Nintendo is considered one of the biggest creative forces in the gaming industry for decades that produce hugely successful franchises like Super Mario Bros., Donkey Kong, and The Legend of Zelda with its massive appeal to both children and adults alike. Unfortunately, the Japanese gaming giant just killed swirling rumors about female version of Link, the Legend of Zelda hero, at E3 2016.
Zelda series producer Eiji Aonuma admitted he might have led fans to misinterpret his previous statements regarding gender-spinoff for Link back in 2014. He explained that what he said back them was simply to underscore that the new Zelda game was still away from completion.
In a recent E3 interview about the upcoming "The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild" on Wii U and NX platforms, Aonuma was quizzed whether a female spin-off rumors of Link were accurate. Instead of addressing the question if players are allowed to choose Link's gender, the Nintendo producer said the creative took the simplest option of making Zelda the lead protagonist in the highly anticipated sequel.
"So yes, there were rumors like that, and we did discuss as a staff as to what would be possible if we took that route. We thought about it and decided that if we're going to have a female protagonist it's simpler to have Princess Zelda as the main character," Aonuma said as quoted by Game Spot.
What Aonuma meant by his response was that it would make no sense making Zelda the game's main character if Link's gender identity was changed. For this simple reason, the female Link version was staved off entirely. He also mentioned the Triforce balance to help justify their decision but his answer didn't seem to address the question entirely as to how it would negate the possibility of giving Link a female version, Kotaku reported.
Other Zelda game observers think that Aonuma's Triforce reference "isn't canonically correct" saying that it is not a representation of three characters but of three traits.
"This makes no sense and isn't even canonically correct. The Triforce isn't composed of Zelda, Ganon, and Link; it's a representation of three traits - wisdom, power, and courage - left behind by the goddesses who created Hyrule," wrote Jacob Kastrenakes of The Verge.
"As for the claim that the Triforce has to be held by two men and one woman, that's just bewildering and completely ignores that gender isn't binary and also really any degree of logic."
