If Link Were A Woman

[athenian200]

If Link were a woman, Prince Zelda would have to be male. Chances are that she'd use a lot more magic and fewer physical attacks, due to being physically weaker. She would probably also have to put up with being teased/mocked about how ridiculous it is that a girl wants to save Hyrule, etc. The game would be full of tomboy jokes, with only a few people that took her seriously. She might even have trouble getting shop owners to do business with her (at least for shields or ammunition) at first, though they would become more accepting once she'd accomplished a few things.

There might be mini-games involving Link putting on make-up, or flirting with enemy guards in order to get through. Also, it's likely that the Gerudo would warm up to her more quickly, as they would have something in common.

In the 80's, how often did we really see a female protagonist? (And knew from the start, mind you.) Nothing comes to mind.

What about Phantasy Star for the Sega Master System? That was released in 1987.

 

[ancazur]

See I knew I'd forget something...

She might even have trouble getting shop owners to do business with her (at least for shields or ammunition) at first, though they would become more accepting once she'd accomplished a few things.

Child Link gets enough of that as it is. "haha you're just a kid, what can you do?"

 

[athenian200]

See I knew I'd forget something...



Child Link gets enough of that as it is. "haha you're just a kid, what can you do?"

Yeah, so just imagine how much worse it would be if Link were a girl.

 

[zants follower]

Well the closest thing I could find that she would look like was

 

[Raven]

If Link was a girl then Zelda would have to be a prince lol what a twist! I would probably name my file Linx or Lynx or something and my overall view of the series would be slightly altered to fit this hypothetical situation. With link as a girl I think I would feel a little worse if she got hit but other than that there isen't too much of a difference, the gameplay would still be the same and the storyline would remain untouched. If it is simply a matter of changing Links character model from male to female than I might even welcome that change (granted it is only temporary: for like 1 game) but as I see it Link will remain as a guy because ganon doesn't like to capture princes he likes princesses.

 

[SheikahWarrior]

It wouldn't really matter to me one way or the other <.<

(But one question is, would she wield the Mistress Sword?)

 

[J Oh]

The only way I see this being a possibility is if the game revolved around Zelda being the protagonist. Maybe Ganon wised up and captured Link to halt the process of Hyrule being saved and Zelda actually has to "man up" and not be the damsel in distress and do the job herself. (Don't take that line personally ladies :p) Now that I think about it that would make for an interesting game. You could even please the Sheik fans by implementing the ability of her switching back and forth to use different abilities and weapons. Bringing forth a new perspective on Zelda and maybe some interesting storyline to the royal family of Hyrule. Hmm.

 

[Satsy]

There are games where Zelda is the main character though -- at least 2 of the CDi games.

 

[J Oh]

I don't count CDi lol and will never play them.

 

[Majora's Cat]

I don't count CD-i either. Although Zelda starred in Zelda's Adventure, I don't think it counts as having a female protagonist in a main Zelda game.

 

[Aero_Dynamic]

if that were to happen i would be like" WHAT THE FIRETRUCK"

 

[Master]

To tell you the truth , i actually like this idea . I'll to see how it would come out . But for now , it is just another guy saving a princess

 

[Ice6661]

there are zelda games out there were zelda is the main character (i cant rememeber what they are on tho or the names of them)
its none of the ones that are listed at the top of the site tho.
AVGN did a video on the games

 

[enemytracker]

There are games where Zelda is the main character though -- at least 2 of the CDi games.

But we're talking about a female Link being the protagonist, not Zelda...

 

[Satsy]

I was responding directly to J Oh on that point who brought up the idea of Zelda being the protagonist rather than Link.