If people are interested in gender options, it's great that they get it, but I'm personally more interested in a Link character that is totally androgynous. I kind of thought it was heading in that direction. In most games the character is a child who's gender is not only unimportant, but difficult to distinguish, and in the games where the character is older, he's somewhat effeminate. I was kind of hoping in this game they'd take that a step further and just never imply a gender one way or the other. Still, a gender option is a step in the right direction for helping more gamers feel included, and not just female ones.
I think the real controversy we're missing here is the voice acting. Honestly, if it wasn't for text in video games, I may not have learned how to read. I think voice acting is losing something in the same way an audiobook isn't quite as stimulating for brain growth as an actual novel. I admired Nintendo for holding out on that, but perhaps this is progress. I'll just have to keep playing my Super Nintendo if I want to read a video game.