HE is a SHE! Done deal! Y'all can go home now! Just kidding.

Source: http://www.zeldainformer.com/news/nintendo-has-officially-ended-the-sheik-gender-debate#.U-FAPPldUzy

Wasn't sheik like Zelda from another universe or something?

IT'S ABOUT FREAKING TIME NINTENDO.

I didnt even know that was a question....

Really? People were still confused about this? Eh. Oh well.

I didnt even know that was a question....

Yep, people were extremely serious about what gender Sheik was. In the context of the story, she was male to hide from Ganon's forces, but in the whole concept, Sheik is Zelda in disguise, which makes Sheik female. It was clearly put out there to us, but some people took a game concept and embarrassingly made Nintendo come out and talk about it.

I thought it was obvious Sheik is a woman

Oh please. I assure you Zelda used her magic to make herself look Sheikah, theres no doubt in my mind that shed use magic to give herself a dick too

But Sheik is Zelda in disguise so its obvious no questions asked, how did this become a debate?

This is the stupidest Zelda debate I have ever heard of.

But Sheik is Zelda in disguise so its obvious no questions asked, how did this become a debate?

dumb minds

How has the ended the debate? Lots of guys have long hair, I find this topic to be misleading.

They referred to Sheik as a 'she' during last night's Hyrule Warriors Direct. They even brought up her real identity, so that pretty much does confirm Sheik as being just cross dressing, rather than full blown Gender bending on Zelda's part.

But Sheik is Zelda in disguise so its obvious no questions asked, how did this become a debate?

People are still unsure whether Zelda merely dressed like man or physically became one when she's Sheik

I thought he was an ancestor of Zelda..

I thought he was an ancestor of Zelda..

Nah, she was Zelda in disguise.

Nah, she was Zelda in disguise.

Well then, I was in deception since 2009 ¬¬

SHEik is female?!? BLASPHEMY!!!!  Is MerMAN Sora male or female?  The world may never know.  Muamauamuamuamua

Edited August 6, 201411 yr by BlazingSoul

I didnt even know that was a question....

 

The people who probably argued that Sheik is a male is probably also the same people who thought Link was called "Zelda".

Edited August 6, 201411 yr by Shana09

Gotta love GameFAQs, those guys are still trying to argue that Shiek is a male because Zelda was playing a male character, and therefore the character Shiek is male, while the person Shiek is female because Shiek is Zelda and Zelda is female. X____X

 

Seriously, though, it still baffles me how there was ever any confusion about this. I just finished OoT a few weeks ago. Zelda literally changes form from Shiek to Zelda in front of Link. And why the heck would she have used magic to give herself *ehem* male equipment *cough*? What would be the point?

I love how negative some people are towards people who are simply unsure... I'd assumed that it was possible Zelda transformed herself into a male to set herself further apart from her true identity, thus making the disguise more efficient. According to some people, I'm an outright idiot for thinking that was  the case.

Edited August 6, 201411 yr by Yellow Flash

Dunno if people are stupid or can't use logic right, dunno what to choose.

 

Because Smash Bros. having Zelda transform to Shiek wasn't enough proof, oh wait...

 

BRB facepalming.

Edited August 6, 201411 yr by OmegaForte

They ended the Sheik's sex debate, gender and sex are not the same thing. While we all should had known that Sheik, is a woman, since Zelda is underneath all of those clothes, but as Hyrule Historia, page 87, The Young Hero Begins His Sleep, mentions, the Sheik persona/alter-ego, is that of a Sheikah boy, therefore Sheik's gender, that which the persona/alter-ego/whatever is identify as is that of a male, even though it is a woman, the persona/alter-ego known as Sheik is a male, since the idea of that alter-ego, is to be perceive as a man, the character known as Sheik, even though biologically a woman, is identified as a Sheikah boy, therefore its gender is male. So:Sheik's Biological sex: Woman

Sheik's gender: Male.