ZeldafreakCJM
Hey there, it's me.
Yes you can. What's your question?
Breath of the Wild There will be NO female Link
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Triforce King
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Are you an blonde?
ZeldafreakCJM
Hey there, it's me.
when I was real little, now it's somewhere in-between "brown" (does brunette stand for "brown?" I've seen it applied to black hair before) and what would encompass the generic color of blonde hair.
Triforce King
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Brunette stand for dark brown hair, or just brown hair. The reason why I ask this question is because you keep dwelling on Link being in your own words "a white blonde Hylian boy". As the same as you, I consider Link as character and not an avatar, also because unlike some people I don't consider Link to represent me as the player. I don't have blonde hair and blue eyes, so I just can't relate to him, but I do consider him as his own character. It just that when I think of Link, I think of him as a Hylian hero, I don't think of him as a blue eyes blonde white boy, like you put it. I feel that the only reason why some people complain that they want Link to stay blonde is because they're blonde themselves. It's like you and I said before, he's not an avatar, he's his own character, or if some put it they their own characters. I'm not saying that we should have an option to change his hair color, skin color, or etc. I'm just saying that what if Mr. Aonuma and Mr. Miyamoto decided that a Link in one game had dark hair, and he had red hair in the next? What if they decide that in one game, he was born and raised as a Gerudo for the plot of the story? What I'm getting at is that at the end of the day, The Legend of Zelda series is Aonuma and Miyamoto's creative freedom, they have the every right to do whatever they want to it because they made the series and we didn't. If Link stays blonde for the rest of his life then fine, if not then okay just as long as the creators are calling the shots, because you know it's their art. Also I feel that we need to stop focusing on what race and hair color Link has, and focus more on his character and what it represents.
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Are you telling me that my long tradition of giving Link names that make everyone else in Hyrule sound super gangsta is at an end?
... Is this even a world worth living in?
Why are people even arguing about this? its a **** idea in the first place.
You are right it is a **** idea. Aounuma clearly thinks its **** too.
ZeldafreakCJM
Hey there, it's me.
Me wanting Link to stay what he is, has nothing to do with him being similar to me or not. He's always looked the same, he follows the same template, and I consider that template to be what makes Link Link. Yes it's Nintendo's character, but I doubt they want to change him as far as you mentioned, and I'd be pretty pissed if they did, as I'd see it as no different than changing Mario's race or hair color to something completely random like blue or green.
CrimsonCavalier
Fuzzy Pickles
Well, it was a question that required the most simple of answers.
Well, first you're 100% wrong, because Link being male is not irrelevant to the story. There has always been some sort of romantic undertone in the series.
And second, males and females are different, psychologically and physiologically, and would react differently with the same situation. The deny this is to proven, verifiable facts.
SJWs are social terrorists, period. And in case you didn't read earlier, this isn't about choice. It never has been about choice. It's about appeasing these people.
Obviously not everyone plays the game.
And maybe more would not play the game if the main character was changed to appease social terrorists.
But maybe this isn't about sales or not sales. Maybe it's about making a stand against these people, this loud, ignorant, and hateful social minority that likes to stamp their ideals on everything, even things that have nothing to do with them, even on things they don't care about; they just want what they think is right or wrong to be what everyone else believes.
And maybe we—the vast majority of gamers, male and female—don't want them to dig their filthy claws into our hobby.
Triforce King
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Well it's like I said, if Link stays blonde for the rest of his life then I'm not complaining, just as long as it's not catering to the fans and it's something they wanna do, but if they do change his hair color, then I'm okay with that too. The difference between Link and Mario is that Mario is just one guy, and Link has different incarnations of himself, with different personalities, and as for you being pissed off if they did decided to change "one" of the Link's hair color, well I feel that you will get over it, they all eventually get over it. Anyway thanks for answering my question. Oh, but I do have one more question to ask you before I go. What did you think of the Paper Mario: Color Splash gameplay at E3?
Djinn
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I would always rather have a totally different totally unique female character than a female versions of a character. Then it just seems like an alt costume or skin. No real point.
Back during the Ocarina of Time days, I wanted Link to be gender neutral. I wanted the player to think ‘Maybe Link is a boy or a girl.’ If you saw Link as a guy, he’d have more of a feminine touch. Or vice versa, if you related to Link as a girl, it was with more of a masculine aspect. I really wanted the designer to encompass more of a gender-neutral figure. So I’ve always thought that for either female or male players, I wanted them to be able to relate to Link.
During the development of Twilight Princess, I went a different route and created a version of Link that was more masculine. But after Twilight Princess I went back to the drawing board and decided Link should be a more gender-neutral character. Hence I created the version of Link that you see in Breath of the Wild. As far as gender goes, Link is definitely a male, but I wanted to create a character where anybody would be able to relate to the character.” So that’s why I think the rumor went around that Link could be a female. Because maybe the users were able to relate in that way.” — Eiji Aonuma
During the development of Twilight Princess, I went a different route and created a version of Link that was more masculine. But after Twilight Princess I went back to the drawing board and decided Link should be a more gender-neutral character. Hence I created the version of Link that you see in Breath of the Wild. As far as gender goes, Link is definitely a male, but I wanted to create a character where anybody would be able to relate to the character.” So that’s why I think the rumor went around that Link could be a female. Because maybe the users were able to relate in that way.” — Eiji Aonuma
ZeldafreakCJM
Hey there, it's me.
Technically there are two Marios, with regular Mario and Paper Mario. That said I think Color Splash, looks terrible.
As for the Gender neutral thing, he's just referring to Link being bishonen, so long as he's always male, then whatever. I'd prefer that Link be a bit more masculine, but so long as he's confirmed to be male and shown in game to be recognized as male than so bi