Guest Character

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Games featuring guests introduce playable, established characters from outside of a franchise. Primarily but not exclusively seen in fighting games.

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Overview

Not to be confused with Cameo Appearance.

Guest characters have no intention of making themselves scarce and generally have entire campaigns devoted to them. They frequently appear on box art as part of the main design, or are mentioned in a feature bubble. The goal of incorporating a guest character is generally to appeal to fans of that character in an attempt to introduce them to a new franchise and increase sales. As a result, as welcome and integrated as these guest characters are made to feel, they are rarely invited back for a follow up visit in subsequent titles because any influence they might have on expanding the fanbase has already been exploited. Additionally, no one ever really expects them back.

History

The term was popularized by Soulcalibur II (Game) with the inclusion of console-exclusive guest characters in order to cause excitement among players. While the appearances of Spawn (Character) and Heihachi weren't poorly received, Link (Character)'s appearance made Soulcalibur II a must-own for many Nintendo fans that generally didn't purchase fighting games. The tradition has been continued in the franchise since then, becoming an expected feature.

Games and Guests

Game	Guest Character(s)
Dead or Alive 4 (Game)	Spartan-458
Dead or Alive 5 (Game)	Akira Yuki (Character), Sarah Bryant (Character), Pai Chan (Character), Jacky Bryant (Character) (Ultimate), Mai Shiranui (Character) (Last Round)
Dead or Alive 6 (Game)	Mai Shiranui (Character), Kula Diamond (Character)
Ehrgeiz	Cloud Strife (Character), Tifa Lockhart (Character), Sephiroth (Character) (PS1), Vincent Valentine (Character) (PS1), Yuffie Kisaragi (Character) (PS1), Zack Fair (Character) (PS1)
Fighting EX Layer (Game)	Terry Bogard (Character)
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater	Reiko Hinomoto (Character) / Rowdy Reiko
Mortal Kombat (2009)	Freddy Krueger (Character), Kratos (Character) (PS3/Vita)
Mortal Kombat X (Game)	Jason Voorhees (Character), Predator (Concept), Leatherface (Character), Alien
Mortal Kombat 11 (Game)	The Joker (Character), Spawn (Character), Terminator, RoboCop (Character), John Rambo (Character)
NBA Street V3 (Game)	Mario (Character) (GCN), Luigi (Character) (GCN), Princess Peach (Character) (GCN)
Power Rangers: Battle for the Grid	Ryu (Character), Chun-Li
Sonic andamp;amp;amp; Sega All-Stars Racing	Banjo (Character) & Kazooie (Character) (360)
Sonic andamp;amp;amp; All-Stars Racing Transformed	Danica Patrick (Character), Wreck-It Ralph, Team Fortress
Soulcalibur II (Game)	Heihachi Mishima (Character) (PS2/HD), Link (Character) (Gamecube), Spawn (Character) (Xbox/HD)
Soulcalibur IV (Game)	Darth Vader (Character) (PS3), Yoda (Character) (Xbox 360), Starkiller (Character), Angol Fear (Character), Ashlotte (Character), Kamikirimusi (Character), Scheherazade (Character), Shura (Character)
Soulcalibur V (Game)	Ezio Auditore Da Firenze (Character)
Soulcalibur VI (Game)	Geralt of Rivia (Character), 2B, Haohmaru (Character)
SoulCalibur: Broken Destiny	Kratos (Character)
Soulcalibur Legends (Game)	Lloyd Irving (Character)
Street Fighter x Tekken	Cole MacGrath (Character) (PS3/Vita), Toro Inoue (Character) (PS3/Vita), Kuro (PS3/Vita), Mega Man (Character) (PS3/Vita), Pac-Man (PS3/Vita)
Super Smash Bros. Brawl	Solid Snake (Character), Sonic the Hedgehog (Character)
Super Smash Bros. for Wii U/Nintendo 3DS	Sonic the Hedgehog (Character), Mega Man (Character), Pac-Man, Ryu (Character), Cloud Strife (Character), Bayonetta (Character)
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate	Solid Snake (Character), Sonic the Hedgehog (Character), Mega Man (Character), Pac-Man, Ryu (Character), Ken Masters (Character), Cloud Strife (Character), Bayonetta (Character), Simon Belmont (Character), Richter Belmont (Character), Joker, Hero, Banjo (Character) & Kazooie (Character), Terry Bogard (Character), Steve, Sephiroth (Character), Kazuya Mishima (Character), Sora (Character)
Tekken 3 (Game)	Gon (Character)
Tekken 7 (Game)	Akuma (Character), Geese Howard (Character), Noctis Lucis Caelum (Character), Negan (Character)
Unreal Championship 2	Raiden (Character)

