“Who is the first female lead character in a Nintendo game in which her gender is stated explicitly, right from the start? As opposed to a situation where you have to infer her gender or where that information is withheld from you until you beat the game, who is the first main character in a Nintendo title where you know from the moment you start the game — from the moment you first gaze upon the box art, even — that she is unmistakably female?
I’m asking this question because as previous posts have shown, the early female protagonists in Nintendo games tend to be rather… complicated, let’s say, in that their games don’t usually tell you up front that you’re controlling a woman.”
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