Playing as the Princess: Nintendo, Gender Roles, and Echoes of Wisdom
Following the recent release of The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom, Emma Vesson and Sarah Stang examine the trajectory of the representation of gender roles in the iconic video game series and how, until this latest game, Zelda embodied the damsel-in-distress trope. Though in Echoes of Wisdom players can now play as Zelda for the first time, Vesson and Stang question whether this change will have an impact on gender representation in video games.