Would you have preferred a female option?
You're not getting that option so shut the fuck up. Faggot Social Justice Wiener.
>>341622842
I literally don't give a shit who I play in a zelda game because I haven't given. Shit about a zelda game since wind waker
>>341622842
I'll play Skyrim.
A character creator would have been nice.
at first i didn't, but then they showed you can take link clothes off
Reminder that SJWs hated Linkle for being a Ms. Male Character.
They don't want an option. They don't want a female version of an established male character existing alongside him. They want the male character REPLACED because they think being male is a bad thing.
>>341622842
I'd prefer you drink some bleach.
>>341622842
no because I don't play as a girl
>>341622842
No, because it's very clear that this Link is one from a previous game. He's male because that prior Link was, and Liberals need to shut the fuck up about it.
>>341622842
THat wouldn't be Link so...no. I play Zelda games expecting to play as Link.
>Aonuma says Link has to be male to maintain balance in the Triforce
>Link is male
>Zelda is female
>Ganondorf is non-binary
I wouldn't care either way. Link has always been a guy, so there's nothing wrong with continuing that, but it's not like a female option would have changed anything for people who want to play as male Link.
>>341624224
Liberals are the only ones who play Zelda. Conservatives think it's another of Satan's tools to teach kids the occult.
>>341622842
I would if she was cute enough
>>341624553
He's a pigman
>>341624514
considering this intro, as well as the heavy implications that this is in the Wind Waker timeline, it's totally possible that we're playing a grown up WW Link.
>>341622842
I don't give a single shit, however I am glad there isn't one. There's already enough shitposting in this god forsaken place without something like that happening.
>>341624670
I'm Conservative, and that's fucking retarded. Anyone who thinks Zelda is some work of the devil clearly is looking for reasons to be mad.
Fuck off neofag
>>341624791
But we already know what happened to WW Link.
>>341625085
what happend to him?
>>341622842
No, because Link is a male character.
>>341625085
We have an idea, but something could have happened between Spirit Tracks and Phantom Hourglass that would put him in some stasis-coma thing. This wouldn't be the first time Zelda was retconned.
>>341624965
>I'm a conservative, but blah blah liberal talking points
False flag harder, Tumblrina.
>>341625220
He went off with Tetra and founded the Hyrule Railroad Company
>>341624553
>Ganondorf is non-binary
For all in tents of purps of his, this is true.
I don't play Legend of Zelda to jack off. That's what Elder Scrolls is for.
>>341625270
...What? I put no Liberal talking points, I just said that people who think Zleda is the work of the devil is stupid.
>>341625267
>inb4 this is a "WW Link failed" timeline
>>341625532
As dumb as it would be, it's also possible after the "OoT Link failed" timeline from Hyrule Historia.
>>341625449
>Conservatives are stupid
You're a liberal.
>>341625756
Isn't that the one where ALttP stems from? We did see the sacred grove in the trailer.
>>341623439
Right on, Brother!
>>341622842
I honestly would, but only because i could be naked with just shorts and a bra, and people would also find a way to make Female link naked thanks to Wii U already being hackable and all that.
>>341625876
>implying all conservatives think that.
You're a fool.
Link is an established character within the lore and narratives of the games he's appeared in, and has always been Male.
He's not like some Skyrim blank slate with no personality, at least not completely. He has his own character with predetermined origin, personality, goals, motivations, and personality.
It's varied from game to game as the series has evolved, but one constant has always been that Link is a young boy (the same hero reincarnated) who goes on an adventure that involves saving a princess. That's his shtick, the timeless story that is at the core of every Zelda game.
All adding an option to customize your Link's gender and/or appearance would do is fundamentally fuck up the basics of what makes a Zelda game a Zelda game, and cheapen an iconic video game character and put him down to the level of shit like "Mass Effect Guy", "Minecraft Guy", or the aforementioned "Skyrim guy".
I don't actually think they could have made this Link any girlier, it would have just meant that you can't get away with having Link run around in only boxer shorts.
I'd prefer if there was dating option where I can fug other girls and to convince them to join me in battle so I can have a party of AIs attacking everything.
>>341622842
Yes. I'm not saying that they should have forced you to play a female Link. It just should have been an option to choose male or female at the start, and the story could have been designed in such a way so as to it not mattering which gender you chose. Zelda games for the most part don't really focus on Link's sexual interactions with other characters anyway, with the exception of a few games where romance actually plays a part.
This is what makes me think that BotW's story must have elements that are actually dependent on Link being male. The fact that he is specifically called Link in this game, and you don't get the option to name him, probably a lot about why a female option was left out.
