We’ve learned that Nintendo is really thinking of any and all possibilities for The Legend of Zelda series moving forward, considering their bold new gameplay and design choices with The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. The latest tease? A possible spinoff featuring Princess Zelda’s alter-ego, Sheik.
The news comes from an interview with Legend of Zelda creator Shigeru Miyamoto and GameRant, where Miyamoto said the development team working on Breath of the Wild has been toying with the idea of a spinoff featuring Sheik.
“Within the development team, too, there have been talks about how it might be cool to have a game that features Sheik as a protagonist. It’s having maybe a Zelda spin-off with Sheik as a protagonist, for example, I don’t think that’s an impossibility.”
Reportedly, there was discussion on making Zelda the protagonist in Breath of the Wild, however they stuck to keeping Link the protagonist.
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is launching sometime next year for both the Wii U and the Nintendo NX.
Editor’s Note: Featured image is of Sheik from the latest Super Smash Bros. game for Wii U and 3DS
Chocolate ISISCream
June 22, 2016 at 10:20 amSo this is pretty much Nintendo’s way of pandering to whining SJWs/Feminists.
AJ_Lethal
June 22, 2016 at 10:24 am>mfw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXsQAXx_ao0
Valwin Mediaz
June 22, 2016 at 10:24 amNot really it would be cool and is not the Female Link crap
JFpaes15
June 22, 2016 at 10:30 amI find it particularly funny and sad that retards complain about the lack of female playable characters, yet, instead of asking for Zelda’s own game, they wanna gender swap Link into a girl.
I be they would complain if Nintendo actually made Zelda’s game, because it wouldn’t be Female Link.
Captain Vidya
June 22, 2016 at 10:30 amI think a fairly popular character that could bring their own style of gameplay (rather than just being a genderswap of another characer being forced into a game with minimal changes, if any, to the gameplay) getting their own game would be fine.
Ubrokemygrill?
June 22, 2016 at 10:30 amThe thing is though the SJWs will still complain, because it’s not Link, as others have pointed out.
Carbon Based Killer Bee
June 22, 2016 at 10:41 amTake a moment, step back, and realize what you just made as your argument: “The SJW’s are trying to give us more games!”
You’re diluting the conversation about SJW’s into a “boogeyman” argument and leaving it with zero impact. Congrats you conspiracy theorist.
NuclearCherries
June 22, 2016 at 10:49 amWouldn’t mind this. Make it an action game. Let Platinum make it or something. Like Metal Gear Rising with Sheik slapped in.
Hell, I just want a Metal Gear Rising 2.
buddyluv324
June 22, 2016 at 10:50 amI’m not so sure if that’s the case here. Sheik has been a pretty popular character since her debut in OoT and her popularity expanded in Smash Bros Melee. I honestly think a game starring Sheik does have potential if taken into the right direction. It wouldnt do the character much justice if they basically made a mainline Zelda game, but with a a Sheik skin swap to replace Link. Sure the SJWs could still find something to complain that a female lead is in a spin off of an established series, but I think claiming that Nintendo is pandering is a bit too knee jerking.
Bitterbear
June 22, 2016 at 10:50 amNeogaf after the game is released: Waaah! Why isn’t Sheik a Lesbian Plus-sized, club-footed, Blacktinarab Turkish Sunni from Jamaica! Waaah! Waaah!
Nagato
June 22, 2016 at 10:53 amYes please~
If it has to be something Zelda, though, I’d rather it feature brownfu Impa from SS than the bland OoT Sheik.
Galbador
June 22, 2016 at 11:00 amHehe, he is funny =D
Arenegeth
June 22, 2016 at 11:01 amThey would.
You see, the thing about these fuckers entire ideology, is not caring about minorities or any of that benevolent stuff. Is about power and control.
Them turning Link into a female, would be a great symbolic victory. Both in symbolically emasculating gamers, (not that Link was the most masculine of characters to begin with, but because he is one of the most popular/important characters in all of gaming), and in strong arming a multi-million dollar corporation to sing their tune.
That’s why Linkle wasn’t enough, that’s why a Zelda game wouldn’t be enough and that’s why even a female Link would only last for a short while. Until they start demanding he/she turns Blasian, Trans etc. Until they have their target completely beholden to their ideological hegemony.
