A. Baraduke (1985)
Summary: While Samus Aran was the character best known for the last minute gender reveal, Baraduke may have been the first to do so. The main character was named Toby “Kissy” Masuyo. She was a spacewoman who had to clear all eight worlds and defeat all the enemies until she reached the final boss. The final boss was called the Octy King- which to me looks like a giant sea urchin with an eye. There was also a secondary playable character named Takky.
Commentary: The reason I chose this game to start with was because Kissy was wearing a biohazard suit. The suit had boots attached to it. And that counted, to me, as reasonable footwear for being in space and fighting bad guys.
Connection: One of the enemy aliens that Kissy encountered was called a Paccet. It was a small, round creature with one eye.
This creature could also found in a painting on the Draconis ship in Tales of Destiny.
1. Tales of Destiny (1997)
Summary: The story began with a comet crashing onto a planet.Then, the native inhabitants farmed the comet using its material to create cities over the surface.This was only available to a select few causing a divide in the inhabitants between those who stayed on the surface and those who went to the sky. Weapons were built, also using material from the comet, and were left in the hands of the sky people, who called themselves Aetherians. Some Aetherian scientists were not happy with the behavior of the people so they defected to the surface. With the help of the surface people they created sentient swords called Swordians who could choose their own wielders. These pairing allowed the surface inhabitants to fight against the Aetherians. After they one, the Swordians slept over a thousand years until Stahn Aileron discovered a 'junk' sword. Soon after, he becomes entangled in a battle for an ancient weapon called the Eye of Atamoni.
Commentary: There were three female characters that can join the party. These women were Rutee Katrea, Philia Felice, and Mary Argent. Of the three, I decided to look at Philia and Mary‘s footwear.
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While Philia did wear a robe that concealed her shoes, a cosplay site showed that her shoots were white boots.
A picture of Mary Argent at the Tales Wiki showed that she wore a pair of green boots. Both Philia and Mary were characters that wore reasonable shoes while traveling and fighting battles.
Connection: In Tales of Destiny, the heroes encountered many monsters and summons. One of these was summoned by the Valkyrie item. Her name if you hadn't guessed was Valkyrie.
This character was also found in the game Valkyrie no Boken: Toki no KagI Densetsu as the main playable protagonist. Her name in that game was also called Valkyrie.
2. Valkryie no Boken: Toki no KagI Densetsu (1986)
Summary: This game took place in the world called Marvel Land which was a very peaceful land. All the people and animals of the land lived in peace. And part of the reason was because an ancient evil had been trapped in a large, stone, grandfather-like clock tower. No one thought anything bad would happen. But one day, the clock stopped working. In an attempt to reset the clock, a villager dropped the clock key. The villager picked it up and set back in place. Still, the damage was done and Zouna, the big bad, was released. Zouna, doing what evil did, wreaked havoc and corrupted the people and the land. A shield maiden named Valkyrie was sent down from heaven, with a shield and her mace, to battle against Zouna.
Commentary: I chose this game because of the main character Valkyrie. As a warrior, she shouldn’t be caught in odd shoes. Her shoes should be something that she could run in. A picture of the character showed that she wore laced up sandals.
These shoes looked similar to Buskin shoes that were common among ancient European civilizations.
So it wouldn't be unrealistic for Valkyrie to be wearing them.
Connection: Valkyrie wasn't limited to her own game. This probably indicated that the realm she lived in touched connected other dimensions. So, she was able to make appearances in other games. One of the games that she appeared in was named Tales of Phantasia. In this game she was characterized as a servant of Odin and had come to retrieve the spear Gungnir.
3. Tales of Phantasia (1995)
Summary: Tales of Phantasia began with a flashback. Four heroes battled an evil sorcerer named Dhaos. They defeated him with the use of two magical pendants and then, the world was at peace. Ten years later, the town of Toltus was attacked by dark knight Mars Uldole. There were only two survivors, Cress Albane and Chester Burklight. The two boys traveled to the town of Euclid. Cress was betrayed and captured by the dark knight. A pendant that Cress owned was also taken. This pendant was given to him by his father, Miguel who was one of the original four heroes. And the dark knight used the Cress’ pendant and the second one to release Dhaos. Cress and Chester met Mint Adnade, Arche Klein, and Claus F. Lester. These five people were instrumental in stopping Dhaos the second time.
Commentary: Two of the female characters on the team were named Mint Adnade and Arche Klein. Both girls wore reasonable footwear for travel and into battle.
In the picture of Mint she seemed to wear a pair of short, white boots.
Arche Klein was shown to be wearing a pair of slip on shoes. They kinda of look like a slipper that would be worn in a harem.