Games view all →]

• 1001 Spikes (Game)
• Angry Birds Epic (Game)
• Animal Crossing: New Leaf (Game)
• Anna Kournikova's Smash Court Tennis (Game)
• Antihero (Game)
• Ao Oni Online (Game)
• Astra Superstars (Game)
• Asuka 120% Reborn (Game)
• Atooi Collection (Game)
• BIT.TRIP Presents: Runner2: Future Legend of Rhythm Alien (Game)
• Bardbarian (Game)
• Beast Busters Featuring KoF (Game)
• Bike Rider DX2: Galaxy (Game)
• Blaster Master Zero (Game)
• BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle (Game)
• Blood Brothers 2 (Game)
• Bombergirl (Game)
• Bounty Battle (Game)
• Brave Frontier (Game)
• Brawlhalla (Game)
• Brawlout (Game)
• Bulletstorm (Game)
• Bust-A-Move '99 (Game)
• Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 (Game)
• Caravan Stories (Game)
• Card City Nights (Game)
• Card City Nights 2 (Game)
• Card-en-Ciel (Game)
• Castaway Paradise (Game)
• Castle Crashers (Game)
• Chase Chase Jokers (Game)
• ClayFighter 63 1/3 (Game)
• ClayFighter: Sculptor's Cut (Game)
• ClueFinders: Mystery Mansion Arcade (Game)
• Contra Returns (Game)
• Crash Bandicoot: On the Run! (Game)
• Crash Nitro Kart (Game)
• Crash Team Racing: Nitro Fueled (Game)
• Croket! 4: Bank no Mori no Shugoshin (Game)
• Crossy Road (Game)
• Crusaders Quest (Game)
• Cyberbots: Fullmetal Madness (Game)
• Dead by Daylight (Game)
• Dead or Alive 4 (Game)
• Dead or Alive 5 (Game)
• Dead or Alive 5 Ultimate (Game)
• Dead or Alive 6 (Game)
• Deadman's Cross (Game)
• Death Rally (Game)
• Denshattack! (Game)
• Digimon World Re: Digitize (Game)
• Disney Tsum Tsum Festival (Game)
• Divekick (Game)
• Doraemon: Dorayaki Shop Story (Game)
• Downhill Domination (Game)
• Dragon Ball (Game)
• Drancia (Game)
• Duels of Fortune (Game)
• Dungeon Defenders (Game)
• EF-12: Fighting Game Maker (Game)
• Earth Defense Force 6 (Game)
• Ehrgeiz: God Bless the Ring (Game)
• Elemensional Rift (Game)
• Evolution Skateboarding (Game)
• Evony: The King's Return (Game)
• Exploding Judo Federation (Game)
• FIFA 23 (Game)
• Family Tennis Advance (Game)
• Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves (Game)
• Fight Crab 2 (Game)
• Fighting EX Layer (Game)
• Final Fantasy Brave Exvius (Game)
• Fist of the North Star: LEGENDS ReVIVE (Game)
• Fortnite (Game)
• Full Bokko Heroes X (Game)
• Fēizhōu Tanxiǎn II (Game)
• Garouden Breakblow (Game)
• Garouden Breakblow: Fist or Twist (Game)
• Gears 5 (Game)
• Gigabash (Game)
• Girls' Frontline (Game)
• Goonya Fighter (Game)
• Gorf (Game)
• Granblue Fantasy (Game)
• Granblue Fantasy: Versus Rising (Game)
• Groove Coaster: Wai Wai Party!!!! (Game)
• Guilty Gear -Strive- (Game)
• Gunbird 2 (Game)
• Guppy's Quest (Game)
• Hello Kitty: Mahou no Apron (Game)
• Hero Wars (Game)
• Honkai: Star Rail (Game)
• Hot Shots Golf 2 (Game)
• Hot Shots Golf: World Invitational (Game)
• Hurdle Turtle Forever (Game)
• Indie Pogo (Game)
• Injustice 2 (Game)
• Injustice: Gods Among Us (Game)
• Injustice: Gods Among Us (Game)
• Iron Saga VS (Game)

