Literally nobody is saying girls don’t enjoy games, nor do we have a problem with girls playing games. I have no idea how you possibly could’ve come up with the idea that we thought otherwise.
No, it’s not. The evidence literally doesn’t back you up here. According to statista.com, male gamers outweigh female gamers nearly 3 to 2 in every single year this poll was done. This is literally the first link if you search “male to female gamer ratio.” There is nothing wrong with this...
just because it’s meant for everyone doesn’t mean everyone enjoys it. It’s not a lie to state that more boys play video games than girls. Also the vast majority of characters on that list are pretty debatable as to whether or not they are protagonists or not.
Even if link isn’t a good character (which is a hard disagree from me), he’s still an established character across all games. The persona of link has been the same across all games, there is absolutely no reason to change it at this point.
As for modding, sure the dad can do whatever he wants...