15.Metroid Prime

68%

Samus Aran has always been Nintendo’s best-loved blonde bombshell, and she finally burst into the next generation of gaming with the GameCube’s Metroid Prime. Prime capitalized on the staples of the series — exploration, puzzle solving, and epic boss fights — all while changing the perspective to first person. The result? One of the most well-crafted Nintendo games of the past decade. Unfortunately for those of us with a crush on the heroine, she seems to have permanently replaced the red bikini under her power armor with a blue body suit. Either way, though, Samus always makes fighting Ridley look damn good. _Haldan Smith