9 Badass Female Game Heroes That Changed Everything

5. Yuna (Final Fantasy X)

Although she's only a playable character inside the game's battles, the real hero of Final Fantasy X was always Yuna, being that the entire story revolves around her and come the game's end developer's Square Enix decided it was hers that was worth continuing into X-2. Of course in doing so they would end up putting thousands of fans off due to a complete change in her aesthetic, going from a religious, conservatively-dressed sorceress into a twin pistol-toting, backflipping combat specialist. It remains a very strange move all round, and possibly signifies the start of Square losing their grip on the Final Fantasy ball, as from here on out there wasn't another truly great game in the series. Yuna's character is wonderfully warm and memorable not only for her spells and tactics on the field, but also in the game's cutscenes, her relationship with the main playable character Tidus was one of the most touching in the franchise. With this being the first Final Fantasy on the newer generation of consoles at the time, putting Yuna at the forefront of the narrative was a bold and memorable choice.