Sequels to Games the feature a former NPC as a playable character
What it says on the tin, is a series of games that grant one or more characters the special privilege of jumping from NPC or Boss or whatever, to a fully-fledged playable character. sequel
Done to the best of my ability, trying to get the oldest game in a series, one per series, suggestions welcome : )
Done to the best of my ability, trying to get the oldest game in a series, one per series, suggestions welcome : )
41 Games
Marisa and Mima both make the jump from bosses to playable characters in the third entry of the Touhou Project.
Marisa notibely becomes the series secondary protagnist and is still going strong.
Marisa notibely becomes the series secondary protagnist and is still going strong.
Toad and Princess Peach make their playable debuts after being NPCs in Super Mario 1
Cranky Kong (and Funky's) jump to playable characters in this one.
Sagat becomes a playable character in this one, after being the final boss in SF1
Johnny's debut as a playable character
Zero !
the assist helper guys u get
Reptile makes his playable debut here
Debut of everyones favorite little weirdo of a guy
ZZ becomes playable in this one after providing witty commentary for 5 games
The first playable appearance of Trish
Riku moment
Playable debut of Zack
Features the debut of Ogre and Uzuki.
Now I will be honest, I have no idea how "fighting game updates" play into this list. I am inclined to consider them the same games.
Now I will be honest, I have no idea how "fighting game updates" play into this list. I am inclined to consider them the same games.
First time you can play as Coco
Features the playable debut of former minor boss "Chompy Mage"
Should this count? IDK, I dont really care that much either. Cause I like melty blood.
The entire cast of this game counts
The entire cast of this game counts
Specifically for the Master Hand fight that occurs at the end of world of light.
the first time in the series we experience this world from a perspective that isn't keiichi (or akasaka)
Barney is an unnamed, minor side character in half life 1. what an upgrade !
While technically never the same character, Anna makes her playable debut here
Draco and Schezo make their playable Puyo debuts in this entry
Maya is playable for like 4 seconds it counts tho
Playable debut of wario
I will be honest i have no idea how I forgot about Yoshi's island for this long
Got um ackshuallyed fact checked into this one (was gonna put &K) but Tails makes his debut for Sonic 2 on the gamegear, as an NPC.
Features Kiryu's daughter Haruka as a playable character. (A personal favorite example of this)
Elise, the lead character, is a minor character in the game Pocket Mirror (its a prequelllll)
Kaho debuts to help beat a secret boss in the game before this one
"Copen is playable in Gunvolt 2 after being a raging racist in GV1"
- my friend Unlucky
- my friend Unlucky
Raven
The elites make their playable debut after being enemy fodder for halo 1
Bonsly appears in a cameo in a random sidequest a good while before gen 4 released proper.
Wish they still did weirdo shit like this tbh
Wish they still did weirdo shit like this tbh
2-1B, not playable in any LEGO starwar game before this
The Tunnel Man
Features the playable debuts of Krillin and Yamcha
Like, most of the cast
Yuri
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