Hyrule Warriors art book reveals concept art for a "female Link"!

Hyrule Warriors is quickly approaching and a few pages of the Hyrule Warriors artbook as been revealed with some surprising information. The biggest surprise comes from concept art that appears to be for a "female Link" character. At the moment it is not know whether this is purely concept art or if this character made it through to the final form of the game. Rumors are saying that it is the former.

This female Link character has the same overall look as our hero Link with a green tunic (which had a few variations as you can see), high leather boots, and the infamous Link cap. Do you like that the company played with the idea of adding a female Link-type character to the game? Would you want to see this character enter the franchise in some way in the future?
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Source: Nintendo Everything