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[[X Meets Y|Tabletop Games meet the computer era:]]
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'''(Roughly in Alphabetical Order)'''
* ''1... 2... 3... KICK IT! Drop That Beat Like An Ugly Baby'' is ''[[
* ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5ZCDyep1D0 8-Bit Deathmatch]'' is ''[[Mega Man (video game)|Mega Man]]'' meets ''[[Doom]]''.
* ''[[
* Sega's ''Alien Storm'' is ''[[Alien (franchise)|Alien]]'' meets ''[[Golden Axe]]''.
* The ''[[Ace Attorney]]'' series could be described as "a [[Shounen]] series written by John Grisham".
* ''[[Aliens vs. Predator]]'' is ''[[Doom]]'' meets ''[[Halo]] ODST''.
* ''[[Assassin's Creed]]'' is ''[[Hitman]]'' meets [[Ancient Conspiracy]].
* ''[[Age of Wonders]]'' is ''[[Dungeons
* ''Amazing Island''. Some critic described on the back of the games case that it was like ''[[Pokémon]]'' meets ''[[Mario Party]]''.
* ''[[Audiosurf]]'' is ''[[Rock Band]]'' meets ''[[F-Zero]]'' meets ''[[Tron Lines|TRON]] [[Tron: Legacy|Legacy]]'' meets a Media Player Visualization.
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* ''[[Bit.Trip|Bit.trip Beat]]'' is ''Pong'' meets ''Rez''.
* ''[[Backyard Sports]]'' is MLB/MLS/NBA/NFL/NHL meets [[Jimmy Neutron]]-esque characters.
* ''[[
** I'm pretty sure ''[[
*** Perhaps, but [[Word of God]] says ''Trigun'' was the main inspiration.
* ''[[The Beatles]]'':''[[Rock Band]]'' is ''Rock Band'' meets ''[[Yellow Submarine]]''.
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* Gearbox Studios pitched ''[[Borderlands]]'' as "''[[Halo]]'' meets ''[[Diablo]]''".
* ''[[Beat Hazard]]'' is ''[[Audiosurf]]'' meets [[Bullet Hell]].
* ''[[The Binding of Isaac]]'' is ''[[The Legend of Zelda (video game)|The Legend of Zelda]]'' (original version) meets '''[[Silent Hill]]'' meets [[Roguelike
* ''[[Big Rigs Over the Road Racing]]'' is ''[[The Eye of Argon]]'' meets ''[[Gran Turismo]]''.
* ''[[Boiling Point: Road to Hell]]'' (and the sequel, ''White Gold: War in Paradise'') is ''[[Grand Theft Auto]]'' meets ''[[Deus Ex]]''.
* ''[[Bulletstorm]]'' is ''[[Duke Nukem]]'' meets ''[[MadWorld]]''.
* ''[[Command
* ''[[Contra (video game series)|Contra]]'' = ''[[Alien (franchise)|Alien S]]'' + ''[[Commando (film)|Commando]]'' + ''[[Rambo First Blood Part II]]''<ref>While the series is also associated with ''[[Predator]]'' thanks to Bob Wakelin's cover artwork for the NES version (who used promotional stills from ''Predator'' for reference), the original ''Contra'' arcade game actually predates ''Predator'' by four months.</ref>
** ''<s>Arc Hound</s> [[Dolled-Up Installment|Contra Force]]'' is ''[[Contra]]'' ([[Recycled in Space|in the modern day]]) with the power-up system from ''[[Gradius]]''.
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* ''[[Castlevania: Chronicles of Sorrow]]'' could be ''Castlevania'' meets ''[[JoJo's Bizarre Adventure]]''
* ''[[Castlevania: Lords of Shadow]]'' is most certainly ''[[Castlevania]]'' meets ''[[Shadow of the Colossus]]''.
* ''[[
* ''[[Crimson Skies]]'' is [[
* ''[[Catherine]]'' is ''[[Ico]]'' meets ''[[Swan Lake]]'' or ''[[Black Swan]]''
* ''[[DJMAX]] Technika'' is ''[[Elite Beat Agents]]'' meets ''[[Lumines]]''.
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* ''Dino Crisis 3'' is ''[[Alien]]'' meets ''Jurassic Park''.
* ''[[Deus Ex: Human Revolution]]'' is ''[[Mass Effect]]'' meets ''[[Metal Gear]]'', at least in terms of gameplay.
* The ''[[Dark Cloud]]'' series itself is like ''[[
* ''[[Drawn to Life]]'' is ''[[
* ''[[Dragon Age]]'' is ''[[Baldur's Gate]]'' meets ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'' with a little bit of ''[[Warhammer Fantasy]]'', ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'', and medieval Christianity thrown in for good measure.
* ''[[Dokapon Kingdom]]'' is ''[[
* ''[[Doom]]'' was once [[Word of God|described by John Carmack as]] ''[[Aliens]]'' meets ''[[Evil Dead]]'' 2.
* The beat-em-up ''[[Dante's Inferno (video game)|Dantes Inferno]]'' is ''[[The Divine Comedy]]'' meets ''[[God of War (series)|God of War]]''.
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* ''[[Dynasty Warriors]]: Strikeforce'' is ''[[Dynasty Warriors]]'' meets ''[[Dragonball Z]]''.
* ''[[Dead Rising]]'' is ''[[Resident Evil]]'' meets ''[[Final Fight]]''
* ''[[Dr. Mario]]'' is ''[[Mario Bros.]]'' meets ''[[Tetris]]''.
* ''[[Darksiders]]'' is ''[[God of War (series)|God of War]]'' meets ''[[The Legend of Zelda]]'', starring [[Horsemen of the Apocalypse|The Horseman of War]].
* ''[[Drakengard]]'' is ''[[The Inheritance Cycle]]'' meets ''[[Berserk]]''.
* ''[[
* ''[[Escape Velocity]]'' is ''[[Asteroids]]''<ref>top-down [[2-D Space]]</ref> meets ''[[Elite]]''.<ref>[[Wide Open Sandbox]] space simulator</ref>
* ''Eets'' is loosely summed up as ''[[Lemmings]]'' meets ''[[The Incredible Machine]]''.
* ''[[Enslaved: Odyssey to the West]]'' is ''[[Journey to the West]]'' meets ''[[Escape from New York]]''.
* Video game reviewer [[Zero Punctuation|Yahtzee]] describes ''[[
** ''[[
* ''[[Eversion]]'' is ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' meets ''[[Monster Party]]''.
** Or maybe it's ''[[Cocoron]]'' meets ''[[Yume Nikki]]''.
* ''EZ2Dancer'' is ''Dance ManiaX'' meets ''[[Dance Dance Revolution]]''.
** ''Techno Motion'' is ''[[Dance Dance Revolution]]'' meets ''Pump It Up''. [[Memetic Mutation|KONAMI AND ANDAMIRO WILL SUE.]]
** ''Pump It Up Pro'' is ''[[In
* ''ESWAT'' is ''[[Shinobi]]'' meets ''[[RoboCop]]''.
* ''[[Evil Genius (video game)|Evil Genius]]'' is ''[[Dungeon Keeper]]'' meets ''[[James Bond]]''
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* ''[[FHBG]]'' is ''[[Mr. Gimmick]]'' (or ''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]'' or ''[[Little Nemo the Dream Master]]'') meets ''[[Fast Eddie (video game)]]'' meets ''[[Impossible Mission]]''.