WB1c_Marathon
June 22, 2016 at 11:02 amI was about to type something like this but you saved me the trouble. It’s not about raising up female characters, but tearing down traditional male heroes.
sanic
June 22, 2016 at 11:03 amI keep saying make a game of the 7 years links gone in OOT with shiek.
Rumble Red
June 22, 2016 at 11:08 amSheik’s OK, but I’d really rather have a game about Zelda as herself or a game about Impa instead of a game about Zelda cosplaying as Impa.
Galbador
June 22, 2016 at 11:11 amhm… you know, this might sound strange to some and offensive to others, but imagine… just imagine…
HOW ABOUT NO!
“Why,” you may ask? Because once this game is out, people will rip it apart and tell the world (or their cats) how bad this game is, how misogynistic Nintendo showed Sheik… oh wait, I meant Zelda, because everyone knows that this is transsexual Zelda. Instead, Nintendo should take the time, the effort, the money and the ideas and make the biggest, most misogynistic, provocative game you could make out of The Legend of Zelda and portray the poor and helpless Princess as brainless bimbo, chained on the stove, which stands next to her bed.
PLEASE Nintendo… just for once… piss those freaks and tumblr idiots so off, that they die on their own hate!
…but we all know how this will end, right?
Dewey Defeats Truman
June 22, 2016 at 11:19 amI’d be down with that. I can see it being a cool action game, like DMC or Bayo or something.
Raziel Barkrai
June 22, 2016 at 11:19 amSheik always struck me as the kind of person to do things in the shadows rather than be confrontational. I think a stealth game would be more up her alley than an action game, but then again, I’m only saying this based off of her moveset in Smash and her role in Oot.
Dewey Defeats Truman
June 22, 2016 at 11:20 amGenderswapping an established, pre-existing character is garbage, lazy design and I’ll never understand why people want it so much.
Carbon Based Killer Bee
June 22, 2016 at 11:25 amI know it would make more sense to keep her stealthy, but I would fucking KILL for it to just be a Bayo clone. Press and hold P/K buttons to fire out a barrage of blades and stars from her fucking hands and feet, holy fuck. My dick.
PixelBuff
June 22, 2016 at 11:30 amBasically this.
It’s not about boosting existing female characters up, or creating new female characters. It’s not good enough until male characters are removed. It’s about them ‘sticking it to the patriarchy’.
Why do you think they were still bitching and moaning after Linkle was made? It was because Link, as a male, still existed.
NukeA6
June 22, 2016 at 11:33 amMake this one Zelda Gaiden since Sheik is pretty much seen as the Hyrule ninja. I can already imagine the wall-running and the long jumps.
JFpaes15
June 22, 2016 at 11:34 amI would like it to be a game with more enphasis on Puzzle Solving and Prince of Persia-esque Platforming than action. Legend of Zelda is already an action/adventure series, even if it doesn’t have DMC levels of depth.
Joeyjoejoejoejoe
June 22, 2016 at 11:35 amSo will her only action be being flung about by invisible ghosts like in OOT because that’s pretty much all she was good for.
NukeA6
June 22, 2016 at 11:36 amThey already complained about Linkle. Nobody should give a rat’s ass what they want. All SJWs are the equivalent of the single fat mom with retarded bastard kids. They bitch and moan all day.
Smug
June 22, 2016 at 11:37 am“they wanna gender swap Link into a girl”
reminds me of this terrible shit
Mr0303
June 22, 2016 at 11:39 amThis game will be coming to stores near you in 2021.
Mr0303
June 22, 2016 at 11:41 amThe entire spiel of the SJWs is ridiculous – “I’ve been a fan of the series all my life. This is why I want to change it.”. As Arenegeth said it is about exerting power. They never intend to actually buy or play the game.
Mr0303
June 22, 2016 at 11:41 amBut remember, feminism is not about man hating. /s
TsukuyomiMagi99
June 22, 2016 at 11:46 amIronically there’s an easy way for Nintendo or any other company to stop them. Do what you would do with an unruly child and put your foot down and tell them “no” and don’t give in to their demands no matter how much they threaten you. And if they do something horrible stand up to them and tell them where your stance is. This will get you more respect in the long run and fans would be willing to support you through the times of being dragged through the mud. The reason why they are winning is because no one is willing to stand up to them and put their foot down. We’ve already seen that they have no impact on total sales so if you can survive your rep being dragged through the mud everybody will better off in the long run.
