'The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild' producer Eiji Aonuma wants to create a female protagonist for the series.
The Legend of Zelda
Aonuma - who has worked on the 'Zelda' series since 1998's 'The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time' - is tentatively waiting for March 3 to see the new game released on the Nintendo Switch.
The hero of the RPG titles has always been Link but he has now admitted he is interested in creating a female lead for a future adventure.
In an interview with Eurogamer, he said: "On Wii U of course there's already 'Hyrule Warriors' where Princess Zelda is a playable character, and there's actually quite an assortment of characters including several female ones. And that title is already available of course. So looking to the future, talking about the possibility of having a playable female protagonist, I'd say yes, it's a possibility."
He also confirmed that there were talks about making its main character Link, female, following a throwaway comment he made at E3 back in 2014 - where he said something along the lines of "I never said Link would necessarily be male" - was taken out of context.
He explained: "After that happened actually, we did discuss in the team about whether or not we should have a female protagonist. I spoke to Shigeru Miyamoto about it and the whole team talked about it, but in the end, it just didn't happen."
'Breath of the Wild' was never meant to be a Nintendo Switch game - it was first developed for Wii U then for Switch as well. He admitted that the development of 'Breath of the Wild' started as soon as he finished working on 'Skyward Sword'.
Speaking about the decision to bring the game to the new console, he said: " We felt that was particularly suitable for Zelda, because of the immersive nature of the game, so that was a major consideration for us from the start."