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[ShockingAlberto]

Aonuma just likes being coy and jokey. He's done this with literally every Zelda game.

Like the very first thing anyone said about the Skyward Sword art was "Hey Link has no sword, is she the sword personified?" and he was all "I DUNNO THAT SEEMS LIKE AN IDEA HUH MAYBE LINK DOESN'T EVEN USE A SWORD"

then later it was, yeah, you just get a sword

 

[RMS Gigantic]

Aonuma just likes being coy and jokey. He's done this with literally every Zelda game.

Like the very first thing anyone said about the Skyward Sword art was "Hey Link has no sword, is she the sword personified?" and he was all "I DUNNO THAT SEEMS LIKE AN IDEA HUH MAYBE LINK DOESN'T EVEN USE A SWORD"

then later it was, yeah, you just get a sword

Fi was a spirit within the sword, though....

 

[Busaiku]

What if they just never define Link's gender in this game and leave the character androgynous.

 

[Rats Off To Ya]

lol such a troll, so many people here fell for it too

It was less "falling for it" and more "seeing all of my hopes and dreams finally coming to fruition."

But it's cool that you enjoyed it, I guess.

 

[ShockingAlberto]

Fi was a spirit within the sword, though....

My point was mostly that he likes to act like things are misleading when they're not, really. Not so much that it's a 1:1 analogous situation.

 

[RMS Gigantic]

What if they just never define Link's gender in this game and leave the character androgynous.

That's right in line with one of Game Informer's speculations as to why Aonuma mentioned the fan speculation out of the blue and said he found it interesting....

 

[Not]

So it was just a "that was Link, huh? Are you sure?" sarcastic comment from Aonuma. Bummer

 

[Hermii]

This Zelda will include a love story between link and Zelda and they are both women. Will they be able to defeat the homophobic evil king ganon and get to marry in the end?

 

[ec0ec0]

Old? Seems this was a joke and the comment was taken out of context. It was Link.



Source: http://mmgn.com/wiiu/news--that-was-link-in-zelda-wii-u-trailer-aonuma

my dreams...

 

[DangerMouse]

that's good enough for me. shucks. good night, all

Even if that's the case in the end, why would you reveal it now after just asking everyone to keep speculating and keep the discussion going and being coy about it just prior and then tell a site that was going to publish a definitive answer just a short time later. That makes no sense.

Seems way too soon to give someone the answer. Weird.

 

[saturnine]

that mmgn article is really weird. why would he go "well yeah there's Link in the trailer duh" after all this talk about maybe not even needing Link or Zelda. I guess he changed his mind or lacked the guts to do anything as big.

I still want to believe. I don't know, give us a standalone DLC à la Majora's Mask, using the same assets as the game but with femLink ?

(I'm not angry or anything, but it would have been pretty neat in the end)

 

[spekkeh]

This we can all agree on. I wonder what the decision was behind the design. Aonuma's comments lead me to support the androgynous player character theory more and more, that the appearance shouldn't matter, and regardless of the player's gender, you can pretend to be Link.

Still wish you could choose like in Pokemon though.

I think this is going a bit further than androgynous, I find him pretty effeminate. I hope I can roleplay a fabulous queen, because she's not doing it for me as a courageous adventurer.

 

[MoogleWizard]

This Zelda will include a love story between link and Zelda and they are both women. Will they be able to defeat the homophobic evil king ganon and get to marry in the end?

After the credits there will be an epilogue. Zelda cheats on Link with Malon, they adopt an orphaned Zora and live happily on Lon Lon Ranch. Link's world falls apart, she grows bitter and seeks comfort in the dark arts. Female dark Link is born.

 

[Kuro]

What if they just never define Link's gender in this game and leave the character androgynous.

Worst thing ever. Might as well make a character creation system which I do not want.

 

[MikeDown]

Old? Seems this was a joke and the comment was taken out of context. It was Link.

Source: http://mmgn.com/wiiu/news--that-was-link-in-zelda-wii-u-trailer-aonuma

preorder canceled!!!!

 

[Easy_D]

He never said anything about Link's gender, just that it is in fact Link.

 

[Mauricio_Magus]

I'm glad he said it already, it would have been horrible to just talk about this for a year or so.

 

[ionitron]

Man, having seeing the gifs, the images, the teaser, and whatnot several times,

I really never saw this Link as a girl at all. I just saw him as a younger teen, maybe like a 14/15 year old kid. I really thought that Link being a girl in this game was also a pretty outlandish idea, to be honest. I'm pretty glad he settled that joke.

 

[Laconic]

I'm glad he said it already, it would have been horrible to just talk about this for a year or so.

The amount of rage and ire that would have built up in less reasonable minds, would have been an epic thing to watch implode, though.

 

[RMS Gigantic]

Man, having seeing the gifs, the images, the teaser, and whatnot several times,

I really never saw this Link as a girl at all. I just saw him as a younger teen, maybe like a 14/15 year old kid. I really thought that Link being a girl in this game was also a pretty outlandish idea, to be honest. I'm pretty glad he settled that joke.

It still seems incredibly odd, given that he expressed no interest in stopping it when he brought the topic up himself to Game Informer just a few hours prior to that interview. The interview is still incredibly slow to get republished anywhere; I only know of one other site (the name of which I don't recognize) that ran this besides the original interviewer.