* ''[[Final Fantasy Tactics]]'' is ''[[Final Fantasy]]'' meets ''[[Tactics Ogre]]''.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20200930094040/http://www.farmville.com/ Farmville]: ''[[Harvest Moon]]'' meets ''[[Facebook]]''
* ''[[Grim Fandango]]'' can be described as [[Film Noir]] meets the Dia de los Muertos.
* ''[[Grim Grimoire]]'' is ''[[Groundhog Day]]'' meets ''[[Harry Potter]]'' {{spoiler|with [[Les Yay]]}}.
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* ''[[The Guardian Legend]]'' is ''[[Aleste]]'' meets ''Golvellius''.
* ''[[God Hand]]'' is ''[[Final Fight]]'' meets ''[[Fist of the North Star]]'' meets ''[[Devil May Cry]]''.
* ''[[Gyruss]]'' is ''[[Galaga]]'' meets ''[[Tempest (video game)|Tempest]]''.
** ''[http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~cs8k-cyu/windows/tt_e.html Torus Trooper]'' is ''Gyruss'' meets ''[[F-Zero]]''.
* Video game Historian/analyst Kieth Fienstien on CNBC called ''[[Halo]]'': "''[[RoboCop]]'', with Colonial Marines from ''[[Aliens]]'', meets ''[[War of the Worlds]]'', with a ''[[Night of the Living Dead]]''/''[[Invasion of the Body Snatchers]]'' subplot.
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* ''[[Heretic]]'' is basically ''[[Doom]]'' meets ''[[Castlevania]]''.
* ''Heart of Darkness'' is ''[[Commander Keen]]'' meets ''[[Another World (video game)|Another World]]''.
* ''[[Halo]]'' is ''[[Marathon Trilogy|Marathon]]'' meets ''[[
** ''[[Starship Troopers]]'' meets ''[[Captain America (comics)]]'' by way of ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]''.
** Master Chief himself is "[[Captain America (comics)]]" meets "[[Iron Man]]" meets "Ender'sGame"
* [[Hotel Dusk: Room 215]] is [[Video Game/Ace Attorney Investigations|Ace Attorney Investigations]] meets Professor Layton.
** Actually, the upcoming Professor Layton VS. Ace Attorney (for the non-believers, yes it's real) is Ace Attorney meets Professor Layton.
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* ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask|The Legend of Zelda Majoras Mask]]'' is ''[[Alice in Wonderland]]'' meets ''[[Groundhog Day]]''.
** Or ''[[Donnie Darko]]'' meets ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time|The Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time]]''.
* ''[[
* ''[[Manhunt (series)|Manhunt]]'' is ''[[The Warriors]]'' meets ''[[The Running Man]]'' meets the [[Slasher Movie]] genre.
** ''Manhunt 2'' is the [[Slasher Movie]] genre meets {{spoiler|''[[Fight Club (film)|Fight Club]]''}}.
* The ''[[Metal Gear]]'' series is [[James Bond]] meets ''[[The Matrix]]'' meets ''[[Rambo]]''.
* Xbox Live Arcade shooter ''[[Monday Night Combat]]'' can best be summed up as ''[[Team Fortress 2]]'' meets ''The Bigs'' meets ''[[Gears of War]]'' with a few elements of [[Defense of the Ancients]]'' game mixed in. Yes, [[So Cool Its Awesome|it's as good a combination as it sounds!]]
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** ''[[Mushihime-sama|Mushihime]]-[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1qtMJKc3hk tama]'' is ''[[Peggle]]'' meets ''[[Puyo Puyo]]''.
* ''The Maw'' is [[A Boy and His Blob]] meets [[Kirby]].
* ''[[Mana Khemia: Alchemists of Al
* ''[[Mutant Rampage Body Slam]]'' is ''[[MadWorld]]'' meets ''Mutation Nation'' meets ''[[The Legend of Zelda CDI Games|Link: The Faces Of Evil/Zelda: Wand of Gamelon]]''.
* ''[[Monster Hunter]]'' is ''[[Final Fantasy]]'' meets ''Cabela's Big Game Hunt'' meets ''[[Guild Wars]]''.
* ''[[Modnation Racers]]'' is what happens when ''[[Mario Kart]]'' and ''[[
* ''[[Magicka]]'' is ''[[Loom (video game)|Loom]]'' meets ''[[Left 4 Dead]]''.
* ''[[Mini Robot Wars]]'' is ''[[Plants vs. Zombies]]'' meets ''[[Mega Man (video game)|Mega Man]]''.
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* ''[[Nehrim]]'' is ''[[Morrowind]]'' ('''not''' ''[[Oblivion]]'' oddly enough, despite being a mod for it.) meets ''[[Gothic]]'' (Adding the Deadly Reflex mod adds "meets ''[[Dark Messiah of Might and Magic|Dark Messiah]]''").
* ''[[No More Heroes]]'': ''[[Kill Bill]]'' meets ''[[Scott Pilgrim]]''
* ''[[Neverwinter Nights]]'' module The Bastard of Kosigan is Medieval Burgundy meets ''[[Dungeons
** ''[[A Dance With Rogues]]'' is ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'' meets [[Tortall Universe|the Trickster books]] with a whole lot more explicit sex.
** ''[[Neverwinter Nights 2]]'' is ''[[Forgotten Realms]]'' meets ''[[Slayers]]''.
* ''[[Nethack]]'': ''[[
* ''NFL Blitz'': ''[[Tecmo Bowl]]'' meets ''[[NBA Jam]]''.
* ''[[Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors]]'' is the original ''[[Saw]]'' in the ''[[Ace Attorney]]'' and ''[[Video Game/Professor Layton|Professor Layton]]'' universe.
* ''Outlaws of the Lost Dynasty'': ''[[Street Fighter II]]'' meets ''[[Water Margin|The Water Margin]]''.
* ''[[Overlord]]'': ''[[Pikmin]]'' meets ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]''
* ''[[Psychonauts]]'': "''[[
** Or "''[[
** [[Zero Punctuation|Yahtzee]] also described ''[[Psychonauts]]'' as "It's kinda like if [[Tim Burton]] knocked up [[David Lynch]] in [[Charlie and the Chocolate Factory|Willy Wonka's chocolate factory]] and [[This Is Your Premise on Drugs|he did meth right up until the birth]]."
* ''[[Prince of Persia]]'' meets ''[[Metal Gear Solid]]''? ''[[Assassin's Creed|Assassins' Creed]]''.
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* ''[[Puzzle Quest]]'': ''[[Bejeweled]]'' meets ''[[Warlords]]''.
** ''Puzzle Quest 2'': ''[[Bejeweled]]'' meets ''[[World of Warcraft]]''
** PQ:Galatrix: ''[[Puzzle Quest]]'' meets ''Hexic'' meets ''[[
** Puzzle Kingdoms: ''[[Bejeweled]]'' meets ''[[Fire Emblem]]''.
** ''Puzzle Chronicles'': ''Super Puzzle Fighter'' meets ''[[Conan the Barbarian]]''.
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* ''[[Persona 3]]'' is something akin to ''[[Code Lyoko]]'' meets ''[[Bleach]]''...
* ''[[Persona 4]]'': ''[[Scooby Doo]]'' meets ''[[Death Note]]''.
** Maybe ''[[American Gods]]'' doing something illegal with ''[[Kafka on the Shore]] and ''[[
** [[Kamen Rider Ryuki]] meets the Persona Series.
* The entire Persona series is [[Shin Megami Tensei]] meets [[JoJo's Bizarre Adventure]] meets Jungian psychology.