Connection: In the land of Phantasia, they had a tree called Yggdrasill.
This great tree was the source of mana for their world. It was born from a mana seed. Yggdrasil was also seen in Breath of Fire III. In this game, the tree taught wisdom. And interestingly, it lived in three different places.
4. Breath of Fire III (1997)
Summary: In a far corner of the world, people were mining a rare and powerful mineral from the remains of a dragon. They found a large deposit and cracked it open. Out from this deposit emerged a baby dragon. The miners attacked, captured, and caged the dragon. This cage was placed upon a train- one of the open cars. While on the train, the dragon jostled the cage, knocking it off the car. It fell down a hill and broke. The dragon transformed into a young boy and passed out. He was found by Rei, a member of the Woren clan. The dragon boy, named Ryu, joined with Rei and Teepo in a gang of thieves. One day they stole money from a corrupt mayor. This mayor contacted a pair of hitmen who he sent after the boys. The boys were beaten and left for dead. Ryu awakened later in the home of a woodsman named Bunyan. Ryu left shortly after in order to look for his friends. But the assassins realized he was alive and came after. Helping him along the way were a girl named Nina, an inventor named Momo, a mutant named Peco, and a warrior named Garr.
Commentary: From Breath of Fire III, I chose to look at the footwear of the main heroine- Nina. During her travels she was commonly seen wearing a red dress. Along with that were a matching pair of red boots.
Connection: Bleak was a town of thieves. It was also a town that was in a perpetual state of night. The group came here when they were in search of a key. After they got the key, daylight returned to the town. But before the characters returned the town to light, the character could talk to a magician. If they paid him a 100g, he'd ask the characters to look away. If the character said no twice and then yes the third time he asked- the character would see Chun-Li giving a demonstration of her lightning kick.
Chun-Li was the first female fighter found in the video game Street Fighter 2. The lightning kick was her signature move in the game due to her massively strong legs.
5. Street Fighter 2 (1991)
Summary: Street Fighter 2 was a fighting game with a roster of 8 playable characters. These characters were Ryu, Ken, Honda, Blanka, Guile, Chun-li, Zangief, and Dhalsim. These characters were from all over the world from Japan to America. Ryu and Ken were the heroes of the first game and were probably the heroes of this one as well.
Commentary: The character I chose from this game was the only female character on the roster. Chun Li was not only the most physically powerful characters but she was by the far the quickest. She wore a qipao with a blue leotard, dark brown pantyhose and white combat boots. Her opponents were probably very lucky she didn’t sport heels- it would’ve turned into a mortal kombat type fatality.
Connection: The Street Fighter II characters didn’t just fight each other or later members of their fighting roster.
Chun-Li ,
Dhalsim,
Ken,
Bison,
Ryu,
and Zangief have fought fighters from other game series. They met the X-Men team in the video game X-Men vs. Street Fighter. The X-men team included Apocalypse, Cyclops, Gambit, Juggernaut, Magneto, Rogue, Sabretooth, Storm, and Wolverine.
6. X-Men vs. Street Fighter (1996)
Summary: Ryu met Cyclops during his travels. Cyclops was interested in Ryu powers- probably wondering if it was mutant in nature or not. Apocalypse appeared challenging both the groups. The Street Fighter group and the X-men team combined their power in order to challenge Apocalypse. This game was one of the first games to blend a tag tame combat with regular combat.
Commentary: There were multiple female characters to chose from in this game. There was Chun Li, Cammy, Rogue and Storm. Since I already covered Chun Li, I will quickly discuss the other three. Cammy was a special forces agent from Britain. She wore a blue outfit in the game along with red combat boots. Rogue, a member of the X-Men, wore her classic green and yellow jumpsuit with the yellow boots. And finally Storm. Storm wore her white jumpsuit with black boots.
Connection: Rogue, Gambit, and Cyclops were three of the X-men on this roster.
These three characters could also be found on the roster of playable characters for X-men: Mojo World.
B. X-Men: Mojo World (1996)
Summary: Mojo world was in a dimension called the Mojoverse ruled by Mojo. Mojo was of an alien race called the “Spineless Ones.” His second command was a six armed woman named Spiral. She originally was a human named Rita but followed someone else to Mojoverse where she was captured, brainwashed, and modified by Mojo. Besides being Mojo’s second in command she was also a television producer. She arranged for the X-Men to compete against their toughest foes on a show called “The Greatest Battles of the X-Men.” Through this she plotted to become the new ruler of Mojo World.
Commentary: Besides Rogue, there was another female X-Men named Shard. She wore a blue jumpsuit with the Xmen logo and black boots.
