Link changes gender for Mike Hoye’s daughter

<p>A father by the name of Mike Hoye decided that he didn&&num;8217&semi;t want his daughter&comma; Maya&comma; to grow up facing the thought that only men can be heroes&comma; as often told in video games&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>To ensure this wasn&&num;8217&semi;t the case&comma; Mike Hoye hacked the original files of the Gamecube game&colon; &&num;8220&semi;<em>The Legend of Zelda&colon; Wind Waker<&sol;em>&&num;8221&semi; to make Link female before letting his daughter play through the game&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>When explaining the situation on <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;exple&period;tive&period;org&sol;blarg&sol;&quest;p&equals;3274&amp&semi;buffer&lowbar;share&equals;b4e6a&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;source&equals;buffer">his blog<&sol;a>&comma; Mike further explained that his daughter is&comma; obviously&comma; a girl&period; Why should she have to play as a boy and not a female hero throughout the entire game&quest; He simply didn&&num;8217&semi;t want his daughter growing up thinking that girls can never be heroes and are only ever good for being rescued&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>What do you make of Mikes efforts to change an entire game just for this element to be changed&quest;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&lbrack;Source&colon; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;nintendolife&period;com&sol;news&sol;2012&sol;11&sol;father&lowbar;gender&lowbar;bends&lowbar;link&lowbar;for&lowbar;the&lowbar;benefit&lowbar;of&lowbar;his&lowbar;zelda&lowbar;loving&lowbar;daughter">Nintendo Life<&sol;a>&rsqb;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;