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Frankly I don't think deciding Link should be a male or female is in any way sexist. I don't see how saying "It'd be interesting if Link was a woman" is sexist, any more than "I prefer him as a male" to be honest.

Majora's Cat: Probably the fact that not everyone realises (or ever really used to realise) that Samus even was a woman. Bear in mind other than one ending sequence, she only really jumped out of her suit during and after the GBA years, said handheld not even released till the turn of the...

February Eve: I think I get where you're coming from now. If it's looking at specific scenarios, then you're probably right. Sorry 'bout that. :)

Hmm, I see I'm really going to have to start using quotes so people know what I'm referring to. J Oh I was responding to enemytracker who had taken my post not considering that I was responding to you. Is this hole deep enough yet? I'm not sure where I got this forum shovel but I definitely seem...

I was responding directly to J Oh on that point who brought up the idea of Zelda being the protagonist rather than Link.

There are games where Zelda is the main character though -- at least 2 of the CDi games.

You're still thinking along the lines of western gender equality. Consider how even our cultures used to act towards women, and how important jobs (like protecting important people) were 'mens' jobs. Because women had their place. We in US and Europe may not see that the same way anymore, but...

How the games would be approached may well have differed. While we in the western World are pretty big on our gender equality, this isn't so much the case in Japan. What would be acceptable for a male to do could have been seen as 'unrealistic' for a heroine character. Like wielding large...