https://mynintendonews.com/2016/06/18/link-is-gender-neutral-in-the-legend-of-zelda-breath-of-the-wild/
What does /v/ think of this?
Its OK when Nintendo caters to SJW's.
>>341837002
>"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.”
He's male
>That quote
Oh, so you mean the thing they've been doing since Ocarine of Time is being done again where Link is a very open ended, empty shell of a character and is easily self insert able for both male and female player.
>As far as gender goes, Link is definitely a male
So Link is a delicious twink.
Thank you BASED nintendo
>>341837002
>https://mynintendonews.com/2016/06/18/link-is-gender-neutral-in-the-legend-of-zelda-breath-of-the-wild/
I don't know why they used gender-neutral, if androgynous would have fit better, especially if you take into account the devs actual quote.
Good job Op, you took the enture thing out of context
>>341837002
It's a video game character, it doesn't have a gender or sex
>>341837002
Blatant clickbait
>As far as gender goes, Link is definitely a male
Wow nice article title ya got there
Clickbait alert.
>Although Link is considered a male based on anatomical standards, he can also pass for a “gender-neutral” character.
So literally every zelda game ever.
Thanks op!
>>341837220
Clickbaiting.
>>341837002
Good job shill.
>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.”
Link has a penis and two testicles.
He's a man. Of course he's a man.
Women are weak physically and mentally.
Female link would get raped and murdered by gangs of bokoblins
>People legit believe shills do not exist.
Literally nothing but blatant clickbait.
No, Link is just back to being a pretty-boy so girls can write fanfic and ogle him. Fuck off.
>>341837002
>TOD HOWARD IS EVIL AND I SHOULD POST HIM IN THIS NINTENDO HATE THREAD!!!
>ZELDA IS GOING TO BE SJW SHIT EVEN THO ITS ACTUALLY THE BEST GAME IN THE PAST DECADE
>BETTER THAN ANY SONY GAME EVEN THOUGH SONY HAS 20 TRILLION DOLLARS IN SALES
>SONY ALWAYS WINS BABY!!!!
It means he's a fucking robot.
And since he's not an actual hero, he won't be getting the triforce of courage, nor the master sword.
Your only option will be to flood hyrule.
>>341837002
>translate "androgynous" as "Gender-neutral"
>Get hundreds of clickbait views.
Fuck this shitty culture
>As far as gender goes, Link is definitely a male
so its a guy but not very masculine and they said some marketing bullshit to get some more publicity and sales.
OK.
>>341837452
Shitposting time?
Isn't there a few paragraph description for each of these? I remember jacking off to this art before
>>341837452
Time to roll? Fuck yeah
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>>341837415
Fuck sakes, don't you see, that's what we WANT
>>341837452
>No gazer
>No jubjub
>No mucus toad
Shit list
>>341837002
This is the epitome of Clickbait. It's not even funny.
>>341837002
If he was gender neutral it's a very bold statement to have him/her topless. How progressive.
>>341837415
something tells you you're only into asian women
>>341837135
This has always been the design philosophy behind Link.
>>341837002
My god.
The fact that this is stil a thing being seriously discussed just further proves that the Nintendo fanbase is made of mentally defective people.
Aonuma had to come up with a excuse so people would maybe stop complaining. It's like he is literally dealing with children.
The term "Nintentoddlers" just keeps making more and more sense.
Can someone explain how this is "rage inducing" unless you're a transphobic bigot?
Didn't the lead say recently that, "It'd make no sense for link to be female because it'd mess with the Triforce balance" in a recent interview.
He's male.
I want Link to be a cuntboy.
Looks like a boy, talks like a boy, smells and tastes like a boy, but has a twat with particularly fat puffy vulva between his legs.
That's the kinda progressiveness I'm for with Link's design.
>>341837827
I... I'm not sure I follow, anon.
Are asian women routinely raped by bokoblins?
>>341837234
Oh I knew what the article said, I just knew the headline was super clickbaity, and I thought it would get /v/ going
>>341837002
Hes a clone
Clones dont have sexual organs, no shit hes gender neutral.
>>341837415
>female link would get raped
10/10 would buy 10 NXs
>As far as gender goes, Link is definitely a male,
He's been androgynous as fuck forever.
>>341837002
so this isn't gay?
>>341837002
>I realize that most of our playerbase are feminine girly-men, and I don't want these trout-shouldered weenies to have to confront their own inadequacy during their escapism
>>341837415
>Female link would get raped and murdered by gangs of bokoblins
Link is such a fuccboi in BotW I'm sure bokoblins wouldn't mind taking turns with him, either.
>>341837002
>gender neutral
No, he's fucking not. Sure, Aonuma used that fucking term in that quote, but he used it incorrectly. By his description, Link is an androgynous male.
>>341837002
>THEY FUCKING STOLE MY GAME DESIGN REEEEEEE
>Link is definitely a male
Clickbait will clickbait.
