10 Most Offensive Portrayals Of Women In Gaming

4. Overly Attached Sidekick

Navi is Link's fairy companion in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, and though she's not Link's girlfriend, you'd struggle to believe that given how much she nags him, shouting "Hey! Listen!" at every errant opportunity, to the point that it even became a popular Internet meme. Navi is frequently regarded as one of the worst sidekicks in video game history, and though she doesn't take the conventional form of a woman, she still adheres to yet another woefully outmoded female stereotype: the nag. Navi is an attention whore of the highest order, and though she does ultimately prove useful in explaining things (and then explaining them again, and again, and again), I'd almost rather figure things out for myself than have to put up with her constant attention seeking.
 
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