>>341623937
Someone should make a stink out of that, to deprive pedo womyn, much like how the same degenerates are depriving men of their lewd sex objects.
>>341624670
Liberals and conservatives aren't real. They're boogeymen. Liberals started calling themselves libertarians, because the term "liberal" got hijacked by feminists and fascists. The battle is not Republican VS Democrat, the battle is control VS freedom.
>Conservatives think it's another of Satan's tools to teach kids the occult.
Literally nobody in the entire world thinks this.
>>341622842
I don't think it would work with the style of Zelda. Link has always been kind of a cuck. Almost everyone telling him what to do is some chick or another. There is always some flirting, some cutsie talk, and insinuation that has been a staple since at least Link's Awakening.
A female option would change the mood of the series. I don't think the characters and their interactions would be as much fun. "Link" would probably be far less interesting if there was any sort of variation to what the writers specifically put in place.
>>341622842
Options are always nice, especially when you can run around shirtless
>>341622842
if she is wearing the same link is wearing when no equipment + a simple bra, yes.
>>341622842
Never. Ever. Thank you.
>>341626363
THIS!
I believe that Aonuma is very much so aware that we want a female Link, and I don't doubt that we will get one in a future game, but for this game, no.
I think the reason is because Aonuma has already gone rather far with the plot and the story calls for Link to be a male in this game, or else they would have to go back and change some important plot related elements. He probably wanted to say that, but didn't want to give anything away. So he came up with the BS Zelda excuse.
>>341622842
Considering who I think this resurrected Link ispic related, nah.
His game didn't have a gender option so it wouldn't make sense if he was suddenly a girl.
>>341626719
This. All adding a gender option would accomplish is dumbing down character interactions and story themes to make them less specific to the actual character of Link.
Since Zelda isn't an RPG, I don't know why anyone would want to water down the Zelda formula even more by making the stories less personal for the sake of a minority of "self inserting" better if they were playing as a female character. (Because apparently some women are too arrogant/stupid to be able to relate to a male protagonist on the same level.)
I'd play as a qt gril over a fuccboi desu
>>341627756
A hole is a hole faggot
>>341622842
I don't see the harm. Link is barely a character anyway, so having the option of picking Link's gender would hardly change anything.
>>341627390
>This. All adding a gender option would accomplish is dumbing down character interactions and story themes to make them less specific to the actual character of Link.
>>>>>>Link is a character
No, Link is a dude and should stay that way.
And I say that as a faggot who ALWAYS plays as a cute girl in a video game when give the option/a character creator.
I honestly would have no problem with a gender option. There's nothing to lose for us, as players. Of course, it'd be a whole lot more work for Nintendo.
>>341627190
It's his game. If Aonuma wants Link to be a guy then he should be a guy. If other people want Link to be a girl or have gender options that's too fucking bad. He also shouldn't worry about what the "fans" want because the majority of people will buy it regardless. He doesn't own them anything and they aren't entitled to anything.
>>341627903
Link is literally one of the most iconic and recognizable characters in video game history, like top fucking 5.
Everyone knows Link and what he's all about, despite not having said a sing line of dialog since his inception.
Nintendo would be fucking foolish to throw that away in favor of doing a "create your own hero" kind of Zelda game.
>>341627286
On another note, it can't be the hero of time.
In TP he's clearly dead as the hero's shade, so it's not him, and the Koroks are in the game, so can't be the "defeated hero" timeline to begin with, it must be the wind waker timeline.
But then again you can clearly see a destroyed temple of time, so what the fuck?
Who the fuck is this resurrected Link?
>>341622970
holy shit get your head out of your ass it has nothing to do with that. people just like playing as female mc
>>341622842
No, because I always liked how this franchise can make a young, always non-muscular boy like me feel like I can be the hero too.
Considering everything this game is copying from TPP, the reason you can't change his gender is because you're a synthetic cloneof the real link who stopped his mission for some reason. That's why Hyrule is abandonned.
>>341626226
cute! CUTE!
No because Link is a boy
Keep it in your shitty fandoms
next they'd want Zelda to be a prince
>>341628304
>C'mon!
>"Link is my favorite game character"
Right on par with people who praise Gordan Freeman as a character. Nobody cares.
why would you want Link with tits, not even is that sexualizing, but he's feminine enough as he is
women can be flat chested
at this point it really is complaining for the sake of complaining
>>341628431
Can we get a Female version of this?
I'm not gay
>>341628530
Now THAT would be over the line, because Zelda is a real character.
>>341628304
Then could you explain Link's character? As far as I can tell, he's just a mute kid/teenager who does what other people tell him to do.
>>341622842
Yes.
But a boipucci is fine too.
