Twilight Princess and this game with amiibo. He never explicitly said he considered Link male only that "The main series Link has always been the protagonist". It's a very sly non answer he gave.
For the guy who asked, the only time they've ever in the canon confirmed one choice was canon in Pokemon was with the FRLG protagonist, and the canon choice is male. All the other games don't have anything to back up male or female. They do, however, all have canon NAMES.
On topic- they've made...