Touched off by my previous post thanking the women in my life, I decided to dedicate a blog post as a tribute to the women in my favorite videogames.
First off, who can forget Princess Toadstool, otherwise known as Princess Peach?
As the woman in the first games, I ever played, the Super Mario Game series, she comes first.
Not to forget Princess Daisy!
At first I thought they were one and the same, and Nintendo made some sort of mistake. Nope! Turns out there are two princesses Mario has to rescue.
Not forgetting Princess Zelda.
I first encountered the princess in The Legend of Zelda, A Link to the Past.
I had some sort of thing for Marin, from The Legend of Zelda, Link's Awakening.
After all, she helps link and teaches him the Ballad of the Windfish. they also seem to have a moment at the beach.
Whenever I think of the Ballad of the Windfish, I think of her.
I know you're already hearing the melody in your head... La ti do... la ti do... ti la mi so... la...
The Metroid Series has always fascinated me. I guess one of the biggest things I like about the game is that the protagonist is a woman, and this isn't revealed to you until you beat a game.
I started out playing Metroid II. At this point, I had never played a Metroid game, and all along I thought the character was just a robot. I first beat the game in say, 10 hours, so at the end, I only got to see Samus in her suit. But then, after I decided to play through the game as fast as I could (the last time I beat the game I was at about 1:49 or so...), I got to see Samus' true identity! I think it was then that I really started to like the game, and I decided to go play Metroid I and Super Metroid.
Princess Camile is worth mentioning, because even though she isn't a playable character, she was a character in one of my favorite games as a child, Little Nemo the Dream Master.
Princess Camile appears in both the video game and the anime movie!
Aerith is a female character from my favorite Final Fantasy game, Final Fantasy 7.
In addition to having an interesting story and role, I really like her musical theme. When I think of Final Fantasy 7, Aerith's theme is the first piece of music that comes to my mind.
Growing up, girls were always so rare in video games to me, that I always found girl characters alluring. Whenever I had the chance, I tried out girl characters when they were playable. One of the first girl characters I played, aside from Samus Aran (unwittingly of course), was Chun Li.
I always kinda felt sorry for her, though, especially when she was knocked out and I heard her scream as she fell to the floor. "Ah! Ah! Ah!" Still, she had very powerful kicks and signature moves.
And who can talk about female Street Fighter characters without mentioning Cammy?
I was excited when this female character was introduced in Super Street Fighter. Up until then the only female character was Chun Li.
From the Samurai Shodown series, I really liked Nakoruru, and her sister Rimururu.
Something I really liked about the Samurai Shodown series is the fact that each character has control of some element or weapon. Nakoruru was given an eagle, Mamahaha, and Rimururu was given control of ice. Nakoruru and Rimururu were kinda sort of like the "nature sisters" in the game.
Mai Shiranui was my favorite girl character from the Fatal Fury/King of Fighter's series.
Something I have noticed is how female characters are often sexualized. I swear what attracted me to Mai was her use of fans and the cherry blossom motif.
Finally, a latent character in the Super Mario series, Rosalina.
Rosalina appeared in the Mario Galaxy series. She always struck me as a more mature, more serious, less girly version of Princess Peach.
Welp, that about does it for this post!
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