball]], a [[Pokémon|singing, self-deflating puffball with hypnosis powers]], an [[Pokémon|electric mouse]], a [[Pokémon|canine]] [[Bruce Lee Clone]] with aura powers, a [[Pokémon|dinosaur plant]], a [[Pokémon|turtle with ninja moves]] (teenage status unconfirmed), a [[Pokémon|flying, fire-breathing, dragon-like lizard]], a [[Pokémon|trainer of the above three]], [[Ice Climber|a pair of mallet-wielding eskimo children]], a [[Fire Emblem|blue-haired Japanese speaking swordsman prince, a blue-haired mercenary with a huge sword]], an [[Wario Ware|obese, flatulent Italian man]] with an infinite supply of edible motorcycles and a superhero alter-ego, a [[Sonic the Hedgehog|blue speedy hedgehog]] and a [[Painting the Fourth Wall|fourth-wall-painting]] [[Metal Gear Solid|spy assassin clone]]. And the [[Big Bad]] is a [[Power Glows|glowing]] Space Angel, controlling a giant sentient [[White Gloves|glove]] that happens to be ''[[Our Gods Are Different|God]]''. And that's not even getting into the assistant characters.
** That's not counting the drops from previous rosters, including a baby version of the [[Pokémon|lightning shooting mouse]], the [[Pokémon|psychic cat-kangaroo-rat]] [[Glass Cannon]], and so on.
* Not too long ago, there was a low-budget game that would have been completely forgettable if it hadn't been titled ''Ninjabread Man''.
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* Zelda is, by default, a magic princess. Versions of her have also been a ninja (''[[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time|The Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time]]''), a pirate (''[[The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker|The Legend of Zelda the Wind Waker]]''-''[[The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass|The Legend of Zelda Phantom Hourglass]]''), and a ghost who can possess suits of armor (''[[The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks|The Legend of Zelda Spirit Tracks]]''). Also, she looked pretty zombie-like when she was possessed by [[Big Bad|Ganondorf]] (''[[The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess|The Legend of Zelda Twilight Princess]]'').
** The Parella tribe from ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword|The Legend of Zelda Skyward Sword]]'' resemble a mix between a seahorse, a squid, a jellyfish, and coral.
*** The dungeon mini boss for the Sandship {{spoiler|and Sky Keep}} is a robot skeleton pirate.
* The FPS ''Darkwatch: Curse of the West'' puts you in the shoes of a vampire cowboy.
* ''[[World of Warcraft]]'' manages a few of these, the most notable definitely being the Lich King, a human-orc-ghost-zombie-shaman-paladin-death knight-necromancer-[[Physical God]]. Although admittedly he/they haven't been quite all of those at once. Lesser examples include the original death knights, orc warlock ghosts put into human bodies.
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* Figaro Castle of ''[[Final Fantasy VI]]'' is a ''[[Steampunk]] land-sub castle''.
** And the Phantom Train. An ''undead train''. That you can [[Beyond the Impossible|SUPLEX!]]
* {{spoiler|Barthandelus}} from ''[[Final Fantasy XIII]]'' is a Ninja Pope that transforms into a [[Humongous Mecha]] with a built-in [[Ominous Latin Chanting]] choir by fusing with a robot owl that can turn into a [[Cool Airship]].
* ''[[Okami]]'' has Lechku and Nechku, a pair of [[Creepy Twins|twin]] demonic [[Clockwork Creature|clockwork]] [[Time Master|time-controlling]] [[High-Class Glass|gentlemen]] [[Owl Be Damned|owls]]. With [[Nice Hat|Nice Hats]].
** After you beat the final boss, you {{spoiler|fly to the Celestial Plain in a 200-year old bishounen's spaceship. The bishounen is from the moon.}}
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* One of the late-game random enemy encounters in ''[[Final Fantasy IV]]'' is the Dinozombie. An undead, [[Dem Bones|skeletal]] dinosaur. Complete with will o' wisps. Oh, and Dinozombies can ''[[Dinosaurs Are Dragons|breathe fire]]''.
* I've read through here about 5 times, and I still can't find ''[[Castlevania]]''... Why? Of the top of my head, there's a [[Whip It Good|whip using]] barbarian fighting [[Big Bad|Dracula]], now lord of evil with [[Death]] himself at his beck and call, every monster known to greek mythology and the usual hosts of Frankensteins and Zombies. Sequels put you in the hands of the aformentiond lord of darkness' son, [[Sdrawkcab Name|Alucard]], the aformentioned lord of darkness' reincarnation, Soma(Who meats [[Sdrawkcab Name|Alucard]] posing as the Japanese secret agent, Genya [[Engrish|Arikado]].) These ones have [[Ninja Maid|Ninja Maids.]] The 3D ones give you another [[Whip It Good|whip-using]] barbarian, a [[Magical Girl|Magic School Girl]] and a Werewolf. The [[Nintendo DS|DS]] entries give you the aformentioned reincanation, another [[Whip It Good|Barbarian]], another [[Magical Girl]]Magic School Girl and [[Sexy Backless Outfit|Sha]][[Emotionless Girl|no]][[Fetish Fuel|ah]].