* ''[[Pokémon Conquest]]'' is ''[[Pokémon]]'' meets ''[[Samurai Warriors]]'' (even retaining most of the warlords' character designs from the latter).
* ''[[Pop'n
* ''[[Prototype (video game)|Prototype]]'': ''[[The Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction|Hulk: Ultimate Destruction]]'' meets the game of ''[[Spider-Man]] 2'' meets ''[[Assassin's Creed]]'' meets [[Gorn|a big bucket of blood]].
* ''[[Pump It Up]] Pro'' is ''[[In
* ''Patriot Dark'' is ''[[Do Don Pachi]]'' meets ''Ketsui'' meets ''Espgaluda''. (In other words, it's what happens when you throw [[CAVE]]'s games into a blender.)
* ''[[The Precursors]]'' is ''[[Deus Ex]]'' meets ''[[Freelancer]]''.
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* ''[[Rune Factory]]: A Fantasy [[Harvest Moon]]'' is ''[[Dungeon Siege]]'' meets ''[[Monster Rancher]]''.
** A lot of official sources will all but state this.
* [[Needs More Love|Little-known]] PC and Xbox FPS ''[[Section 8 (video game)]]'' is best described as ''[[Battlefield (series)|Battlefield]]'' meets ''[[
* An advertisement for the game ''[[Sins of a Solar Empire]]'' (which really has nothing to do with sins) says Gamespot described it as ''Galactic Civilization'' meets ''[[Homeworld]]''.
** ''[[Sins of a Solar Empire]]'' is ''[[Galactic Civilizations]]'' meets ''[[Supreme Commander]]''.
* ''[[Meat Boy|Super Meat Boy]]'' is ''[[Donkey Kong]]'' meets ''[[I Wanna Be the Guy]]''.
* ''[[Sin and Punishment]]'': ''[[Star Fox (series)|Star
* ''[[Star Wars Battlefront]]'' is, of course, ''[[Star Wars]]'' meets ''[[Battlefield (series)|Battlefield]]''
* The ''[[Jump Super Stars|Jump Stars]]'' series is ''[[Super Smash Bros.]]'' meets [[Shonen Jump]].
** Add ''SSB'' to ''[[Onimusha]]'' and you get ''Onimusha: Blade Warriors''.
** Do the same to ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'' to get ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Smash-Up''.
** Mix some ''[[Streets of Rage]]'' and ''[[Kirby]]'' to ''Smash Bros.'' and you have Brawl's Subspace Emissary.
** ''[[Super Smash Bros.]].'' is ''[[Street Fighter]]'' meets ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]''.
* ''[[Spelunky]]'': [[La-Mulana]] meets [[Roguelike
* ''[[Silent Hill 3]]'' is ''Juno'' meets [[H.P. Lovecraft]]. No word on what the other ones are.
* ''[[Senko no Ronde]]'' is ''[[Star Control]]'' meets [[Bullet Hell]].
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* ''[[Spectrobes]]'': ''[[Phantasy Star]]'' meets ''[[Pokémon]]''.
* ''[[Super Mario RPG]]'' is ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' meets ''[[Final Fantasy]]''.
* The ''[[Super Mario]]'' series is ''[[Mario Bros.]]'' meets ''[[Alice in Wonderland]]''.
* ''[[Singularity]]'' is ''[[
* ''[[Steel Battalion]]'' is ''[[Armored Trooper VOTOMS|VOTOMS]]'' meets ''[[Simulation Game|X Simulator.]]''
* ''Starbound'' is ''[[Terraria]]'' meets ''[[Doctor Who]]''
* ''[[
** ''Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty'' is sort of ''[[
** Alternative for ''[[
*** ''[[
* ''[[Shin Megami Tensei]]'' would be ''[[Fist of the North Star]]'' meets ''[[Pokémon]]'' if it wasn't actually ''[[Older Than They Think|older]]'' than Pokemon.
** Presumably, this means ''[[Pokémon]]'' is ''[[Shin Megami Tensei]]'', as made by [[4Kids! Entertainment|4Kids]].
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* ''[[Star Ocean]]'' is ''[[Tales of Phantasia]]'' meets ''[[Star Trek]]''.
* ''[[Spider-Man: Web of Shadows]]'' is ''[[Spider-Man]]'' meets ''[[Fable]]''
* ''[[Spiral Knights]]'' is a ''[[Phantasy Star]]'' [[Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game|MMORPG]] meets clockwork ''[[Mega Man (video game)|Mega Man]]'' or [[Steampunk]] ''Zelda'' with some [[Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles|Crystal Chronicles]] added in for good measure.
** Don't forget [[Diablo]].
* ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog (video game)|SonicTheHedgehog]]'' (classic gameplay at least) was [[Super Mario Bros.]] meets racing games.
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* [[Sonic Generations]] is [[Mickey Mania]] meets [[Sonic the Hedgehog]] ([[My Future Self and Me|he even meets his classic self]]).
* ''[[Shadows of the Damned]]'' is the legend of Orpheus as a grindhouse action movie.
* ''[[The Simpsons Hit
* ''[[Super Robot Taisen]]'' is ''[[Fire Emblem]]'' in terms of gameplay, [[Stealth Pun|combined]] with [[Humongous Mecha]] (or, alternately, Banpresto-made [[Licensed Game|licensed games]] depending on the entry).
* ''[[Stinkoman 20 X 6]]'' is ''[[Mega Man (video game)|Mega Man]]'' meets ''[[Homestar Runner]]''.
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* ''[[Tomb Raider]]'' (2013) = ''[[Die Hard]]'' + Lost
* ''[[Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World]]'' is ''[[Tales of Symphonia]]'' meets ''[[Pokémon]]''.
* ''[[Touhou]]'' itself is ''[[KiKi KaiKai]]'' (Pocky & Rocky in the U.S.) meets ''[[GeGeGe no Kitaro]]'' with an [[
** ''[[Touhou]]'' is [[Moe]] [[
* ''[http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/522276 Tuper Tario Tros.]'' is ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' meets ''[[Tetris]]'' very literally.
* ''[[Transcendence]]'' is ''[[Nethack]]'' meets ''[[Star Control]]''.
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* ''[[Valkyria Chronicles]]'' is ''[[Battlefield (series)|Battlefield]] 1942'' meets [[Sakura Wars]].
* ''[[Vanquish]]'' is ''[[Gears of War]]'' meets ''[[P.N.03]]'' meets ''[[Neo-Human Casshern]]''.
* ''[[Viewtiful Joe]]'' is ''[[Kamen Rider]]'' meets ''[[Last Action Hero]]'' story wise, with game play similar to ''[[Kung
* ''[[Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune]]'' is ''[[Initial D Arcade Stage]]'' meets ''[[Tokyo Xtreme Racer]]''.
* ''[[Warcraft]]'': ''[[Dune II]]'' meets ''[[The Lord of the Rings|Lord of the Rings]]''.
** ''[[Warcraft]] 3'' is ''[[
* ''[[Worms]]'' is ''[[Lemmings]]'' meets ''Artillery''. (The earliest prototype versions were reportedly named ''Lemartillery''.)
* ''Wibarm'' is ''[[Thexder]]'' meets ''[[Dragon Slayer II: Xanadu]]''.
* ''[[Wet]]'' is ''[[Mirror's Edge]]'' meets ''[[Stranglehold]]'' meets ''[[Devil May Cry]]'', as directed by [[Quentin Tarantino]].
* ''[[Wario Ware]]'': ''Game & Watch'' meets the animated segments of ''[[Monty Python's Flying Circus]]''.
