Leading Ladies

The gender of the character I play in games really doesn't matter much.  If the main character is male, then I play as a male.  Heck, when I played World of Warcraft I made one of my characters male just for some variety.  I will say that if I'm given the option to choose my gender in a game I will choose female.  But enough about that, I thought I would write about some of my favorite female characters (playable or NPC's) from my gaming experiences.  I am going to write about a different character everyday until I run out of ideas.

Samus Aran

If you've ever played any of the Metroid games on Nintendo you are familiar with this leading lady.  Samus is one of the first female characters to be featured as the protaganist.  If you go back and play the classic Metroid games you realize that Samus's gender is a surprise that is revealed at the end of the first game.  Samus is a power suit wearing bounty hunter who travels around space solving all problems related to life sucking metroids.  Her suit allows her to fire a cannon as well as missiles.  It also gives her the ability to morph into a ball to navigate tight spaces.

Samus Aran

Samus is the original tough chick game character.  She silently navigated many Metroid games, shooting and morphing her way forward.  It wasn't until later games that Samus was given a voice (which, after being a silent character for so long, I found really weird) and pictured outside of her powersuit. Outside of her suit Samus is known for being one of the "sexiest" female characters in gaming.  I don't care about all that sex appeal nonsense as long as she keeps kicking some bad guy tail.