As I sit patiently waiting for the release of No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle (tentatively set at January 2010), I’d like to take this time to reflect on one of my favorite characters from the first game, Bad Girl.

Bad GirlYes, the 23-year-old drunken assassin with the frilly pink dress and flaming baseball bat holds a dear place in my heart. Her death came far too quickly. I can’t think of any other character dressed in so colorfully while also killing gimps in bondage gear. How wonderfully perverted! Like most of the assassins in No More Heroes, the game never explains who she is or where she comes from. They just let her be all kinds of crazy.

Let’s oogle some cosplayers dressed as her, shall we?

And in case you never played No More Heroes, here’s her full appearance in the game:

Damn, that’s smooth!