Don't forget to mention Chun-Li as being one one the first female shown in fighters.

You get a puppy pic! My boxer Bowser when he was little:

is the bra this one?

Sure, the bra is uncomfortable, but what SIZE is it? These are things the DToid community must know!

Also, which do you prefer: tomboy heroines or the more feminine heroines?

Personally, I like tomboys because chicks who can kick my ass are kinda hot, i.e. most chicks.

Other than Samus, The guardian from Guardian Legend was pretty cool. I don't think there has been any game like it, in terms of a shooter/adventure game. She also may be the first to start the flying woman shooter genre lol

And after 2 minutes of thinking of an obscure and pointless female hero from an awsome game it is.




Tops from dino city.

* Alis Landade, from Phantasy Star I, is beautfull and a greay character. And Alys, in Phantasy Star 4, who dies. :-(

Oh, almost forgot, Blaze Fielding from Streets of Rage. She is hot!

*makes double sure there is actually an episode this week*

After Samus was unmasked, did you ever wonder if any other video game characters dawned in armor were woman?

Why the hell was she in a bikini? Did you even wonder if other video game characters dawned in armor wore bikinis?

(Seriously, Samus, I would think that at least a sports bra and shorts would be practical. Same goes with your zero suit, we don't need to see you jugglies floppin' all over the place) (Actually, the all or nothin' method wouldn't be too bad...)


Now onto breaking destructoid with kindergarten doodles and cute animals.




TITTIES

my birthday is comming up! YAY!

Which birthday-themed game should I not emulate to celbrate this occasion?

Also ON TOPIC: Was Ms. Pac-Man the first Videogame heroine and how amazing was she?

Who do you think was the first good, really fleshed-out-character-wise heroine in a retro videogame?

I don't think Samus counts, since there's not much character/personality there--at least in the early games.
Zelda and that "Cock-Teasing Whore" aren't exactly fleshed-out...
The girl from Phantasy Star, which I have yet to play?

I would have to say probably one of the females from FF2/4 (which I also have yet to play) or Terra & Celes from FF3/6. You guys have any insight?

BTW, awesome artwork, Stella!!

What happened to Princess Peach as a heroine? Obviously she was in dire need of rescue in Super Mario Bros, but was just as much a hero (if not more) than Mario and Luigi in Super Mario Bros. 2, only to go back to damsel in distress status in Mario 3, remaining there ever since.

Also, why is she such a cock-teasing bitch?

Is it bad to love retroforceGO so much that I've made it a routine to listen to it when i go to bed.

Tara, from FFVI, that is all.

Princess Peach got her own game dude.


after mario 2.






she saves mario.

This is a question for any who have played Phantasy Star 1. How different do you think you would have felt about helping out the main character Alis, if she wasn't a woman? (((((SPOILER))))) Does her loss at the beginning hit harder for you because she is a female, and according to common themes 'weaker' and unable to care for herself? Meaning was the revenge that much sweeter in your opinion?

Obviously, anyone who has finished that freaking hard ass game knows she kicks total ass though :-P

Not really retro, but I always dug the chick from No One Lives Forever.

pics of chad plz.

@Cube-Heck yah Valis!! I love her :D

I wore my new Retroforce Go! T-Shirt for a week, as a somewhat protest for a new Retroforce episode. Now if you will excuse me, I am off to take a shower.

* Not exacly heroines, but in the adventure game Rex Nebular your character can change the sex with a machine. In the game you crash in a planet wich a wor between women and men kill all the men. You need chenge the sex to access differents parts. It´s game is a lot fun.

Although I thought Lucca was awesome and win, my fave retro heroine was the title character from Lufia 1. That RPG had the best opening ever, and if the rest of the game had been Secret of the Stars, it still would've been great.

Compared to other retro game fans, I'm a bit odd -- I got into shoujo anime and manga a few years ago, which are stories by women for girls. I really wanna see something similar in video games. There's a few girl-friendly games in English, such as any of the indie games created by Hanako Games, but the oldest shoujo-style game I know would be Angelique for Super Famicom from 1994. Barely anyone's attempted to translate it, but I'm sure you can wade through a not!rom if you want. See http://angelique.neo-romance.net/index.php for more info.

Samus is definitely my favorite video game heroine (though that's probably because the Metroid series is quite possibly my favorite series of games). In a broad sense, what do you think of the fact that she's a woman? In the original game, it was sort of the surprise ending/homage to Sigourney Weaver in "Alien." Even the American instruction manual referred to her as "he." As time has gone on, do you feel that her femininity has informed the character or affected the series? How would Metroid be different if Samus were just another macho space marine?

YAY! RFGO!

First off, Pronounciation guide: "TAK-tiks" (although my name isnt that hard to pronounce)

As far as retro heroines are concerned the two that stand out are Aeris cause she really does save the world with her holy materia (not that retro, but I LOVE Aeris to death, no pun intended) and Princess Peach. Cause honestly, who played as anyone else in Super Mario 2? She could FLOAT!

My question is, what game series/genre would you like to see made from the females point of view? For example, Princess Peach was always captured and in another castle, but do you think maybe she was actually traveling from castle to castle for some other purpose? I think it would be cool to see that the "damsel in distress" is not as helpless as you thought :P

Anyway, I got my RFGO shirt in, and it is AMAZING!!! I shall be wearing it with pride in the next couple of days :D