* The ''[[X Universe]]'' series is typically described as "''[[Freelancer]]'' <ref>
* ''[[Xenogears]]'' can best be described as ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'' meets ''[[G Gundam]]'' meets ''[[Chrono Cross]]'' meets [[Gnosticism]]. Of course, one of these works came out ''after'' the game did.
* The freeware game ''[[Yume Nikki]]'' has been touted as "''[[
* ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20120921103317/http://www.kongregate.com/zening Zening]'' is ''[[Code Lyoko]]'' and ''[[Final Fantasy Tactics]]'' meet ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]''.
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** And the voice of Wolverine for good measure.
* [[Persona 3|Ryoji Mochizuki]]: [[Neon Genesis Evangelion|Kaworu Nagisa]] meets [[Tales of Symphonia|Zelos Wilder]] (Starts off on the Zelos end, but moves closer and closer to the Kaworu end as the game progresses).
* [[
* From ''[[Persona 4]]'':
** [[Fan Nickname|Souji Seta]] (the protagonist): [[Scooby Doo|Freddy]] meets [[Persona 3|Minato Arisato]].
** Yosuke Hanamura: [[Persona 3|Junpei Iori]] meets [[The Simpsons (animation)|Waylon Smithers]].
*** {{spoiler|and when calling out Adachi, [[Death Note|Near]] meets [[Code Geass|Suzaku]]. Bonus points for having the same English voice actor as Suzaku.}}
** Chie Satonaka: [[Persona 3|Yukari Takeba]] meets [[Bruce Lee]].
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*** Kanji Tatsumi was more of a [[Persona 3|Shinjiro Aragaki meets Akihiko Sanada.]]
** Naoto Shirogane: [[Raidou Kuzunoha vs. the Soulless Army|Raidou Kuzunoha]] meets [[Revolutionary Girl Utena|Utena Tenjou]].
** ''[[Devil Survivor]]''{{'}}s [[Hello, Insert Name Here|protagonist]] is ''[[Persona 3]]''{{'}}s meets [[Touhou|Wriggle Nightbug]].
* [[Guilty Gear|Leopaldon]] is [[Darkstalkers|Sasquatch]] meets [[Waku Waku 7|Politank Z]].
** Faust: [[Jack the Ripper]] + [[The Gong Show|The Unknown Comic]].
** Chipp Zanuff: [[Billy Idol]] + [[Strider Hiryu
* [[Disgaea 3: Absence of Justice|Champloo-sensei]]: [[Disgaea 2: Cursed Memories|Adell]] + Emeril Lagasse (BAM!) + John Madden (BOOM!) + Adell (again, for extra [[Hot-Blooded|spice]]).
* [[Castlevania|Simon Belmont]]: [[Conan the Barbarian]] meets [[Indiana Jones]].
** Richter Belmont: [[Street Fighter|Ryu]] meets Simon Belmont
** Juste Belmont: Alucard + Santa Claus.
* [[
** Alternatively, Naruto meets '''[[Disgaea|CAPTAIN GORDON, DEFENDER OF EARTH!]]'''
*** [http://www.google.co.id/imglanding?q=kisame+%26+harribel&um=1&hl=id&client=firefox-a&sa=N&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&biw=1440&bih=683&tbs=isch:1&tbnid=BIptbPtDbln9_M:&imgrefurl=http://lounge.moviecodec.com/vs-forum/kisame-hoshigaki-vs-zoro-from-op-76021/&imgurl=http://bulk.destructoid.com/ul/user/6/6738-137355-bangequationjpg-620x.jpg&zoom=1&w=620&h=484 From this picture]{{Dead link}}: Bang = Naruto + [[Gurren Lagann|Kamina]].
** Hazama: [[Bleach|Gin Ichimaru]] + [[Batman|The Joker]], with elements of [[Bleach|Aizen Sousuke]], [[Michael Jackson]] and [[Melty Blood|Night of Wallachia]].
** Ragna The Bloodedge: [[Guilty Gear|Sol Badguy]] + [[Fate/stay night|Archer]] + [[Devil May Cry|Dante]].
** Hakumen: [[Guilty Gear|Justice]] + [[Fate/stay night|Archer]] (again) + [[Final Fantasy 7|Sephiroth]].
** Jin Kisaragi: [[Yu-Gi-Oh!|Seito Kaiba]] + [[Fate/stay night|Emiya Shirou]] + [[Mahou Sensei Negima|Tsukiyomi]].
** Relius Clover: [[Fullmetal Alchemist (manga)|Father]] + [[Char Clone|Char Aznable]] + [[Neon Genesis Evangelion|Gendo Ikari]] + ''[[Phantom of the Opera]]''.
** Nu-13: [[Guilty Gear|Dizzy]] + [[Mirai Nikki|Yuno Gasai]].
** Valkenhayn: [[Batman|Alfred Pennyworth]] + [[Hellsing|Walter C. Dornez]] + [[Guilty Gear|Slayer (as a werewolf)]].
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* [[Duke Nukem]]: [[Arnold Schwarzenegger]], [[Sylvester Stallone]], [[Bruce Campbell]] and pretty much every other 80s action movie hero, all rolled up into one pop culture parody.
* [[Kirby]] is Jigglypuff meets [[Super Mario Bros.|Yoshi.]]
* [[Mother 3|Lucas]]: [[Kingdom Hearts|Roxas]] meets [[Super Mario Bros.|Luigi]] meets [[Fullmetal Alchemist (manga)|Alphonse Elric]]
* [[Team Fortress 2|The Scout]]: [[
** Saxton Hale: just about every [[Memetic Badass]] meets Theodore Roosevelt in more than one respect (looks being one of them)
* [[Half Life|G-Man]] is [[The Matrix|Agent Smith]] meets [[Manos: The Hands of Fate|Torgo]].
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** [[Super Robot Wars Original Generation|Archibald Grims]] is [[Full Metal Panic!|Gauron]] cosplaying as [[G Gundam|Wong Yunfat]].
* [[Knights of the Old Republic|Bastila]] is [[Neverwinter Nights|Aribeth]] meets [[Star Wars|Anakin Skywalker]].
* [[Dragon Age 2|Merrill]] is [[Mass Effect|Tali]] crossed with an archetypal power-hungry [[Dungeons
** Fenris is a hybrid of [[DOGS Bullets and Carnage|Heine Rammsteiner]] and [[Digimon Adventure|Tailmon]].
* [[Touhou|Sakuya Izayoi]] is [[JoJo's Bizarre Adventure|Dio Brando]] meets [[Black Butler|Sebastian Michaelis]], genderbent.
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* [[Syphon Filter|Gabriel Logan]] is [[Metal Gear Solid|Solid Snake]] meets [[Splinter Cell|Sam Fisher]].
* [[Bayonetta]] is [[Devil May Cry|Dante]] meets [[Space Channel 5|Ulala]].
* [[
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Tabletop Games meet the computer era:
Examples of X Meets Y/Video Games include:
Games
(Roughly in Alphabetical Order)
- 1... 2... 3... KICK IT! Drop That Beat Like An Ugly Baby is AaaaaAAaaaAAAaaAAAAaAAAAA!!! - A Reckless Disregard for Gravity meets Audiosurf
- 8-Bit Deathmatch is Mega Man meets Doom.
- ActRaiser is Valis meets SimCity meets Christianity.
- Sega's Alien Storm is Alien meets Golden Axe.
- The Ace Attorney series could be described as "a Shounen series written by John Grisham".
- Aliens vs. Predator is Doom meets Halo ODST.
