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  • Ariel and other characters from Disney's The Little Mermaid appear as supporting characters in the Kingdom Hearts video game series, a crossover between various Disney franchises and Square Enix's Final Fantasy franchise. Attina and Andrina, two of Ariel's mermaid sisters, make cameos in Kingdom Hearts II during its final musical number.
  • Double Dealing Character - In the fourteenth title of the Touhou Project series, a mermaid named Wakasagihime serves as the game's first boss. She has the ability to increase her strength when in water.
  • Eliza was a second boss from Gokujo Parodius, made a cameo in Sexy Parodius in Stage 2, which a Pachinko of CR Gokujo Parodius, and Otomedius in Stage 1, voiced by Hitomi Nabatame.
  • Feeding Frenzy and Feeding Frenzy 2 - A mermaid gives starfish for bonus points after successful levels.
  • The Goonies II - The climax of the game involves rescuing a mermaid.
  • Insaniquarium - The puzzle game published by PopCap Games features a mermaid named Meryl who appears as the hostess of the game. She also appears as a pet and her ability is that she sings, which makes the guppies drop more money.
  • The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening - On Koholint Island, there is a mermaid named Martha who lives in a bay. She states that she has lost her necklace because of the ocean waves. After Link retrieves her necklace, Martha gives him a mermaid scale in return.
  • The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass - Link encounters what he at first believes is a real mermaid, but later discovers she is a Hylian girl named Joanne who enjoys dressing up as a mermaid. She is involved in several side quests.
  • In Nintendo's The Legendary Starfy series, a character named simply "Mermaid" is used to save the game. When the player character, Starfy, bumps into the shell she lives in, the game saves.
  • Mega Man 9 - Splash Woman's design is based on the appearance of a mermaid.
  • Mermaids appear in Shantae games like Shantae and the Pirate's Curse and Shantae: Half-Genie Hero.
  • Mermaids are a new "life state" introduced in The Sims 3: Island Paradise and The Sims 4: Island Living.
  • One of the many bosses from Cuphead is Cala Maria, a gigantic mermaid who has a lot of sea creatures fighting by her side.
  • The Pokémon Primarina, a Water/Fairy-type, is based on both a mermaid and a sea lion.
  • Puyo Puyo - The Japanese puzzle game series from Compile (later owned by Sega) features a mermaid named Serilly (Seriri in Japan) who believes that everyone is trying to eat her, due to the belief that eating mermaid flesh will grant immortality.
    • The mobile game Puyopuyo!! Quest features five additional mermaids as part of the Tropical Merfolk series in the game.
  • Return of the Obra Dinn - This mystery game incorporates many naval myths of the 18th/19th century, including the myth of mermaids.

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