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Games with no female characters

Phediuk

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Like, no female characters at all, under any circumstances, not even as an NPC.

One example that comes to mind is the Genesis Sonic games, which don't reference the female sex in any capacity, though you could argue that some of the animals Sonic frees are female. In games where the freeing-animal thing doesn't exist, though (like Spinball, and the Game Gear games), they unquestionably fit. Also, Sonic CD does have Amy Rose.

I had the first few Kirby games listed here originally, but someone reminded me of Lalala, who is presumably female. Redacted.

I had the original Warcraft listed here originally, but someone pointed out that there is actually an orc woman in the game. However, the base game of Warcraft 2 is male-only (though female characters were added for the expansion.)

Also, the original Pac-Man is just Pac-Man and the four male ghosts, though Ms. Pac-Man obviously rectified this in subsequent games (and changed Clyde to Sue.)

Name more. If there are all-female games out there, I'd be interested in knowing those too, but I imagine they're rarer.
 

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Aren't most shooters sausage fests? (excluding the most recent iterations where, I think, they added female characters)
 
If I'm not mistaken, ArmA 3 doesn't contain so much as a single female character model. I could be wrong though. ArmA 2 had civilians that were female, but I don't think ArmA 3 has even that. It's supposed to be a realistic military game, but it takes place in like the year 2030.
 
Injustice.

You can pick up many 8 bit games as well, as mentioned, Contra, Batman, Gradius, Galaga, Tecmo Bowl, Punch Out.

You can make a case for pretty much every sports and racing game released before the last 5 years or so, FIFA, Gran Turismo, Daytona USA.
 
the original F-Zero? I can't remember if one of your opponents is female or not.

This is an odd example, actually, because while all four drivers are male, none of them are referenced by name in the game itself--only in the instruction manual.
 
Duck Hunt?

It would be more interesting to look strictly at 90's examples and beyond.

Where there any females in the first Donkey Kong Country and Donkey Kong Country Returns?
 
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