I mean I don’t even need anyone to be damsel’d, just have Zelda be the lead through one half of the game and for Link to show up later and for them to go fuck shit up together.

Sounds similar to Super Princess Peach, which was really good!

Pretty much.

That seems like a lazy excuse to keep things the same. I would have accepted them just wanting it that way better than this reasoning. It shows that they really didn’t explore it as much as they want you to think they did. I’m not bothered by them not having Link be female, but I do think it was a missed opportunity.

I…

2016 in Game Development: We thought about adding women but then we thought ‘What about the mens?’

Or dressed as teenaged girls.

“The problem is not the women. I am a sex-positive feminist and so are most women in the game industry...The issue is, this is wildly inappropriate at a professional networking event.”

Look Microsoft, having a “women in gaming” lunch is great! But you can’t use that as a sheild when you then make women incredibly uncomfortable in the spaces where a lot of networking connections are going to get made.

Having eroticized female dancers at a professional gathering is gross enough, but the “sexy schoolgirl” thing is extra disgusting.

Let’s hope, anyway!

“The reverse was true when a job attracted more men.”