- Assassin's Creed is Hitman meets Ancient Conspiracy.
- Age of Wonders is Dungeons & Dragons meets Civilization.
- Amazing Island. Some critic described on the back of the games case that it was like Pokémon meets Mario Party.
- Audiosurf is Rock Band meets F-Zero meets TRON Legacy meets a Media Player Visualization.
- Asura's Wrath is basically God of War meets Naruto meets Fist of the North Star meets Gurren Lagann meets God Hand meets Dragonball Z meets A bunch of Steroids and Testosterone Growth hormone. Heavy Rain, Street Fighter (Literally) and some more Super Robot Genre (Via DLC) are in it as well.
- Angry Birds Space is Angry Birds meets Super Mario Galaxy.
- Angry Birds itself is Crush The Castle meets a bright, sugary art style.
- Blur is Project Gotham Racing meets Mario Kart. Makes sense, since Blur and PGR are both from Bizarre Creations.
- Blast Works is Darius meets Katamari Damacy.
- And Katamari itself is Bubbles (1982 arcade game by Williams) meets the brightly-colored collect-fests of the fifth console generation.
- Bit.trip Beat is Pong meets Rez.
- Backyard Sports is MLB/MLS/NBA/NFL/NHL meets Jimmy Neutron-esque characters.
- BlazBlue is Guilty Gear meets Trigun.
- I'm pretty sure BlazBlue is Guilty Gear meets Melty Blood and a dash of Fate/stay night.
- Perhaps, but Word of God says Trigun was the main inspiration.
- I'm pretty sure BlazBlue is Guilty Gear meets Melty Blood and a dash of Fate/stay night.
- The Beatles:Rock Band is Rock Band meets Yellow Submarine.
- Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg is Sonic the Hedgehog meets Katamari Damacy with a heaping helping of Everything's Better with Chickens.
- Blood Bowl is Madden NFL meets Warhammer Fantasy
- Gearbox Studios pitched Borderlands as "Halo meets Diablo".
- Beat Hazard is Audiosurf meets Bullet Hell.
- The Binding of Isaac is The Legend of Zelda (original version) meets 'Silent Hill meets Roguelikes.
- Big Rigs Over the Road Racing is The Eye of Argon meets Gran Turismo.
- Boiling Point: Road to Hell (and the sequel, White Gold: War in Paradise) is Grand Theft Auto meets Deus Ex.
- Bulletstorm is Duke Nukem meets MadWorld.
- Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars is G.I. Joe fighting COBRA, when all of a sudden a third faction shows up that happens to be a Alien Invasion force.
- Contra = Alien S + Commando + Rambo First Blood Part II[1]
Arc HoundContra Force is Contra (in the modern day) with the power-up system from Gradius.
- Castle Crashers: Gauntlet (1985 video game) meets Alien Hominid Literally, at one point.
- Culdcept is Monopoly with elements of Magic: The Gathering.
- Castlevania Judgment can be described as Castlevania meets Soul Calibur, with plenty of Death Note in the art.
- Castlevania: Chronicles of Sorrow could be Castlevania meets JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
- Castlevania: Lords of Shadow is most certainly Castlevania meets Shadow of the Colossus.
- Conker's Bad Fur Day is Looney Tunes Meets South Park
- Crimson Skies is Dieselpunk meets Sky Captain and The World of Tomorrow.
- Catherine is Ico meets Swan Lake or Black Swan
- DJMAX Technika is Elite Beat Agents meets Lumines.
- Dragon Quest Monsters = Dragon Quest + Pokémon
- It's more like Dragon Quest meets Shin Megami Tensei as most of the breeding elements are more commonplace in that series of games.
- Day Of Defeat: Source is Counter-Strike meets Call of Duty.
- Dino Crisis is Resident Evil meets Jurassic Park.
- Dino Crisis 3 is Alien meets Jurassic Park.
- Deus Ex: Human Revolution is Mass Effect meets Metal Gear, at least in terms of gameplay.
- The Dark Cloud series itself is like SimCity meets Final Fantasy, and the second game adds Chrono Trigger to the mix.
- Drawn to Life is ActRaiser meets Animal Crossing.
- Dragon Age is Baldur's Gate meets A Song of Ice and Fire with a little bit of Warhammer Fantasy, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and medieval Christianity thrown in for good measure.
- Dokapon Kingdom is Dungeons & Dragons meets Mario Party.
- Doom was once described by John Carmack as Aliens meets Evil Dead 2.
- The beat-em-up Dantes Inferno is The Divine Comedy meets God of War.
- Dantes Inferno is also God of War meets The Devil.
- Dead Space is the premise of System Shock 2 with the gameplay of Resident Evil 4.
- Deadly Premonition : Twin Peaks meets Silent Hill
- Demonbane is The Big O meets H.P. Lovecraft.
- Dynasty Warriors: Strikeforce is Dynasty Warriors meets Dragonball Z.
- Dead Rising is Resident Evil meets Final Fight
- Dr. Mario is Mario Bros. meets Tetris.
- Darksiders is God of War meets The Legend of Zelda, starring The Horseman of War.
- Drakengard is The Inheritance Cycle meets Berserk.
- Dragon's Dogma is Monster Hunter meets Dark Souls.
- Escape Velocity is Asteroids[2] meets Elite.[3]
- Eets is loosely summed up as Lemmings meets The Incredible Machine.
- Enslaved: Odyssey to the West is Journey to the West meets Escape from New York.
- Video game reviewer Yahtzee describes EarthBound as "a cross between the Cthulhu Mythos and the Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show."
- EarthBound could also be seen as Dragon Quest meets A Wrinkle in Time.
- Eversion is Super Mario Bros. meets Monster Party.
- Or maybe it's Cocoron meets Yume Nikki.
- EZ2Dancer is Dance ManiaX meets Dance Dance Revolution.
- Techno Motion is Dance Dance Revolution meets Pump It Up. KONAMI AND ANDAMIRO WILL SUE.
- Pump It Up Pro is In The Groove meets Pump It Up.
- ESWAT is Shinobi meets RoboCop.
- Evil Genius is Dungeon Keeper meets James Bond
- Nintendo Power described Fossil Fighters as Pokémon meets Jurassic Park. Because every Mons game is like Pokemon (It's really Spectrobes meets Jurassic Park).
- The Fallout francise is Mad Max meets Pleasantville.
- Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a King = Crystal Chronicles + Dark Cloud
- The F.E.A.R. series is essentially Hard Boiled meets The Ring meets Scanners meets Elfen Lied.
- Free Realms: World of Warcraft meets Neopets
- Fairytale Fights: Castle Crashers meets Hoodwinked as seen through Animal Crossing-colored filters.
- FHBG is Mr. Gimmick (or Super Mario Bros. 2 or Little Nemo the Dream Master) meets Fast Eddie (video game) meets Impossible Mission.
- Final Fantasy Tactics is Final Fantasy meets Tactics Ogre.
- Farmville: Harvest Moon meets Facebook
- Grim Fandango can be described as Film Noir meets the Dia de los Muertos.
- Grim Grimoire is Groundhog Day meets Harry Potter with Les Yay.
- Gyromancer is Final Fantasy meets Bejeweled Twist
- Ge Ne Sis is totally Kingdom Hearts meets Persona 4, on a flash game!
- Golden Sun's gameplay is The Legend of Zelda meets Final Fantasy
- Grand Theft Auto Chinatown Wars is Crazy Taxi meets crime.
- The Guardian Legend is Aleste meets Golvellius.
