Previously, we got the earth-shattering tease from Zelda producer Eiji Aonuma saying that the debut teaser trailer for the next Zelda game on Wii U might not have been starring Link.

However, we’ve learned from MMGN that his previous statement was merely a joke, and apparently everyone took it way too seriously:

“Actually that comment I made jokingly. It’s not that I said that it wasn’t Link. It’s that I never said that it was Link. It’s not really the same thing, but I can understand how it could be taken that way.

It seems like it has kind of taken off where people are saying ‘oh it’s a female character’ and it just kind of grew. But my intent in saying that was humor. You know, you have to show Link when you create a trailer for a Zelda announcement.”

Aonuma also made it clear that he doesn’t want players to put too much emphasis on Link’s appearance:

“I don’t want people to get hung up on the way Link looks because ultimately Link represents the player in the game. I don’t want to define him so much that it becomes limiting to the players. I want players to focus on other parts of the trailer and not specifically on the character because the character Link represents, again, the player.”

The Legend of Zelda is coming to Wii U sometime next year.