Strongest and weakest female characters of all time?

[RetroViruses]

Weak- Zelda - has she ever done anything, really, other than give you a couple of arrows?

Got Shiek? /faceslap

Wow...cannot believe I completely forgot that part of the game...faceslap indeed (although didn't she just teach you music?)

 

[The Random One]

Ima let you finish, but I think Chell is the best female character of all time!
Of all time!

No, seriously, it has to be Chell from Portal. She had to deal with a murderous computer trying to poison her.

And if you talk about Chell in your paper, you get to mention that insane theory that says Portal is a 'female' game because rather than have guns that ejaculate bullets to show your dominance over enemies, you have a gun that creates openings through which you are reborn into new challenges. Seriously, look it up.

OT, Alyx is pretty much the only character that is well-developed and is strong without being a space marine, and attractive without being a set of breasts, at least that I can think of.

 

[Soushi]

Strongest: i would have to say that Sheik from the Zelda franchise
Weakest: Princess peach... from any universe or franchise or game or mensa society meeting.

 

[twistkick]

And if you talk about Chell in your paper, you get to mention that insane theory that says Portal is a 'female' game because rather than have guns that ejaculate bullets to show your dominance over enemies, you have a gun that creates openings through which you are reborn into new challenges. Seriously, look it up.

...That's probably the weirdest/coolest thing I've heard today.

 

[IrishBerserker]

I have an ulterior motive for posting this... it's for a paper I'm writing. I just need a few more good leads.

So, what do you think? Who are the awesomest female video game characters ever, and who are the most useless?

I speak in terms of story importance, depth of character, etc... NOT hotness, thank you very much.

Bewaaaaaaaaare my feminist wrath.

Strongest - The Boss (aka: The Joy) from the Metal Gear Solid franchise.

Weakest - Princess Daisy/Peach/Toadstool from the Mario franchise

 

[BenzSmoke]

Alyx Vance is by far the strongest female game character. I'm not counting Samus because she doesn't really have a personallity.

 

[chinese_democracy]

Weak- Zelda - has she ever done anything, really, other than give you a couple of arrows?

Got Shiek? /faceslap

Wow...cannot believe I completely forgot that part of the game...faceslap indeed (although didn't she just teach you music?)

its been a few years since i played the game but if i remember correctly she basically served as an omniscient guide/guardian.

 

[Logic 0]

Most useless character is yuffie from final fantasy 7 she just hops on to your party and tries to annoy you.

Useful charecter is Samus aran she is strong, independent and erases the gender barrier between male and female charecters.

 

[Wakefield]

Alyx Vance from HL2 and onward is definitely the strongest.

and I fail to think of weaker one then Peach, she is always ALWAYS getting captured and being helpless.

 

[Kuchinawa212]

Strongest in my book is Farah in Price of persia.
She was strong without that feel that she was stronger the prince.

 

[purplelion]

Strongest: Shiek / Tetra
Weakest: Roll from megaman... seriously a vacuum?

 

[rhyno435]

Weakest: Princess Peach.

Strongest: Samus Aran, Alyx Vance, Elena Fisher.

 

[Ronnor56]

How about Ameratsu from Ôkami? Strong, fast, beautiful (in a 'picturesque' way) and pulls off a humorous and quirky personality without saying a word.

 

[Biosophilogical]

Strongest??? Yuna anyone??? (mainly cause anima is freakin' awesome!!!!!11!!1!!!one!!!eleven!!!1)

Weakest??? Peach soooooooo peach, all she does is get kidnapped, I don't think she has ever even filed a restraining order or anything.

 

[twistkick]

The strongest: ...Yue Ying from Dynasty Warriors.../quote]

I really love Yue Ying, although I think she's a bit weakened in Dynasy Warriors 6. It does bother me that her storyline revolves solely around her husband... like most DW women... but there's really not much alternative besides totally making crap up (ahem, cough cough, Diao Chan)

 

[L3m0n_L1m3]

Samus Aran as strongest, that slutty chick from Call of Juarez for weakest.

Honestly, she got herself kidnapped around 50 times and tried to hook up with 3 different characters. I was so disappointed when she didn't die and got a happy ending.

It?s not really a happy ending; Thomas beats her in the first one and then Juarez come and kills them both.

Oh. I was referring to the newest one. Thomas and her get married and Ray becomes a priest.

 

[ADDLibrarian]

Strong: Do they have to be the protagonists? Cause there are some pretty strong bad gal characters in the Metal Gear Solid series (Fortune and Sniper Wolf come to mind). Samus Aran, Chell, Alyx Vance, Jill Valentine are strong, but have already been mentioned several times. I always liked Helena from the Dead or Alive series (just the fighting game, not the slutty volleyball games). Helena was an opera singer who fought to avenge her mother's death. That's pretty cool.

Weakest: Princess Peach of course is the epitome of melodrama cliches (I can just picture her tied to the railroad tracks by Snydley Whiplash (sp?). Princess Daisy is not much better...her voice makes me cringe. Going back to Metal Gear...Rose. *feels the need to bang head on table recalling Rose and Raiden's banter*. Tina Armstrong from the DOA series: she fights for the opportunity to dress like a slut despite daddy's wishes? Kitana/Jade/Mileenea from Mortal Kombat series were pretty disappointing. Same slutty outfit, just different colors.