Sidekick

CONCEPT

Sidekicks, different from partners, are less powerful, less important characters who support the main protagonist and generally stick by their side.

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Overview

Sidekicks are a common thing in video games. They can serve multiple purposes. They can make for a better story, be used as an element that opens up co-op play, help solve puzzles or in most cases all of these at the same time. The relationship between the hero and his or her sidekick is very important and can determine how enjoyable the game is. Sam and Max is a good example of this, adding humor to the story. The sidekick also helps the player in his journey, giving him tips or helping him solve puzzles.

The presence of a side kick can also enrich the gameplay by opening up the possibility for co-op play with a second player. On the other hand, sidekicks can be very annoying when their AI isn't so smart, wasting ammo, dying and getting in your way.

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• A Boy and His Blob (Game)
• A Story About My Uncle (Game)
• A Vampyre Story (Game)
• A Vampyre Story 2: A Bat's Tale (Game)
• A Vampyre Story: Year 1 (Game)
• Adventure Time: Finn and Jake Investigations (Game)
• Adventures of Beetlejuice: Skeletons in the Closet (Game)
• Adventures to Go (Game)
• Banjo-Kazooie (Game)
• Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge (Game)
• Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts (Game)
• Banjo-Pilot (Game)
• Banjo-Tooie (Game)
• Batman Forever (Game)
• Batman: Rise of Sin Tzu (Game)
• Beautiful Desolation (Game)
• Ben There, Dan That! (Game)
• Big Brain Wolf (Game)
• BioShock Infinite (Game)
• Boktai: The Sun is in Your Hand (Game)
• Car Jack Streets (Game)
• Chantelise (Game)
• Collapse (Game)
• Comix Zone (Game)
• Conduit 2 (Game)
• Dark Savior (Game)
• Dead to Rights: Retribution (Game)
• Deadfall Adventures (Game)
• Death by Degrees (Game)
• Deka Voice (Game)
• Deponia (Game)
• Doc Clock: The Toasted Sandwich of Time (Game)
• Donkey Kong 64 (Game)
• Donkey Kong Country (Game)
• Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest (Game)
• Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! (Game)
• Donkey Kong Land (Game)
• Donkey Kong: Barrel Blast (Game)
• Driver 2: The Wheelman is Back (Game)
• Driver: San Francisco (Game)
• Escape Goat (Game)
• Evil Dead: Regeneration (Game)
• Evolution: The World of Sacred Device (Game)
• Fallout (Game)
• Final Fantasy IX (Game)
• Freddi Fish 3: The Case of the Stolen Conch Shell (Game)
• Freddi Fish and the Case of the Missing Kelp Seeds (Game)
• Frogger (Game)
• Halo: Combat Evolved (Game)
• Halo: The Master Chief Collection (Game)
• Ittle Dew (Game)
• Ittle Dew 2 (Game)
• Jak 3 (Game)
• Jak II (Game)
• Jak X: Combat Racing (Game)
• Jak and Daxter: The Lost Frontier (Game)
• Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy (Game)
• Jolly Rover (Game)
• King's Quest V: Absence Makes the Heart Go Yonder (Game)
• LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes (Game)
• LEGO Batman: The Videogame (Game)
• LEGO Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures (Game)
• LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy (Game)
• LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga (Game)
• LEGO Star Wars: The Video Game (Game)
• Lollipop Chainsaw (Game)
• Lupin the 3rd: Treasure of the Sorcerer King (Game)
• Magic Sword (Game)
• Mario & Luigi: Dream Team (Game)
• Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time (Game)
• Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga (Game)
• Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions (Game)
• Mario Bros. (Game)
• Mass Effect: Andromeda (Game)
• Metal Dead (Game)
• Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance (Game)
• Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater (Game)
• Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence (Game)
• Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (Game)
• Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes (Game)
• Mighty Gunvolt Burst (Game)
• Murder in the Abbey (Game)
• Murder in the Hotel Lisbon (Game)
• Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch (Game)
• Oddworld: Collection (Game)
• Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee (Game)
• Onimusha: Warlords (Game)
• Owlboy (Game)
• Pikmin (Game)
• Pikmin 2 (Game)
• Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity (Game)
• Postal 2: Apocalypse Weekend (Game)
• Prey (Game)
• Primordia (Game)
• Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (Game)
• Putt-Putt Joins the Circus (Game)
• Putt-Putt Travels Through Time (Game)
• Quantum Theory (Game)
• Ratchet & Clank (Game)
• Ratchet & Clank (Game)

Concept details

Name

Sidekick

Aliases

Deuteragonist,Sidekicks

Games

• A Boy and His Blob (Game)
• A Story About My Uncle (Game)
• A Vampyre Story (Game)
• A Vampyre Story 2: A Bat's Tale (Game)
• A Vampyre Story: Year 1 (Game)
• Adventure Time: Finn and Jake Investigations (Game)
• Adventures of Beetlejuice: Skeletons in the Closet (Game)
• Adventures to Go (Game)
• Banjo-Kazooie (Game)
• Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge (Game)
• Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts (Game)
• Banjo-Pilot (Game)
• Banjo-Tooie (Game)
• Batman Forever (Game)
• Batman: Rise of Sin Tzu (Game)
• Beautiful Desolation (Game)
• Ben There, Dan That! (Game)
• Big Brain Wolf (Game)
• BioShock Infinite (Game)
• Boktai: The Sun is in Your Hand (Game)
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Franchises

