I literally just had this conversation in the thread that inspired this one.Lufia Erim said:Yes but, (and i am no expert, i stop playing LoZ games after Ocarina of time), as far as i know there has never been a " female link". Also, i would argue as far back as LoZ1 and Zelda2 Legend of Link, there is a recurring love interest between the two characters. Sure I'll agree in no place that is it stated the Link must be a boy, but as far as what we have gotten, history has shown that, there isn't a timeline in where Link was a girl.Worgen said:Except that Links gender kinda doesn't matter at all. Hes a silent protagonist in a game that is actually name after the female lead who almost never gets to do anything.Lufia Erim said:Yes. However don't get me wrong, its not because i have to play a female or anything. But if samus suddenly became male or link suddenly became female, it just wouldn't make sense in an established series where it was always the opposite.
Now however, if i was to get a new IP, that was inspired by metroid or Legend of zelda and i had to play as a girl it wouldn't matter. But do not genderbend a character and make it canon.
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See above, where you said "Link's never been a girl!"?I mean, sure it could be done, but why?
That's why.
Because people would really be excited to have something new.
Link is very rarely the same actual Link from game to game, and other than a (very weak) appeal to "tradition", there's no reason that Link couldn't at least once reincarnate as a woman. Or, as many people have suggested, let the player choose. Just because it hasn't happened yet doesn't mean it never should. I can't even wrap my head around that sort of argument. When Ocarina came out, 3D games were still in their infancy and were relatively untested, and 3D Zelda games were certainly an unknown element; does that mean it should've just been a 2D title like its predecessors?