>>341628636
You must be new
>>341628636
being gay for Link isn't gay
>>341628327
Koroks are in paintings in ALBW. So it's not impossible for them to exist in Decline.
The Master Sword is only in the woods by itself h it in the Decline timeline. In TP's timeline they moved the entire Temple to woods. In WW's timeline they move the Sword to the castle and then WW Link moves it to Ganondorf's skull.
Ganon was also in a very similar situation that BotW describes. He's on the verge of breaking out of the seal in the many years following OoT because Link couldn't land the final blow on him in OoT's Defeated ending beforehand.
OoT Link is also the only Link whose defeat is made to be a big deal.
Link is for girls, there needs to be a hero for boys to play as!
>>341622842
no twink link is good enough
Never had a chance.
Link is a established character and Nintendo is not going to sacrifice that.
EVER
>>341628680
In a nutshell:
Link is a classic Hero's Journey protagonist, purposely boiled down to the essentials to make him relatable to anyone. He's a young boy, usually immature and inexperienced, who despite being severly underpowered and underequipped. As he finds his courage, meets new people, masters new skills, and builds his arsenal, he is able to beat the odds to save his friends/the kingdom.
That's why he's the embodiment of the Triforce of Courage, and this character arc of him maturing into a hero is pretty consistent in most (but not all, like MM/Oracles) games. Newer entries have been progressively doing a better job at both establishing this and giving link more personality. Especially Wind Wanker and Squidward Sword, where the character development is far from subtle. (Linnk leaving home to save his sister is one of my favorite moments in all of Zelda.)
Link is a silent protagonist, but that doesn't mean he doesn't grow over the course of his adventure.
>>341622842
No, I may want to be a cute girl, but there are plenty of other games that let me do that.
Link should remain a guy.
>>341630113
Nor should they. Link is iconic as fuck, and therefore prints money by just exisiting in a game.
There is literally no reason to cheapen that.
>>341622842
these guys get it:
>>341626226
>>341628608
They might as well have just thrown it in there. It would have been nicer than this sad, neutered chick-fantasy.
>I DON'T HAVE TO BE WEAK JUST SO YOU CAN BE STRONG
words from the cunts themselves.
>>341628902
>being gay isn't gay
Let's break down what you just said....
>>341631031
He's so feminine at this point it's not even gay
>>341631127
>Feminine men aren't men
>men aren't men
1=/=1
What?
>>341624791
So did he get time blipped like in OoT or did someone just pull the ocean's plug to let it drain in the 10ish years it would be if this was WW Link?
Because I know Phantom Hourglass is a direct sequel to WW and the ocean was still covering the world.
>>341631381
If it's a really long time after WW, it could very well be due to planting all the deku trees
>>341631354
Men can be cute girls too!
>>341631354
its a joke dickhead
>>341622842
I wouldn't have minded a female option but i'd rather they focused other stuff.
>>341622842
I'd rather just play as Zelda.
>>341622842
Yes, because I'm a heterosexual male.
>>341622842
No, I can masturbate easily enough to male Link.
>>341631482
>the deku trees drained the ocean
I like the theory that the ocean evaporated
>>341631557
There are so many SJW definitions of sexuality, that it's hard to tell when people are joking nowadays.
>>341623937
This, did you giglesquee when you saw that too? :^)
I would have preferred a male option
>>341622842
No. So the lore can stay male Link oriented and so they can give us some LinkxZelda action like they did in SS.
At least just a bit.
>>341622842
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kqv34KlLs9o
Sterling just had to throw his fat in the ring and give his opinion.
>>341622842
Yes, link is too femenine for me to properly project onto anyway.
Does anyone have that picture of the mom telling he son that he can be whatever he wants, and the next panel is him grown up as some sort of tumblr abomination and the mom just has the most disappointed look on her face?
>>341632479
"IF he would have just said "I didn't too" i would have been okay with this." Jim, that's a fucking lie, and YOU know!
And don't give me that shit about how no one got mad at GTAV over not having one. No one expected it, so know one was surprised. But because morons were thinking Link would be a girl from some concept pictures/vague remarks, morons got their hopes up and would find a way to target their anger at nintendo.
>>341632692
>project onto
If you self-insert into games then there's a million things wrong with yourself.
Yes because the Linkle rule 34 is coming in a lot slower than I thought it would
Only if the female option is Linkle.
If Link remaining male is wrong, I don't wanna be right.
>>341632479
Who cares about that flaccid dicknipple?
Fuck his paid opinions and backwards agenda pussyfooting.
>>341633329
Linkle isn't Nintendo's
If they did implement a female Link, it would probably be Aryll.
