The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

[TooB]

I think it is Linkle, though Jesus fuck i hate that name

well, i'm gonna assume that whatever official female link comes to the mainline zelda games, will be canonically Linkle.

i pray to the goddesses that you're wrong

I don't mean Linkle from Hyrule Warriors, which is a GOOD GAME btw,
but i assum that the female counterpart of link, will be officially named Linkle

[Kalahari Inkantation]

it should not be a counterpart of link

it should be link

the name "link" itself is fantastical and unisex enough that it doesn't need some awkward feminine suffix pinned on

in fact,

though really that model shown already looks so androgynous I wonder what the difference would even be

there could (and should) very well be a conversation early on in which an npc alludes to that very androgyny and gives you the option to say 'i'm a boy/girl'

and that's it

same character model, same name, everything proceeds exactly in the same manner as it would have had that option not existed, the only possible exception being pronoun usage (not that link is ever even referred to in the third person in any zelda game anyway)

i'm only being partly facetious, a few tweaks of the character model to maximize androgyny and that could work lol

[TooB]

I fully agree. It should just be link either way.

But the sad fact, is that nintendo will likely say it's linkle.

[Thyme]

honestly, tho you could blame NOA for this i guess, it's probs just a translation thing

maybe rinkuru doesn't sound as dumb for a japanese speaker and NOA didn't want to rustle any feathers so they translated it as straightforwardly as they could

idk

[bluaki]

though really that model shown already looks so androgynous I wonder what the difference would even be

maybe it'll be a Marth/Lucina situation

[Kalahari Inkantation]

But hey, at least we got a single piece of new artwork to help tide us over!

[C.Mongler]

ooooooooooooooooooo baby 

[Hiro]

I mean hey Link looks male here but also what is up with that arrow still

[C.Mongler]

it has blutooth to conenct to his sweet hip mounted HyrulePad

[Classic]

Since it's coming to both consoles, I'll just pull an 'Ol Yeller on the Wii U and get the NX Version. 

[Kalahari Inkantation]

Since it's coming to both consoles, I'll just pull an 'Ol Yeller on the Wii U and get the NX Version. 

you might be one of the only people left in the world who still has so much confidence in nintendo that you'd be willing to blow another $400 on their next overpriced, underpowered, undersupported, harebrained scheme of a console at launch after the unmitigated disaster that was their eighth gen lol

[C.Mongler]

^lol 

[Samus Aran]

i'm legit still glad i bought the gamecube version of tp instead of getting a wii and the wii version of tp

i'm legit still glad i never bought a wii

[TooB]

i'm legit still glad i bought the gamecube version of tp instead of getting a wii and the wii version of tp

i'm legit still glad i never bought a wii

I might still buy a wii.

It's a much cheaper way of playing gamecube games in hd

GameCube component cables = $300+
Wii = ~$50 used.

[bluaki]

Since it's coming to both consoles, I'll just pull an 'Ol Yeller on the Wii U and get the NX Version.  

you might be one of the only people left in the world who still has so much confidence in nintendo that you'd be willing to blow another $400 on their next overpriced, underpowered, undersupported, harebrained scheme of a console at launch after the unmitigated disaster that was their eighth gen lol

I'll probably buy it at launch too

I might still buy a wii.

It's a much cheaper way of playing gamecube games in hd

GameCube component cables = $300+
Wii = ~$50 used.

That's not HD, but your point does kinda stand: GameCube games still look significantly better with component cables, which are more readily available on Wii.

Similarly, Wii games look noticeably better when played on Wii U than on Wii because of HDMI. It's still not HD, but at least it's digital.