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[Morrigan Stark]

So much not reading of the OP, makes me sad.

Maybe Xenogears qualifies, to a weird extent.

Spoiler

Fei and Elly don't know each others and become a couple later in the game but they uh knew each others in past lives and shit... it's weird.

I think I quit about 15 hours in. When does this happen?

Spoiler

Does the girl who died come back from the dead or something?

Spoiler

Would that really surprise you? I stopped playing too, but I knew she wasn't dead the second they failed to show her corpse. So obvious.

 

[Vlitra]

Transistor and Red.

This definitely made for a great ending.

 

[Lingitiz]

Geralt and Triss in The Witcher 2. They even disregard the other love interest from the first game and make Triss the Canon LI.

 

[Deified Data]

 

[Morrigan Stark]

Geralt and Triss in The Witcher 2. They even disregard the other love interest from the first game and make Triss the Canon LI.

You can't play as Triss... can you?

Why is reading the OP so hard?

LOL

 

[Lingitiz]

You can't play as Triss... can you?

Why is reading the OP so hard?


LOL

Does it say they have to be playable? But I guess Triss is a secondary character so my bad.

 

[ZealousD]

Spoiler

Would that really surprise you?

Spoiler

Not really. She was awfully well developed for a character that dies within the first couple of hours.

 

[Morrigan Stark]

Does it say they have to be playable?

There are two primary protagonists

How can a non-playable character be a protagonist of the game?

 

[orthodoxy1095]

Hey copy-cat, I made this thread once

In seriousness, check that thread, we had some good discussion and examples in there.

 

[Lingitiz]

There are two primary protagonists

How can a non-playable character be a protagonist of the game?

My mistake. I guess I have a looser definition of protagonist. A lot of the examples in the thread don't meet the requirements either though.

 

[Prototype]

Cecil and Rosa if FF 4?

 

[RespectThySole]

Kaim and Sarah from Lost Odyssey.

 

[SatoAilDarko]

You win.

 

[ZealousD]

There are two primary protagonists

How can a non-playable character be a protagonist of the game?

I don't think every protagonist necessarily has to be playable. The only criteria here is that both characters have to have relatively equal importance to the game's story. That's harder if one of them isn't playable but not impossible. Like an AI-controlled partner that sticks around for the whole game would work. Like a Yorda (ICO) or an Elika (PoP 2008).

 

[Mauricio_Magus]

hahahahahaha

 

[Morrigan Stark]

I don't think every protagonist necessarily has to be playable. The only criteria here is that both characters have to have relatively equal importance to the game's story. That's harder if one of them isn't playable but not impossible. Like an AI-controlled partner that sticks around for the whole game would work. Like a Yorda (ICO) or an Elika (PoP 2008).

Hmm I really couldn't agree there. Yorda as co-protagonist of ICO? No way.

 

[wmlk]

So much not reading of the OP, makes me sad.

Maybe Xenogears qualifies, to a weird extent.

Spoiler

Fei and Elly don't know each others and become a couple later in the game but they uh knew each others in past lives and shit... it's weird.

I always find that kind of relationship tacky, even though I loved Gears. Felt predetermined and inevitable.

It took away whatever tension there was.

 

[dragonflys545]

Nathan Drake and Elena Fisher?

 

[ZealousD]

Hmm I really couldn't agree there. Yorda as co-protagonist of ICO? No way.

Well, admittedly I hadn't played all the way through Ico. But Elika was pretty dang important to PoP 2008.

 

[AzureTranquility95]

Pikmin 3. Brittney & Alph

Spoiler

and Charlie and Olimar and Louie and The President

Link & Zelda in Spirit Tracks.

Isn't there a mickey mouse game where you play as mickey and minnie?

Eagle and Sami in Advance Wars (Well, you don't play as Eagle in AW1 but in AW2 and AWDS they become playable throughout the campaigns)

Aiai and Meemee in Super Monkey Ball. Baby is their child from the future, apparently.

