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Many early female video game characters (such as Ms. Pac-Man) are identical to an existing male character, except for a visual marker of their femininity, such as pink bows, lipstick and long eyelashes. [72] [73] Female video game characters have been criticized as having a tendency to be objects of the "male gaze". [74]
She is the first female character in a video game with a speaking role and is cited as an example of a damsel in distress in fiction. [3] [4] [5] Miyamoto initially planned to use the characters Popeye, Bluto and Olive Oyl from the Popeye cartoon, but when he failed to obtain the license, he created them as Jumpman , Donkey Kong and Pauline. [6]
Samus Aran (Japanese: サムス・アラン, Hepburn: Samusu Aran) is the protagonist of the video game series Metroid by Nintendo.She was created by the Japanese video game designer Makoto Kano and introduced in the first Metroid (1986) for the Nintendo Entertainment System.
Pages in category "Female characters in video games" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 258 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
In a statement to NBC News sent via X, Shelley Blond, the original voice of Croft from the 1996 game, described her character as "the embodiment of female empowerment and girl power."
Video game composer, Kumi Tanioka in 2007 Robin Hunicke speaking at the 2018 Game Developers Conference Siobhan Reddy speaking at the 2019 Game Developers Conference. Women have been part of the video game industry since the 1960s. Mabel Addis of The Sumerian Game (1964) was the first writer of a video game and first female game designer. [126]
Chun-Li (/ tʃ ʌ n ˈ l iː / ⓘ; Japanese: チュンリー, Hepburn: Chun-Rī) is a character in Capcom's Street Fighter video game series. She first appeared in Street Fighter II: The World Warrior in 1991 and is the first female playable character to appear in a fighting game to gain mainstream recognition.
Lara Croft first appeared in 1996 as the heroine of the Tomb Raider games, and has since then been remastered and reimagined multiple times for television, film and more video games – as well ...