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by Mark Hughes There are many heroines in video games. Damsels in distress, fierce warriors, sneaky spies, femme fatales, and more are represented. These characters were selected based on the number of games they have been in, their popularity among gamers, and the impact their presence has had on each game’s story. This is by no means a comprehensive list of all heroines in video games, and itâs purely subjective. Two of these characters have been featured in films, Lara Croft and Jill Valentine. Lara Croft is probably the most famous heroine to move between games and films. Making a video game into a movie is a difficult job. Writers must tackle merging the many hours of a video gameâs storyline into an entertaining form to fit a filmâs almost standard two- hour length. Many scripts are created and rejected until one seems good enough to bring to the big screen. For instance, the first script for the Tomb Raider movies was penned in 1999. It was rejected when another story was selected for the first movie, Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001). Pieces of that 1999 script were later incorporated into the 2003 sequel, Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life. Lara Croft | Samos Aran | Zelda | Princess Peach | Jill Valentine Lara Croft British archeologist, adventurer in search of ancient treasures. She is the main character in the long-running Tomb Raider series. Lara Croft was played in both films by Angelina Jolie.
Video Games Year Title Platform 1996 Tomb Raider PlayStation, Saturn, PC 1997 Tomb Raider 2: The Dagger of Xian PlayStation, PC 1998 Tomb Raider 3: The Adventures of Lara Croft PlayStation, PC 1999 Tomb Raider 4: The Last Revelation PlayStation, PC, Dreamcast 2000 Tomb Raider 5: Chronicles Dreamcast, PlayStation, PC 2003 Tomb Raider 6: The Angel of Darkness PlayStation 2 2006 Tomb Raider: Legend PC, PSP, XBOX, XBOX 360, GameCube, DS, GameBoy Advance 2007 Tomb Raider: Anniversary PlayStation 2, PSP, XBOX 360, Wii 2008 Tomb Raider: Underworld PC, PlayStation 2 and 3, XBOX 360, DS, Wii Filmography Year Title Studio 200 Lara Croft: Tomb Raider Paramount Pictures 2003 Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life Paramount Pictures Lara Croft | Samos Aran | Zelda | Princess Peach | Jill Valentine Samos Aran Intergalactic bounty-hunter. She is armed with and armored by a cybernetic suit. Samos battles metroids (nasty parasitic cybernetic creatures) and space pirates in her many adventures across the universe.
Video Games Year Title Platform 1987 Metroid NES 1991 Metroid 2: Return of Samos GameBoy 1994 Super Metroid Super Nintendo 2002 Metroid Fusion GameBoy Advance 2002 Metroid Prime GameCube 2004 Metroid Prime 2: Echoes GameCube 2004 Metroid: Zero Mission GameBoy Advance 2005 Metroid Prime Pinball DS 2006 Metroid Prime Hunters DS 2007 Metroid Prime 3: Corruption Wii 2008 Super Smash Bros. Brawl Wii Lara Croft | Samos Aran | Zelda | Princess Peach | Jill Valentine Zelda Princess and ruler of the world Hyrule. Zelda is also known as Sheik, in Ocarina of Time, and Tetra, a pirate in The Wind Waker. She is an ally of Link and a fierce defender of her world against the evil schemes of Ganandorf.
Video Games Year Title Platform 1987 The Legend of Zelda NES 1988 Zelda 2: The Adventures of Link NES 1992 The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past SNES 1993 The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening GameBoy, GameBoy Color 1998 The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time N64 2000 The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask N64 2001 The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons GameCube 2002 The Legend of Zelda: Master Quest GameCube 2002 The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords GameBoy Advance 2002 The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker GameCube 2003 The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask GameCube 2004 The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures GameCube 2004 The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cup GameBoy 2006 The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess Wii, GameCube 2007 The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass DS Lara Croft | Samos Aran | Zelda | Princess Peach | Jill Valentine Princess Peach Princess Peach has also been known as Princess Toadstool. She rules the Mushroom Kingdom. When the evil Bowser attacks, Peach enlists the help of her allies, Mario & Luigi.