Bitterbear
June 22, 2016 at 11:57 amThis trainwreck is a perfect example of the The only way to make a female character shine is to turn the men into bumbling idiots trope.
Minuteworld92
June 22, 2016 at 11:59 amI can spot a picture from tumblr a mile away because they all fucking look alike.
Smug
June 22, 2016 at 12:20 pmYou gotta love how the artist is also implying, with his genderbending shit, that Zelda was some airheaded bimbo rather than a proactive ruler who represented a genuine threat to Ganondorf.
Or yeah, he really just hates Link like you said
AJ_Lethal
June 22, 2016 at 12:38 pmthis level of cringe should be illegal
AI◎BA
June 22, 2016 at 12:38 pmBoy, I sure love Legend of the Tumblr Nose
AI◎BA
June 22, 2016 at 12:46 pmI want a pirate game with Tetra. She will always be the best Zeldor
Bitterbear
June 22, 2016 at 1:04 pmThey all have been assimilated to the Zac Gorman collective.
Dewey Defeats Truman
June 22, 2016 at 1:28 pmMore pirate games in general would be great.
Dewey Defeats Truman
June 22, 2016 at 1:29 pmI could see that being neat but when I think “puzzle solving” I think more traditional zelda and less sheik. Either way I wouldn’t mind.
Rob Simple
June 22, 2016 at 2:11 pmI’ve been saying this for years. Make a Tenchu-style stealth action game where you play as Sheik in the stealth sections and Impa when it’s time to wreck shit up.
When you’re sitting on characters as cool as this, the fact that the best the regressives can come up with is ‘give Link tits’ shows how little they know or care about the franchise.
Rob Simple
June 22, 2016 at 2:19 pmWhy are there holes in the hood for the ears. That is the dumbest fucking shit I have ever seen in my life.
No_Good_Names_Ever
June 22, 2016 at 2:25 pmProbably is furry.
TheManWithPants
June 22, 2016 at 2:26 pm>that awkward moment when you realize that an old episode of Kids Next Door predicted that feminists would try to turn the world into a twisted ‘utopia’ that is stripped of all masculinity
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21LWWPlNpoM
RPG
June 22, 2016 at 2:31 pmI remember reading about this the other day and liking the sound of it. It is something that I had hoped would become a reality since I was a kid. Playing a game in the Zelda Universe as a highlyn agile, acrobatic, ninja-esque character who would play and handle differently than Link could be pretty interesting. If it was a darker, action driven game with stealth and sheikah/ninjutsu techniques and mechanics, coupled with environmental based puzzles akin to Prince of Persia, I would be totally sold.
In terms of story, I think it could be really interesting to have it center around Sheik/Zelda during the 7 year time span when Link was sealed away in Ocarina of Time. That would be rife with dark subject matter, and give everyone insight into what happened during that time, and how Hyrule descended into darkness. Another option would be a completely unique and seperate story with Impa, with one of her past designs (Skyward Sword’s was nice) or perhaps a new one made specifically for this game. A story centering around the origins and history behind the Sheikah could be quite interesting as well.
There are a lot of exciting possibilities to think about.
No_Good_Names_Ever
June 22, 2016 at 2:38 pm“why even a female Link would only last for a short while”
It wouldn’t even start, they’d nag about how it was just made as eye candy for the male gamers rape gaze.
No_Good_Names_Ever
June 22, 2016 at 2:48 pmOh god, I totally forgot that may be coming back. Please be canned before it gets near airing. I don’t wanna see a frame of NuK.N.D..
TheManWithPants
June 22, 2016 at 2:49 pmGiven how they treated Powerpuff Girls and Teen Titans, the show would get fucked with awful cringe-y writing filled with memes and Political Correctness crap.
No_Good_Names_Ever
June 22, 2016 at 2:54 pmI wouldn’t blame them for TTG since that was likely everyone being cheap with the New Teen Titans shorts during DC Nation being the reason anyone thought to make it.
