Let’s be honest, one of the most beautiful things to come across in gaming is a good bromance,especially when they’d never betray each other. It’s always heartwarming to come across a friendship where the two people are completely and utterly comfortable around each other.
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With that level of comfort comes a wicked awesome handshake. You know the one.The secret kindthat involves far too many steps, multiple hours to simply learn it, and the kind of thing that is horribly embarrassing to do out in public. We’ve all had one, and if somehow you haven’t, I highly recommend you make one for fun.
10Cloud And Barret - Final Fantasy 7 Remake
The pair may have quite a bit of tension throughoutFinal Fantasy 7 Remake, but we all know that’s just because Cloud and Barret are afraid to admit how badly they want to be best buds for the world to see.
You might think having one hand being a literal gun would make a secret handshake difficult, but nay I say, that would just make the handshake all the more exciting. Most secret handshakes are simple, but Cloud and Barret’s would definitely be filled with indifferent shrugs and danger.
9Commander Shepard And Wrex - Mass Effect Legendary Edition
The friendship betweenMass Effect’sCommander Shepardand all of the Kroganis a thing of legend. Considering both Shepard and Wrex are far cheesier than they’d like the public to know, it only makes sense that they’d have some kind of secret handshake.
Knowing the Krogan, it’s possible that Wrex’s version of a secret handshake begins similarly to his standoff with Shepard on Virmire — I’d just assume it was the standoff that has a happy ending. Somehow incorporating guns into a secret handshake sounds like a very Krogan thing to do to me.
8Marcus And Dom - Gears Of War
The bromance between Marcus and Dom in theGears of Warseries has become a thing of legend among fans of the series. It’s hard to look at two muscle-bound, gritty men and not assume that they have some kind of secret handshake.
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It would probably be the manliest handshake of all time, being the only one to ever rival Dutch and Dillon’s shake from Predator. I imagine Marcus and Dom being exactly like that duo, except with revving chainsaws colliding the entire time they shake hands.
7Mario And Luigi - Super Mario Bros.
It only makes sense thatMario and Luigiwould have a secret handshake, right? They do kind of bring the bro part of a bromance to the table in a literal sense. I picture each of them bringing their own unique flair to the handshake.
You know, Luigi is wiggling and flailing all over the place, and Mario is just standing there as still as can be. Finally, a single phrase falls out of Mario’s mouth, “Mushroom Kingdom, here we come.” Luigi recoils in horror before completing the handshake as he knowshis brother has been replaced by Chris Pratt Mario.
6Yuri And Flynn - Tales Of Vesperia
Yuri and Flynn have a rather unique relationshipthroughoutTales Of Vesperia. The two friends often find themselves and their own personal missions at odds, but at the end of it all, they find a way to come together to save the day.
That sounds sweet and all, until you realize that they’ve been doing the world’s most elaborate secret handshake the entire time. Who needs a simple high five when you could clash swords a whole bunch before tiring yourself out, falling to the floor, and crossing swords once more?
5Peter Parker And Miles Morales - Insomniac’s Spider-Man
Okay, we all knowPeter Parker and Miles Moralesdefinitely have a secret handshake and it was totally Miles who forced it on Peter. The funniest part isn’t even the handshake itself, but the process of learning it that Peter would have had to go through.
Peter is often a bit behind on the times, and Miles tends to be represented as a character on top of the trends, so it only makes sense that he’d have to teach old man Parker. Seeing one-half of a secret handshake awkwardly bumble their way through the whole thing probably hits close to home for many of us.
4Sora, Donald, And Goofy - Kingdom Hearts
These dorks definitely have a secret handshake we don’t know about. In a shocking twist of fate and an absolute first for theKingdom Heartsseries, I bet it would be incredibly simple. Who needs to add more complexity to the series?
The three friends probably just raise a hand, plop their thumbs togetherto some relaxing musicand say something cheesy like “friendship”. That sounds exactly like the kind of Disney-friendly secret handshake Sora and his animal friends would have, even if they are routinely obliterating evil creatures.
3The Protagonist And Yusuke Hanamura - Persona 4 Golden
To be fair, the secret handshake in this instance was definitely Yusuke’s idea. While it would definitely be to express their unique friendship, it would also likely have some other kind of ulterior motive behind it. That sounds veryPersona 4 Golden.
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Yusuke would probably think that girls dig elaborate handshakes, and get to work crafting the most complicated mess possible in the hopes of impressing Rise. Meanwhile, the multi-named protagonist would just be there with maxed-out understanding, enabling his friend while trying to think of what the answer to that last question on ancient Japanese literature was.
2Wario And Waluigi - Super Mario Party
You already knowWarioand Waluigi have one of the most stupendous secret handshakes that the world has never seen. It’s probably got it all. Farts, memes, mustache-twirling, and plenty of maniacal cackling.
Who knows, maybe at one point, the two completely trade body shapes just to see how the other lives for a moment right in the middle of their handshake. Is that a bit extravagant? Absolutely, but I only expect the absolute best from the two-man meme machine that is Wario and Waluigi.
1Commander Shepard And Garrus - Mass Effect Legendary Edition
Commander Shepard absolutely deserves two spots on this list because he’s the type of guy who would be a little secret handshake two-timer. We all know the one true bromance of the series is between Shepard and Garrus — sorry Wrex.
I want to believe that somewhere in the BioWare offices there exists a deleted scene when the two friends say their final words before the final push in Mass Effect 3. What is that scene you ask? Just both men launching into the absolute weirdest secret handshake possible complete with little giggles and looking around to see if anyone is looking.
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