A little jealous of the Linkle announcement as I have no intention of buying this game again on 3DS. Just can't imagine it on such a smaller (even the XL) screen. Is it too much to hope she comes to the Wii U game as DLC?
A little jealous of the Linkle announcement as I have no intention of buying this game again on 3DS. Just can't imagine it on such a smaller (even the XL) screen. Is it too much to hope she comes to the Wii U game as DLC?
Same here, I really liked what I saw of Linkle and would insta-buy a DLC Pack!
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How dare they make him female! I want a refund on all Zelda stuff...no really I spent a lot on this stuff
I might be wrong but the way I interpreted it, it's not necessarily supposed to be the same person. Hence the new name and the different weapons.
I'm guessing they were going for more of a superman/supergirl thing than a maleshep/femshep thing. You could say that's a largely an empty distinction but it's probably not because it would probably determine whether Linkle is used in future games as just a female version of Link or not.
I'm not sure why they felt the need to make a female Link.. I always thought it would be cool if they re used Aryll in that kind of role. She was established as direct blood related sibling to Link, there's no reason she couldn't have an incarnation who walks the hero's path along with her brother.
Or am I just ranting insanity?
How dare they make him female! I want a refund on all Zelda stuff...no really I spent a lot on this stuff
I might be wrong but the way I interpreted it, it's not necessarily supposed to be the same person. Hence the new name and the different weapons.
I'm guessing they were going for more of a superman/supergirl thing than a maleshep/femshep thing. You could say that's a largely an empty distinction but it's probably not because it would probably determine whether Linkle is used in future games as just a female version of Link or not.
They aren't the same person
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Plot twist: Linkle is actually Link in disguise, as a girl. He does this when Zelda isn't in trouble.
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I'm not sure why they felt the need to make a female Link.. I always thought it would be cool if they re used Aryll in that kind of role. She was established as direct blood related sibling to Link, there's no reason she couldn't have an incarnation who walks the hero's path along with her brother.
Or am I just ranting insanity?
You're not alone. I don't really understand why some people really wanted it. I've asked such people why they care so much about a female Link and yet have no interest whatsoever in a female Mario and they don't really seem to even know themselves.
I just hope it doesn't find its way into any of the big console Zeldas because I prefer those when they include more story and character customisation is always detrimental to story. I'm still slightly annoyed they went with it for Xenoblade X!!
She might not have struck a chord with folks in this thread, but Linkle seems to have really resonated with people — I saw sites like The Verge and The Mary Sue run with the news immediately, and it hit social media pretty hard. If you look at the few dozen tweets from Nintendo of America's coverage of the Direct, the Linkle news is sitting at 8,500 retweets:
Most of the other announcements had about 100-to-800 retweets — the only one that's more popular is the Cloud Strife reveal.
And I say, "good on Nintendo."
The time is absolutely right for this; especially in the States, these past few years have really seen a lot of overdue attention paid to the representation of women in media, with video games — widely characterized by outmoded portrayals of women — playing a big role in the movement. I personally hope that Linkle's story presents the notion that the Legend of Zelda's prophesied hero can be a woman. I mean, why not? It's an archetypal myth told time and time again, and we've already had quite a handful of various Links — why can't the young boy in the sleepy village be a young girl destined for greatness in a few tellings of the tale? I reckon it would mean a whole lot to a big group of Zelda fans, young and old.
Related, I've noticed Nintendo make a handful of subtle socially progressive moves, especially after taking some flack for Tomodachi's Life's lack of same-sex pairings and Animal Crossing: New Leaf's absence of skin-color options. We've seen a wide range of skin colors appear in Happy Home Designer (and even Super Mario Maker), Link wearing a dress in Triforce Heroes, promises of same-sex relationships in the next Tomodachi Life, the removal of sexually exploitative wardrobe in current western releases, lots of strong female reps in games like Super Smash Bros. and Hyrule Warriors, and now Linkle, just off the top of my head. In any case, we've come a long way since Super Princess Peach.
Now if only Nintendo could start distancing themselves from Zero Suit Samus...
Well now that you mention mary sues... The nice thing is that even if Linkle ends up being a total mary sue, being in the same game as Lana automatically makes her less of a sue by comparison
She might not have struck a chord with folks in this thread, but Linkle seems to have really resonated with people — I saw sites like The Verge and The Mary Sue run with the news immediately, and it hit social media pretty hard. If you look at the few dozen tweets from Nintendo of America's coverage of the Direct, the Linkle news is sitting at 8,500 retweets:
Most of the other announcements had about 100-to-800 retweets — the only one that's more popular is the Cloud Strife reveal.
And I say, "good on Nintendo."
The time is absolutely right for this; especially in the States, these past few years have really seen a lot of overdue attention paid to the representation of women in media, with video games — widely characterized by outmoded portrayals of women — playing a big role in the movement. I personally hope that Linkle's story presents the notion that the Legend of Zelda's prophesied hero can be a woman. I mean, why not? It's an archetypal myth told time and time again, and we've already had quite a handful of various Links — why can't the young boy in the sleepy village be a young girl destined for greatness in a few tellings of the tale? I reckon it would mean a whole lot to a big group of Zelda fans, young and old.
Related, I've noticed Nintendo make a handful of subtle socially progressive moves, especially after taking some flack for Tomodachi's Life's lack of same-sex pairings and Animal Crossing: New Leaf's absence of skin-color options. We've seen a wide range of skin colors appear in Happy Home Designer (and even Super Mario Maker), Link wearing a dress in Triforce Heroes, promises of same-sex relationships in the next Tomodachi Life, the removal of sexually exploitative wardrobe in current western releases, lots of strong female reps in games like Super Smash Bros. and Hyrule Warriors, and now Linkle, just off the top of my head. In any case, we've come a long way since Super Princess Peach.
Now if only Nintendo could start distancing themselves from Zero Suit Samus...
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