| the_dengle said: Link, collectively, is not a character. Link is a concept of a character. Link is a character in Ocarina of Time, Link is a character in Link Between Worlds. "Link" as a whole, across the series, is simply a name which represents many characters. |
Link is a character. Has a gender, name, and basic personailty. If you change the gender, instead of creating a new character. With a new origin story. That just pisses people off. This is one reason Metroid OM failed. People have Samus setup a certain way in their mind. Zelda fans go ape shit when people say he should talk. This also happend in places with Shepard, in Mass Effect. Male and Female Shep's are supose to be different. But half the time, dialoug and animations are the same. So Fem just acts like a guy, in those cases. And has no real difference to Male Shep.
Even Fiona and Cake. Who are gender flops of Finn and Jake, in Adventure Time. Have different personalities to each other. They aren't ripping off them. By having a new female character. You could have her speak, have her do different things. And it wouldn't ruin what Link is to people. They just can't call her Link. That is the sole issue. Anyone can be the hero of time. Hell, I'd like a Zelda where Link was killed off at the start. And Zelda/Shiek is needed to replace him.
