The explanation is dumb "oh noes, what's Link supposed to do now!? It's not like he could venture out and do stuff on his own the way Zelda does in Skyward Sword."
That said the decision to stick with Link for the main series and let him be a boy is the right one as far as I'm concerned. But I wouldn't say no to a spin-off starring Zelda (just do it Nintendo. Seriously).
0D0 said:
I like your way of thinking. How Dr. Manhattan will fit DCU is what I can't wait to know how they will get it sorted out |
I read some interview with Johns that says they are going to take the long game with the explanation there and we won't see or hear much for about 2 years or so until it starts to truly unfold. That's gonna be a long 2 years.
| forest-spirit said: The explanation is dumb "oh noes, what's Link supposed to do now!? It's not like he could venture out and do stuff on his own the way Zelda does in Skyward Sword." That said the decision to stick with Link for the main series and let him be a boy is the right one as far as I'm concerned. But I wouldn't say no to a spin-off starring Zelda (just do it Nintendo. Seriously). |
Here you go.
| RolStoppable said: Wright, are you sure that this time it's a legit article instead of the work from some guy who posed as female feminist? |
I guess. I'm not sure, you can never be 100% sure who's behind the monitor.
Wright said:
I guess. I'm not sure, you can never be 100% sure who's behind the monitor. |
I am 100% certain that you are not a farm animal....
or are you? Hmmmmmmm
| RolStoppable said: Anyway, the explanation does make sense. If Zelda has the triforce of wisdom and fights as the protagonist of the game, what does Link do as the owner of the triforce of courage? Swapping the roles of Zelda and Link (Zelda is courage, Link is wisdom) wouldn't work either, because men and wisdom? Nobody believes that. Another option would be a female Link (courage) and Zelda in her usual role, but then you have two women taking down a man (Ganon). That doesn't make sense either. Men lose to women in real life all the time, so let them have at least their video games. What a sexist article. |
Hell let's make Ganon female too. Though you would absolutely need to also make it a love triangle so you can get the full support of the LGBT community as well. May even wanna make Ganon trans, just in case.
| Wright said:
According to a chat with GameSpot, Eiji Aonuma, a producer at Nintendo, said that “We thought about it, and decided that if we’re going to have a female protagonist, it’s simpler to have Princess Zelda as the main character.” [...] Aonuma went on to explain, “…if we have Princess Zelda as the main character who fights, then what is Link going to do? Taking into account that, and also the idea of the balance of the Triforce, we thought it best to come back to this [original] makeup.” The implication here is that the creative team worried more about Link’s story and identity rather than Zelda’s. It boiled down to a question that sounds a lot like, “But what about the man,” the inverse of which (“But what about the woman”) is a question that women have long since wondered to themselves. Even then, this reasoning doesn’t exclude the idea of a female version of the Hero, or Link. It might exclude the idea of Princess Zelda as a protagonist (disappointing), but how does this prevent them from creating a new character to play the hero? |
Bolded on the second paragraph basically nullifies everything she/he said. Aonuma clearly mentions that they took into account the balance of triforce... which has Zelda with the Wisdom piece, while Ganon has power and Link Courage. So it would be rather weird to see Zelda fighting hordes of enemies indeed, as she is represented as the wise figure. But I think I'm expecting too much from a writer who probably doesn't know a thing about Zelda and is just trying to cause commotion. 
Bet with Teeqoz for 2 weeks of avatar and sig control that Super Mario Odyssey would ship more than 7m on its first 2 months. The game shipped 9.07m, so I won
Well obviously the real reason was so that they could implement the best feature...
Shirtless Link
Linkle will almost definitely gét her own s'pinoff, but the main series will likely always be male, and there's nothing wrong with that.
| Wright said: The implication here is that the creative team worried more about Link’s story and identity rather than Zelda’s. It boiled down to a question that sounds a lot like, “But what about the man,” the inverse of which (“But what about the woman”) is a question that women have long since wondered to themselves. Even then, this reasoning doesn’t exclude the idea of a female version of the Hero, or Link. It might exclude the idea of Princess Zelda as a protagonist (disappointing), but how does this prevent them from creating a new character to play the hero? The statement about “the idea of the balance of the Triforce” doesn’t make a whole lot of sense, either, and it’s hard to gather why that would also be a factor in why they didn’t include a female Link. [...] The reason just feels arbitrary, rather than thought-out or even considered. During Nintendo Treehouse E3 Live event, much was said about defying past Zelda norms and tropes. If you ask me, one great way of actually defying those norms would be to add a female hero. [...] However, it seems like we’re a long way off from seeing a character like Linkle fronting her own Zelda game at Nintendo.
Considering most Zelda stories are non-gender-specific anyway (and given Link’s often much-parodied androgynous appearance), how much effort would it really take to build a female hero, someone that isn’t just head-canonically female but actually female? |
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