>>341622842
>>341633543
>Nintendo always behind on gaming trends
>finally does "open world"
>next game will probably be co-op chest-high wall shooter
That's probably when you'll get your femlink or whatever. They'll be Link's "other" for the sake of gameplay.
http://pastebin.com/QRaZmR5i
>yfw Based Anouma completely btfo the sjws
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1233515
>>341634304
BTFO
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>>341624791
WW Link is left handed
>>341622842
i'm not exactly sure if I would. it would be weird seeing Link as a female; but i prefer to play most games as a female.
If the game explained it away as the Hero of Time being born as a set of twins, and you got to pick which one you played, I would have absolutely no problem with that.
>>341622842
I think preferred is the wrong word. I'd pick a femlink in a first play through for something different but it's not a feature I'm begging for either.
No. It's dumb.
If they want to have a Zelda game feature a female protag maybe you should look to THE FUCKING TITLE OF THE SERIES.
Link's a guy.
I don't care about the wishy washy 'but every LoZ is an alternate reality so why not?'
There are things that are consistent with his character and one of those things is a penis.
Even the people in charge have explicitly stated that now because you wouldn't shut the fuck up about it.
The sooner all the Tumblrfats and 'Linkle is cute x3' fapbait squad get over it the better.
Literally, figuratively, hypothetically eat my asshole.
>>341622842
I like choice but won't especially miss it.
Could have been fun to get that one gerudo ninja magic transformation to walk unrecognized in the enemy faction, though.
No, it's fucking stupid.
>>341624791
>the heavy implications that this is in the Wind Waker timeline
my fucking god you lorefags never learn
>>341631354
>>Feminine men aren't men
Now you're getting it.
>>341622842
I think it makes sense to have the option. Link isn't so much a character with thoughts and emotions of his own, as he is the player's avatar. The Zelda series is quite popular among women and girls, and I see no reason why they have to settle for a male avatar when, say, Pokemon and Mass Effect fans don't.
>>341631892
Not if you've been on this board for more than 5 minutes.
Cute boys > Girls
link is cute!
>>341631809
The ocean can't evaporate in 100 years
Link is so bishie at this point that if you want him to be a girl then just pretend he's a transwoman who didn't get a boobjob yet. Problem solved. Its called role playing.
>>341635801
This.
>>341623486
>a character creator
>in Zelda
That's like asking for a character creator in Mario.
It's a fucking Zelda game. You're Link.
Good on Nintendo for not caving to these SJW internet bullies trying to change their creation
Don't like it don't play it, cucky boy
>>341622842
Aonuma already explained why, this anon >>341624553 hinted at
Japan's a pretty old fanshioned country still, and a female lead is still odd for most of them. Most importantly it's because Link has the triforce is course and it would make little sense for him to be the "damsel is distress" when he has that.
>>341635701
>I have not played a Zelda game in the last 20 years
>>341622842
I wouldn't have minded one, but the butthurt tumblerinas got from not having one is way better
>>341636143
They already let you play as your avatar in the BS Zelda, so it's not without precedent.
>>341622842
Only for the increase in porn but I'm sure that happened nonetheless.
>>341636179
>Japan is old fashioned
Yet they make damn good electronics and cars and are the first to attach to modern trends in technology.
If anything, they're quite admirable for their cultural integrity, which the western world sorely lacks.
>>341623985
>They want the male character REPLACED because they think being male is a bad thing.
I didn't want to believe this at first, but after the last few days, this seems to be the case.
>>341622842
If it was there I'd 100% use it, so I'm glad it's not.
>>341622842
Would have been a nice extra, but it's not a huge deal. I'm more concerned with the rest of the game.
>>341632479
>Everyone showering the game with praise
>BUT WHY CAN'T LINK BE GIRL
Of course. I forgot we can't enjoy things anymore and everyone needs to be more concerned with politics than actual video games.
Who care about the gameplay when we could be arguing about what set of reproductive organs the protagonist has?
>>341622842
If only for the porn yeah.
>>341634304
>52 pages of butthurt
>>341638895
I really hate those people. SJWs have ruined things for everyone else. Ten years ago I could say "I'd like to see a female Link for once. You know, just a change is all." and at most people would call me a faggot because Zelda fans (video game fans in general) hate change. Now I just get called a raving SJW.
>>341638895
The best part is, SJWs always talk about how, even if you have a penis, it doesn't mean you're a "Boy", so unless they say "He" or "Him" (Which they normally don't fucking do) It shouldn't matter to them.
>>341622842
Would you have preferred a male Zelda option?
And how about a bear that sexually identifies as a cybernetic android option for Link?
Why just a female option just for link?