Video Games Year Title Platform 1985 Super Mario Bros. NES 1988 Super Mario Bros. 2 NES 1990 Super Mario Bros. 3 NES 1991 Super Mario World SNES 1992 Mario Kart SNES 1996 Mario 64 N64 1996 Mario Kart 64 N64 1999 Mario Party N64 1999 Super Smash Bros. N64 2000 Mario Party 2 N64 2001 Super Smash Bros. Melee GameCube 2001 Mario Party 3 N64 2001 Paper Mario N64 2002 Super Mario Sunshine GameCube 2002 Mario Party 4 GameCube 2003 Mario Party 5 GameCube 2004 Mario Party 6 GameCube 2004 Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door GameCube 2004 Super Mario 64 DS DS 2005 Mario Kart DS DS 2005 Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time DS 2005 Mario Superstar Baseball GameCube 2005 Mario Party 7 GameCube 2006 New Super Mario Bros. DS 2007 Super Paper Mario Wii 2007 Super Mario Galaxy Wii 2007 Mario Party 8 Wii 2008 Super Smash Bros. Brawl Wii 2008 Mario Kart Wii Wii Lara Croft | Samos Aran | Zelda | Princess Peach | Jill Valentine Jill Valentine A S.T.A.R.S. (Special Tactics and Rescue Squad) officer in the survival horror series, Resident Evil. The character of Jill Valentine (played by Sienna Guillory) only appeared in Resident Evil: Apocalypse. It should be noted that the principal character in the films is Alice, played by Milla Jovovich. The film version of Alice has multiple characteristics of other characters from the Resident Evil video games, most notably Jill Valentine and Alexia Ashford.
Video Games Year Title Platform 1996 Resident Evil PlayStation 1999 Resident Evil 3: Nemesis PlayStation 2006 Resident Evil: Deadly Silence DS Filmography Year Title Studio 2002 Resident Evil Constantin Film Produktion 2004 Resident Evil: Apocalypse Constantin Film Produktion 2007 Resident Evil: Extinction Constantin Film Produktion
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There are many heroines in video games. Damsels in distress, fierce warriors, sneaky spies, femme fatales, and more are represented. These characters were selected based on the number of games they have been in, their popularity among gamers, and the impact their presence has had on each game’s story. This is by no means a comprehensive list of all heroines in video games, and itâs purely subjective.
Two of these characters have been featured in films, Lara Croft and Jill Valentine. Lara Croft is probably the most famous heroine to move between games and films. Making a video game into a movie is a difficult job. Writers must tackle merging the many hours of a video gameâs storyline into an entertaining form to fit a filmâs almost standard two- hour length. Many scripts are created and rejected until one seems good enough to bring to the big screen. For instance, the first script for the Tomb Raider movies was penned in 1999. It was rejected when another story was selected for the first movie, Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001). Pieces of that 1999 script were later incorporated into the 2003 sequel, Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life.
Lara Croft | Samos Aran | Zelda | Princess Peach | Jill Valentine
Lara Croft British archeologist, adventurer in search of ancient treasures. She is the main character in the long-running Tomb Raider series. Lara Croft was played in both films by Angelina Jolie.
Samos Aran Intergalactic bounty-hunter. She is armed with and armored by a cybernetic suit. Samos battles metroids (nasty parasitic cybernetic creatures) and space pirates in her many adventures across the universe.
Zelda Princess and ruler of the world Hyrule. Zelda is also known as Sheik, in Ocarina of Time, and Tetra, a pirate in The Wind Waker. She is an ally of Link and a fierce defender of her world against the evil schemes of Ganandorf.
Princess Peach Princess Peach has also been known as Princess Toadstool. She rules the Mushroom Kingdom. When the evil Bowser attacks, Peach enlists the help of her allies, Mario & Luigi.
Jill Valentine A S.T.A.R.S. (Special Tactics and Rescue Squad) officer in the survival horror series, Resident Evil. The character of Jill Valentine (played by Sienna Guillory) only appeared in Resident Evil: Apocalypse. It should be noted that the principal character in the films is Alice, played by Milla Jovovich. The film version of Alice has multiple characteristics of other characters from the Resident Evil video games, most notably Jill Valentine and Alexia Ashford.
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