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Summary: While Samus Aran was the character best known for the last minute gender reveal, Baraduke may have been the first to do so. The main character was named Toby “Kissy” Masuyo. She was a spacewoman who had to clear all eight worlds and defeat all the enemies until she reached the final boss. The final boss was called the Octy King- which to me looks like a giant sea urchin with an eye. There was also a secondary playable character named Takky.
Commentary: The reason I chose this game to start with was because Kissy was wearing a biohazard suit. The suit had boots attached to it. And that counted, to me, as reasonable footwear for being in space and fighting bad guys.
Connection: One of the enemy aliens that Kissy encountered was called a Paccet. It was a small, round creature with one eye.
This creature could also found in a painting on the Draconis ship in Tales of Destiny.
1. Tales of Destiny (1997)
Summary: The story began with a comet crashing onto a planet.Then, the native inhabitants farmed the comet using its material to create cities over the surface.This was only available to a select few causing a divide in the inhabitants between those who stayed on the surface and those who went to the sky. Weapons were built, also using material from the comet, and were left in the hands of the sky people, who called themselves Aetherians. Some Aetherian scientists were not happy with the behavior of the people so they defected to the surface. With the help of the surface people they created sentient swords called Swordians who could choose their own wielders. These pairing allowed the surface inhabitants to fight against the Aetherians. After they one, the Swordians slept over a thousand years until Stahn Aileron discovered a 'junk' sword. Soon after, he becomes entangled in a battle for an ancient weapon called the Eye of Atamoni.
Commentary: There were three female characters that can join the party. These women were Rutee Katrea, Philia Felice, and Mary Argent. Of the three, I decided to look at Philia and Mary‘s footwear.
While Philia did wear a robe that concealed her shoes, a cosplay site showed that her shoots were white boots.
A picture of Mary Argent at the Tales Wiki showed that she wore a pair of green boots. Both Philia and Mary were characters that wore reasonable shoes while traveling and fighting battles.
Connection: In Tales of Destiny, the heroes encountered many monsters and summons. One of these was summoned by the Valkyrie item. Her name if you hadn't guessed was Valkyrie.
This character was also found in the game Valkyrie no Boken: Toki no KagI Densetsu as the main playable protagonist. Her name in that game was also called Valkyrie.
2. Valkryie no Boken: Toki no KagI Densetsu (1986)
Summary: This game took place in the world called Marvel Land which was a very peaceful land. All the people and animals of the land lived in peace. And part of the reason was because an ancient evil had been trapped in a large, stone, grandfather-like clock tower. No one thought anything bad would happen. But one day, the clock stopped working. In an attempt to reset the clock, a villager dropped the clock key. The villager picked it up and set back in place. Still, the damage was done and Zouna, the big bad, was released. Zouna, doing what evil did, wreaked havoc and corrupted the people and the land. A shield maiden named Valkyrie was sent down from heaven, with a shield and her mace, to battle against Zouna.
Commentary: I chose this game because of the main character Valkyrie. As a warrior, she shouldn’t be caught in odd shoes. Her shoes should be something that she could run in. A picture of the character showed that she wore laced up sandals.
These shoes looked similar to Buskin shoes that were common among ancient European civilizations.
So it wouldn't be unrealistic for Valkyrie to be wearing them.
Connection: Valkyrie wasn't limited to her own game. This probably indicated that the realm she lived in touched connected other dimensions. So, she was able to make appearances in other games. One of the games that she appeared in was named Tales of Phantasia. In this game she was characterized as a servant of Odin and had come to retrieve the spear Gungnir.
3. Tales of Phantasia (1995)
Summary: Tales of Phantasia began with a flashback. Four heroes battled an evil sorcerer named Dhaos. They defeated him with the use of two magical pendants and then, the world was at peace. Ten years later, the town of Toltus was attacked by dark knight Mars Uldole. There were only two survivors, Cress Albane and Chester Burklight. The two boys traveled to the town of Euclid. Cress was betrayed and captured by the dark knight. A pendant that Cress owned was also taken. This pendant was given to him by his father, Miguel who was one of the original four heroes. And the dark knight used the Cress’ pendant and the second one to release Dhaos. Cress and Chester met Mint Adnade, Arche Klein, and Claus F. Lester. These five people were instrumental in stopping Dhaos the second time.
Commentary: Two of the female characters on the team were named Mint Adnade and Arche Klein. Both girls wore reasonable footwear for travel and into battle.
In the picture of Mint she seemed to wear a pair of short, white boots.
Arche Klein was shown to be wearing a pair of slip on shoes. They kinda of look like a slipper that would be worn in a harem.