Clearly. If Link can't be a bear that sexually identifies as a cybernetic android, and if Zelda can't a huge hairy male wrestler, and if Ganon can't be a rainbow unicorn. Then the game will be shit. Shit I tell you.
>>341622842
I would have preferred a game that had anything to do with the Legend of Zelda series.
>>341624670
>all conservatives are bible thumpers
>the left actually believes this
>>341622842
That just adds a whole new set of problems.
I don't mean from perverted male AND female fans that would fap to it, I mean the angry hipster bitches quick to call out sexism where it inconveniences them.
They went wholly on conjecture and now they're acting like they've been betrayed by it. This is why you don't buy into rumor, speculation and fake leak motherfuckers. You just set yourself up for disappointment.
People are really getting mad at that Triforce comment. It's not hard to understand what he meant.
You have
Courage = Male
Wisdom = Female
Power = Beast
Same way we have
Courage = Mario
Wisdom = Peach
Power = Bowser
Zelda and Mario have always modern day versions of the classic knight rescuing a princess from a dragon. It's always been about the Knight, the Princess and the Monster (who's gender is unimportant.) People are going apeshit because they only played OoT or Wind Waker and confuse Ganon with Ganondorf.
>>341624670
Not even the people who think "pokemon is evil because it teaches evolution" have a problem with Zelda.
>>341622842
i don't really care. it's more work for the developers to put in something like that and it's rather pointless in LoZ so i'd prefer they focus on other things which are essential to the game instead.
His design is androgynous enough, I don't think Zelda's female audience will really have a problem with it.
>>341634615
Good point. It's either Skyward Sword Link or NES Link (we didn't see what his dominant hand was) assuming that it is a returning Link.
>>341635221
"Heavy" was hyperbole, but there are some pretty blatant nods, like the Koroks and pic related,.
>>341640392
But Ganon isn't always a beast. Sometimes he's a man.
>>341623985
I wouldn't really like it, but it'd be a win for waifufags which I'd assume would make some people here happy.
I'm not sure if a significant deal of the female fanbase is necessarily irked by this.
Call it a hunch.
>>341622842
No girls are objectively inferior to boys on all levels including character.
>>341640989
Anita at it again! xD
>>341640706
The only time he was ever pure man was Wind Waker, and even then, the ancient murals in the intro of the game depicted him as a huge beast destroying the land.
Ganon being a beast is more important to his character than him being a man
Apparently Miyamoto and the team have discussed a Zelda spin-off where you play as Sheik which sounds far better than female Link. Sheik (and Zelda + her alter egos in general) have their own abilities and ways of doing things. A game with a female Link is just another Zelda game. A game with Sheik/Zelda playable would offer an entirely different sort of game.
>>341624224
>Liberals
You mean SJWs. It's entirely possible to be a liberal but not an SJW.
Nobody gives a shit. If you want to play using a female character, Horizon Zero's Dawn on PlayStation (R) 4 is more up your alley. Literally the same game as BotW just with a female, different enemy focus, and better visuals
>>341640989
These aren't incompatible. The complaint about Linkle is that she's a secondary character who's derivative of the male lead. She's endorsing the option to make the actual main character be the same character but female.
>>341641341
Sheik is male though.
>>341622842
yes
>>341622842
this already basically female(male)
>>341634304
>All these posts that aren't even surprised or disappointed about no fem!Links
Wow, and you guys had me convinced Gaf was full of faggots, not just home to a few of them.
Yes. would've loved dressing up Fem!Link.
Can someone more well versed in Zelda explain how a female Link would disrupt the lore? I've only played Majora's Mask, and I don't see how it would be that drastic.
>>341641619
They will tell you it's because each version of Link is supposed to be a reincarnation of the exact same person. It's the kind of thing that you could easily just write in some simple explanation for and be done with it. It doesn't matter.
>>341641376
>>341641376
>The complaint about Linkle is that she's a secondary character
Yet. I don't see that complaint. Maybe reading it th3 way she wrote it is wrong
>>341640026
>Would you have preferred a male Zelda option?
That one wouldn't really make sense, since it's only females that bear the Zelda name, or at least that's what was stated in Zelda II. Otherwise I'd be okay with it because like Link, there are various Zeldas through out Hyrule's history. The name "Link" doesn't really have the same stipulation though, so it wouldn't matter whether any given Link was male or female.
>>341641376
Wouldn't a purely cosmetic gender=swap option for a game with the male version of the character on the cover essentially be another "ms. male"? (Fucking hate that term)
>>341641619
It all depends on how you read the Skyward Sword "all Links are a reborn version of the same guy" thing. It wouldn't be DISRUPTING the lore, but it certainly would be contrived to have a female Link for no reason whatsoever.
