Curated playlist
Female characters in video games
- Ibuki (Street Fighter)Ibuki's ponytail nearly broke the Street Fighter III animation team. It took several months of extra work to finish.
- Makoto (Street Fighter)Makoto, a Street Fighter character, fights to save her father's crumbling dojo. She debuted in 1999.
- Sakura KasuganoSakura Kasugano was cut from Street Fighter Alpha 2, then a superior put her back. The game shipped in 1996.
- Princess PeachPrincess Peach has appeared in more video game titles than any other female character. For much of that run, she has spent the story waiting at the end of it. Shigeru Miyamoto created her for Nintendo's Mario franchise, and she debuted in…
- Ada WongAda Wong was mentioned by name in Capcom's original Resident Evil in 1996, before she had a face, a voice, or a role. Designer Kazunori Kadoi supplied the name, and he later admitted he proposed it randomly and without much thought. That…
- Jill ValentineJill Valentine is a character in Capcom's Resident Evil series, and her name is forever tied to a sandwich. In the 1996 original game, a falling ceiling trap almost crushes her. Her partner Barry Burton then says, in stiff and awkward…
- Juri (Street Fighter)Capcom's team went through 400 to 500 ideas before settling on Street Fighter's Juri Han.
- Laura MatsudaCapcom's Brazil office objected to Laura Matsuda's first design in Street Fighter V.
- Kimberly JacksonKimberly Jackson replaced smoke bombs with spray paint cans. The Street Fighter 6 ninja uses them to hide and explode.
- Heather MasonAt seventeen, Heather Mason is approached in a mall and within hours is surrounded by monsters.
- Lara CroftIn 2009, the English city of Derby let its residents vote on a name for a new ring road, and the winner was Lara Croft Way. More than 27,000 votes were cast, and the name took 89 percent of them. The road opened in July 2010. Lara Croft is…
- Elena (Street Fighter)Elena first appeared in 1997 in Street Fighter III: New Generation, and she carried a double distinction into the arcade. She was the first character in Capcom's Street Fighter series to come from Africa. Writers have also cited her as one…
- R. MikaStreet Fighter V cut one animation of R. Mika, and fans started a petition. It showed her slapping her own buttocks.
- CammyCammy, the blonde British commando from Capcom's Street Fighter series, once won a fan vote by a margin that startled the company. In 2008, Capcom asked which character fans most wanted in Street Fighter IV. Cammy collected almost as many…
- Chun-LiChun-Li's backflip attack was cut because testers loved it too much. Capcom ran out of time to rebalance it.
- Lady DimitrescuLady Dimitrescu stands 2.9 metres tall, and that figure counts her hat and her high heels. She is a villain in Resident Evil Village, a 2021 horror game from the Japanese company Capcom. Her full name is Alcina Dimitrescu. She is a…
- Hatsune MikuHatsune Miku is a sixteen-year-old with long turquoise twintails, and she is also a piece of singing software. Crypton Future Media sells her as the mascot of a voicebank. A musician types in lyrics and a melody, and hears her voice sing…