Coffee Dog
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They could be writing a story without a love plot.
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Rumor: Zelda coming to both Wii U + NX, choose between male/female link, VA for NPCs
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They could be writing a story without a love plot.
There's no way female Link will be a completely different character, like Linkle. They're just going to push a few polygons around and maybe make her hair longer, I'm guessing.
Its totally a legacy thing. If it was about budget not a single Nintendo game would have voice acting
This is different. Emily is very good with this sort of stuff. Plus, we are now hearing people back up her claims.
The fake leaks came from nobodies...
brandonh83
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Link is practically just an avatar of the player. Kratos was designed to be a big muscular badass and is an actual character with a personality and Link is a silent avatar. These are very different things you're comparing. It's not being "PC" or whatever, if anything it's progressive thinking for Nintendo.
Inferno313
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This, and fuck's sake, it's 2016.
Even if there is romance with Zelda, it shouldn't matter whether it's with a male or female Link.
There's also the flirting angle that a number of the NPCs have to Link like in OoT and Majora's Mask.
AuthenticM
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They are not. Let the closet sexists have their meltdown.
Probably a GameCube/Wii situation like Twilight Princess. With one version having some additions tailored around the hardware; over the other.
SolidSnakex
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If we're being honest, Link isn't much of a character to begin with. So comparing Link to say Kratos isn't fair. Regardless of your personal views of Kratos, he's a very defined character. You can't just swap his gender and say that's Kratos.. Link on the other hand is a blank slate each game without much in the way of character development in those new games. So this really doesn't change anything.
But Link is a different person in different eras. Why couldn't one of those be a girl? It doesn't break the mythos or anything.
Why would they need two separate storylines...?
kuroneko0509
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nah an alt costume
petethepanda
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I think you might be misunderstanding what they were saying, they didn't say Link would be a shit character if they're female. Unless I'm misunderstanding myself, they were saying that having a simple male/female toggle for Link - which would likely change very little beyond their appearance - suggests that Link will continue to be a blank slate non-character, when some people would prefer to have a Zelda game with Link being an actual fleshed-out protagonist, whether male or female.
Personally, I'd be excited about playing a female Link, while also being disappointed on a narrative level if they keep link as a "you're the protagonist" character, which I really don't like (see also: Persona).
Joelstinton14
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Be interesting to see how the partial VA will work. I can like the fact the Zelda series is silent. Well with gibberish notes.
Finished of TP this afternoon, and the expressions they use on the characters go a long way. I guess the proof is in the pudding.
Finished of TP this afternoon, and the expressions they use on the characters go a long way. I guess the proof is in the pudding.
Jawmuncher
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Well it's definitely one worth a change to me.
oreomunsta
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I have a fever... And the only cure for it is more triforce
LegendofLex
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Dark Souls and Skyrim both have silent protagonists, voiced NPCs.
It'll be exactly like that.
A new Zelda game isn't going to be Ocarina of Time or Majora's Mask.
Then have different characters flirt with female Link as opposed to male Link. Mass Effect, Dragon Age, and Persona 3 Portable do the same thing with their female PCs.
NOLA_Gaffer
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Rather bummed about it appearing on the NX, if true. Oh well, what can ya do?
Hot Coldman
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Laura Bailey and Dave Fennoy.
In those games. this game maybe has no flirting from the NCPs, or maybe they flirt with Fem Link because why the fuck not
I'm all for more inclusivity going forward with new IP's and new characters but I don't think well established iconic characters really need this treatment. I'm not hugely anti-Linkle either, it doesn't really matter to me but seems kind of an odd choice for this kind of thing.
The person you quoted doesn't say they're against female link. Just not a fan of the toggle. They like Link to be a their own character in each game.
Are we... not supposed to talk about this? the other thread got locked D:
I don't care for female Link and specially voice acting, I hope is just gibberish.
If there really is a female Link I hope both characters have enough changes to make it worth it to make two play runs of the game, and that is not just a skin change.
I don't care for female Link and specially voice acting, I hope is just gibberish.
If there really is a female Link I hope both characters have enough changes to make it worth it to make two play runs of the game, and that is not just a skin change.
lol link characterization.
Dude is a walking camera with a tunic
That sounds cool, but damn their parents were really scraping the bottom of the barrel for names there lol. Like they gave the bare minimum effort after naming one.
Dude is a walking camera with a tunic
That sounds cool, but damn their parents were really scraping the bottom of the barrel for names there lol. Like they gave the bare minimum effort after naming one.
No, it'd likely be like Robin or Corrin where you can choose between Male or Female Link as costumes. And even then, if the game doesn't have suitable designs for Zelda & Ganondorf (they can always wing it for Sheik), Smash 5 may just stick with the Twilight Princess designs & forego Female Link altogether. Plus, if they do go with Zelda U/NX designs for Smash 5, they may go with Male Link as the default/the Amiibo if he's the one that's the most marketed. This would lead to people getting pissed off at Nintendo for not making Female Link the default like what happened to Corrin (Male Corrin is the heavily-marketed default & getting the Amiibo, despite Female Corrin being more popular).
shortsFortallPeople
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how is this fucking over the wii u?
Calamari41
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I like this. Nice and clean.
I've got news for you about the Wii U bud, it's dead. Why would they release a game on a dead console just to bomb?
Garrett Hawke
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How will women breast hold sword?? Not possible
Persona
Well, we are do for a new Zelda newcomer.
Fair enough, misread that. Still don't think the toggle is an issue, but I kind of understand where he's coming from.
Why would you want the worst looking option?
Do you think they're going to put in the work to do that though? We're only just now getting NPCs with actual VA work, I doubt they're going to put much work into have separate dialogue based on gender.
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