Fairies are the most annoying ever

by Phil Larsen { Jul 29th 2008 at 12:00PM }

The chaps at GamesRadar have compiled a list of the most annoying female game characters of all time. It's a standard "Top Whatever" ranking, with seven (not six, not eight?) entries. For the most part, it seems to accurately summarize the worst characters in a few non-Nintendo games, but we're a bit shocked at number one.

Navi, everyone's favorite helpful fairy from Ocarina of Time is deemed as the most annoying. The reasoning behind this is simple -- LISTEN! HEY! HEY! HEY! LISTEN! HEY! LISTEN! LISTEN! LISTEN! LISTEN! HEY! ... sound familiar? Sure, but was it really that bad? Some might call Navi's sweet little voice a siren song, other might want to smack the little insect with a giant flyswatter. What's your take on the pint-size companion?

Tags: female, gamesradar, majoras-mask, navi, ocarina-of-time, zelda

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

BlackDogAssault @ Jul 29th 2008 12:06PM

I sincerely love Navi. And she doesn't say her quote enough to irritate. Just listen to her already if she's saying it a lot.
What pissed me off is the tsundere character of Midna. She's annoying with all the insults and arrogance for nothing.

Moose @ Jul 29th 2008 12:28PM

Ditto on Midna. Oh, how many times I wanted to send a clawshot up her ass or have Wolf Link piss on her stupid, annoying voice.

TWiNKiE @ Jul 30th 2008 10:16PM

That comment was gold.

Timerider @ Jul 29th 2008 12:18PM

Anyone see that Hsu and Chan comic about SSBB showing Link getting annoyed by Navi?

Dylan F @ Jul 29th 2008 12:20PM

I really didn't think she was that bad. She only occosionally bugged me. It was only to give us tips when we were kinda lost and usually they were helpful. It wasn't like every two minutes. Mabey five per temple? Less? More? I don't know.

TurboFool @ Jul 29th 2008 12:26PM

Navi never bothered me in the least. I found the way they handled her surprisingly unobtrusive given the alternatives. I don't agree with this rating.

murray b @ Jul 29th 2008 12:46PM

No, Navi's pretty annoying. Especially during the 4th or 5th time your playing through the game.

Jhongerkong @ Jul 29th 2008 12:47PM

Tatl >>>>>>>> Navi

I always loled whenever there was a boss fight and I tried to get help.

TX2 @ Jul 29th 2008 4:03PM

In the zelda series, I don't find Navi annoying.

ANY time she's mentioned on the internet, I cringe at the predictable reaction everyone gets from it.

She's the 64 generations' The-Cake-Is-A-Lie joke.

jughead789 @ Jul 29th 2008 12:51PM

I agree Navi could be quite annoying, ceila from phantom hourglass (who sounds just like navi) is much less intrusive and annoying, and midna was just funny with her arrogance and insults

ryan @ Jul 29th 2008 12:56PM

I thought that I was annoyed by Navi, but then I recently started playing Majora's Mask and Tatl's little bike bell noise just isn't the same. I would take "Hey! Listen! Watch Out!" over that business any day.

Garu @ Jul 29th 2008 1:04PM

I think this may be the most annoying female game character of all time:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v642/shakespeares_sister/shakes3/fatprincess1.jpg

Jrzshore @ Jul 29th 2008 2:05PM

Good show old chap!

Psy @ Jul 29th 2008 1:16PM

I actually have "Hey!" as my 'you just received an IM' noise.

katakumi @ Jul 30th 2008 2:42AM

I've got Navi's "Hello" for when people sign in, "Look" for when I get emails, and "Listen" for when people send me an im. Everytime I'm on MSN, I'm happily reminded of playing OoT ^_^

SlothMaster @ Jul 30th 2008 11:15AM

Where did you get those ? I want some too ...

WaffleTehNut @ Jul 29th 2008 1:25PM

I loved Navi! She wasn't that annoying. I remember my mom always thought she said "what's up!" when she really said "watch out!" I have no idea why she thought that.

lwelyk @ Jul 29th 2008 1:56PM

Keep in mind the siren's song caused ships to crash. So either way it's not a positive thing.

CJLopez @ Jul 29th 2008 2:02PM

This reminds me of a game webcomic (thinks was vgcats) where they made me remember when games didn't have voices and were enjoyable

Abscissa @ Jul 29th 2008 3:15PM

That seriously is my favorite strip from any webcomic, ever. It's soooo true.

Abscissa @ Jul 29th 2008 3:15PM

"Sure, but was [Navi] really that bad?"

Yes, she was.

Abscissa @ Jul 29th 2008 3:16PM

Unsurprisingly, I have some disagreements with that list:

- Ashley from Resident Evil 4? I liked her. Never had a problem.

- Alexis Sinclair from Sin should REALLY have been on that list. One of the worst villains ever. I mean, scantily-clad femme-fatal? Were they *trying* for incredibly generic and cliche'd?

- They should have had that Yakuza woman from GTA3 instead of Catalina. I could deal with Catalina, but that Yakuza lady was so damn obnoxious it almost ruined the game for me.

steve @ Jul 29th 2008 4:25PM

much like my ex wife i learned to tune her out

Shaq-Fu @ Jul 29th 2008 5:01PM

Who was that Owl guy again? Kaepora Gaebora. He sucked, the music was kick ass, but he sucked. Also, sell me something with C with C

Mr Khan @ Jul 29th 2008 5:14PM

The only time Navi ever really got annoying was when you deviated from the storyline to go undertake a side-quest of some sort

I would always go to get the Biggoron's sword immediately after becoming an adult, and it would get rather grating as she kept asking me to go check on Saria

Otherwise, i quite liked her.

nnahas @ Jul 30th 2008 12:08AM

She was extremely annoying to me. 90% of the time I didn't care at all what she had to say because it was usually really useless to me and I would just skip it.

ecco6t9 @ Jul 30th 2008 1:55AM

I've been playing Zelda's since the first... I really don't need a ****** tutorial fairy telling me what I already know.

John H. @ Jul 30th 2008 5:40AM

Navi's voice isn't nearly as annoying as most people make it out to be. It's not like you can't just ignore the C-up button whenever she wants to give advice. Some people get themselves too worked up over little things.

However, she does kind of fall flat relative to Tatl (personality) and Midna (snark) in the dialogue department.