Games Where You Copy Powers and Use Them

[Nz17]

This is a thread for games where a playable characters copies the moves of others and uses them.

Kirby (inhales baddies and copies their abilities)
Mega Man (defeats enemies and copies powers)
Plants vs. Zombies (Old-time potato can copy the ability of any one plant)
Sonic Battle (Emerl mimics the abilities of Sonic, his friends, and enemies)

[JakeM]

Mimic is a move in Pokemon, hell theres a move like it in any RPG.

[DK1105]

Everyone loves Gaiares.

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[Ro-J]

It's early, and I many be stretching quite a bit with this one, but how about Parappa the Rapper?

[Tron 2.0]

Shang Tsung from the mortal kombat series he can just about mimic every one ;)

[SpaceHarrier]

Mimic is a move in Pokemon, hell theres a move like it in any RPG.

Above basically already covers it, but I'll still throw in Final Fantasy 9 (Quina, the blue mage, gains it's abilities by copying the moves of others).

[JakeM]

Everyone loves Gaiares.

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Is that really the REAL cover or was it a gag on Game Sack?

[DK1105]

Is that really the REAL cover or was it a gag on Game Sack?

To my knowledge that is the real US cover. This is the original Japanese cover

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[Urzu402]

A few of the Final Fantasy have Blue Magic which copies enemy spells for you to use. Chrono Cross has a party member that can transform into enemies that the party member kills.

[MidnightRider]

If spiritual possession counts:
Avenging Spirit
Shadow Force
Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee
Messiah

[jperryss]

You could say FF6 had a few. Gau could spend time with monsters to learn their abilities. Relm could "draw" an enemy and attack with it. And Gogo was a mimic.

[FieryReign]

Is that really the REAL cover or was it a gag on Game Sack?

That is NOT the real cover, obviously. Although they did have that guy featured in their mag ads, he was some kind of "expert gamer dude" for Renovation.

I'll mention G Darius to oblige the concept of the thread.

[Scissors]

You could say FF6 had a few. Gau could spend time with monsters to learn their abilities. Relm could "draw" an enemy and attack with it. And Gogo was a mimic.

Don't forget Strago, who can memorize certain abilities he sees used in battle.

[Aussie2B]

To my knowledge that is the real US cover. This is the original Japanese cover

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For crying out loud, people, this is the US cover:

http://www.texturemonkey.com/HCG/blog/gaiares_%2811%29.jpg

Who would honestly believe that some greasy teen with a mullet would be plastered all over the real cover? That guy is just from the dumb Gaiares advertising that was in magazines at the time.

ANYWAY, to answer the question with a couple other games, there's Brave Fencer Musashi, and I'm pretty sure Threads of Fate has a similar mechanic.

[Jorpho]

TUMIKI Fighters (aka Blast Works for the Wii) probably counts.

I think Chimera Beast, the "unreleased" arcade shooter, might also qualify. And perhaps EVO: Search for Eden?

[Gameguy]

Who would honestly believe that some greasy teen with a mullet would be plastered all over the real cover?


http://i40.tinypic.com/r8i328.jpg

[Steve W]

Fight For Life on the Atari Jaguar let you steal moves from defeated opponents.

[kupomogli]

Breath of Fire 3 has an option in battle called examine. Many of the enemy attacks can be learned by watching the enemy use the skill. It's random whether you learn it, but you can.

Breath of Fire 4 also has this option, but instead of examine, as long as the character is defending they might learn an enemy skill that's used.

Archon the Light and the Dark is a chess like game with different monsters you can control. One side has the shapeshifter. The shapeshifter will always take the form of the enemy he is fighting and have the attacks of that enemy.

Wild ARMs 2 has a character named Marivel who can learn enemy skills as long as she defeats them.

Wild ARMs 3 has a spell called Copy Ability that lets you copy enemies special attacks. It's a spell usable by anyone equipped with Raftina's rune.

Wild ARMs XF has a spell called download which allows for the emulator to copy spells and abilities as well.

Final Fantasy Blue Mages, Strago, Quina, Kimahri, Enemy Skill Materia

Arc the Lad has a monster named Odon. This character can take the shape of any enemy or ally in the game. Even though Odon gains some skills from the characters, he's unable to use them. Odon is also in Arc the Lad 2, although I've never used him.

Threads of Fate's main characte Rue can shapeshift into a number of monsters that he's previously killed and gains their abilities.

Brave Fencer Musashi's sword Fusion can be charged up to copy an enemy ability.

Chocobo Racing's Chubby Chocobo has an ability called Receive. If receive is ready to be used and Chubby Chocobo is hit by a spell, regardless the level, he'll copy and receive exactly what was used on him.

There are more I could list but I'm going to sleep right now.

[Parodius Duh!]

Just about every RPG ever made has some sort of skill learning ability present.

[BlastProcessing402]

Some wrestling games let you "steal" your opponent's finisher. Nothing more humiliatin then beatin a guy with his own move!

[lkermel]

Some shooters give the players the ability to capture enemy ships and use them, such as:

G-Darius (Arcade/Ps1)
Macross Scrambled Valkyrie (Super Famicom)
Blazeon (SNES/Super Famicom)

[Einzelherz]

Castlevania Aria of sorrow and Dawn of sorrow, sorta. Both phenomenal anyway.

[Haoie]

Came in here for Brave Fencer Musashi - Not disappointed!

Musashi: Samurai Legend [the sequal] also has a similar system, except the learnt ability is permanent.

[turntablist1210]

Mokujin from the Tekken series

[BricatSegaFan]

Some shooters give the players the ability to capture enemy ships and use them, such as:

G-Darius (Arcade/Ps1)
Macross Scrambled Valkyrie (Super Famicom)
Blazeon (SNES/Super Famicom)

Don't forget Gaiares for genesis. The TOZ system is what the game calls it.

Edit: Never mind already mentioned

[Shoryuhado]

The character Twelve from Street Fighter III Third Strike has a super move in which he turns into the opponent and he's able to perform his/her normal and special moves but not his/her super moves.

[Nz17]

The character Twelve from Street Fighter III Third Strike has a super move in which he turns into the opponent and he's able to perform his/her normal and special moves but not his/her super moves.

Good catch - I hadn't thought about that guy in a long time.