>>341838206
I like my inadequacy, is inadequacy is not being masculine.
Trans shit aside I hate most "masculine" things.
for nintendo
gender neutral means male.
They are japanese after all.
>>341838178
Not at all.
Now all those confused people that wanted to fuck Link so badly they leaked precum at the mere sight of him can finally have relief without turning him into a girl.
>>341837212
>since OoT
You mean since the series began. He is literally a Link between the player and the game.
>>341837002
When did this world turn so mad?
You know, as I was growing up I thought that my generation would usher in another age of golden gaming.
Given that a majority of the people who would go into the industry would be the ones who grew up during the time of technical breakthroughs and innovation.
That the journalists, politicians and other media of tommorow would be at least slightly acquainted with games, so that we wouldn't have to deal with allegations of the industry creating killers.
Why did it end like this
Why does the world feel wo insane
Androgynous is a better word for Link. Get that Tumblr-tier shit out of here along with your clickbait
>>341838827
>>341838827
I thought gamergate was banned from /v/
>>341838827
Well judging by your image you already know why.
>>341838836
Exactly.
If you actually look at the quote, he's very clearly just saying that his initial idea of the character was more obviously masculine, so he toned it down a bit to make it easier for female players to relate to him.
>>341838989
They'll never leave. Gradually the internet at large is starting to get tired of their pissy bullshit and they're running out of places to go that tolerate that level of subhumanity
>>341838936
I'd imagine your mom walking in your disgusting pig sty for once and finding your folder full of tips fedora images, only then to tell the world,
>"WHAT THE FUCK?!?!"
Two can play that game, m'good sire.
>>341838989
For all of the dong reasons.
>>341838619
Read the article, dumbshit.
>>341837002
Gender neutral my ass. He is girly faggot like he has always been.
>>341837968
>transphobic bigot
I think you're lost.
>>341837002
>As far as gender goes, Link is definitely a male
So not neutral at all
>>341837002
He's male hs' just not very manly. He's fujoshi schlick bait.
BTW what's with all the Angry Todd reaction images since E3, I think Todd would be happy about the new Zelda because it's clearly his influence rubbing off on Nintendo (Skyrim impacted a lot of Japanese developers, it was the first western game to really make a mark on Japan for decades.. probably since Ultima)
>Gender neutral toilets
>Gender neutral national songs
>Gender neutral games
What's next?
>>341840209
>>341840746
AHHHHHHHHHHH
>>341840825
Because Nintendo is doing Skyrim better than Skyrim ever did
>>341840857
>Genders removed for good.
What kind fucking world would even be after that? The whole concept of taking refugees from dark-age culture and mixing them into this society that wants "gender neutrality" and whole LGBT stuff is recipe for chaos.
>>341837871
Most Nintendi fans don't want SJW shit shoved into their games. That's what journos want, and they've had a hard-on for Nintendo for years
>>341837002
All of this politically correct shit these days.
I don't care if he has a dick or is a she, or has tits with a dick tucked up its ass, I just wanna play the fracking game and not worry about dumb shit like that.
Literally, I don't give a damn.
>>341837256
This.
It's clickbait, nothing to see here.
>>341840825
er since Ultima III anyway
>>341840913
Still he should be proud that his game was so influential that it changed the direction of one of the most venerable game franchises of all time.
Honestly I expect Todd to turn around and make TES VI have some Zelda influence in its dungeons and give tools for exploration in TES.
It'll make sense to have a hookshot since TES VI will be taking place inValenwood
>>341837871
Read the article instead of the clickbait title.
Link is definitely a male, but Aonuma wants as many players to relate to him as possible. This has ALWAYS been the design philosphy for Link.
>>341841238
I was thinking the same thing about Kojima. Both he and Todd pushed open world games into new directions and their influence is clearly shown in BotW. That's a pretty high honor for a game developer, and it's satisfying to see things come full circle from OoT.
how did you retards not realize this when the very first pic of link came out for Beath of Wind?
there were literally arguments about whether link was male or female
>>341841649
some people thought the first shots of Link with the bow up in the air made Link look like he had breasts. This sparked a rumor that Link was going to be female this time which all the SJW's jumped on board for, because "finally" Nintendo was becomming "progressive"
They brought the shitstorm and disappointment on themselves. Nintendo never made any claims as to changing Link's gender.
>mods delete roll in a fucking /pol/ thread
Get
your
fucking
priorities
straight
>>341837002
i honestly don't fucking care as long as the gameplay is fun
>>341841949
>/pol/ thread
???
>womanbabies are still crying over link being male
>>341837002
IT WAS NO JOKE... ITS ZELDA.
>>341837002
>As far as gender goes, Link is definitely a male
>a male
Nice clickbait
Obviously Aonuma is backpedaling now that the SJWs started screaming and flailing their sausage limbs in a fit of anger.
>>341837002
he's clearly a boy since he goes shirtless but jesus fuck he makes some straight up girly faggot noises. try to find a video that's a direct feed and not a camera pointed at a tv so you can hear the audio for what it is.
