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Pages in category "Video games featuring female protagonists" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 2,264 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Pages in category "Video games with gender-selectable protagonists" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 706 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
This category should be reserved specifically for characters originating in video games, as opposed to licensed appearances in games. The main article for this category is Gender representation in video games .
In the 21st century, we’ve encountered different types of women in the games we play — from the smart and resourceful, to the kind-hearted, and even the strong and ambitious.
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]
Despite being the titular character, Zelda is only a playable character in Spirit Tracks in the main series and the CD-i games, but is playable in spin-offs such as Hyrule Warriors, or other games, such as the Super Smash Bros. series. [18] She was named as one of the most iconic female game characters of all time by Digital Spy. [19]
An otome game [a] (Japanese: 乙女ゲーム, Hepburn: otome gēmu, lit. "maiden game") is a story-based romance video game targeted towards women with a female protagonist as the player character. Generally one of the goals, besides the main story goal, is to develop a romantic relationship between the female main player character and one of ...
Byleth, the player character of the game, can be male or female. Only some of Byleth's romance options are same-gender. The women that female Byleth can marry are Edelgard, Dorothea, Mercedes, Rhea, and Sothis. The men that male Byleth can marry are Lindhardt, Jeritza, and Yuri. [153] Edelgard von Hresvelg: Mercedes von Martrtiz Rhea Sothis