For that Women's History Month thing?
I mean, I like some of the examples they did choose (Bombette from Paper Mario? That's actually a cool choice for a Mario character to use), but come on, the Wario series has basically led the way for strong female characters since Wario Land 1 back on Game Boy.
I mean, Captain Syrup is probably the best example of a female role model video game character there is. She fights Wario as a villain and does so most directly. She doesn't have a stereotypical female design or personality. She actually wins in at least one case (see Shake It's ending) and she leads a badass army of monsters that can conquer entire countries.
And from later in the series... Well, Tirarimisu/Terrormisu is possibly a good female character in that 'feminist' sense. Less so in the design sense, but still. Competent villain who previously conquered the world and managed to manipulate everyone in Master of Disguise (including both Wario himself and his equally savvy rivals).
Or how about some of the WarioWare cast? Mona's a great example of a female video game character done right. She has an interesting personality, actually does interesting things rather than ending up captured or anything and is pretty much everything some people would look for in a female fiction character.
Or Ashley. Definitely a non typical female character, even her theme song kind of says as much.
Or Penny Crygor. Or Kat and Ana. Or just about every female character from the series.
Shouldn't something like this show at least one or two characters from the one Nintendo series that pretty much always has decently written/interesting female characters?
What do you think?
I mean, I like some of the examples they did choose (Bombette from Paper Mario? That's actually a cool choice for a Mario character to use), but come on, the Wario series has basically led the way for strong female characters since Wario Land 1 back on Game Boy.
I mean, Captain Syrup is probably the best example of a female role model video game character there is. She fights Wario as a villain and does so most directly. She doesn't have a stereotypical female design or personality. She actually wins in at least one case (see Shake It's ending) and she leads a badass army of monsters that can conquer entire countries.
And from later in the series... Well, Tirarimisu/Terrormisu is possibly a good female character in that 'feminist' sense. Less so in the design sense, but still. Competent villain who previously conquered the world and managed to manipulate everyone in Master of Disguise (including both Wario himself and his equally savvy rivals).
Or how about some of the WarioWare cast? Mona's a great example of a female video game character done right. She has an interesting personality, actually does interesting things rather than ending up captured or anything and is pretty much everything some people would look for in a female fiction character.
Or Ashley. Definitely a non typical female character, even her theme song kind of says as much.
Or Penny Crygor. Or Kat and Ana. Or just about every female character from the series.
Shouldn't something like this show at least one or two characters from the one Nintendo series that pretty much always has decently written/interesting female characters?
What do you think?
