Hiku said:
Maybe there is a good reason. Because 30 years of doing it one way doesn't neccesarily mean they always did what they wanted.
When it comes to female protagonists in games, that was something developers were genuinely afraid of back in the day. Because the vast majority of gamers were male back then, and they were afraid of losing sales simply because the protagiopnist was female. Even today there is that concern, but to a smaller degree, and this is something they actually have discussions about before making the final decision. (The developers of Horizon: Zero Dawn said that in an interview.) And when it happens today, some companies get flack for "making the protagonist female for no reason, just to be different, etc" as if the human race is male by default.
What I'm saying is, even if Nintendo wanted to make a female Link in the past, they likely couldn't/wouldn't. Back then, the only female protagonists for notable games that I can think of off the top of my head were Miss Pac Man, and Samus. And Samus was only revealed to be female after you beat the game.
And I think Link always has been sort of like an avatar character. When the protagonist is a silent character that you can name, that has often been how they came across to me. Main character in Persona 3-4 for example. So some other people may have felt that way, but wanted the option for Link to be female. But even if Link was never intended to be an avatar character, the story is that Link is a reincarnated hero. So story wise it would work, as you acknowledged. And in that sense I think people would be less upset over an option for a female Link, than the option of a completely different protagonist. Because that would be really strange. If she's not Link, then why would her story be the same? Getting the Triforce of Courage, the Master Sword, etc.
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