There’s not much more to say beyond that, but if you have an interest in translation and language differences, then this article is for you. The quick answer is: Link is indeed identified as a boy in the Japanese versions of Zelda 1 and A Link to the Past.
ZELDA GEMS MEANING MANUALS
Did the Japanese instruction manuals do the same? Some folks have also pointed out the English instruction manual for TLOZ used several male pronouns when referring to Link. But what about all of Link’s male pronouns used in the English translation of ALTTP? Did the Japanese version of ALTTP also use the same gendered language when referring to Link? What’s your take on this? From your analysis, it looks like the use of the word “boy” in TLOZ (“boy, you’re rich”) was meant as an exclamatory “wow”. I made some gender-neutral patches for the English version of TLOZ and ALTTP for my daughter to play Link as herself without the characters in the game calling her a boy and it’s caused quite a stir online… Later, Tony contacted me out of the blue asking about the text in the Japanese games: Note: I first wrote this article in 2016 and have updated it in 2020 to clarify things and add additional information.Ī few days ago some news made the rounds about a man named Tony who edited some early Legend of Zelda games to leave Link’s gender unstated.
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