| FragilE^ said: There is no "female Link". Link is Link. It's a person. A male person. Just like there is no male Samus, because Samus is a girl. And like others have already stated, just imagine the "male oppression" outrage if people actually wanted Samus to be male... If they actually offered you a choice, wouldn't that lessen the story? Because, multiple characters would mean that any one of those could become the hero of time/master sword/bane of evil etc. In other words, there would not be anything special about the character you're playing, you just stumble upon the sword and the triforce. That would mess with the story. Artistic integrity, please. Link is Link, and if you want a different lead then ask Nintendo for spinoff games. |
this- people seem to be reading FAR too deeply into the reincarnated hero thing. just because this is the case in other dimensions, story zones, whatever- it does not mean that the character does not have SOME defining features
understand stating that Link as a character universally is not a guy, would be similar to trying to state that the triforce is not universally a necessary part of the series and saving the day- it IS. every instance, every game, it is a part
it is no coincidence that Link repeatedly is a male who wears a green tunic and has pointy ears. if one is arguing that the character as a whole is not a female, then they should also attempt to argue that Link can hypothetically wear a clown costume and look nothing like himself
there has to be some line of consistency. sorry, but the creators of the franchise did not make 20+ games in the series all with the same sex for no reason at all. it IS a character. I think its hilarious there is discussion about changing Link to a female yet no discussion about changing Zelda to a prince, or changing Ganandorf to a fairy
get over yourselves, respect the IP and the character and stop with this PC nonsense and the subjective opinions about what or who Link is as a character. the creators don't agree with you and in the end their opinions along with the majority of the fans is all that matters, not some random cries from the PC community for a 'fair' playable character