- God Hand is Final Fight meets Fist of the North Star meets Devil May Cry.
- Gyruss is Galaga meets Tempest.
- Torus Trooper is Gyruss meets F-Zero.
- Video game Historian/analyst Kieth Fienstien on CNBC called Halo: "RoboCop, with Colonial Marines from Aliens, meets War of the Worlds, with a Night of the Living Dead/Invasion of the Body Snatchers subplot.
- Let's not forget Ringworld, the most obvious one of all for those familiar with it.
- Heretic is basically Doom meets Castlevania.
- Heart of Darkness is Commander Keen meets Another World.
- Halo is Marathon meets StarCraft meets Call of Duty.
- Starship Troopers meets Captain America (comics) by way of The Lord of the Rings.
- Master Chief himself is "Captain America (comics)" meets "Iron Man" meets "Ender'sGame"
- Hotel Dusk: Room 215 is Ace Attorney Investigations meets Professor Layton.
- Actually, the upcoming Professor Layton VS. Ace Attorney (for the non-believers, yes it's real) is Ace Attorney meets Professor Layton.
- Home Front is Red Dawn meets Modern Warfare.
- Hydlide is Ultima meets The Tower of Druaga.
- Jak II is basically Jak and Daxter meets Grand Theft Auto.
- And Jak III is Jak II meets Motorstorm.
- Jewelry Master is Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo meets Tetris.
- Just Cause 2 is Bionic Commando meets Mercenaries with a dash of Grand Theft Auto, thoroughly marinated in Rule of Cool, Rule of Awesome, and an awful lot of Stuff Blowing Up.
- Kingdom Hearts is quite literally Disney meets Final Fantasy.
- On that note, Epic Mickey is Mickey Mouse meets Deus Ex and System Shock.
- Kirby + Line Rider = Kirby: Canvas Curse.
- Kirby & the Amazing Mirror + Kirby: Canvas Curse + Sonic Colors = Kirby Mass Attack
- It looks like Bioware's new MMO is going to be Knights of the Old Republic meets World of Warcraft. Based on the division of players into two sides (one "light" but not good, and one dark yet not "evil") that were at war, but have an unstable treaty...
- Knytt is Shadow of the Colossus meets Ico.
- Knytt Stories is Knytt with the atmosphere and flora (and ring world, in the case of A Strange Dream) of Creatures.
- Killing Floor is Left 4 Dead meets 28 Days Later
- Kickle Cubicle is Adventures of Lolo meets Pengo.
- Kingdoms of Amalur is The Elder Scrolls meets God of War.
- Lollipop Chainsaw is Dead Rising meets OneChanbara
- Lethal Enforcers 3 is Police 911 (or Time Crisis) meets Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune.
- Lumines is Puyo Puyo meets Rez.
- La-Mulana is Indiana Jones meets Knightmare II: Maze of Galious.
- Lugaru is Usagi Yojimbo meets lo-res computer graphics.
- The Legend of Zelda Majoras Mask is Alice in Wonderland meets Groundhog Day.
- L.A. Noire is L.A. Confidential meets Grand Theft Auto
- Manhunt is The Warriors meets The Running Man meets the Slasher Movie genre.
- Manhunt 2 is the Slasher Movie genre meets Fight Club.
- The Metal Gear series is James Bond meets The Matrix meets Rambo.
- Xbox Live Arcade shooter Monday Night Combat can best be summed up as Team Fortress 2 meets The Bigs meets Gears of War with a few elements of Defense of the Ancients game mixed in. Yes, it's as good a combination as it sounds!
- Metal Wolf Chaos has been described as "The West Wing meets Robotech meets Rampage."
- Or Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann meets Air Force One.
- Or simply: "Counter-Strike meets World War II".
- Mass Effect is NOT Luke Skywalker meets Debbie Does Dallas, despite what a certain someone thinks (or at least, used to think).
- It's more like Starship Troopers meets Rendezvous With Rama meets The Call Of Cthulhu.
- Or Star Wars meets Star Trek meets Battlestar Galactica and a whole lot of tropes.
- To be a little more specific on the Star Wars part, it's Knights of the Old Republic meets Star Trek, with a little bit of the Cthulhu Mythos and Gears of War (combat-wise) thrown in., as well as Halo. Mass Effect has a lot of plot points taken from Halo.
- Yahtzee described Minecraft to be "Zelda meets There Will Be Blood.
- Magician's Quest: Mysterious Times / Little Magician's Magic Adventure is Animal Crossing meets Harry Potter
- Metamorphic Force is Altered Beast meets Fist of the North Star.
- Muramasa: The Demon Blade: Ninja Gaiden meets Odin Sphere.
- Mushihime-sama is Touhou meets Do Don Pachi or Touhou meets Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind, story-wise.
- The Maw is A Boy and His Blob meets Kirby.
- Mana Khemia: Alchemists of Al-Revis is Harry Potter meets Persona 4 meets Haruhi Suzumiya.
- Mutant Rampage Body Slam is MadWorld meets Mutation Nation meets Link: The Faces Of Evil/Zelda: Wand of Gamelon.
- Monster Hunter is Final Fantasy meets Cabela's Big Game Hunt meets Guild Wars.
- Modnation Racers is what happens when Mario Kart and LittleBigPlanet get together.
- Magicka is Loom meets Left 4 Dead.
- Mini Robot Wars is Plants vs. Zombies meets Mega Man.
- Max Payne 1 & 2 is John Woo's Heroic Bloodshed genre meets Film Noir meets The Matrix.
- Max Payne 3 is Man on Fire meets Heroic Bloodshed meets The Matrix.
- Mortal Kombat is Stargate meets the Wuxia genre with Sci-fi, and horror overtones, and with a dusting of Game of Thrones.
- Nehrim is Morrowind (not Oblivion oddly enough, despite being a mod for it.) meets Gothic (Adding the Deadly Reflex mod adds "meets Dark Messiah").
- No More Heroes: Kill Bill meets Scott Pilgrim
- Neverwinter Nights module The Bastard of Kosigan is Medieval Burgundy meets Dungeons & Dragons. Yes, the King of France has a pet dragon. And the Inquisition has actual witches to worry about. And the ruling house of the Barony of Velan are elves.
- A Dance With Rogues is A Song of Ice and Fire meets the Trickster books with a whole lot more explicit sex.
- Neverwinter Nights 2 is Forgotten Realms meets Slayers.
- Nethack: Dungeons & Dragons meets the alphabet.
- NFL Blitz: Tecmo Bowl meets NBA Jam.
- Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors is the original Saw in the Ace Attorney and Professor Layton universe.
- Outlaws of the Lost Dynasty: Street Fighter II meets The Water Margin.
- Overlord: Pikmin meets The Lord of the Rings
- Psychonauts: "EarthBound meets mid-90s Nickelodeon."
- Or "EarthBound meets Invader Zim" in terms of wackiness.
- Yahtzee also described Psychonauts as "It's kinda like if Tim Burton knocked up David Lynch in Willy Wonka's chocolate factory and he did meth right up until the birth."
- Prince of Persia meets Metal Gear Solid? Assassins' Creed.
- That, or The Matrix meets The Da Vinci Code.
- Puzzle Quest: Bejeweled meets Warlords.
- Puzzle Quest 2: Bejeweled meets World of Warcraft
- PQ:Galatrix: Puzzle Quest meets Hexic meets EVE Online.
- Puzzle Kingdoms: Bejeweled meets Fire Emblem.
- Puzzle Chronicles: Super Puzzle Fighter meets Conan the Barbarian.
