GameOPS [video games, gadgets, etc.]: How Old Are Your Favorite Female Video Game Characters?

Friday, December 19, 2008

How Old Are Your Favorite Female Video Game Characters?

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Bored again?

Here’s one for you. Have you even thought of how old your favorite female video game characters are? Well for the curious here’s a roundup of the female video game characters best kept secret.

Princess Zelda: She was introduced in the Legend of Zelda series. Her character has been explored only lately since she has been prone to abduction by Ganon. She is characterized as a kind hearted person who often make sacrifices for her kingdom.

Princess Zelda comes from a long line of Hyrulean royalty which name their first born Zelda. Although usually a victim she was able to show Link her stuff by saving him in Zelda: Wand of Gamelon and Zelda’s adventure.

According to wiki answers Princess Zelda is likely somewhere from nineteen to twenty-three years old.

Aya Brea: The star of Parasite Eve. Aya was introduced as a detective in the first Parasite Eve and continues to fight mutated Mitochondria based enemies. Aya continues to be 20 years old due to the mutated Mitochondria in her body.

Jill Valentine: One of the most famous characters from the Resident Evil series. Jill is a S.T.A.R.S. member and a survivor of the first Resident Evil game. Her age was based on the Resident Evil 5 ad featuring her tombstone. She was born 1974 and supposedly died in 2008. Meaning she is 34 years old.

Kinda young looking for 34 if you ask me.

Lara Croft: Star of the Tomb Raider series and the cause of “nude code” stampede back in the 90’s :) She is a professional adventurer/explorer. According to some Tomb raider forums she is ugh 40 year old.

Angelina Jolie is only 33! Lara’s older than Angie?!

“Man she’s as old as some of the tomb she’s raiding” :)

Mrs. Pacman: The better half of Pacman has been around since time immemorial. She is 27 years old. According to rumors the pellets she keeps eating are actually miracle aging pills O.o

Nina Williams: One of the characters for Tekken. Nina’s character is an assassin whom joined the Tekken tournament to dispose of her target. Nina’s age should be a around 44 but due to the cryogenic freeze event that happened to her she still has a 24 year old body. Nina is the mother of Steve another Tekken character.

Lei Fang: One of the characters of Dead or Alive. Lei Fang was rescued by Jann Lee another DOA character from a gang of hoodlums. She has a love-hate relationship with Jann Lee and specifically entered the tournament because of him. She is just 19 years old.

Princess Peach: She is one of the characters of the world renowned Super Mario Bros. series. Peach is frequently abducted by King Bowser and this often becomes the plot of a new SMB game. She is characterized as a sweet person who doesn’t hold grudges even from long time enemies like Bowser. She is only 23 years old.

Princess Kitana: She is one of the characters of the Mortal Kombat series. Daughter of Sindel and step daughter to Shao Kahn. Princess Kitana is one of the royal bloodline of the Outerworld. Driven to revenge upon discovering the truth about her family she fights Shao Kahn and other evils in her world. She is 10,000 years old!!! She has also been linked to Mortal Kombat lead character Liu Kang.

Ollllllllllld!

Sonya Blaze: She is a Mortal Kombat characters. Sonya is a special agent. Her primary concern is the capture of another Mortal Kombat character Kano. Scouring over the internet I haven’t been able to get her age so I got the next best thing :) Since she has been patterned after Cynthia Rothrock I will assessing that her age would be the same. Ugh 51 years old. :)

Chun-Li: She is one of the characters of the Street Fighter series. Chun-Li is an Interpol agent who is investigating the death of her dad in the hands of Shadowloo. She is rumored to be linked with Street Fighter lead Ryu. According to Mike Abundo she is already 40 years old!

Rinoa Heartilly: One of the beloved characters for Final Fantasy 8. Rinoa was a member of the "Forest Owls", a small resistance faction seeking to liberate the small nation of Timber from Galbadian occupation before she joined Squal’s party, Rinoa first meet the antisocial Squall Lionheart on the inauguration ball at Balamb garden. She is one of the reasons why the Final Fantasy 8 soundtrack containing the song “Eyes on you” was such a success. She is only 17 years old.

Squall she ain’t legal yet!

Tifa Lockheart: She is one of the characters in Final Fantasy 7. Tifa became a member of AVALANCHE in order to get revenge from Shinra which she believed was responsible for the death of her family. She is also one part of the love triangle between Aerith and Cloud. Tifa is 22 years old.

Yuna: She is one of the characters for Final Fantasy X. Yuna is a summoner who bears the responsibility of stopping the games main villain SIN. In her journey she meets and falls in love with Tidus. She is only 17 years old. What is it with barely legal girls?

Aerith Gainsborough: She is also one of the characters in Final Fantasy 7. Aerith is also a member of AVALANCHE. Anybody who played the game never expected that the wonderful flower girl from the Sector 5 slums will be killed by Sephiroth. This action cemented Sephiroth as one of worse bad guys and made a cultural icon out of Aerith for many years to come. She is 22 years old.

*The author is currently in hiding upon receiving threats from supposedly fictitious characters. He has received word that a certain 10,000 year old lady is looking for him.

(Cross-posted at The Videogame Fan)