Concept details

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Guest Character

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Games

• 1001 Spikes (Game)
• Angry Birds Epic (Game)
• Animal Crossing: New Leaf (Game)
• Anna Kournikova's Smash Court Tennis (Game)
• Antihero (Game)
• Ao Oni Online (Game)
• Astra Superstars (Game)
• Asuka 120% Reborn (Game)
• Atooi Collection (Game)
• BIT.TRIP Presents: Runner2: Future Legend of Rhythm Alien (Game)
• Bardbarian (Game)
• Beast Busters Featuring KoF (Game)
• Bike Rider DX2: Galaxy (Game)
• Blaster Master Zero (Game)
• BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle (Game)
• Blood Brothers 2 (Game)
• Bombergirl (Game)
• Bounty Battle (Game)
• Brave Frontier (Game)
• Brawlhalla (Game)
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Franchises

• Has franchises: Injustice (Franchise), Mortal Kombat (Franchise), Sonic the Hedgehog (Franchise), Soul (Franchise), Dead or Alive (Franchise), Unreal Tournament (Franchise), Meat Boy (Franchise)

Characters

• Has characters: Scorpion (Character), Bi-Han (Character), Freddy Krueger (Character), Jason Voorhees (Character), Johnny Cage (Character), Kratos (Character), Kuai Liang (Character), The Joker (Character), Spawn (Character), Raiden (Character), Donkey Kong (Character), Link (Character), Mario (Character), Ralph (Character), Ryu (Character), Yoda (Character), Darth Vader (Character), Starkiller (Character), Wolverine (Character), Peter Parker (Character), Terry Bogard (Character), Geese Howard (Character), Rick Thorne (Character), Luigi (Character), Princess Peach (Character), Sonic the Hedgehog (Character), Pac-Man (Character), Astaroth (Character), Sophitia Alexandra (Character), Chun-Li (Character), Ulala (Character), AiAi (Character), Akira Yuki (Character), Amigo (Character), Pai Chan (Character), Zero (Character), Mai Shiranui (Character), Ryo Sakazaki (Character), B.J. Blazkowicz (Character), Donatello (Character), Indiana Jones (Character), Leonardo (Character), Michelangelo (Character), Raphael (Character), Leona Heidern (Character), NiGHTS (Character), Vanilla the Rabbit (Character), Ezio Auditore Da Firenze (Character), The Arbiter (Character), Banjo (Character), Kazooie (Character), Sophie Krustofsky (Character), Frank West (Character), Bayonetta (Character), Billy Hatcher (Character), Bongo (Character), Danica Patrick (Character), Mega Man (Character), Solid Snake (Character), Raiden (Character), Skullomania (Character), Simon Belmont (Character), Sarah Bryant (Character), Jacky Bryant (Character), Akuma (Character), Kazuya Mishima (Character), Kyosuke Kagami (Character), Jin Saotome (Character), Sakura Kasugano (Character), Ryu Hayabusa (Character), Spartan-458 (Character), Ayane (Character), Kasumi (Character), Momiji (Character), Rachel (Character), RoboCop (Character), John Rambo (Character), Richter Belmont (Character), Shinnok (Character), Pitfall Harry (Character), Blinky (Character), Ms. Pac-Man (Character), Paul Phoenix (Character), Armor King (Character), Heihachi Mishima (Character), Jin Kazama (Character), Ling Xiaoyu (Character), Haohmaru (Character), Love Heart (Character), Geralt of Rivia (Character), Villager (Character), Marcus Fenix (Character), General RAAM (Character), Dominic Santiago (Character), Athena Asamiya (Character), Lara Croft (Character), Benimaru Nikaido (Character), John Cena (Character), The Rock (Character), The Undertaker (Character), Kula Diamond (Character), T-800 (Character), Ukyo Tachibana (Character), Morrigan Aensland (Character), Han Solo (Character), Jango Fett (Character), Dante (Character), Cloud Strife (Character), Sephiroth (Character), Tifa Lockhart (Character), Vincent Valentine (Character), Yuffie Kisaragi (Character), Zack Fair (Character), Salvatore Ganacci (Character), Gordon Freeman (Character), Cole MacGrath (Character), Stretch (Character), Heavy (Character), Pyro (Character), Spy (Character), Karnov (Character), Albert Wesker (Character), Sweet Tooth (Character), The Prince (Character), Anita (Character), Seth Rollins (Character), Nathan Hale (Character), Honoka (Character), Marie Rose (Character), Sora (Character), Pimple (Character), Rash (Character), Zitz (Character), Agent 47 (Character), Lars Alexandersson (Character), Jack Frost (Character), Reiko Hinomoto (Character), Earthworm Jim (Character), Susumu Hori (Character), Izuna (Character), Shino (Character), Hellboy (Character), Darth Maul (Character), Gex (Character), Aya Brea (Character), MegaMan.EXE (Character), Gon (Character), Horned Reaper (Character), Black Frost (Character), T.O.M. (Character), Mickey McFinnigan (Character), Tiger Jackson (Character), Johnny Gat (Character), Lloyd Irving (Character), O'Brian (Character), Elphelt Valentine (Character), Gild Tesoro (Character), Kofi Kingston (Character), Boogerman (Character), Cristiano Ronaldo (Character), Shrek (Character), Sion Eltnam Atlasia (Character), Kaoru Kamiya (Character), Mimi (Character), Hibiki Takane (Character), Klonoa (Character), Heart Aino (Character), Curly Brace (Character), Norimaro (Character), T-1000 (Character), Artoria Pendragon (Character), Doomguy (Character), Noctis Lucis Caelum (Character), Noel Vermillion (Character), Silvia (Character), Toro Inoue (Character), Kuro (Character), Kanu Unchou (Character), Ryomou Shimei (Character), Sonsaku Hakufu (Character), Ryofu Housen (Character), Mappy (Character), Isaac Clarke (Character), Shantae (Character), Isabelle (Character), Dave Lonuts (Character), Steve (Character), Officer Dick (Character), Duke Nukem (Character), Emile-239 (Character), Kat-320 (Character), Ren Amamiya (Character), Airi (Character), Reina (Character), Leatherface (Character), YoRHa No.2 Type B (Character), Becky Lynch (Character), Pepsi Man (Character), Alex (Character), Lynn Baker (Character), Mr. Jones (Character), Elias Patrick (Character), Negan (Character), Joan of Arc (Character), Kat (Character), Yumi (Character), Homura (Character), Juan Aguacate (Character), Wada-don (Character), Yanki Bancho (Character), Shovel Knight (Character), Reize Seatlan (Character), Akatsuki (Character), Mandrew (Character), Ikuro Hashizawa (Character), Elena Elkhorn (Character), Sakata Gintoki (Character), SibalMong (Character), Flange Doozer (Character), Stevie Williams (Character), The Fencer (Character), Purple Shirted Eye-Stabber (Character), Bobby Ologun (Character), Dolucky (Character), Hannibal (Character), Yujiro Hanma (Character), Cole Black (Character), Hat Kid (Character), Blitztank (Character), Jimmy Lewis (Character), Thief Arthur (Character), Katy Perry (Character), Gongsun Li (Character), Moji-kun (Character), Nekomata Okayu (Character), Nova the Squirrel (Character), Starlight (Character), The Homelander (Character), Omega (Character), Kate Sinclair (Character), Mohigan (Character), Pascal Sensei (Character), Omni-Man (Character), Black Noir (Character), Firecracker (Character), Alucard (Character), Chiamo Moa (Character), Pine (Character), Thierry Henry (Character), Kikaider (Character), Lucy Kushinada (Character), Kelly Slater (Character), Yu Ayasaki (Character), Todd Richards (Character), QP (Character), Lil Jon (Character), Jesse James (Character), Woody (Character), Arlet (Character), The Grabber (Character), Fred Durst (Character)

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• Has objects: Judge Spear (Object)

People

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• Has related concepts: Downloadable Content (Concept), Guest Costume (Concept), Fan Service (Concept), Clownish Combatant (Concept), Cameo (Concept), Crossover (Concept), Chimera (Concept), Moogle (Concept), Cactuar (Concept), Inkling (Concept), Omedamon (Concept), Gross Cat (Concept)