Link has been brunette a few times. Off the top of my head, he wasn't really bright blonde until A Link to the Past, with the NES games giving him light brown or dark brown hair in the official art. Recent games have given him dark blonde/light brown hair too...with the exception of the toon-styled games, which don't attempt to change the designs too much.

As for him being white, I imagine the main reason is the quasi-medieval European setting, which would be largely Caucasian.

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I think I've responded in a thread similar to this one recently, but my stance hasn't changed. I can't see myself caring too much if a future incarnation of Link was female, but I don't think it's necessary either. Whatever happens, I'd hope the change was due to Aonuma's/Newnuma's creative vision, and not simply a response to feminists or equal rights activists. The ability to pick your gender would be a nice idea too, for the female Zelda fanbase...and also male gamers that like to pretend to be women when given the opportunity (not something I really understand...but won't judge either).

I don't really think it makes a difference, so i would not care, as it fits the mythos. At the same time, if it doesn't make a difference, then why would Nintendo risk themselves?

Honestly, a zelda focused game would waaaay better. It would be a great opportunity to try with new gameplay elements and develop both the character and the mythos of the IP.

I hope Nintendo says f*** you to SJW and the PC-crowd and do what they want but that seems highly unlikely these days.

LOL This is a sales website though. LOL It kind of comes with the territory.

I thought Link was Zelda for the longest time. Female link is actually a nice mix up. There's only so many times we can see the same story in a Zelda game.

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whats with the ruining characters. Link is essentiall reincarnated over and over, always as a male and always has the savior of Hyrule that plays the song of time and travels around

I don't get the dying need of some poser fans to insist that they change Link's sex. have you guys ever read books before? there are so many stories with reincarnated characters going in cycles and they almost never change sexes when reborn in the world

Link is a guy. get over it and move on

the concept of changing LInk to a guy because you're 'bored' would be in a similar vein as the concept of changing Samus to a boy. it's just stupid

a female link doesn't fit the mythos, if you think it was just a coincidence that Link has been born into the world as a male like 20 different times then that is just silly

Link's gender is as relevant as any other character's gender in any other story. you'd be correct about his limited personality, but you couldn't give me one particular reason that ANY character really should or should not remain a certain sex

I would argue that Link's LACK of personality makes his sex remaining consistent even MORE important. the character in itself, besides bravery and fighting skills, has almost no unique traits. Link being male is one of the very few things of which people immediately recall. The more you homogenize an already somewhat basic character, the less memorable or valuable they become

Link is a male and has been for decades, it's just silly to change him now for the sake of you difficult to please and entertain gamers

ehhh just because Link, or the hero of time,  is reincarnated essentially through a different life form over many different periods of times and essentially universes does not mean that there are no rules in place

I don't see a problem with keeping a few things basic about Link, including the character's sex. I doubt someone like you have an issue with the fact that Link almost universally has blonde hair in every iteration, yet you're making an issue about the fact that is sex is consistent. shouldn't you be equally complaining that brunette's and red-heads might feel bitter about Link never existing with that hair color?

in the end the point to make Link female just collapses in on itself as Link, despite different variations through different beings, always has a few things that remain constant: saving the princess, being a male, has blonde-ish hair, primarily uses a sword and a boomerang and bombs. If you begin to take these things away you change what the series, and more specifically, what the character are