* The ''[[Mega Man (video game)|Mega Man]]'' franchise, full stop. Its [[Loads and Loads of Characters|myriads of mechanoids]] are often a combination of a robot and something else. The classic series alone has a robot ninja ''and'' a robot pirate, as separate boss characters. Also a robot vampire and his robot zombie [[Mooks]]. Additional examples include an Egyptian Pharaoh Robot, a Skeleton Robot, a King Robot, a UFO Robot, a Japanese Demon Robot, and two instances of Vehicle Transformer Robots, just to name a few.
** The second ''[[Mega Man Star Force]]'' game stretches this to its limits; depending on what game you choose, you can become a sentient waveform ninja, knight, or ''dinosaur''. And you can also temporarily turn into a combination of two of the three - or, depending on your waveband Brothers, a combination of ''all three''. There were also plans to include a pirate tribe, but unfortunately, uh, they didn't make it.
*** And these aren't just normal ninjas, dinosaurs or knights. Saurians are dinosaurs ''on fire'', Zerkers are ''electric'' knights, and Ninjas are, well... ninjas with a plant motif.
** Mega Man himself fits perfectly. He's a robot who shoots plasma, scissors, electricity, fire, boomerangs, more fire (atomic, no less!), bombs, more bombs (crash bombs, no less!), tornadoes, more tornadoes, robotic bees, shurikens, diamonds, miniature stars, bubbles made of lead, lasers, black holes, tomahawk hatchets, magnets, and more. His dog also turns into a jetpack, a surfboard, a submarine, a spacecraft, a motorcycle, or a spring..
** Aforementioned Ninja Robot, according to his official game backstory, is not only possibly alien in nature, but rides a robotic frog . . . yes, this makes Shadow Man a ''Robotic Frog-Riding Alien Ninja Robot'', whether the frog is also alien is unknown.
*** Speaking of aliens in the Mega Man series, the Robot Masters of Mega Man V for the Gameboy are all confirmed alien in origin, this gives us such combinations as Venus the Alien Anthropomorphic Crab Robot, and Pluto the Alien [[Were Cat|Werecat]] Robot.
* ''[[Ninja Baseball Bat Man]]'' features a group of 4 robot ninjas dressed in baseball gear, and fighting with baseball bats. Not only that, but most of the enemies are baseball related. From fighting baseballs, baseballl gloves, pumpkins wielding bats, baseball bats wielding bats, playing cards, & dogs carrying Tommy guns. And that's not the tip of the whackiness in this game.
* ''[[Runescape]]'' has a lot of these. Among other things, a Zombie Pirate Surgeon, Ninja Monkeys, etc.
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* ''[[Donkey Kong Country|Donkey Kong Country 2]]'' has a rollercoaster level inwhich you are persued by a pirate crocodile skeleton ghost.
* Plants Vs. Zombies have a couple of these in the enemies: The [[Big Bad]] is a zombie who pilots a giant robot that shoots fire and ice, and throws RVs; there's a zombie dolphin trainer who leaps over your plants (well, most of them anyway) with an undead dolphin, a zombie football player, a zombie Michael Jackson impersonator that summons backup dancers, a zombie suicide bomber mental patient, a zombie businessman whose [[Berserk Button]] is having his newspaper destroyed (when he's so close to finishing his Sudoku), and others.
* Gruntilda Winkybunion of the [[Banjo-Kazooie]] series seems to fall deeper into this trope with each subsequent game. In ''Banjo-Tooie'' she turns into a Zombie Witch, in ''Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge'' she appears as a Robot Ghost Witch, and in ''Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts'', not only is Gruntilda now a zombie head in a robot body, but during the final battle attacks the heroes on a pirate ship, thus making her a Pirate Zombie Robot Witch.
** Grunty has a number of more mundane titles she can add to her name as well, including Captain (Rusty Bucket Bay), CEO (Grunty Industries), Aviator (Banjo Pilot), and Mechanic (Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts).
* The [[Alone in The Dark]] series seems to love this trope. The 1st game has a pirate zombie as a boss. The 2nd game has mobster pirate zombies as your enemies, and a ninja mobster pirate zombie as a boss. The 3rd game has cowboy zombies as your enemies, and a ninja cowboy zombie as a boss.
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* [[Nin 2 Jump]] takes this trope to the extreme: all of the enemies are ninjas crossed with a number of other things.
* ''[[Bug!]]!'' has the first boss, a snail. Or should I say, helicopter-bomber-cowboy snail- it flies with a rotor and drops bombs from its shell. And if Bug is too far away while it's on the ground, it takes out a cowboy hat and two guns, and starts firing at Bug! (ironically, that move makes it a sitting duck)
* As the recurring lab assistant enemies are revealed to be robots in ''[[Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped]]'', you realize you are playing a game with robot knights, robot wizards, robot pirates, robot greasers etc. in it.
* The ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' series is extremely prone to this.
** One notable example is the [[Sonic Riders|Babylon Rogues]], consisting of Jet the Hawk, Wave the Swallow, and Storm the Albatross. Apparently they're legendary bird genie thieves {{spoiler|[[Recycled in Space|FROM SPACE!]]}} And they race on Extreme Gear, which in its most common form is, essentially, hoverboards.
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