The common sentiment i hear is that if Nintendo wanted to make a Zelda game with a female protagonist, why wouldn't they just have the game star Zelda herself.
>>341641927
>The name "Link" doesn't really have the same stipulation though
It seems to have it in Breath of the Wild.
>>341641776
I don't know how you could not see it. She says it's "Ms. Male Character." She's alluding to things like how in super hero comics, for example, there was this long trend of making all female super heroes a secondary version of a primary male hero. Super Man => Super Girl. Batman => Batgirl. Spider-Man => Spider-Girl. Many more examples. Linkle is the same thing. She's not "Link who's a girl." She's "the girl who is like Link but not as important."
>>341642127
>gender-swap*
>>341642127
>It all depends on how you read the Skyward Sword "all Links are a reborn version of the same guy" thing
The guy was too badass to be brought back as a grill
>>341642127
>It seems to have it in Breath of the Wild.
What, did Nintendo say it was decreed that every boy born with pointy ears and a lust for adventure is to be named Link?
>>341642210
Or you could say the same thing about the new trend of changing the male character into a female character. Like thor and female thor thus ms. Male character.
>>341622842
Fuck no, this new Link is great.
>>341642431
I don't remember it fully, but all I remember is Demise saying that Link and Zelda will keep getting reborn. Not sure if it specified Link will always be a hero or not.
>>341642210
But a female is literally never important in the series unless they are a sage or are named Zelda.
Female Link is redundant; Link does the job just fine. If they introduce a female Link, neat, we get a hero with boobs. But the sjdubs wouldnt like that what with BotW's opening scene. Guarantee theyll cry of feLink having tits
>>341642618
That is a little different though. In the case of lady thor (before some reactionary knuckledragger starts screaming that I'm an SJW, by the way, I think lady thor is fucking retarded) you don't have Thor and then Lady Thor on the side. They actually did have that for a long time, there was already a female Thor equivalent character before that happened, though I forget her name at the moment. When they did the Lady Thor thing they fully replaced the male Thor with her. So you don't have one main male Thor and then a secondary female Thor. You've just got Thor, and it's a woman now. So it is not really an example of the "ms. male character" thing.
>>341623985
>Ms. Male Character
This is one of the most irritating things SJWs say. Just what they fuck do they want? As far as I can tell, "Ms. Male" means no one treats the female character any differently than they treat the male character. That's the definition of fucking equality.
>They want the male character REPLACED because they think being male is a bad thing.
And because they apparently lack the creativity to come up with their own original female characters and settings, so they want to co-opt existing characters instead.
I bet the only ones whining about it is ugly nu males and trannies
most girls are actually busy drooling over shirtless link
>>341642867
I don't personally think that introducing a female Link would do anything to make the world a better place like Anita and her tribe seem to. I don't consider it important at all. The point I'm making is only that her position on the issue isn't hypocritical, like the image that started this conversation is implying. You can disagree with her without pretending she's contradicting herself when she isn't.
I basically feel the way you do when it comes to personal opinions. I'd be all for a hero of time with boobs. I'm just not going to get political about it.
>>341622842
No I would've preferred clarification after what must've been almost a year of total dead silence and countless rumors piling up
And would you know it I actually fucking got clarification. No female option, and while I did not care about either way, I can now feel a little easier now we have actual, solid information, on the game, after this long drought of information.
>>341642434
watch the trailer: The voice refers to Link by name.
>>341643019
It's really hilarious, I could see someone on /pol/ complaining about a Ms. Male character. I've seen so many posts from /pol/tards enraged at the idea of female characters in games being able to fight men.
>>341636637
which everyone ELSE lacks
seriously many countries these days see it fashionable to throw away their cultural identity these days for the sake of "social advancement"
>>341622842
>2016
>people want a female link
>people keep pushing for a female president because female
I realized that the public consensus thought process is that of a dog.
>>341643035
You bet wisely.
>>341628331
>It has nothing to do with social justice
>We're just angry that they didn't turn link into a female because my feelings
There's nothing wrong with female MCs, but there's everything wrong with trying to force a dev into changing their pre-established MC into a female because it's "progressive"
>>341643407
Eh. Some people.
I honestly believe that the majority of the votes Hillary is going to get are really going to be votes for "not Trump."
Does Anybody Want a Male Option In Horizon Zero Dawn?
I don't Really care personally, I just want to play a cool game.
>>341622842
It would be cool if you are not even link like in WW and you have to make the choice to give your body to revive link.
That way you could have played as a female character for a while.
>>341643582
> the prospect of choosing between trump and clinton this election
>Why is my fanfiction not canon!?
