Strongest and weakest female characters of all time?
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Lyn from Fire Emblem, she's interesting and not cliched, but when it comes down to it she cuts everyone apart
Princess Peach, not only is she always having to be saved, but she has absolutely no personality.
Also, it might be interesting to have a look at Fable. All the marriable women are one dimensional characters (when they even have character), while all the non-marriable women are all capable heroes with their own backstories ect
EDIT: completely forgot about Ashley. Dear god...
but seriously
Lyn from Fire Emblem, she's interesting and not cliched, but when it comes down to it she cuts everyone apart
Princess Peach, not only is she always having to be saved, but she has absolutely no personality.
Also, it might be interesting to have a look at Fable. All the marriable women are one dimensional characters (when they even have character), while all the non-marriable women are all capable heroes with their own backstories ect
I believe at one point she saves link from that darkness/well monster, but I can't really remember eitherchinese_democracy said:
EDIT: completely forgot about Ashley. Dear god...
You expect me to know every female character in video games? Certainly, you jest, kind sir!
In reality, there is no 'strongest' female character of all time. Gaming has yet to come up with a character that really personifies 'strong female'. We have characters that are female and strong, though, which isn't quite the same thing. Almost every female character in video game history has some kind of redeeming quality. Strong doesn't equal ass-kicking.
Just because a chick can shoot a gun doesn't make her strong as a character. Samus is strong, yes, and she's female, but she's utterly forgettable and lacks a personality. Chell falls into this same category. Sure, they could both very well be considered strong females if they were personified by more than dead silence.
Zelda's arguably a strong female character. She's the princess of a crumbling kingdom that does not run away from her duties, despite having to rely on her male counterpart to do all her dirty work for her. She could abandon her situation, but she doesn't in favor of saving the kingdom/world/not saving the kingdom because the KoRL is a jerk. She never quite takes control of her situation, but she puts effort into it.
In other words, you're all winners at the Space Olympics!
In reality, there is no 'strongest' female character of all time. Gaming has yet to come up with a character that really personifies 'strong female'. We have characters that are female and strong, though, which isn't quite the same thing. Almost every female character in video game history has some kind of redeeming quality. Strong doesn't equal ass-kicking.
Just because a chick can shoot a gun doesn't make her strong as a character. Samus is strong, yes, and she's female, but she's utterly forgettable and lacks a personality. Chell falls into this same category. Sure, they could both very well be considered strong females if they were personified by more than dead silence.
Zelda's arguably a strong female character. She's the princess of a crumbling kingdom that does not run away from her duties, despite having to rely on her male counterpart to do all her dirty work for her. She could abandon her situation, but she doesn't in favor of saving the kingdom/world/not saving the kingdom because the KoRL is a jerk. She never quite takes control of her situation, but she puts effort into it.
In other words, you're all winners at the Space Olympics!
....Hello!? Did the witch from Left 4 Dead not pop into anyone's head? She is by far the strongest female character. Oh and of course Medusa from Soul Eater not a game but still a character, ironicly also a witch.
You better hope NeutralDrow never reads that.Internet Kraken said:
Because I'm unoriginal, I'd say Samus is one of the strongest. As for weak ones, Princess Peach gets kidnapped constantly. I wouldn't say weakest, though, since she's in the sports games and does stuff on occasion.
"Say, 'Yes, sir Mazoga,'"Clyde said:
Sorry, I have compulsive quoting habits.
Alright, so I'll concede that she may actually do something, but that doesn't necessarily redeem her in my eyes. I mean, Lara Croft goes around in her supervillainous, animal-murdering pillage-fests, but I would still call her a weak female character.
...Actually, I would like Lara Croft more if they acknowledged her as a supervillain, because at least then she'd actually have a personality instead of just being a cardboard cutout generic-o-thon of a character with a crudely drawn of a pair of milkduds pinned onto the front.
i agree with the peach part how many times can you get kidnapped by the SAME GUY get rescued just be kidnapped for what seems to be a week laterSoushi said:
because that is what their jobs are:blackhandops said:
Get Kidnapped by bowser (peach)
Kidnap Peach (Bowser)
kick Bowser's ass, then fail to hump peach despite being in the right place at the right time (Mario)
the company vacations are the mario sports games.
they all hated SMRPG because no one was getting paid, and they still had to kick other poeple's asses
For strongest I'd say Samus from Metroid (and apparently so do a lot of other people)
For weakest I'd say it's a tie between Princess Toadstool and... that chick from Star Ocean Last Hope.
ED: Reimi Saionji!
For weakest I'd say it's a tie between Princess Toadstool and... that chick from Star Ocean Last Hope.
ED: Reimi Saionji!
Chun li would be my favorite strong chick, she was my favorite to play in Street fighter next to Sakura and her annoying dash attack.
Weakest? of course you have to go with Princess Peach! Always getting captured and even in game that she can fight in like Brawl, she has such sissy attacks! Smacking you with her butt, hitting you with a frying pan, throwing vegetables at you, and pulling toad out of her cooter to act as a meat shield. Mario should just SHORYUKEN! her and GB2 Kitchen amirite?
Weakest? of course you have to go with Princess Peach! Always getting captured and even in game that she can fight in like Brawl, she has such sissy attacks! Smacking you with her butt, hitting you with a frying pan, throwing vegetables at you, and pulling toad out of her cooter to act as a meat shield. Mario should just SHORYUKEN! her and GB2 Kitchen amirite?
Strongest: April Ryan. Not surprising that The Longest Journey is my favorite game ever, no? In TLJ, she doesn't have/need physical strength. She's very resilient, resourceful, and genuinely good. She takes her entire journey so well, especially the end. I wish she hadn't gotten so mopey in the sequel. Forget Dreamfall!
Weakest: Yorda (ICO), but I still love her.
Weakest: Yorda (ICO), but I still love her.
Lyn is a good answer. The old chick from KOTOR too for strongest.banthesun said:
Weakest would be Cortana from Halo. She is a computer who tells you what to do and how to, but never does any dirty work. Besides a sex symbol, she could be eliminated from the series and it would be the same.