 

[Mephala]

How about Joshua and Estelle in Trails in the Sky?

Spoiler

Their love begins as the family kind for Estelle while Joshua is in love with Estelle pretty much from the beginning. They are not actually related for those wondering, Joshua was taken into the family when he was a kid.

 

[Spinosaurus]

Winner!

 

[Morrigan Stark]

Well, admittedly I hadn't played all the way through Ico. But Elika was pretty dang important to PoP 2008.

I don't remember much about Elika so I'll take your word for it, but Yorda has zero agency. She's an empty vessel, really.

Trails in the Sky

They're not a couple

Spoiler

at the start

, and also, that seems kinda spoilerish...

 

[levyjl1988]

It seems like most games want things to build throughout their fame hence relationship. Getting to the middle of it seems rare and expected in sequels.

 

[Kinyou]

Catherine

 

[AAK]

Balthier and Fran FFXII

 

[Jonnax]

Catherine

Lol. You didn't even read the OP

 

[Kinyou]

Lol. You didn't even read the OP

I skimmed it, dammit

Edit: The Runaway sequels might count. From what I know do the two protagonists stay together after the first game.

 

[mikeybass]

George and Nicole, especially after the first game.

 

[Garlador]

Shame on all of you for forgetting this one.

 

[UnluckyKate]

Transistor and Red.

Yes ! and it makes an amazing

 

[Votron]

Mario/Bowser & Peach

 

[Barry Burton]

Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker

 

[MegamanPoweredUP]

Diddy and Dixie Kong.

As I stated in another thread, Diddy and Dixie are like a young couple who struggle in a big dangerous world.
Also in DKC3 Dixie is like a young mother who struggles to carry the weight of a baby (that's why Kiddy is way bigger than her). While her husband is working, she have to carry out things alone.

 

[cutmeamango]

 

[hoserx]

you didn't...

 

[FreeMufasa]

Why dont you take a seat

 

[Jean Valjean]

Joel and Tess in The Last of Us.

 

[Fox the Sly]

 

[Dirk Benedict]

Justin and Feena:

 

[pantsmith]

Pikmin 3. Brittney & Alph

Spoiler

and Charlie and Olimar and Louie and The President

Link & Zelda in Spirit Tracks.

Isn't there a mickey mouse game where you play as mickey and minnie?

Eagle and Sami in Advance Wars (Well, you don't play as Eagle in AW1 but in AW2 and AWDS they become playable throughout the campaigns)

Aiai and Meemee in Super Monkey Ball. Baby is their child from the future, apparently.

Hah! Totally forgot, but yeah. The entire game is co-op, and really great for what it was.

 

[Varjet]

Viewtiful Joe 2

 

[Begaria]

Justin and Feena:

Not quite what the OP was going for. Justin and Feena fall in love during the course of the game. OP is looking for established couples.

Something closer to what the OP would be looking for is Fei and Elly from Xenogears. Sort of. They're not in an established in a relationship at the beginning of the game, but, if you think about it, they kinda are.

 

[KenzinFive]

A cute couple and the game does a hell of a job making you care for a relationship that we don't necessarily see that much of, especially with the dream sequences where Shovel Knight is always trying to catch Shield Knight.

 

[Combichristoffersen]

You just won a free internets.

Uhm....

 

[Keasar]

Oh man, that reveal.

 

[Lutherian]

Lufia I : from the start.
Lufia II : around mid-game, one of the best moment in the game.

 

[Haunted]

George and Nicole, especially after the first game.

Yes, an excellent choice.

 

[cutmeamango]

Joel and Tess in The Last of Us.

That's what I meant, couldn't find a good picture.

 

[ryseing]

Well, admittedly I hadn't played all the way through Ico. But Elika was pretty dang important to PoP 2008.

PoP is about the Prince and Elika falling in love though. They don't start in an established relationship.