>>341622842
>option
yes please
>>341643109
Well i agree with you that A point with the original image isnt contradicting. But dont be fooled, Anita and rhe rest of them arent interested in a good female character. They are interested solely in a female character being in the forefront, whether shes good or bad. As long as its a girl and is stronk and independent (and flat chested), they wont whine. And thats why female Link wont happen. Link is already a twink and ladylike.
>>341643604
honestly I just want a different hairstyle
I fucking HATE the heroine's hairstyle
>>341643720
why is bernie sanders a lapras?
No! I don't want to play as Zelda or Sheik. I just want to play as a cute little blonde girl in a green tunic, wielding the Master Sword! Is that so wrong?
>>341622842
Pros:
She would probably be a qt
Cons:
It would probably fuck up the story because this isn't a new Link, most likely.
The answer is obvious.
>>341643992
I think it suits him
>>341643836
>As long as its a girl and is stronk and independent (and flat chested)
I don't know if chest size has anything to do with it. I don't remember any criticism of the boss from mgs3 from feminists, although that game was from before a time when stupid culture war threads were the norm.
>>341643709
Yeah. You said it.
>>341643189
Alright? That really doesn't mean anything. I just said that Zelda was a name decreed to be used on all females born within the Royal Family, and that Link doesn't have that stipulation. Link could be used for anyone from anywhere.
>>341628327
The Temple of time is also in WW timeline but underwater.
>>341644026
Make your own game then, pal. Link is here to stay.
Funny how SJWs always want to replace existing male heroes with female ones in the name of equality, but they never seem to think we should have more equality by turning half of the cannon fodder enemies into women. A game that did that would probably be decried for "promoting violence against women".
Jesus, /pol/. You're really triggering me right now. Please leave.
>>341644026
But Link is already a cute little blonde girl in a green tunic....
She just has no boobs and a peepee.
>>341643992
Hair customization has been confirmed
>>341644172
Yeah no one complained bout Boss. Also remember that this "culture war" (what culture exactly? Lol) only applies to things that are popular, or show signs of being popular. It also is not retroactive. If item from '86 wasnt complained about, sjdubs and their idiotic antithesis will not complain about it.
>>341644371
"Aren't girls with a pee-pee just boys?"
>>341643836
I mean, sure, that might be the case? I don't claim to know exactly what she wants or doesn't, I generally don't watch her videos or read her twitter or anything.
I just don't like spurious arguments, no matter where they're coming from, so if someone tries to misrepresent her position or anyone else's I'm going to object.
>>341644246
Can't. Nintendo would sue.
I haven't played any of these games, but why would you need a female option in this case?. Link already looks like a slim young woman. He looks more feminine than most girls at school.
If I hadn't read before I would have assumed it's a girl.
>>341634304
Yes. I also want a female Mario and a male Samus and a female Donkey Kong.
Oh wait, Link is SO MUCH more of a "blank slate" than those other characters. Especially Mario... look at how much he talks and emotes and has a recognizable personality.. SO MUCH more than Link. Let's just leave it at a female Link then.I have to actually spell out for you that I'm being sarcastic, because if you're the kind of person I'm making fun of, you probably have a double-digit IQ and squeeze every last drop out of that to cope with the weight of reality upon your fragile, diseased mentality.
>>341622842
no not really
>>341631809
>>341636048
Link and Tetra found new land
The entire world wasn't completely flooded.
>>341622842
Female playable elf is always a superior option
>>341641927
>since it's only females that bear the Zelda name, or at least that's what was stated in Zelda II
As if petty traditions like that can't change or be different in a different timeline or world.
If things like that would stop Zelda from being male then the idea of Link being a reincarnation of the first Link, that was also male. With his soul being male. Should be more than enough reason for Link staying male.
Penis or not, you're gay if you don't want to cum inside BotW Link.
>>341643217
>Muh /pol/ boogeyman
Shhh now child. The big bad alt-righter will go away any time now. It's just those big /pol/ meanies, no one else is seriously saying that women are physically inferior to men.
Want some feelings band-aids? Maybe a picture of a puppy?
>>341644418
that changes everything
but I hope the hair styles are good
you never know with western developers
just look at warframe
ew
>>341644497
you don't have to release it
Why not just give the option to play as Zelda? Didn't the latest Mario game let you play as Peach and Rosa-whatsherface?
>>341644506
Because we like boobs.
>>341628636
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPOb3DlB7WA
>>341644319
It's funny how the people who want to change the series are so stupid and ignorant of it that they don't even realize that the main deity in the game is a female.
The fucking world of Zelda was created and ruled over by a female deity and that isn't enough for them.
Fuck off "others"
>>341644741
I didn't know souls had a gender.
