{"id":50523,"date":"2013-02-14T00:41:17","date_gmt":"2013-02-13T22:41:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=50523"},"modified":"2013-02-15T00:13:14","modified_gmt":"2013-02-14T22:13:14","slug":"top-5-gaming-romances","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/50523-top-5-gaming-romances","title":{"rendered":"Top 5 gaming romances"},"content":{"rendered":"

In celebration of Valentine\u2019s day, it\u2019s time to appreciate those gaming characters that have embraced love to the fullest \u2013 that\u2019s right, we\u2019re looking at the best romances in gaming.<\/p>\n

Nate & Elena (Uncharted series)<\/h3>\n

What are the odds that gaming\u2019s most daring treasure hunter (barring that other<\/em> artefact-loving female), would be the ultimate ladies-man too? Nathan Drake had the ladies swooning from his first appearance in Uncharted, and even caused a tense love triangle in Among Thieves.<\/p>\n

The women involved were Elena Fisher and Chloe Frazer. Drake inevitably chose Elena, and the two have one globe-spanning romance that most die-hard love fans would be envious of.<\/p>\n

\"Nate<\/a>

Elena and Nate<\/p><\/div>\n

Mario and Peach (Super Mario series)<\/h3>\n

Besides being an on-going stereotype, Mario is persistent.<\/p>\n

Mario has chased Peach from castle to castle, constantly being disappointed and ditched, but the moustachioed Italian plumber has never given up.<\/p>\n

The unrelenting nature of Mario has to be admired, and the cat-and-mouse game between him and Peach always keeps us coming back for more.<\/p>\n

\"Mario<\/a>

Mario… getting stood up… again…<\/p><\/div>\n

Dom & Maria (Gears of War 2)<\/h3>\n

While a more tragic story, the romance between Dom and Maria is one of the more serious-toned and powerful elements to the Gears of War franchise.<\/p>\n

Dom\u2019s quest to find his wife drives his strength in the war against the Locust hordes, and (SPOILER ALERT<\/strong>) when he finds Maria in the mid-point of Gears 2, she\u2019s a shadow of her former self and on Death\u2019s door. Dom is left to euthanise his beloved Maria, which marks a tragic and sad end to a romance we wish we saw more of.<\/p>\n

\"Dom<\/a>

Dom and Maria<\/p><\/div>\n

Mr. & Mrs. Pac Man (Mrs. Pac-Man)<\/h3>\n

Mr. & Mrs. Pac Man are the typical married couple. Mr. Pac is constantly following behind his wife, trying to keep up as she speeds through mall-like corridors.<\/p>\n

While the only real difference between the two is a bow and some lipstick, the two yellow orbs make a great couple \u2013 they both share the same hobbies \u2013 running around dark rooms, listening to repetitive rave music and gobbling up pills\u2026 wait\u2026 what?<\/p>\n

\"Mr<\/a>

Mr. and Mrs. Pac Man out on the town<\/p><\/div>\n

Sonic & Elise (Sonic the Hedgehog \u2013 2006)<\/h3>\n

No matter how we put it, Sonic & Elise\u2019s relationship is just plain weird, but we have to admire it.<\/p>\n

Instead of settling down with Rouge the Bat or fellow hedgehog Amy Rose, everybody\u2019s favourite spiked anthropomorph decided to hook up with a human princess.<\/p>\n

The relationship is pretty awkward from the get-go, and a cringe-worthy kiss the two share just puts the cherry on top.<\/p>\n

So, on that uncomfortable note, have a great Valentines Day!<\/p>\n

\"Sonic<\/a>

Elise and Sonic<\/p><\/div>\n

More gaming features:<\/h3>\n

Heroines of 2013<\/a><\/h3>\n

5 Gaming relationships doomed to fail<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Top 5 weirdest PC cases<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Who has the cheapest PC games?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Games of February 2013<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Here’s to the relationships, flirting and canoodeling that brought a tear to our eyes, or made us sick to our stomachs<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":196,"featured_media":50524,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[6486,8810,431,21,2720,5133,1464,485,2383,8811,1841],"class_list":["post-50523","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-features","tag-gaming-characters","tag-gaming-romances","tag-gears-of-war","tag-headline","tag-pac-man","tag-sonic-the-hedgehog","tag-super-mario","tag-uncharted","tag-valentines-day","tag-valentines-day-gaming","tag-wtf"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50523","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/196"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50523"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50523\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50575,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50523\/revisions\/50575"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50524"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50523"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50523"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50523"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}