TheManWithPants
June 22, 2016 at 2:55 pmWell I guess, but what I said about PPG still stands, though.
GamesGoodMeGood
June 22, 2016 at 2:55 pmIndeed. Don’t forget also to remove any attractive/sexy females that caters towards hetereosexual men.
GamesGoodMeGood
June 22, 2016 at 2:56 pmThat’s what oppressed multi-millionaire Emma Watson tells us.
GamesGoodMeGood
June 22, 2016 at 2:57 pm“Why do you think they were still bitching and moaning after Linkle was made? It was because Link, as a male, still existed.”
Don’t forget Linkle being slim, cute and visually appealing as well. That didn’t go down well with the feminist spacktards.
No_Good_Names_Ever
June 22, 2016 at 3:00 pmAt least Samurai Jack will have a good chance at survival.
GamesGoodMeGood
June 22, 2016 at 3:05 pmI’m surprised they didn’t put Link into Zelda’s princess dress as well in all honestly.
You know to really push that ‘Lets-See-How-Males-Like-Wearing-Humiliating-And-Inconvient-Dresses’ feminist crap.
GamesGoodMeGood
June 22, 2016 at 3:13 pmSheik is a SJWs/feminists wet-dream character isn’t she?
You know all covered up, doesn’t show skin, no sex appeal, ‘badass’ persona and can fight.
GamesGoodMeGood
June 22, 2016 at 3:14 pmStill looks like a freaking male character, lol
GamesGoodMeGood
June 22, 2016 at 3:15 pmNeoGAF should make Ellie from Borderlands their site mascot.
GamesGoodMeGood
June 22, 2016 at 3:17 pmSheik’s skin-tight pants will be problematic though when she does the crawling scenes.
GamesGoodMeGood
June 22, 2016 at 3:25 pmI’m down for a sexy sword-wilding Zelda.
scemar
June 22, 2016 at 3:26 pmtrash
scemar
June 22, 2016 at 3:27 pmagreed
would be a good chance to return to the sea with better hardware they could fill it up with more stuff, more and bigger islands to explore
I actually liked the sea
could also expand into ship functions, like managing the crew, or upgrading the ship
scemar
June 22, 2016 at 3:28 pmSheik only existed in one game anyway
She’s just a silent alter ego for the sake of being disguised
I’d also rather a real Zelda game
screw sheik
scemar
June 22, 2016 at 3:29 pmHyrule Warriors nailed a great look for Zelda in combat
GamesGoodMeGood
June 22, 2016 at 3:31 pmIt’s actually a fair point to make when you consider the intense gender politics of the West which infest video games today. Screw that, they actually infest ALL of entertainment media, including politics, mainstream media, news outlets and even government.
Think about it. If it weren’t for the feminist crap, would Nintendo even have hinted it? Shiek seems to be a popular character of course but still you have to wonder.
TheManWithPants
June 22, 2016 at 3:33 pmThat is true. Luckily the creator is still in charge of it.
GamesGoodMeGood
June 22, 2016 at 3:34 pmAnd if they did make Zelda’s own game, she herself would most likely be an attractive, beautiful and visually-appealing design. That’s a big no-no in the feminist book.
GamesGoodMeGood
June 22, 2016 at 3:37 pmAgreed… her look in that was lovely.
No_Good_Names_Ever
June 22, 2016 at 3:55 pmAnd it being on the other half of the channel.
Episode made me think of Timesplitters Future Perfect.
NeoSkyte
June 22, 2016 at 4:00 pmKnowing them they’ll find a fault with her or pretend it doesn’t exist.
NeoSkyte
June 22, 2016 at 4:01 pmHell I’m down for a LoZ spin-off game staring Sheik.
Agrias Oaks
June 22, 2016 at 4:08 pmA game featuring Zelda as a protagonist would be the same as a game featuring Link as a protagonist, Nintendo simply doesn’t care about this stupidity, and rightfully so.
DDD-kun
June 22, 2016 at 4:10 pmPrettymuch what Arenegeth said. This isn’t an equality conflict and it’s not about money. This is a status fight, plain and simple. Link is a household name across the globe. A game changer like a female Link would give them their fifteen minutes of fame before the same crowd clamoring for her existence rips her to pieces because they forget Nintendo, above all the controversy, likes to make games.
