all the girls from the DOA beach volley ball games, with the extra bounce cheat code enabled

Her legs are twice the height of her body... O.o

Agrais

Samus Aran
Alex Roivas from Eternal Darkness
Jill Valentine because no one disses the Master of Unlocking.

Theres quite a few on this list :P

Breath of Fire 2 Katt, man back in the sprite days she was a friggin hot catgirl, who just beat the piss out of anything and everything :P She had a quick wit (for the time and dialog stfu) and was just stupidly useful, then when you smacked her up with Fire and Devil shaman she turned into an absolute demon xD (and got hotter :D )

Breath of Fire 2 Bleu. Just somethin friggin wicked awesome about the serpent/sorceress chick with a quick tongue :P She was truely a powerhouse back in the day. Plus for me, she took a common job of being a mage and made it friggin badass. Which is tough to do in my book :P

Chrono Trigger. Ayla Man she was so awesome! Not a weak pansy, flirtatious, and had some awesome looking double/tripple techs. I hated not having her in my party :P and I LOVED when she'd get dialog in the game xD Such a badass character.

Chrono Trigger. Lucca. She really felt like the best friend that a protagonist could have, she was totally badass and just worked really well with the game :D Luccas friggin awesome.

Lara Croft. I thought the hot chick with the foreign accent, that was flirty as a mofo was a great thing for the industry. It was the whole independent woman that did things on her own yet retained that sense of feminism. I dig it :P

Final Fantasy 8. Quistis... she's friggin hot... and squal is a dick head for picking the obnoxious as fuq Rhinoa -_-; and a teacher!!!! For god's sake man!!! Pickings don't get much more awesome than that!!!!

XENOSAGA!!!! KOS-MOS muthafucka!!!! KOS-MOS was like, damn funny when she spoke, had a WICKED arsenal of awesomness, and was so overthetop powerful it pained your party to not have her in xD Kos-mos is friggin amazing! Probably my favorite female character ever :P

Xenosaga again with Shion, a Nerdy, tech chick, who's NOT shy, speaks her mind, and genuinely has an opinion of her own. Friggin awesome. She's kinda cute too xD

Beyond Good and Evil. Jade. She feels like an actual character and not some male hero with boobs. That's awesome :P

Heavenly Sword, Kai. Words don't really describe kai :P She's just awesome xD

Heavenly Sword Nariko. Sometimes a bit too one dimensional, but her voice acting was so great for the role, and certain looks she gave were just brutally amazing. Plus the way she moves while fighting is just so feminine at times. I'll always remember the scene where she un-sheathes the sword. Classic and just gorgeous :D

Uncharted Drakes Fortune. Elana, she gave Drake so much crap throughout the game and was just such a great support character. She was a direct part of why that game was so charming. Plus you didn't have to baby her! She kicked ass!!!

MGS4 Meryl. Dude... muscle chicks.... She had some great moments with her squad that put her up on my list, and some of her lines were so great xD

FFXII Fran. Bunny chicks... ROCK. Plus that outfit, come on :D But seriously I just thought the creepiness of her character and the background of her race made her pretty badass. Not much different than some of the characters in that game, but totally hot.

Devil May Cry, Trish/Lady. Totally over the top badasses, but damnit chicks are allowed to be :P I like them because they're TOTALLY feminine and still kick ass.

Disgaea. Etna, she's so damn funny and awesomely cute XD I friggin LOVE her :P

gotta go back to work! That's all for now :p

The point is to choose one. That's what makes it interesting.

Quick note, I'm going to get horridly bashed for this, but I say NOT Samus ;/ Hell most of us didn't even know she was a chick, and it's not like she ever lets on about being a female... Hardly a woman character at all ;\ No one would have ever figured out she was a woman if they hadn't included that ending. To generic for my taste.

Well crap I didn't read that part well enough :D If I HAD to choose,

Landslide for KOS-MOS. Not feminine in personality, but the fact that everyone accepts her as that, and she has to play against the current of what she is and what people view her as is just awesome :D So feminine in style, so amazing as a character. Just an absolute joy in my huge list of amazing gaming moments :D

Alyx from HL. I don't find her hot or anything, she just happens to be a female character in my favourite series. She's also one of the few allies in a game that actually helps you.

Tie between Aya Brea (PE1 & 2) and The Boss (MGS3). No one kicks more ass than The Boss in the Metal Gear Saga. I think thats why the hardest difficulty in MGS4 is called The Boss extreme. Even Kojima concurs!

Aya Brea was just plain badass. There's a scene in PE2 where she finally steps out of the shelter only to meet thousands of golem soldiers. Guess what she does? she starts by shooting the first one in the eye without showing any fear whatsoever. Insane!