Father includes gender neutral language into The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past

[DivinePaladin]

Cloudman said:

DivinePaladin said:

Link is literally the definition of a blank slate character though, and the LttP model can easily befit either a boy or girl. Those two things together led directly to the hack in question. If she were playing Duke Nukem or any other game with a definitively, unchangeable gender for its main character I'm fairly certain he wouldn't make this change.  

Yeah, that is true that link is pretty much a blank state, but I don't mean just Link though. I just mean all games in general. I don't see what's wrong with playing with a character of an opposite gender. Also, I suppose Link's sprite kinda does look like a girl, but I think the sprite could have been changed to look more so like it.

I know you meant every game but my point is that this particular guy changed this particular game for this particular reason. I'm sure he understands that this is a rare scenario where he can get away scot-free with changing gender this easily, and it sounds like he's just trying to help his daughter cultivate a similar experience and love of games with this small change. 

 

It's no commentary of gender equality in games here, it's just a guy who wants his daughter to start with this one game with the one change to a gender neutral character so she has the best chance of getting hooked.