Darkrulershadowlord007
June 22, 2016 at 4:26 pmWe should just show them Zelda: The wand of Gamilon, they’ll love that shit.
Tyrone Jackson
June 22, 2016 at 5:09 pmYeah they’d still find a ton of things to be offended about.
RioSine
June 22, 2016 at 5:34 pmI think you are confusing ninjas with sharia law muslims. The later being sjw/f favourites
Uncle Ocelot
June 22, 2016 at 5:34 pmSheik’s moveset in Hyrule Warriors is pretty fun, I wouldn’t mind that playstyle expanded upon into a full game. Maybe get Platinum to do or if they’re too busy get Team Ninja since they co-developed Hyrule Warriors and seem to be getting back on track after NG3 (plus some non-Platinum spectacle fighters would be nice for a change).
Basically Ninja Gaiden Black with Sheik.
Cael
June 22, 2016 at 5:56 pm>no sex appeal
Well that’s not true.
Zombie_Barioth
June 22, 2016 at 6:16 pmTrue, problem is we’ve got a stale-mate, and they sure as hell know it.
Not to mention a ‘damned if you do, damned if you don’t’ situation, since if devs don’t cave they’ll cry sexism, racism, ect. and if they say no they’ll still do it. Its any PR rep’s nightmare.
Most simply don’t want to deal with it wether it’ll impact sales or not, and for a niche game the headache may not be worthwhile.
TheManWithPants
June 22, 2016 at 6:37 pmYeah, Adult Swim will give the creator a lot more creative freedom to do what he wants to with the show. Blood and Gore already confirmed, too.
Barmont
June 22, 2016 at 7:42 pmC’mon, a Zelda game where you play as Zelda with all her powers from all the timelines! Including transforming into Sheik, Tetra and Phantom Zelda!
Barmont
June 22, 2016 at 7:45 pmShe could have transformation masks…
tccboss
June 22, 2016 at 7:51 pmI second this opinion, with SJWs it’s not enough and it’ll never be enough. I wish devs would understand this
rBeowulf
June 22, 2016 at 8:07 pmAnd booty. Don’t forget the booty.
Isaac Sadler
June 22, 2016 at 8:55 pmThats the same reason why they complained about the female hero in Dishonored 2, since you could pick between her or the male hero.
Not enough to add female characters they want to remove all male characters too.
Isaac Sadler
June 22, 2016 at 8:57 pmAnd if they just gender bend current link they would complain about Ms Male troupe too.
Can never please the whiners
Tubsiwub
June 22, 2016 at 9:34 pmWill we hear the complaints because of Tracer- er, Shieks butt being too pronounced?
Tubsiwub
June 22, 2016 at 9:36 pmStealth-game please.
GamesGoodMeGood
June 22, 2016 at 9:42 pmGuaranteed.
GamesGoodMeGood
June 22, 2016 at 9:52 pmNo sex appeal whatsoever.
British_Otaku
June 22, 2016 at 10:19 pm“It is still a problem that she can’t fight without hiding her femininity.”
“Miss Male Character”
“Reverse Trap Fetish Bait”
Yeah…
British_Otaku
June 22, 2016 at 10:20 pmGet Hideki Kamiya on this!
GamesGoodMeGood
June 22, 2016 at 10:34 pmI rememeber that. Shit game but had some good music!
No_Good_Names_Ever
June 22, 2016 at 10:36 pmNo sex appeal is still sex appeal to someone, shit lord.
GamesGoodMeGood
June 22, 2016 at 11:12 pmI’ll pass on Sheik myself.
And stick to Zero Suit Samus.
Arbitrary
June 22, 2016 at 11:42 pmPeople should be really fucking worried about WHY Nintendo are doing this.
TsukuyomiMagi99
June 23, 2016 at 12:50 amPerhaps but there was one episode of TTG that was completely misandrist titled “Boys vs Girls”. Given that the writing staff is filled with manginas I’ll give you a clue as to who won that competition. Giving the girls non-canon powers to beat them. And the cherry on top of the bigoted sundae was they made Robin apologize to the girls and acknowledge them as their superiors. No hint of irony or satire at all and no egalitarian message either. What kinda message do you think that sends to boys other than they’re inferior beings.
