Nintendo Zelda U - Clearly female link in image.

[AlfredoTurkey]

SpokenTruth said:

AlfredoTurkey said:

Teeqoz said:

Nothing is said there that implies that all incarnations of Link have to be male though. Just that the one featured in that specific game is male, which I'm obviously not contesting.

Nothing implies that Mario has to be a man either but that's what we expect. Nothing implies that Samus has to be a woman, but again, that's what she is and what we want her to be. Link is a boy/man. If Nintendo wants another female protagonist then they should make a new IP and feature one. 

Mario is the same person from his first game to his last game.

Link is actually a different physical person in most of the games. 

Link, Mario, Donkey Kong, Zelda, Samus, Master Chief and Megaman are all fictional characters created by the imagination of the human mind. They can be whatever the creators of their next games want them to be. There are no "rules" with make believe. Technically, Mario can be a lizard in his next game. But the question is... should he be? I don't believe he should be because I believe when you create a character or legend and it becomes iconic and a part of our world, then it takes on a life outside of the creators mind. At that point, it's as much the worlds property as it is theirs.

Link has always been a boy or young man. For 30 years, that's what he's always been. Forcing a sex change on this character at this point is wrong because it's figuratively no longer just Nintendo's alone. Link belongs to us too and the vast, vast.... VAST majority would not stand for him to be anything other than a "him".