A video game character who breaks the stereotypes of the unaccultured Asian, china doll, and dragon lady is Aya Brea from Parasite Eve (1998). Aya is an Asian American who was born in the United States and has been determined to be a detective ever since her mother died in an accident when she was a child. Her personality is strong willed and determined. Aya holds her own in the NYPD’s 17th Precinct which is filled with men. She is not luring men with an exotic personality, she is beating up and shooting down monsters just like any man would. She is a good role model for all women.
Jade from Beyond Good and Evil(2003) is another positive heroine for women. She is not armed with knives or swords. Her weapons of choice are a staff and her trusty camera. She is a photo journalist who is put right in the middle of a disaster that threatens her world. Her mission is to rescue the orphans she was taking care of and expose the government's corruption. The game developer Ubisoft had the intention of creating a character who resembled a real person rather than a "sexy action woman." It has been established that because Jade was not from Earth, she had no real ethnicity. But I think we can all agree she is a positive role model for all women of Earth.
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