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Hynad on 08 April 2016
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Illusion said:
Nautilus said:
                                           

Link was never an avatar.You may think that way, but he isnt.By no means I will not buy the game if the female Link rumour is true, that would be silly, but I have every right to get pissed at it.And its not nothing.Its like if someone broke your cup that was given to you by your dead mother for example.For the person, it is simply a cup.For you, its an irreplaceable item.The same would be here.Its a bit of an extreme example, but you get what I mean

I agree.

A female Link at this point in time would be an obvious submission of Nintendo to the anti-gamergate crowd and I don't think I would ever be able to play such a game much less buy it.

Link was never a generic avatar for the gamer anymore than Mario is. Link was and is one of the most recognizable mascots in the video game industry and the story of Zelda is one based around a boy confronting and understanding manhood and ultimately defeating a villain and rescuing a princess.  This whole story arc will need to be "gender-neutralized" in order to make room for the new female version of Link.

This rumor is actually terrible news for me.  I knew that Nintendo would eventually have to submit to the radical feminist/politically correct puppet crowd but I was hoping that we might have been able to get one last Zelda that had a hint of masculinity in it before Nintendo caved. 

Link has so far been as generic a character as it gets... -___-