>>341644784
Western nations should have a mandatory military draft for a year or two, just to beat some humility into millennial cunts like that.
>>341644885
No. Because you are trying to be funny but you are a fucking faggot.
>>341644784
Are you implying that there aren't people on the far right with dumb opinions? And did I ever say that women were physically equal to men? No. I said that I've seen butthurt posts about women in games being able to beat men, complaining about how it's such a wild fantasy. Well, duh, it's a fantasy; it's a video game.
It's not like I'm going to deny that the woman in that picture is retarded.
>>341644497
I didnt say profit from or release your own game. I said make your own game.
>>341645000
That would require them to actually play the games, anon.
>>341645052
Now you know.
>>341644784
I bet that bitch would be one of the first to start handing out white feathers during a world war.
>>341645000
Well to be fair that deity is rarely if ever a character who actually does anything in the game, isn't playable, generally doesn't interact with the player character or show any personality.
>>341645052
In fiction, they can or can't, whatever the writers want.
In reality no one can even prove that there is such a thing as a soul so there is no point arguing about it.
>>341645141
>>341644882
But I would want to share it with others and seek a profit for my hard work.
>>341645134
Because unless magic is involved, or the man is a beta fuccboi, there is no way a woman would be able to beat him in a fight.
The reaction to Nathan Drake and his brother losing to a sassy black lady that weighed 60 pounds less than either of them is entirely justified. Imagine if a 5'2", 120 pound 20% body fat manlet beat a 6'1" 190 pound 10% body fat behemoth of a man. It's bullshit.
>Things Link Can Be:
- A child
- A teenager
- Blond-haired
- Brown-haired
- Pink-haired
- Split into four color-coded versions of himself
- Partners with two other seemingly-identical but also color-coded Links
- A train conductor
- A rabbit
- A wolf
- A plant-thing
- A fish-man
- A rock-man
- A god
- An octorok
- A moblin
- A like-like
- A ghost inhabiting a suit of armor that teaches his future incarnation skills
- Partners with an alternate-timeline wolf version of himself
>Things Link Can Never Be Because It Would Destroy The Whole Character, Nay, The Franchise:
- A woman
>>341622842
I personally don't care, but over half of the LoZ fans I know are girls, so Link not being the same gender as them clearly hasn't been stopping them from playing and enjoying the games. Christ, some of them readily admit they think Link is hot.
For Nintendo to change Link to a girl, or even add the option to choose, likely poses too much of a risk of failure, and even in the best-case circumstances it likely wouldn't boost sales to any significant degree. I'm glad they've had common sense in that respect and haven't cowtowed to a squawking minority.
>>341645593
>The reaction to Nathan Drake and his brother losing to a sassy black lady that weighed 60 pounds less than either of them is entirely justified. Imagine if a 5'2", 120 pound 20% body fat manlet beat a 6'1" 190 pound 10% body fat behemoth of a man. It's bullshit.
It's a video game. Do you get mad when tiny asian dudes beat up giant thugs in kung-fu movies?
>>341640660
>NES Link (we didn't see what his dominant hand was)
the sprites actually consistent enough that the "up" sprite and "down" sprite make him left-handed. the left and right sprites are mirrored but 3/4 of them indicate that he's left-handed.
>>341645665
>Typing Like This
die
>>341645665
Yes.
Like I said before, Link could have been a woman if she would eventually have to give her own body to become the proper Link.
>>341645698
>I-It's a video game!
Okay, but it's a video game that tried its fucking hardest to be realistic, and then threw realism out of the window for muh stronk womyn.
Maybe I'd have bought into the bullshit if Nathan Drake was an out of shape old twink, but he's doing insane acrobatics literally only minutes before he gets his ass kicked by a woman half his size.
>>341645665
Being the opposite gender dictates a vastly different personality than superficially being a wolf or having pink hair.
Something more similar would be if a male Link were wearing a dress.
Also, fuck off and go make your own game, you worthless shitheap.
>>341622842
I don't care that they haven't and I wouldn't care if they had.
So they probably should have as it would keep other people happy, why not?
>>341622842
Absolutely NOT.
if it was an option, SJW would complain about Femlink being "unhealthy fit" and not "realistic fat"
which would annoy me far more than the complaints about no femlink option
What's everyone freaking out about? Hasn't Link always been a boy?
>>341622842
Do whatever btfos Movie Bob, I don't fuckin care
Finally a character that isn't a big brute male, which adds some much needed diversity in male protagonists. SJW's still find something to complain about. wat.
>>341645921
>tried its fucking hardest to be realistic
Visually. Have you seen the ridiculous shit that goes on in that game?
