As art forms, gaming and opera are polar opposites.

Opera is seen as high culture, and has a history dating back centuries.

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They took the cinematic approach of movies and incorporated music’s ability to dictate emotion.

They grew increasingly literary, and even incorporated opera.

Isn’t art a good gauge of one’s humanity?

GoldenEye 007, Super Mario 64 and The Legend Of Zelda Majora’s Mask.

Unfortunately, Simone’s hobbies besides singing include cannibalizing machines.

After the fight, the machines thank you for defeating this wayward opera singer.

He is too weird, too off-putting, and too absent compared to more charismatic villains like Wesker.

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A virologist by trade, Marcus also engages in opera singing in his spare time.

Split image of characters from Parasite Eve, Final Fantasy 9 and Hitman: Blood Money.

The game acted as a sequel to a book and was Square’s biggest foray into the horror genre.

Its first FMV is burned into its fanbase’s memory forever.

When Aya Brea attends an opera performance inNew York, everyone in the audience spontaneously combusts except for her.

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The singer mutates and reveals Aya’s true nature to her: she is anything but an ordinary cop.

Despite its standalone status, the game feels very much like an ensemble performance.

The music itself is top-notch, as is expected of a Nobuo Uematsu composition.

Simone fights 2B in Nier Automata.

This is one of the best opening levels a JRPG has ever had.

Nowhere is this more apparent than in the operatic performance the game gives us.

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James Marcus reveals his younger form in Resident Evil 0.

The Great Mighty Poo is exactly what it proclaims to be: a giant pile of excrement.

The game speaks to its audience because Toby Fox was raised in the same games as Undertale’s fanbase.

One of those games was Final Fantasy 6; Undertale’s opera scene is an obvious tribute.

A stage with actors performing an opera in Parasite Eve.

As Mettaton torments your character, he engages in an increasingly absurd series of scenarios with you.

No matter how much you rehearse, something can go wrong, and you have to make do.

The actor playing the prisoner, sentenced to mock execution, is Agent 47’s target.

A crowd cheers as a theatrical performance begins in Final Fantasy 9.

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The Great Mighty Poo sings while rising out of a pit in Conker’s Bad Fur Day.

Mettaton sings from atop a castle balcony in Undertale.

Celes sings from atop a castle balcony in Final Fantasy 6.

A first person view of a mock execution in an opera in Hitman: Blood Money.

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