Connection: In the land of Phantasia, they had a tree called Yggdrasill.
This great tree was the source of mana for their world. It was born from a mana seed. Yggdrasil was also seen in Breath of Fire III. In this game, the tree taught wisdom. And interestingly, it lived in three different places.
4. Breath of Fire III (1997)
Summary: In a far corner of the world, people were mining a rare and powerful mineral from the remains of a dragon. They found a large deposit and cracked it open. Out from this deposit emerged a baby dragon. The miners attacked, captured, and caged the dragon. This cage was placed upon a train- one of the open cars. While on the train, the dragon jostled the cage, knocking it off the car. It fell down a hill and broke. The dragon transformed into a young boy and passed out. He was found by Rei, a member of the Woren clan. The dragon boy, named Ryu, joined with Rei and Teepo in a gang of thieves. One day they stole money from a corrupt mayor. This mayor contacted a pair of hitmen who he sent after the boys. The boys were beaten and left for dead. Ryu awakened later in the home of a woodsman named Bunyan. Ryu left shortly after in order to look for his friends. But the assassins realized he was alive and came after. Helping him along the way were a girl named Nina, an inventor named Momo, a mutant named Peco, and a warrior named Garr.
Commentary: From Breath of Fire III, I chose to look at the footwear of the main heroine- Nina. During her travels she was commonly seen wearing a red dress. Along with that were a matching pair of red boots.
Connection: Bleak was a town of thieves. It was also a town that was in a perpetual state of night. The group came here when they were in search of a key. After they got the key, daylight returned to the town. But before the characters returned the town to light, the character could talk to a magician. If they paid him a 100g, he'd ask the characters to look away. If the character said no twice and then yes the third time he asked- the character would see Chun-Li giving a demonstration of her lightning kick.
Chun-Li was the first female fighter found in the video game Street Fighter 2. The lightning kick was her signature move in the game due to her massively strong legs.
5. Street Fighter 2 (1991)
Summary: Street Fighter 2 was a fighting game with a roster of 8 playable characters. These characters were Ryu, Ken, Honda, Blanka, Guile, Chun-li, Zangief, and Dhalsim. These characters were from all over the world from Japan to America. Ryu and Ken were the heroes of the first game and were probably the heroes of this one as well.
Commentary: The character I chose from this game was the only female character on the roster. Chun Li was not only the most physically powerful characters but she was by the far the quickest. She wore a qipao with a blue leotard, dark brown pantyhose and white combat boots. Her opponents were probably very lucky she didn’t sport heels- it would’ve turned into a mortal kombat type fatality.
Connection: The Street Fighter II characters didn’t just fight each other or later members of their fighting roster.
Chun-Li ,
Dhalsim,
Ken,
Bison,
Ryu,
and Zangief have fought fighters from other game series. They met the X-Men team in the video game X-Men vs. Street Fighter. The X-men team included Apocalypse, Cyclops, Gambit, Juggernaut, Magneto, Rogue, Sabretooth, Storm, and Wolverine.
6. X-Men vs. Street Fighter (1996)
Summary: Ryu met Cyclops during his travels. Cyclops was interested in Ryu powers- probably wondering if it was mutant in nature or not. Apocalypse appeared challenging both the groups. The Street Fighter group and the X-men team combined their power in order to challenge Apocalypse. This game was one of the first games to blend a tag tame combat with regular combat.
Commentary: There were multiple female characters to chose from in this game. There was Chun Li, Cammy, Rogue and Storm. Since I already covered Chun Li, I will quickly discuss the other three. Cammy was a special forces agent from Britain. She wore a blue outfit in the game along with red combat boots. Rogue, a member of the X-Men, wore her classic green and yellow jumpsuit with the yellow boots. And finally Storm. Storm wore her white jumpsuit with black boots.
Connection: Rogue, Gambit, and Cyclops were three of the X-men on this roster.
These three characters could also be found on the roster of playable characters for X-men: Mojo World.
B. X-Men: Mojo World (1996)
Summary: Mojo world was in a dimension called the Mojoverse ruled by Mojo. Mojo was of an alien race called the “Spineless Ones.” His second command was a six armed woman named Spiral. She originally was a human named Rita but followed someone else to Mojoverse where she was captured, brainwashed, and modified by Mojo. Besides being Mojo’s second in command she was also a television producer. She arranged for the X-Men to compete against their toughest foes on a show called “The Greatest Battles of the X-Men.” Through this she plotted to become the new ruler of Mojo World.
Commentary: Besides Rogue, there was another female X-Men named Shard. She wore a blue jumpsuit with the Xmen logo and black boots.
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