Aonuma about Zelda and it seems that Zelda will have strong Sheikah focus

[Nautilus]

Wright said:

Nautilus said:

"gender-bending".We know that Zelda covered up her identity and thats that.Changing gender is pushing too far, since there is no evidence of that ever happening in the series.

 

Evidence? Aside from Sheik being called "a man" by Princess Ruto, the official art and in-game appearance being masculine and different from Princess Zelda's body type, plus the eye colors being different?

The official Nintendo's Player Guide also states that Sheik is a male.

Taken from the Zelda wiki:

In the game itself, some of Sheik's grunts seem vaguely masculine. Additionally, Zelda and Sheik do not share physical characteristics, such as Zelda's helplessness when trapped by a ring of fire in Ganon's collapsing castle; this is a jump that she would presumably be able to make as Sheik, implying an actual transformation or magical augmentation as opposed to a mere clothing difference. When Princess Ruto describes Sheik to Link, she refers to him as a "nice young man", and in the original Japanese version, Sheik introduces him/herself using boku, a pronoun mostly used by young males Manga has Sheik as a male [...].

Not to mention the manga stating Sheik is a male, although this is a non-canonical source. But the point is there's enough evidence to suggest gender-bending here.

I never said that isnt possible, but thats hardly the case.Not to mention that a fan-made wiki dosent make for a strong argument in the first case.And as Wyrd has already said, there is the example of Persona 4, not to mention that many games and animes has already done this before.And there is a reason plotwise for Zelda to try to hide her gender:She is hiding from Ganondorf.Making her SEEM male makes it a better false identity.It all points to just being a good disguise, instead of gender-bending