- The SNK arcade and NES game P.O.W. Prisoners of War is Double Dragon meets The Great Escape.
- Persona 3 is something akin to Code Lyoko meets Bleach...
- Persona 4: Scooby Doo meets Death Note.
- Maybe American Gods doing something illegal with Kafka on the Shore and EarthBound.
- Kamen Rider Ryuki meets the Persona Series.
- The entire Persona series is Shin Megami Tensei meets JoJo's Bizarre Adventure meets Jungian psychology.
- Pokémon Conquest is Pokémon meets Samurai Warriors (even retaining most of the warlords' character designs from the latter).
- Pop'n music is Bishi Bashi Championship meets Beatmania.
- Prototype: Hulk: Ultimate Destruction meets the game of Spider-Man 2 meets Assassin's Creed meets a big bucket of blood.
- Pump It Up Pro is In The Groove meets Pump It Up.
- Patriot Dark is Do Don Pachi meets Ketsui meets Espgaluda. (In other words, it's what happens when you throw CAVE's games into a blender.)
- The Precursors is Deus Ex meets Freelancer.
- Pong is air hockey meets television.
- In spite of itself, Plumbers Don't Wear Ties is Monty Python's Flying Circus meets Softcore Porn.
- Puzzle Agent is Professor Layton in Fargo.
- Perfect Dark is Ghost in the Shell meets The X-Files, with the gameplay of Goldeneye.
- Rainbow Islands Evolution (obscure PSP game): Kid Icarus meets the Z-axis and Samba De Amigo.
- Resident Evil 4 is Night of the Living Dead meets The Wicker Man (1973 version) meets The Thing.
- Or Invasion of the Body Snatchers meet 24 meets Dagon meets The Wicker Man.
- Razing Storm is Ghost Squad meets Time Crisis.
- No, actually Ghost Squad meets Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots featuring More Dakka and Stuff Blowing Up.
- Rez is Ray Crisis (both its setting and the lock-on mechanic!) meets Starblade.
- RHDE is The Sims meets Rampart.
- Rock of Ages is Marble Madness meets Rampart.
- Rock Band is Guitar Hero meets Drum Mania meets Karaoke Revolution.
- Red Dead Redemption: Grand Theft Auto meets The Wild Bunch.
- Resident Evil 5 is The Constant Gardener meets The Puppet Masters meets Black Hawk Down
- Rez: Space Harrier meets Tron with a helping of synesthesia.
- Rule of Rose: Lord of the Flies meets Silent Hill, except that they are all girls.
- Rune Factory: A Fantasy Harvest Moon is Dungeon Siege meets Monster Rancher.
- A lot of official sources will all but state this.
- Little-known PC and Xbox FPS Section 8 (video game) is best described as Battlefield meets AaaaaAAaaaAAAaaAAAAaAAAAA!!! - A Reckless Disregard for Gravity meets The Outfit meets Crackdown.
- An advertisement for the game Sins of a Solar Empire (which really has nothing to do with sins) says Gamespot described it as Galactic Civilization meets Homeworld.
- Super Meat Boy is Donkey Kong meets I Wanna Be the Guy.
- Sin and Punishment: Star FOX meets Neon Genesis Evangelion.
- Star Wars Battlefront is, of course, Star Wars meets Battlefield
- The Jump Stars series is Super Smash Bros. meets Shonen Jump.
- Add SSB to Onimusha and you get Onimusha: Blade Warriors.
- Do the same to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles to get Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Smash-Up.
- Mix some Streets of Rage and Kirby to Smash Bros. and you have Brawl's Subspace Emissary.
- Super Smash Bros.. is Street Fighter meets Super Mario Bros..
- Spelunky: La-Mulana meets Roguelikes. And Mario.
- Silent Hill 3 is Juno meets H.P. Lovecraft. No word on what the other ones are.
- Senko no Ronde is Star Control meets Bullet Hell.
- Space Invaders Extreme is Space Invaders meets Rez.
- Sam and Max Freelance Police: Animaniacs meets Psych (even though they both came out long after Sam and Max).
- Strife is Doom meets Star Wars.
- Star Wars: Dark Forces would also fit this description, in a different way.
- Shadow Hearts = Hellboy + Monty Python + All Quiet on the Western Front + Indiana Jones + Tim Powers' work + ...it's complicated, alright?
- Spectrobes: Phantasy Star meets Pokémon.
- Super Mario RPG is Super Mario Bros. meets Final Fantasy.
- The Super Mario series is Mario Bros. meets Alice in Wonderland.
- Singularity is BioShock (series) meets Back to The Future meets Red Alert.
- Steel Battalion is VOTOMS meets X Simulator.
- Starbound is Terraria meets Doctor Who
- StarCraft: Starship Troopers meets Alien vs. Predator.
- Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty is sort of StarCraft meets Firefly.
- Alternative for StarCraft Brood Wars: Starship Troopers meets Warcraft
- StarCraft' is basically the art style of Warhammer40000 copy-and-pasted onto Starship Troopers with a good amount of Firefly thrown into the mix.
- Shin Megami Tensei would be Fist of the North Star meets Pokémon if it wasn't actually older than Pokemon.
- Presumably, this means Pokémon is Shin Megami Tensei, as made by 4Kids.
- Summon Night: Swordcraft Story is Diablo meets Harry Potter, but with blacksmithing instead of magic.
- Star Ocean is Tales of Phantasia meets Star Trek.
- Spider-Man: Web of Shadows is Spider-Man meets Fable
- Spiral Knights is a Phantasy Star MMORPG meets clockwork Mega Man or Steampunk Zelda with some Crystal Chronicles added in for good measure.
- Don't forget Diablo.
- SonicTheHedgehog (classic gameplay at least) was Super Mario Bros. meets racing games.
- Sonic Battle is Sonic the Hedgehog meets Power Stone.
- Sonic the Fighters is Sonic the Hedgehog meets Virtua Fighter.
- Sonic Generations is Mickey Mania meets Sonic the Hedgehog (he even meets his classic self).
- Shadows of the Damned is the legend of Orpheus as a grindhouse action movie.
- The Simpsons Hit & Run is Grand Theft Auto meets the Simpsons arcade game meets Continuity Porn.
- Super Robot Taisen is Fire Emblem in terms of gameplay, combined with Humongous Mecha (or, alternately, Banpresto-made licensed games depending on the entry).
- Stinkoman 20 X 6 is Mega Man meets Homestar Runner.
- Smash TV is Robotron: 2084 meets The Running Man
- Theathrythm Final Fantasy is what happens when the Elite Beat Agents meet Final Fantasy.
- Tomb Raider (2013) = Die Hard + Lost
- Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World is Tales of Symphonia meets Pokémon.
- Touhou itself is KiKi KaiKai (Pocky & Rocky in the U.S.) meets GeGeGe no Kitaro with an Fundamentally Female Cast.
- Tuper Tario Tros. is Super Mario Bros. meets Tetris very literally.
- Transcendence is Nethack meets Star Control.
- Team Fortress 2: The Incredibles meets Battlefield.
- Terraria is Minecraft meets Metroidvania.
- Umineko no Naku Koro ni: Ten Little Indians meets Groundhog Day.
- An Untitled Story: Super Metroid meets Jumper.
- V-Five is Gradius meets Raiden.
- Valkyria Chronicles is Battlefield 1942 meets Sakura Wars.
- Vanquish is Gears of War meets P.N.03 meets Neo-Human Casshern.
- Viewtiful Joe is Kamen Rider meets Last Action Hero story wise, with game play similar to Kung-Fu Master.
- Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune is Initial D Arcade Stage meets Tokyo Xtreme Racer.
- Warcraft: Dune II meets Lord of the Rings.
- Warcraft 3 is StarCraft meets Night of the Living Dead at Norse Mythology's Tavern.
- Worms is Lemmings meets Artillery. (The earliest prototype versions were reportedly named Lemartillery.)
- Wibarm is Thexder meets Dragon Slayer II: Xanadu.
- Wet is Mirror's Edge meets Stranglehold meets Devil May Cry, as directed by Quentin Tarantino.
- Wario Ware: Game & Watch meets the animated segments of Monty Python's Flying Circus.
- The X Universe series is typically described as "Freelancer [4] meets EVE Online [5] meets Elite[6]"—though the X-Universe series predates both Freelancer and EVE Online.
- Xenogears can best be described as Neon Genesis Evangelion meets G Gundam meets Chrono Cross meets Gnosticism. Of course, one of these works came out after the game did.
- The freeware game Yume Nikki has been touted as "EarthBound meets Silent Hill," which is pretty accurate given the utter Mind Screw factor.
- Zening is Code Lyoko and Final Fantasy Tactics meet Neon Genesis Evangelion.
Characters
- Mario: Mickey Mouse meets Popeye, with mushrooms instead of spinach!
- Bowser: King Mook turtle meets fire breathing Kaiju.
- Sonic is Felix the Cat meets The Flash.
- Jack of MadWorld looks like Hellboy crossed with Ash Williams.
- Deviljho is what you get when Capcom watches Jurassic Park and hires Koichi Sugiyama
- And the voice of Wolverine for good measure.
- Ryoji Mochizuki: Kaworu Nagisa meets Zelos Wilder (Starts off on the Zelos end, but moves closer and closer to the Kaworu end as the game progresses).
- Porky Minch: Eric Cartman meets Christian Weston Chandler. Explored further on CW Cki here and here.
- From Persona 4:
- Souji Seta (the protagonist): Freddy meets Minato Arisato.
- Yosuke Hanamura: Junpei Iori meets Waylon Smithers.
- Chie Satonaka: Yukari Takeba meets Bruce Lee.
- Tohru Adachi: Shuji Ikutsuki meets Matsuda.
- Kanji Tatsumi: Shinjiro Aragaki (notice a pattern here?) meets Nelson Muntz.
- Kanji Tatsumi was more of a Shinjiro Aragaki meets Akihiko Sanada.
- Naoto Shirogane: Raidou Kuzunoha meets Utena Tenjou.
- Devil Survivor's protagonist is Persona 3's meets Wriggle Nightbug.
- Leopaldon is Sasquatch meets Politank Z.
- Faust: Jack the Ripper + The Unknown Comic.
- Chipp Zanuff: Billy Idol + Strider Hiryuu.
- Champloo-sensei: Adell + Emeril Lagasse (BAM!) + John Madden (BOOM!) + Adell (again, for extra spice).
- Simon Belmont: Conan the Barbarian meets Indiana Jones.
- Richter Belmont: Ryu meets Simon Belmont
- Juste Belmont: Alucard + Santa Claus.
- Bang Shishigami: Naruto Uzumaki + Sanger Zonvolt.
- Alternatively, Naruto meets CAPTAIN GORDON, DEFENDER OF EARTH!
- From this picture [dead link]: Bang = Naruto + Kamina.
- Hazama: Gin Ichimaru + The Joker, with elements of Aizen Sousuke, Michael Jackson and Night of Wallachia.
- Ragna The Bloodedge: Sol Badguy + Archer + Dante.
- Hakumen: Justice + Archer (again) + Sephiroth.
- Jin Kisaragi: Seito Kaiba + Emiya Shirou + Tsukiyomi.
- Relius Clover: Father + Char Aznable + Gendo Ikari + Phantom of the Opera.
- Nu-13: Dizzy + Yuno Gasai.
- Valkenhayn: Alfred Pennyworth + Walter C. Dornez + Slayer (as a werewolf).
- Alternatively, Naruto meets CAPTAIN GORDON, DEFENDER OF EARTH!
- Mordin Solus: Retsu Unohana + Sheldon Cooper IN SPACE.
- Jack: River Tam + Kratos.
- Thane Krios: Abe Sapiens as the Spy.
- Shepard is James T. Kirk crossed with Revan.
- Minsc: Obelix + Deadpool + Conan the Barbarian + head injury + hamster
- Bastila Shan comes across as something of an Obi-Wan meets Aribeth.
- Carth is a bit of a cross between Han and Leia's initial defining characteristics.
- Duke Nukem: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sylvester Stallone, Bruce Campbell and pretty much every other 80s action movie hero, all rolled up into one pop culture parody.
- Kirby is Jigglypuff meets Yoshi.
- Lucas: Roxas meets Luigi meets Alphonse Elric
- The Scout: Ness meets Sonic meets Kazooie meets Vince Offer.
- Saxton Hale: just about every Memetic Badass meets Theodore Roosevelt in more than one respect (looks being one of them)
- G-Man is Agent Smith meets Torgo.
- Dante is Cobra meets Inuyasha meets Alucard.
- Haken Browning is Cobra meets Dante
- Archibald Grims is Gauron cosplaying as Wong Yunfat.
- Bastila is Aribeth meets Anakin Skywalker.
- Merrill is Tali crossed with an archetypal power-hungry Dungeons & Dragons wizard.
- Fenris is a hybrid of Heine Rammsteiner and Tailmon.
- Sakuya Izayoi is Dio Brando meets Sebastian Michaelis, genderbent.
- The Advent, as a whole, are Ori with a Borg Collective, with Aeon Illuminate theme.
- Tails is Dexter or Hermione meets one of the kids from Fantastic mr Fox
- Zegram Ghart from Rogue Galaxy has been described by fans as Jack Sparrow meets Auron
- Mega Man is Astro Boy meets Casshern.
- Arthas is King Arthur meets Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader
- Captain Quark is Mr. Satan meets Alan Garner
- Shinx is Kimba the White Lion meets Pikachu.
- The Great Dusknoir is Pious Augustus meets Terminator.
- Specter: Dr. Zaius meets Dr. Wily and Sephiroth, minus the mommy issues.
- Asura: Akuma meets Kenshiro and Kratos.
- Augus: Jinpachi meets Kenpachi with Sephiroth's sword.
- Gordon Freeman: Silent Protagonist meets meets Badass Normal (meets Powered Armor).
- Solid Snake is Plissken meets James Bond meets Sam Fisher.
- Big Boss is Plissken meets Rambo.
- Snake is Miles Edgeworth with a bit of either a grown-up Another Day Joshua Kiryu or Westley.
- Santa is Toshiro Hitsugaya meets Beat.
- Clover is Luna meets Misa Amane.
- Gabriel Logan is Solid Snake meets Sam Fisher.
- Bayonetta is Dante meets Ulala.
- Andrew Ryan is Howard Hughes meets Ayn Rand
- Back to X Meets Y
- ↑ While the series is also associated with Predator thanks to Bob Wakelin's cover artwork for the NES version (who used promotional stills from Predator for reference), the original Contra arcade game actually predates Predator by four months.
- ↑ top-down 2-D Space
- ↑ Wide Open Sandbox space simulator
- ↑ You actually pilot your ship, emphasis on side missions, silly physics
- ↑ being able to pilot any ship in the game, emphasis on the economy, Scenery Porn
- ↑ Wide Open Sandbox trading and combat.