• Has franchises: Sonic the Hedgehog (Franchise), The Legend of Zelda (Franchise), LEGO Star Wars (Franchise), Star Wars (Franchise), Star Wars: Clone Wars (Franchise), Prey (Franchise), Half-Life (Franchise), Portal (Franchise), Mario (Franchise), Mario & Luigi (Franchise), Mario RPG (Franchise), New Play Control (Franchise), Super Mario (Franchise), Yoshi (Franchise), Ben and Dan (Franchise), Indiana Jones (Franchise), Sega Vintage Collection (Franchise), Batman (Franchise), DC Universe (Franchise), LEGO Batman (Franchise), Halo (Franchise), Banjo-Kazooie (Franchise), Donkey Kong (Franchise), Boktai (Franchise), Metal Gear (Franchise), Metal Gear Solid (Franchise), Jak and Daxter (Franchise), Ratchet & Clank (Franchise), Ratchet & Clank Future (Franchise), Sly Cooper (Franchise), Uncharted (Franchise), Donkey Kong Country (Franchise), Mario Bros. (Franchise), Super Mario Advance (Franchise), Super Mario Bros. (Franchise), Super Mario World (Franchise), Wrecking Crew (Franchise), Gears of War (Franchise), Final Fantasy (Franchise), Alan Wake (Franchise), Onimusha (Franchise), King's Quest (Franchise), Team Fortress (Franchise), Resident Evil (Franchise), Star Fox (Franchise), BioShock (Franchise), Sam & Max (Franchise), Fallout (Franchise), The Lord of the Rings (Franchise), Chrono (Franchise), Maniac Mansion (Franchise), Monkey Island (Franchise), TimeSplitters (Franchise), ToeJam & Earl (Franchise), The Conduit (Franchise), Postal (Franchise), LEGO (Franchise), EarthBound (Franchise), Prince of Persia (Franchise), The Sands of Time (Franchise), The Longest Journey (Franchise), Sherlock Holmes (Franchise), A Boy and His Blob (Franchise), LEGO Indiana Jones (Franchise), Pikmin (Franchise), Evolution (Franchise), Darksiders (Franchise), Rayman (Franchise), Oddworld (Franchise), Freddi Fish (Franchise), Putt-Putt (Franchise), Frogger (Franchise), A Vampyre Story (Franchise), Ōkami (Franchise), Lupin III (Franchise), Driver (Franchise), Borderlands (Franchise), The Adventures of Tintin (Franchise), Dead to Rights (Franchise), Evil Dead (Franchise)

Characters

• Has characters: Waluigi (Character), Yoshi (Character), Winter Soldier (Character), Diddy Kong (Character), Luigi (Character), Gum (Character), Tails (Character), Orbot (Character), Cheese the Chao (Character), Kid Flash (Character), Tim Drake (Character), Gruntilda's Broomstick (Character), Milhouse Van Houten (Character), Jason Todd (Character), Kato (Character), Charmy Bee (Character), ChuPea (Character), Little Gray (Character), Bentley (Character), Pete Kowalski (Character), Vanellope Von Schweetz (Character), Bubbles (Character), Dixie Kong (Character), Tippi (Character), Hoji (Character), Navi (Character), Roll (Character), Rush (Character), Kiddy Kong (Character), Prince Tricky (Character), Alyx Vance (Character), Xander Harris (Character), Chiaotzu (Character), Fujin (Character), Dogmeat (Character), Err (Character), Kay Faraday (Character), Jeff (Character), Michael F. Stoppe (Character), Razor (Character), Syd (Character), Wendy Wells (Character), Yomi (Character), Le Malta (Character), Nico Collard (Character), The Jungle Queen (Character), The Cheat (Character), Obelix (Character), Gorn (Character), Barnacle Boy (Character), Iago (Character), Crow (Character), Dr. Watson (Character), Sophia Hapgood (Character), Trucy Wright (Character), Louie (Character), Telly (Character), Gromit (Character), Ron Stoppable (Character), Short Round (Character), Joey (Character), Luther (Character), Donkey (Character), Sue Sakamoto (Character), Jerome Baldino (Character), Jonesy (Character), Glottis (Character), Battle Cat (Character), Woodstock (Character), Zeke Dunbar (Character), Scree (Character), Chastity (Character), Pinky (Character), C.C. (Character), Flux Wildly (Character), Captain Blue Jr. (Character), Pey'j (Character), Snarf (Character), Jep (Character), Pepe (Character), Don Patch (Character), Issun (Character), Omega (Character), Gooey (Character), Wiki (Character), Pommy (Character), Captain Haddock (Character), Roadkill (Character), Left Hand (Character), Boogle (Character), Boo (Character), Sideshow Mel (Character), Mikiko Ebihara (Character), Superfly Johnson (Character), Barry Wheeler (Character), Elizabeth (Character), Johnson (Character), Truffles (Character), Andy (Character), Ellie (Character), Alvin Jr. (Character), Ferb Fletcher (Character), Fidget (Character), Flatline (Character), Mugman (Character), Crispin (Character), Drippy (Character), Innocence Smith (Character), Judy (Character), Mary (Character), Clown Bot (Character), Squire (Character), Carrie Kelley (Character), Raven Red (Character), Igniculus (Character), Morty Smith (Character), Fei Wong Tomoe Ignacio (Character), Janey Powell (Character), Yorda (Character)

Locations

• Has locations: Emerald Hill Zone (Location), Canterbury Commons (Location), Underworld (Location)

Objects

People

Related Concepts

• Has related concepts: A.I. Companion (Concept), Partners (Concept), Gal Friday (Concept), Dog (Concept), Crazy Partner (Concept), Animal Companions (Concept), Recruitable Characters (Concept), Pixl (Concept)