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Legend Of Zelda Director & Miyamoto Want To See A Female Link In A Live Action Zelda Film

In an interview with MTV, Legend of Zelda co-director Takashi Tezuka revealed a female Link would be fun to see in a potential live action Legend of Zelda adaptation.

"It would be very fun and awesome if Link was played by a female actress, a boyish female actress."

Shigeru Miyamoto also supported the idea by saying Japanese TV and film use the same actors so mixing things up would be really interesting.

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-Foxtrot3135d ago

Hopefully not

Just seems he wants it changed for the sake of it...for the "OMG" factor

Follow the source material, it's why all video game related adaptations are bad because they try and stray away from it like the source material is some kind of disease.

Zelda is female so it's not like the change would be because the franchise has no female characters.

Monster_Tard3134d ago

I think he meant getting a female to play the role as a male Link. Since Link looks feminine and doesn't speak, I could see it working if done right.

TheOtherVitaOwner3134d ago

No, no, they want an actress to play a male Link. Like how Peter Pan was traditionally played by a women in plays (not that anyone here is aware of that)

MoveTheGlow3134d ago (Edited 3134d ago )

I've witnessed Mario Mario and Luigi Mario gracing the silver screen with a human Bowser who tries to order a pizza, so a female Link on camera doesn't faze me in the least.

Honestly, I'm anticipating a female Ganon in whatever format, not a female Link. That would be awesome.

DarkOcelet3135d ago

I really dont know what is it with people obsession in making Link a female.

If you want playable female woman, then ask Nintendo to let Zelda have her own game.

Its pretty annoying and stupid to make a male character female just because people want it.

Snookies123135d ago (Edited 3135d ago )

Honestly, to me... It's just kind of odd, having this reincarnation of Link recurring over and over. Only to have him continually be born a male. You'd think one or two females would be in that long line of history, lol.

It doesn't matter much one way or the other, for me personally. Though it would be cool to see a female link at some point in the series. Just to shake up the premise a little.

-Foxtrot3135d ago (Edited 3135d ago )

How come it's weird? It makes total sense.

In Skyward Sword Demise says that his hatred will be reborn in a cycle without end as it evolves, cursing those with the blood of the goddess and the spirit of the hero

"Human! Having been able to overcome me... You are a strong human!! Splendid. But, remember... This is not over... My hatred... The curse of the Demon Tribe... They shall continuously go on reincarnating until the end of all times. Do not forget it! I shall repeat it!! You people shall... You people who possess the blood of the Goddess and the soul of hero shall... forever be unable to escape from this curse! This hatred and grudge... Its evolution shall forever painfully wander across this blood-stained "Dark Sea" along with you lowlifes forever!"

Now since the Spirit of the Hero came from the ORIGINAL warrior, "Hylia's Chosen Hero" it wouldn't make sense if a future incarnation of Link would be female.

Two reasons

1) Hylia's Chosen Hero (no name) was male and when Hylia decided to become human (reincarnated as Zelda) she decided she wanted company in the form of her chosen hero so his "Spirit" was reincarnated as a boy...first called Link.

2) The reincarnated version of the warrior, Link, was then cursed in Skyward Sword. Link being the reincarnated version of Hylia's chosen hero was ALSO male.

So it makes sense that future Links would be male as Hylia's chosen hero was male and the reincarnated version Demise cursed was male aswell.

Snookies123135d ago

@-Foxtrot - Ah, well if it's in Skyward Sword, that explains why it doesn't make sense to me. That was the only Zelda game I could not get into for whatever reason.

rainslacker3134d ago

If people want it...that actually seems to be the perfect reason to do something...particularly in a commercial endevour.

The big question is, is there more people that would want a male or female to play the part? I have a feeling the balance is going to swing to the male side given how there's no real reason for the change that seems to be story related, making it superfluous at best.

DarkBlood3135d ago

well cant argue with the creator there since its coming from him n all so whatever he does i'll give it a follow.

Darkfist3134d ago

of course its going to be female, link looks feminine to be played by any male actors

TheOtherVitaOwner3134d ago

People, before you freak out let me educate you. Miyamoto isn't suggesting that Link as a character would be a woman, just that the role of a male Link would be played by a woman. This actually happens quite often in plays, and shouldn't be taken as an attack on Link's gender.

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The 5 best video game adaptations of popular board games

Discover our top video game adaptations of popular board games, from Bloodbowl to Wingspan & get your board game friends into video games!

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EKWB reportedly plagued with financial disarray many gaming pc's left without parts

EK Cooling allegedly has slipped itself into a hot soup of seemingly endless financial woes, where it has not paid its staff, suppliers, and contractors for many months as the company is facing liquidity problems and a surplus of inventory left unsold, stuck in the warehouse for a more extended period. Gamers Nexus investigated these claims made by former and current personnel, where he found trails of unpaid bills lasting as long as three to four months and unpaid raises that accumulated for almost a year.

EK Water Blocks has two entities—a Slovenian-based headquarters and a US-based subsidiary, EK Cooling Solutions. Steve narrated the series of events in detail, stating that the company was reportedly irresponsible and negligent regarding payment. Consequently, partners and employees are forced to share the burden of alleged mismanagement. It all begins with its extensive range of products, leading to a surplus of goods. EK has over 230 water blocks, 40 liquid cooling kits, 85 reservoirs, 40 pumps, 73 radiators, and 212 miscellaneous accessories.

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just_looken3d ago (Edited 3d ago )

Yes this is not about video games directly but indirectly this will impact the pc gaming/workstation space hard.

This company is massive one of two in the water cool space so if it goes poof then thousands out there have no spare parts or half built computers.

SO yeah i know not about a video game but think of it as amd leaving the pc space but this is ekwb that could be leaving water cooling in the pc space

Jayz2cents a supporter of there products also has issues
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Giblet_Head23h ago(Edited 23h ago)

As someone that has built a watercooling rig. EK is big, but there's so many numerous watercooling part companies out there. EK's stuff isn't exactly amazing quality for the price compared to others either, it's just ok. Much like Corsair. The impact would be negligible long term. For perspective the majority of my parts are XSPC, at most I use EK for my gpu waterblocks and fittings. Both easily replaceable.

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Indie hit Dredge is getting its own movie adaptation

Rob Webb of KnowTechie writes: We're still waiting on the details, but this video game adaptation promises to be seriously creepy.

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