link was always pretty effeminate anyways. so a change would hardly be noticed.link never really "got" zelda anyway. so the hero could really be anyone.
Didn't someone at Nintendo also say that it "may or may not have been Link" in the Hyrule Warriors trailer at E3? I haven't been keeping up with it so I'm not sure if the true meaning of that was ever discovered but it seems to fit with this
don't talk about Zelda II
Zelda II is a great game, it deserves more recognition.