Because you asked so nicely, Wright...
Not in any particular order:
1) Samus Aran - She is a classic, but I remember watching friends playing Metroid on the original NES. I was always intrigued by the game, and I admired it from afar. Yes, this was back in the late 1980s. I kept my interested of Samus in the back of my mind until relatively recently when I finally bought my Wii. Since then, she been a part of my permanent pop culture life. In fact, I had just beaten the orginal Metroid on the Wii just less than four years ago.
2) Tron Bonne - I love me some MegaMan. So it was no surprise that the first 3D MegaMan perked my interested in MegaMan Legends which introduced the villanous robotic mechanic Tron Bonne. She later was given the green light to star in her own title The Misadventures of Tron Bonne. She's sulky, hot-tempered, and a dominatrix when it comes to disciplining her loyal "Lego" men.
3) Hana Tsu-Vachel - Hana never reached her full potential as a gaming character. Playing the lead role in Fear Effect and Fear Effect 2, she was tough, direct, independent, no non-sense, and she knew how to have a good time with her lover and partner, Raine. Too bad the PS2 sequel to the Fear Effect franchise never saw the light of day. I did hear of a Kickstarter project to bring the Fear Effect series back. We'll see.
4) Heather Mason - Sadly, the Silent Hill franchise has fizzled. But thankfully during its hayday, the developers listened to the fans when it came to a direct sequel to the original Silent Hill. Originally, there were no plans to conclude the story arc from the first game. So we have Heather who was a character easily empathized with by events I cannot mention due its spoiler nature. You HAVE to play the orginal Silent Hill before you even think about playing Silent Hill 3.
5) Meiko - Meiko originally started out as a vocaloid, but she later gained gaming status by the riding the popular coat tails of the blue-haired pigtailed Hatsune Miku featured in the Project Diva music games. In contrast to Miku, her voice is deep with an alluring sound matched by a mature womanly figure of a brunette bombshell.
Here is Meiko in Project DIVA F 2nd...
