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Baddman said:
gettin really tired of seeing people wanting or suggesting Link become female suddenly(on top of those annoyed by nintendo not having a female link option which is effin stupid) when he has been male for the past 30 years...you people are annoying and pathetic and i will not say anymore for i get banned

A lot of the people complaining are just virtue signaling.  I doubt the vast majority of them will play BotW or have even played a Zelda game to begin with. Plus, the funny thing is that when they say they want a female Link, you can tell that they want an ugly looking female Link (think if modern Bioware made a Zelda game).



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Links a male character always has been. Why would they change that?



0D0 said:
Link is a male bloke, period.

Tell her to play Tomb Raider if she wants to be a heroine.

Every game now has to have a gender option? C'mon!



Next Zelda game:

Choose your Link:
[ ] male
[ ] female
[ ] gay man
[ ] gay woman
[ ] trans man
[ ] gender fluid girl
[ ] gender fluid boy
[ ] tomboy
[ ] black
[ ] Asian
[ ] white
[ ] aborigine
[ ] slim
[ ] fat
[ ] old
[ ] half blind
[ ] wheelchair user
[X ] play as Dr. Manhattan

I have checked my box and am ready to go!

 

And I promise to screw with Hyrule less than Dr. Manhattan apparently screwed with the DCU!



mZuzek said:
0D0 said:
Choose your Link:
[ ] male
[ ] female
[ ] gay man
[ ] gay woman
[ ] trans man
[ ] gender fluid girl
[ ] gender fluid boy
[ ] tomboy
[ ] black
[ ] Asian
[ ] white
[ ] aborigine
[ ] slim
[ ] fat
[ ] old
[ ] half blind
[ ] wheelchair user
[ ] play as Dr. Manhattan

I'm offended by the lack of a latin boy option so I'm going to sue you, you racist scum.

I'll join you, lets make it a class action.



Neodegenerate said:
0D0 said:
Link is a male bloke, period.

Tell her to play Tomb Raider if she wants to be a heroine.

Every game now has to have a gender option? C'mon!



Next Zelda game:

Choose your Link:
[ ] male
[ ] female
[ ] gay man
[ ] gay woman
[ ] trans man
[ ] gender fluid girl
[ ] gender fluid boy
[ ] tomboy
[ ] black
[ ] Asian
[ ] white
[ ] aborigine
[ ] slim
[ ] fat
[ ] old
[ ] half blind
[ ] wheelchair user
[X ] play as Dr. Manhattan

I have checked my box and am ready to go!

 

And I promise to screw with Hyrule less than Dr. Manhattan apparently screwed with the DCU!

I like your way of thinking.

How Dr. Manhattan will fit DCU is what I can't wait to know how they will get it sorted out



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Any inclusion of males in video games does not make sense.



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mZuzek said:
0D0 said:
Choose your Link:
[ ] male
[ ] female
[ ] gay man
[ ] gay woman
[ ] trans man
[ ] gender fluid girl
[ ] gender fluid boy
[ ] tomboy
[ ] black
[ ] Asian
[ ] white
[ ] aborigine
[ ] slim
[ ] fat
[ ] old
[ ] half blind
[ ] wheelchair user
[ ] play as Dr. Manhattan

I'm offended by the lack of a latin boy option so I'm going to sue you, you racist scum.

I'm sorry, we're just patching to add latin boy and latin girl. We also decided to add all nationalities of the world including a extra-terrestrial option.

Summer DLC will come out with religions, including Jedy affiliation.



God bless You.

My Total Sales prediction for PS4 by the end of 2021: 110m+

When PS4 will hit 100m consoles sold: Before Christmas 2019

There were three ravens sat on a tree / They were as blacke as they might be / The one of them said to his mate, Where shall we our breakfast take?


0D0 said:

Choose your Link:
[ ] male
[ ] female
[ ] gay man
[ ] gay woman
[ ] trans man
[ ] gender fluid girl
[ ] gender fluid boy
[ ] tomboy
[ ] black
[ ] Asian
[ ] white
[ ] aborigine
[ ] slim
[ ] fat
[ ] old
[ ] half blind
[ ] wheelchair user
[ ] play as Dr. Manhattan

 

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I think it shows that Aonuma does in fact consider link a character, not an avatar. Which is why he did not want tonchange his gender or tale away his role in a game



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The explanation for not making Zelda the hero actually makes a lot of sense. Its not a question of "what would the man do", it is a question of "if Zelda was the hero, one of the sides of the triforce would become irrelevant"....which would kinda break the purpose of the triforce.

As for the "female link" option, I think the explanation of "why change an existing character" should be fine to sweep that question away. Its up to the artist to create the character they want to create, and the Link they want to create here is male. Maybe that will change somewhere in the future, but if it does, it should be because the artist wants to have a female link for the sake of the game and the story they are creating, not for the sake of diversity.