GamesGoodMeGood
June 23, 2016 at 1:08 am“Nintendo should take the time, the effort, the money and the ideas and
make the biggest, most misogynistic, provocative game you could make out
of The Legend of Zelda and portray the poor and helpless Princess as
brainless bimbo, chained on the stove, which stands next to her bed.”
And if you beat the game well, you get a special lap-dance scene of Zelda in a bikini.
anonemouse
June 23, 2016 at 3:34 amSJW’s don’t even know who Sheik actually is.
Or even how to crawl as Metroid.
Jake_Was_Here
June 23, 2016 at 7:24 am@spam
Jake_Was_Here
June 23, 2016 at 7:35 amOr she’d be Sheik for most of the game, which they’d still find a way to complain about because it’s Zelda “pretending to be a man.” Which even Nintendo doesn’t believe anymore; after enough time had gone by that Sheik’s secret identity was no longer a secret, they just started using female pronouns for her.
But seriously: I think making Link a girl would be a bad idea, but at the same time, I would almost KILL to have a Sheik/Zelda game — and I’m clearly not the only person who thinks that way.
Jake_Was_Here
June 23, 2016 at 7:37 amWhy do Tumblr artists feel the need to draw everyone with gin blossoms?
ElKonsolero
June 23, 2016 at 9:26 amWow that´s great news a Sheik-Game would be interesting. And after your done with that Nintendo i want my Linkle Game.
NeoTechni
June 23, 2016 at 10:42 amIt’s because they aren’t looking for female representation, they’re looking for less male representation to piss people off
ProxyDoug
June 23, 2016 at 11:19 amThat bitch dissing out Corvo during Bethesda’s E3 presentation pissed me off so much.
How unprofessional can you be? It was bad enough that they called Sessler to be there as well.
ProxyDoug
June 23, 2016 at 11:22 amThey could be asking for a new Metroid game but no, let’s make Link a girl, even better, transgender.
Joseph Creamer
June 23, 2016 at 1:25 pmshit they already tried to claim Samus is trans.
catazxy
June 23, 2016 at 1:47 pmwell, they called CD Projekt Red racists for not having black people in Witcher 3, and what happened next? -Nothing
No_Good_Names_Ever
June 23, 2016 at 1:51 pmWell yeah, it’s made on modern Cartoon Network by Cal Arts grads; the people behind everything wrong with Cartoon Network today. There’s a lady whose experience exists in sports running the channel now that Snyder’s out.
Brandon Wolfley
June 23, 2016 at 2:11 pmWhatever became of Linkle. I know everyone’s favorite Everything is Sexist crew ripped her apart, but I never really heard how she went over with the fans.
No_Good_Names_Ever
June 23, 2016 at 2:11 pmhttps://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/b2f25c36e09e0c2562b879952179a91c5cf4740f7a62cb0c6a0be234c97ba598.png
Zombie_Barioth
June 23, 2016 at 4:49 pmCD Project Red hasn’t really responded to that much though, and they don’t exactly have the biggest mainstream reputation. Not to mention being Polish and probably not caring either way.
Koei-Tecmo doesn’t want to bother, and they don’t (or didn’t) generally give a shit about how their games are perceived. Bigger fish like EA or Ubisoft probably do since they have a lot more to lose.
Its the risk these companies don’t like, not the perceived threat.
Holythirteen
June 23, 2016 at 9:15 pmMs Male trope! Ms Male trope! Sound the alarm!
Pillbugable
June 24, 2016 at 11:19 pmAs long as a version of Linebeck is involved. He was the best part of Phantom Hourglass.
Eccentric Banana
June 28, 2016 at 12:18 amI’d be fine with this. Ninjas are awesome. Let Platinum design the combat.
wmccracken
June 29, 2016 at 12:25 pmI’d be down for that. Sheik in a stand alone game? Hell yeah! My only thing is this, what would the story be? There’s not much in OoT that doesn’t involve Link in terms of the main story. Would we be doing mostly prep work in order for Link to seal Ganon away? That’d be kind of boring.