Why, Link, Why?

I've been thinking about this one for a while now. First, a disclaimer, I've nothing against the people that did this and I will deny any accusations to the contrary. I just want to get my voice out there with regards to one of my favorite franchises that made a decision that saddens me,

Link.

Ever since I got my first Gameboy, my first game, and favorite game, was The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening. We had an NES at the time, and access to the first Zelda game as well, but I couldn't play it as well as Link's Awakening. I've had several Zelda games since, all on the Gameboy/DS systems with a short period of time I could play Twilight Princess, before the game, system, and many other things besides were stolen from me. I didn't get very far. When I was given the system and game, I was very excited. "Link's left-handed too, I'll finally have an advantage!" Nope, he was right-handed. He's right-handed in Breath of the Wild too, and I'm not sure about the ones in-between I never did get to see them enough to check.

Why am I sad they did this? I should think the answer's obvious. There aren't enough left-handed heroes out there. It's not the main reason I like the series. Far from it, but there's a certain comfort associated with the fact that, for the first time, the hero does things the same way I do. Everything is so...right, when the hero is the same as you. I'm sure any right-handed people out there can't quite understand the feeling, since just about, if not every, single, other, hero out there is right-handed. The player characters in their video games and such. Everything is the same for them, but lefties always have to compensate. For once, I didn't have to compensate for it being wrong, and it was taken away from me.

It just makes me so sad. Don't get me wrong, I still love the series, and its long and convoluted, deeply entrenched history, and I will make an effort to get my hands on all the games I missed out on, including the beautifully crafted Breath of the Wild, as soon as I can find my way to doing so, and I am collecting all the official manga written by Akira Himekawa and loving every bit of that too. The mangaka has done a beautiful job with every manga so far, and I hope they'll be able to continue doing so for all the games not yet storied.