When the Legend of Zelda first released, this magazine (Shounen Captain) thought Link was some kind of hot redhead elf girl.
Just imagine what could have been.
When the Legend of Zelda first released...
Jeremiah Taylor
James King
Angel Johnson
Xavier Hernandez
holy shit, this gives me a complicated feeling
Brandon Foster
4/4
She looks sort of like the female character from BS Zelda on the SNES Satellaview, but this magazine predates it by almost a decade.
Isaiah Stewart
Well, anyway it's food for thought.
Do you think we'll ever get a female Link, or is a Link as a boy too iconic to suffer the change? Especially after the Hylia retcon in SS.
He does have that androgynous look going for him though; a good number of people thought his design in BotW was feminine enough to confuse him for being a girl.
I'm happy either way, but breaking from what has at this point become tradition could be cool. Or you could add a gender-select option like in the aforementioned BS Zelda. However if the next few games are going to be open world, with the way Zelda games are designed they might be better off doing some kind of Resident Evil A and B route thing where you take entirely different paths through the story, albeit in the same game world.
Nolan Watson
>that cleavage
Forgive me father, for I have sinned.
Aiden Jackson
>that pantyshot
Nicholas Sullivan
very classy
Easton Sanchez
I still don't get why the electric armor has a fish head.
But I'd be interested in a game where zelda is the hero is wisdom and Link is the prince of hyrule
Alexander Young
Shit, redheads suck
Ryan Anderson
That is some shitty fucking art. Link doesn't dress in huge bulking armor as a guy, why would he wear frilly girly hyper-effeminate anime shit if he was a girl.
Anthony Perez
Literally none of that is hyper-effeminate
Mason Thompson
Camden Jenkins
>why would he wear frilly girly hyper-effeminate anime shit if he was a girl.
A better question would be: why not?
Kayden Foster
What? There's nothing there like Clalaclan's armor from Shining Wind, which is what comes to my mind when you say "frilly girly hyper-effeminate anime" armor design.
They're just re-imaginings of Link's BotW armor selection. The Rito one in particular is perfect.
Austin Evans
>Link could have been a cutie redhead
I dislike our timeline now.
Jaxon Brooks
Boring. We dont need another incel game.
Lucas Fisher
Stop making this thread!!!!!
Lincoln Young
It was the thighs, they've been pushing some serious thighdeology shit since the beginnning regardless of gender
Charles Garcia
Better than Linkle
Daniel Myers
we need fan art of this
Connor Thompson
Man I miss this style of anime art
Jack Lopez
Please don't post my wife.
Jackson Perez
The Zora set is over-the-top and does not look remotely practical for swimming. The Rito set doesn't have the bird motif and why would you ever wear thigh-highs in a snowy climate. The Guardian skirt and helmet looks way too clunky, especially compared to the rest which may as well be a skintight suit that shows her thighs, which makes no sense for an ancient set of technological armor. The Sheikah top shows skin which is dumb for a ninja suit, but even dumber is the flap covering her ass - again, dumb for a ninja suit. The Barbarian and Hylian headpieces are overdesigned and frilly.
Because Link, in every incarnation, is a lad (in this case lass) is an adventurer who gets shit done. Adventurers won't wear caps if it's not sunny and they're certainly not going to be fighting skeletons and hiking in a dress that reaches their knees. If any part of his costumes are vestigial or just there to look nice it's because he got it from one of the fantasy races.
James Roberts
I like that flat, hot red hair.