It's funny how in a thread about black people, you as a non-black person think you have any high ground to call agreement with the idea insane. And no, I don't care that you're brown.
Fact of the matter is, Link and Zelda are usually reincarnations. They are designed differently most installments, and until recently you have been allowed to name Link whatever the fuck you want in the first place. Changing their skin color is not about to cause any issues with canon. Only thing it's going to do is upset diehards who think Link and Zelda being light-skinned is somehow integral to their personality without being able to explain why they think that is.
And the thought that Nintendo can't create any original IPs alongside development of existing ones makes no sense either. Billion dollar company can't walk and chew bubblegum at the same time apparently.
Best post in the thread.
Some god awful takes going on in this thread. Especially from some brown folks, sadly. Then again, I seem to run into plenty of Gina Rodriguez and Camilia Cabello types in my personal life, so I guess it shouldn't be a surprise. Also, it always seems to be February where people decide to drop trash takes on topics about us black people too. Every year. The irony.
On topic....thanks for the good read, Neoxon. It's a bit US centric though, which is understandable I guess as the writer is likely a black woman living in the US, but there's plenty of anti-black racism to address Japan to address too. Particularly amongst Nintendo games. I mean, you'd have to be a fool to think Zelda and Link being created as fair-skinned blondes and someone like Ganon being they way he is was some sort of coincidence.
Regardless, it'd be a nice change of pace. Certainly wouldn't hold my breath for it though. Not only did Nintendo whitewash Princess Daisy, but when given the opportunity to create a new "princess" of sorts they went with another white blonde with blue eyes. Much worst examples from Nintendo I could bring up, but you get the idea. I suppose there's nothing to lose in terms of keeping the requests going though...