Animal Magnetism

There are a number of girls pining for Mega Man Volnutt’s attention. Yuna flirts with him constantly, Tron Bonne is obviously in love with him, and nearly every girl he meets makes a passing mention of how cute he is. Without question, the strongest bond he has is with his best friend, Roll. (The two of them were raised together, but it’s not like they’re actually related. In a post Game of Thrones world, a romance between them would barely raise an eyebrow.) Mega Man develops a habit of “accidentally” walking in on Roll when she’s naked and he has no shame in doing so. Despite Mega Man Volnutt’s perversions, Roll’s diary is filled with entries about him. Unfortunately, they never had a chance to take their relationship to the next level because Capcom cancelled Mega Man Legends 3.

Clank is a diminutive robot who doubles as a glorified backpack, so he’s not the most obvious choice for this list. For reasons that I can’t explain, he manages to garner the attention of several women – both organic and robotic. A gadgeteer named Edwina is smitten with him in the first game, a robotic fangirl chases him around the galaxy in the sequel, and Clank evolves into a debonair secret agent (not unlike James Bond) by the time the third game rolls around. From this point on, Clank is constantly surrounded by adorning women. He even catches the attention of a robotic pop star named Courtney Gears! Clank is much more popular with the ladies than his pal Ratchet is and has more potential love interests. I can only assume that women are curious as to what kind of gadgets he has tucked away.

Without realizing it, Cloud earns the affection of many ladies during the events of Final Fantasy VII. Aeris uses him as a surrogate for her deceased boyfriend, Tifa provides emotional support during troubled times, and Yuffie wants to steal a kiss from him. He’s also a hit with minor characters. A young woman named Priscilla becomes infatuated with him after he performs CPR on her, and a fellow AVALANCHE member named Jessie also develops a crush on him. Cloud even grabs the attention of a few men along the way. The burly patrons of the Honey Bee Inn are aggressively affectionate with him, the crime lord Don Corneo will try to bang him if he dresses up like a girl, and Cloud can even go on a carnival date with Barrett! Cloud treats everyone with indifference, but that only makes him more desirable.

The Fire Emblem series is filled to the brim with casanova wannabes and chivalrous perverts, but Kaze is a clueless chick magnet who garners attention from women without even trying. He comes from a line of ninjas that has served Hoshidan royalty for generations, and he’s too focused on his duties to get caught up in romantic entanglements. Kaze doesn’t consider himself to be especially attractive, so he doesn’t understand why he’s so popular with the ladies. He’s so easy on the eyes that random women will approach him with gifts, and his casual speech is so alluring that people mistake his innocuous conversations for flirting. Kaze is the most well-liked member of the army, but he’s blissfully unaware of the charms he possesses even though several women are obvious about their interest in him.

An ambitious air pirate who dreams of sailing past the sunset, Vyse attracts the affections of several ladies throughout the course of his adventures. His best friend Aika, the mysterious outlander Fina, and a belly-dancing admiral named Belleza all develop feelings for him. He also evokes warm responses from various barmaids, shopkeepers, and a portly loan shark named Osman. He even meets a trio of Amazon-like demons who fawn over him like teenagers and constantly argue over who deserves him the most. Vyse is admired by everyone he meets and is fully aware of how charming he is, but he’s too much of a gentleman rogue to pursue a relationship with anyone. His fearless nature makes him appealing to women, but it also fuels his desire to see what lies beyond the clouds and test the limits of the world.

Several Persona games let their protagonists form love connections with their female friends. This has been a defining trait of the franchise since Persona 3, but Joker from Persona 5 is an especially good fit for this list. He can romance students from every grade at Shujin Academy, he catches the attention of a girl from another high school, and his homeroom teacher is apparently willing to put her career on the line just to get into his pants. Joker can also enter relationships with a reporter, a fortune teller, and a doctor. He’s adored by many fine young women around Tokyo, but he’s in for a world of hurt if he actually tries to date more than one of them. His potential love interests will beat him up if they discover he’s a womanizer, but he’s charming enough to salvage his relationships.

The Legend of Zelda spans many generations and splits into alternate timelines, but most iterations of Link are natural chick magnets despite never saying anything. He has an obvious love connection with Princess Zelda, but he also attracts the attention of several other women during his adventures. Ruto outright proposes to him in Ocarina of Time, he obviously has something going with Ilia in Twilight Princess, Mipha wants to jump his bones in Breath of the Wild, and Paya turns into a puddle whenever he’s around. Nearly every girl he meets could be a potential love interest (regardless of their species), and this occasionally results in heartbreak. Cia is so overwhelmed by jealousy in Hyrule Warriors that she unleashes a dark power on the very kingdom that she was supposed to be watching over!

Zelos Wilder is a skirt-chasing ladies’ man who is defined by his playful attitude. His immaturity likely stems from the fact that he was neglected as a child, and his troubled past is masked by his comedic objectification of women. Zelos will flirt with anything that moves, and most of the women he meets will fall instantly in love with him. He obviously knows how to turn on the charm, and women shower him with gifts and money just to get his attention. The handsome swordsman will never pass up an opportunity to meet pretty girls. Some of his female friends are annoyed by his lechery, but that doesn’t stop him from giving them playful nicknames. Most women are enchanted by his suave demeanor and dashing good looks, and his exploits earn him titles ranging from casanova to gigolo.

Tenzou Motesugi was just an ordinary high school student until he was struck with several Cupid Arrows while an apprentice angel was practicing her shot. The arrows made Tenzou irresistible to women and made him the most popular kid in school. Unfortunately, he would be destined to a life of loneliness if he couldn’t find true love before the affects of the arrows wore off. This proved to be a difficult task, since he was inundated by hoards of oversexed schoolgirls who wanted to profess their love. Fortunately, Tenzou was able to keep the lovestruck mobs at bay with pheromone shots that caused the girls to collapse in heaps of dizzying ecstasy. Tenzou’s face is never shown on screen, but his adventures with the unwanted harem made him part of a “super popular legend” that was still being referenced in the sequel.

Ragna the Bloodedge is quick to anger and abrasive to everyone, but a number of girls find him endearing. He has several potential love interests (and a legitimate stalker in Nu-13), but Rachel’s gag ending in BlazBlue: Continuum Shift paints him as the ultimate ladykiller. After Rachel gives him the Spectacles of Eros, nearly every girl in the game tries to jump on him. Litchi gives him medicine to make him fall in love with her, Kokonoe desperately tries to date rape him, and Noel files a marriage registration at city hall. We then see some interspecies mingling after robots and a squirrel girl show up. Ragna lets out muffled screams of agony as he is crushed under supple young bodies. Eventually, his gay brother shows up and threatens to kill everyone in the name of love.