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Game Debate to the Death! Tifa VS Samus

10:50 PM on 04.03.2007, Fronz 150 comments

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This is it! The final round! Last week we finished round two of our best gaming heroine debate, and it turned out to be one of the most one-sided weeks we've ever seen. Tifa's slaughter of Aeris in round one was even more lopsided, but to pull these kind of numbers in the second round is impressive.

In the next month or two we're going to revisit a few old game debates from last year to see how things have changed over the last twelve months, but I think it's safe to say that we never need to hold last week's debate ever again on Dtoid. Here were the results:

  • Jade: 26 votes
  • Samus: 79 votes - Winner!
That leaves just Metroid's Samus and Final Fantasy's Tifa for the last round in our  month-long debate. Despite both women being beautiful, things should definitely get ugly quick, how do you choose between the two? That's up to you to decide -- which woman deserves to win and why? Weigh the pros and cons, cast your votes, give your reasons, go get some of your friends to sign up and give their opinions too, and check back next week for this year's champion!

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brad drac's Avatar
brad drac at 04/03/2007 23:27
Samus.

..Can't really think of any reason in particular, I just prefer her.
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Fronz at 04/03/2007 23:28
Definitely a hard choice. After seeing Advent Children, I must admit I'm a bit swayed, and want to vote for Tifa. I really do. But I have to keep a clear head and realize that not only did Samus Aran pave the path for women gamers, her 8-bit roots helped her do it in fashion, putting gameplay above all else, and just happened to become a total babe later on in life. She deserves to win. I'm voting for Samus.

I'm up for a threesome though...
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fedaykin_warrior at 04/03/2007 23:30
Samus hands down. Just cuz she's a badass.
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Sienar at 04/03/2007 23:30
Tifa, because you can actualy see her boobs

But samus would kick her ass
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Roryzilla at 04/03/2007 23:30
God damn Necros makes a good point, change my vote to samus. Dolphin kick can't compare to wave beam.
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Sheir at 04/03/2007 23:31
Samus.
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Mister Disco at 04/03/2007 23:32
I say Samus. She's got more experience, a better body, and better games. Hell, more than one game for that matter :P

Samus will always rule the video game female world. Get used to it!
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RJG at 04/03/2007 23:32
Samus deserves to win. She might have become a sex symbol of late, but she began her career as a respectable business woman and that's not the reason most of us fell in love with her. Take away Tifa's fun bags and you're left with a generic kung fu chick that falls in love with an emo protagonist.

And for falling in love with an emo douche bag, Tifa deserves to lose.

Samus FTW.
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donkeykong at 04/03/2007 23:33
Let's say you meet both of these girls in real life. Doesn't Samus seem like she'd be all business? She's never really had much character. Granted Tifa has had more opportunity for character development, considering that she starred in an RPG as opposed to an action game, and the movie of course.

My vote is for Samus but I honestly can't justify it.
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blu3steel at 04/03/2007 23:33
Samus for reals
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Scape at 04/03/2007 23:33
Tifa-Saving the world from meteor anyone?
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Fronz at 04/03/2007 23:34
Hahaha, people are already changing votes! I'm going to have to already start planning next year's Gaming Heroine Debate to the Death 08. It will put March Madness to shame
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Scape at 04/03/2007 23:38
We can fill out brackets and have a competition.
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harelo at 04/03/2007 23:39
Tifa Again.

Sorry kids, but it's Brunettes > Blondes for me
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bleep at 04/03/2007 23:39
Samus!!

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Oni at 04/03/2007 23:42
Samus FTW, man. Samus FTMFW.

Only a few women in video games have done what she has done.
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Hamblasto at 04/03/2007 23:45
Samus. Sure Tifa was a boner and a half but I liked Samus' take shit from no one kind of attitude.
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bigfatton at 04/03/2007 23:46
Samus, I love Tifa but.........come on
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Your moms new boyfriend at 04/03/2007 23:47
Gotta go with Tifa. I gotta support a gal who's "boyfriend" is a flaming 'mo.
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RJG at 04/03/2007 23:49
@ harelo

Samus was originally a brunette (even had green hair depending on the weapon equipped) and was also a redhead for a short time, depending on how you look at things.

@ Scape

Tifa saved the world from Meteor, with the help of a dozen other people. Samus has single handedly destroyed entire worlds and organised crime syndicates. Zebes and SR388 are no more for one simple reason. Samus.

If you think Samus couldn't have destroyed Meteor all by her lonesome, you're fooling yourself. Hell, she would have done it during a speed run in less than two hours and gotten naked at the end, which is a damn sight more than Tifa has ever done.
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Robert at 04/03/2007 23:51
Samus has no personality, at least in the Metroid games I've played. She could have been a robot and it wouldn't have made the slightest difference except for her "Hi this is me without armor" scene at the end of each game. Tifa, on the other hand, is a fully developed character, one not too generic but not too "Hey I'm gonna try to steal the spotlight for the next two discs even though I'm dead." Or whatever.

