Mai Shiranui
Mai has additionally drawn comparisons to other mainstream female game characters such as Lara Croft ("Tomb Raider") and Ivy Valentine ("Soulcalibur"), as well as to some others such as Sailor Mars ("Sailor Moon"). A 1997 article in "Game On! USA", highlighted Chun Li, Mai Shiranui, Michelle Chang ("Tekken") and Jill Valentine ("Resident Evil") as "video game characters who have marked the near absurd level of popularity of females in video games". Mexican publication "Chilango" grouped "Lara Croft/Chun Li/Mai Shiranui" together at the top of their list of "the women we have dreamed of in the nineties". Sara Sundman of "ScrewAttack Magazine" used Mai as an example of well-animated fan service breasts that move around realistically as she moves in games, unlike in some other cases such as that of "DOA's" Kasumi, and "GamePro" likened her with Taki from "Soulcalibur" as "a gravity-defying marvel of science and physicality". Kurt Katala of Hardcore Gaming 101 called the "Street Fighter"s Maki Genryusai a "sexy Mai Shiranui ripoff", despite Maki having debuted only in "Final Fight 2" in 1993. Comparisons between Mai and Maki have been made by other sources, including GameSpot, CNET, and IGN. Iroha from SNK's own "Samurai Shodown VI" was described as this game's "equivalent of Mai Shiranui" by Siliconera. Márcio Pacheco Alexsandro of Brazil's GameHall placed Mai at number one spot in his list of top female ninja characters in games, comparing her to "Mortal Kombat"s Kitana in regards of their shared use of fans as a weapon, and noting her as an equal of Chun-Li within the fighting genre. Mai has also appeared on several other lists of top ninja characters in video games, including by CrunchGear in 2008, "GamePro" in 2010, and Arcade Sushi in 2013. UGO listed her among the "hot ninja girls" in all entertainment, Gelo Gonzales from the Filipino edition of "FHM" included Mai among the nine "sexiest ninja babes in games", and "Complex" placed her at number one in its list of "hot female killers" in video games.