Assemble! - Fighting Game Archetype Roster - The Heroine

This is Assemble, where we look at several different characters across multiple series to form a perfect team-up. Whatever the case may be, whether it’s a fighting game roster or an RPG adventuring party, we’ll find the best team for the job. In a change of style from the more long-form articles featured here, these articles will be shorter entries, focusing on one or two characters each, and spread out over time until the complete roster is formed.

What would a fighting game be without a roster of several different, powerful, and engaging characters? In this batch of articles for Assemble, we will be assembling a fighting game roster using characters from several different fighting games based on different character archetypes. The picks will be based on where the characters fit in terms of game mechanics and their place in the story and world of the game. Only characters that originated in fighting games will be observed here. That means no guest characters, no licensed fighting games (unless their roster includes original characters), and no crossover titles. Finally, I’ll only be discussing games or characters that I am at least somewhat familiar with. While this means I won’t discuss all the fighting games out there, there should be at least some variety from just the major titles.

 
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THE HEROINE

As males can dominate most fighting game casts, the Heroine can stand out if they are the only female character in the roster, but they really stand out when they have captivating move-sets and a good motivation to fight against a big threat to the world, just as the male hero is. While there are many female fighters that could fill this slot, this pick for the Heroine goes to the one that displays the most heroic traits across their series and has the power and skill to back up their attitude in their pursuit for justice.

Our choice for the Heroine is….

Parasoul from Skullgirls.

Seems fitting for this slot that the character would come from a majority-female fighting cast. Skullgirls contains a lot of heroic female characters, but Parasoul stands out for a few reasons. She is the crown princess of the Canopy Kingdom, where the game takes place, but also takes an active role in protecting it as the leader of the Black Egrets, the kingdom’s elite military squad. She’s not afraid of jumping into a fight herself if she must, using her living weapon umbrella Krieg to deal out damage to opponents. It turns out her motivation is that her mother was forced to become the Skullgirl, the big villain of the series, and she wants to keep others from falling to a similar fate.

For being a tough and heroic woman who is not afraid to fight for what is right, we now add Parasoul to the custom roster.

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