Tifa, no question.
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TheMadLeper at 04/03/2007 23:51
Tifa, cause i fucking hate samus.
Brad Rice's Avatar
Brad Rice at 04/03/2007 23:51
Samus!
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Colette Bennett at 04/03/2007 23:51
Samus is a way bigger badass.

Sorry Tifa, all you got going is really big tits.
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fedaykin_warrior at 04/03/2007 23:52
I love this pic:

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Danzuke at 04/03/2007 23:53
first aeris loses and then jade..... ugh

Tifa is my vote here, but it's under protest!
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Pangloss at 04/03/2007 23:54
Destrucoid, why must you do this to me? Samus, but it pains me to leave Tifa out.
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velcroman at 04/04/2007 00:01
Tifa. me likey the boobies.
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masterledz at 04/04/2007 00:06
Tifa. Bewbs = ZOMG
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mdvalenz at 04/04/2007 00:06
Samus, but Jade should have won.
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Crunshii at 04/04/2007 00:09
why .... just why... why cant I have them both...
WHYYYYYY!!!!!!!
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6669 at 04/04/2007 00:10
Samus, again
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Black Mage Slim at 04/04/2007 00:12
Tifa. sry but samus uses a gun. Tifa uses her hands. Now who is more bad ass?
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trydizon at 04/04/2007 00:13
tifa.

give it up for brunettes.
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RJG at 04/04/2007 00:19
Robert says:

Samus has no personality, at least in the Metroid games I've played.

Tifa has no personality, at least in that one cut scene that she wasn't in that I saw a couple of years ago.

Come on man! If you'd played Super Metroid or Fusion to the end, there's no way you'd be saying that. A lot of Samus' story ahs to be put together yourself, it isn't hand fed to you in hour long cut scenes and flat dialogue.

Samus refused to destroy the last metroid because she wasn't a cold killing machine. She was human and she understood that even though the Metroid's had been put to terrible use, they deserved to live and could benefit mankind. That same metroid then saves her life twice over, once sacrificing itself to rescue it's "mother" (Samus being the first thing the metroid saw when it hatched at the end of Metroid 2) and again when it's genetic material was injected into Samus to stave off the X-parasite that had infected her, essentialy fusing her DNA with that of the metroids she had so dutifully hunted.

I'm sorry, but saying Samus has no personality is like saying Final Fantasy is all about gameplay. It just ain't so.

And yes, I'm watching this board like a hawk while I stave of uni work, so =P.
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l0cke at 04/04/2007 00:23
Samus...she just kicks ass
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grrza at 04/04/2007 00:30
Samus, hands down.
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roleypolinde at 04/04/2007 00:36
SO CONFLICTED!
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Lennybot at 04/04/2007 00:36
Samus, mainly cause she has the serious firepower.
Also, I find Tifa annoying.
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Robert at 04/04/2007 00:39
Didn't play Fushion, so I can't really reply to that. :P But sure, she's sympathetic. That's good. And sure, it always makes me want to cry when the metroid saves your ass against the final boss. But if we're expected to dive between the lines and close-read every detail, I'm sure we could make any character sound like they have a much more prominent personality. Like...Mario is the embodiment of true courage and his story is an ode to hopeless romantics because of his seemingly never-ending quest to rescue his beloved. Or something. :P

I guess it's (part of) the reason Link and Chrono always won gamefaqs character contests. But I will always protest silent characters (except Ness, but only because Earthbound is the greatest). :P Speaking of character contests, Magus > Sephiroth...but don't get me started.

I don't know how to end this comment. To each his/her own, I suppose. :) BLEARHGH *implodes*
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Brass at 04/04/2007 00:49
I'll take the quality gameplay and constantly evolving Samus over the typical 2D anime eye candy that is Tifa.
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Lt Numbnuts at 04/04/2007 00:56
Tifa For The Bewbs!
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William Haley at 04/04/2007 01:06
I agree that Samus is badass, but I also agree that she has no personality. She doesnt talk or cry or get mad, shes basically a robot. Plus she never even shows her face except at the end of most of the games, and the last couple of times they didnt even bother to render her very well..

The fight scene from AC seals the deal for me: 1 vote for Tifa please.
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wario67 at 04/04/2007 01:06
Samus
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Ignignokt01 at 04/04/2007 01:07
Samus
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Tactix at 04/04/2007 01:12
Aeris and Jill both lost, so I'll have to go with my 3rd choice..

Tifa
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calpis at 04/04/2007 01:32
Tifa!!!
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Knives at 04/04/2007 01:48
S-A-M-U-S
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