i have to say Saria from Ocarina Of Time, i mean, shes Links best friend, and you can see theyre really close, but than he has to leave, and the only way she can talk to him is using the ocarina. She seems to like being alone, cause she hangs out in the sacred forest meddow through out the rest of the game. she turns out to be the forest sage, and realizes that she can never be with link again, and quickly and maturely accepts it.
sure, she looks like a kid, but they never say her age, so i'm for the saria x link thing ^^;;
anyway, who do you think is the best female character?