On Nintendo’s reluctance to make Princess Zelda playable - Anime Feminist
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Leading up to Tears of the Kingdom’s release, many fans of the franchise held out hope that perhaps this game would be the one to break the franchise’s cycle of Link being the only playable character. But, unfortunately, this was not the case.

Article by Anime Feminist: It summarizes statements made by Nintendo employees about Zelda as a playable character and critically analyzes the reasoning behind them.