>>341837002
>Link is definitely a male
What's the problem?
all he's saying is
>link is definitely male, but if you want to think of him being female you can totally do that
either way I don't understand why gender plays such a big role in video games, moreso than any other medium
I don't care at all about the characters gender, I would play a female Kratos, I would play a male Bayonetta, so long as the game is good and nothing seems hamfisted I don't care at all
>>341844335
>blonde
>sissy looking face
>manlet
>cuck
>rescue the princess for nothing, not even a kiss
And they told me he was a warrior.
What will he do? suck my dick to beat me?it could work actually.
>>341844454
Beacause of people needing to be self inserted in games that wont let you create your own character.
The idea works pretty good, i had a blast playing the godfather and having "my face" in there.
good, now I don't have to feel gay for wanting to rape link
>>341844320
>Finally get to see a direct feed on gamexplain
>every step link takes sounds like hes wearing fucking wooden shoes
>all those girly grunts
>absolutely empty devoid soundscape aside from ambient sound effects like birds, seems extremely uncomfortable for a Zelda title
>battle music seems to trigger randomly and the music itself is just 4 notes played randomly without any regard for melody or rhythm
Man i was super hyped for this game but I don't know what the fuck to make of it anymore like where is that Nintendo polish? This E3 demo seemed like it was an small indie dev's first game.
>>341837002
So it's right to fuck him?
>>341837415
>How to get me to preorder NX
>>341837135
/thread
>>341837002
>“During the development of Twilight Princess, I went a different route and created a version of Link that was more masculine,” he said. “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.”
So he's still male, but he's a fuccboi twink faggot. Nintendo really know their target audience.
Also
>females can only relate to other females or effeminate faggots
lol
>>341837212
I just can't related to kirby, guys
because i'm not a pink blob
>>341837135
So he admits that he is a cockloving fag?
I don't mind "gender-neutral" if it's still a fuckable piece of elf.
>>341845034
Aonuma had the opportunity to open the Zelda franchise up by letting players functionally create their own link character by choosing gender for their playfile which wouldn't be too far removed from the fact that Link has always always always been the player's self insert character outside of manuals and Smash Bros.
Instead, Aonuma went completely the opposite direction and actually forced you to play as "Link" for this game. No Longer are you referred to as your filename; "Link" is as much a static 'nintendo character' as "Mario" now.
>>341845172
He's a reflection of the player, so yes.
>>341837415
waiting for someone to post the doujin
>>341845319
great
>>341845351
>get called a cock loving fag
>great
lol what an idiot
>>341845459
>>341845459
>not being a cock loving fag
>>341845526
faggot. john travolta is gay af too
>>341839176
That just means he thinks people who complain is not capable of empathy.
this thread should've ended 2 hours ago, kys
>>341845589
>being a cock loving fagyour dad hates you lol
>>341837002
When will nintendo stop pandering to SJWs and transshits?
Just give us a female link option and then they will stop complaining and screaming.
>>341845965
They hated Linkle
I can't see them trying again honestly
>>341837002
Based Aonuma had to say something to shut up the SJWs.
I honestly couldn't care less. I'm a boy, link is boy, we dem bois.
>>341845317
>it took 30 years for Nintendo to incorporate Link as an actual character instead of over a dozen different iterations/reincarnations of the loose concept of a boy wearing green clothes
>the iteration of Link they decided to do this on was the one who is McHomo mayor of Twinksville
inb4 they completely gut the game as-is and redesign a fuckload of it to actually be decent instead of being a Gayboy In A Physics Sandbox Simulator with 90% stock library sound effects seemingly chosen at random by a deaf person.
>>341837415
>Not all Bokoblins.
>>341846616
>They've been working on this game for 4 years
>This is all they had to show for it
>>341837415
And the problem with that is... where?
How much longer until video game companies stop acknowledging these crazies?
>>341837002
>buying Nintendo games
>caring about Nintendo games
>>341837002
This is the most clickbait header I have ever seen in a while. It is completely misleading and flat out lies about what Aonuma said.
Next time use a cache link or screencap it, garbage quality shit like this doesn't deserve a direct link.
>>341837871
That's the shitty clickbait journalists pushing the whole "Link should be a bisexual blasian handicapped female" horseshit. Not even non-nintendo fans would want a long time established character to suddenly become genderbent in the game.fanworks are a-okay though just not the games
>>341845965
Didnt they hate Linkle?
![[Spanish REEEEEEEEE Noise].png](https://i.imgur.com/AgJ3Fsi.png "[Spanish REEEEEEEEE Noise].png")
>>341837002
I swear to god I better randomly find some 2spooky4u place while exploring or into the trash it goes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8H5DFyv4s4
>>341838287
Can't wait for the rule 34
>>341848483
Please don't remind me of that Da-Hootch doujin
>>341837135
So basically like every Zelda game since WW.
