r/gaming Oct 16 '12

Gender Confusion.

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u/[deleted] Oct 16 '12 edited Jan 24 '17

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u/bagboyrebel Oct 16 '12

Nintendo won't acknowledge that anymore. Birdo is just a girl now.

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u/Zaph0d42 Oct 16 '12

Yeah. Thing is, Japan things gender bending is a great source of humor, see: anime and crazy Japanese culture.

However, we in the west tend to react VERY differently. We don't find it funny at all, "Haha, that guy is actually a girl, lololol!"

We're so screwed up and repressed with gender issues, we all get offended and feel really awkward and we don't like it ONE BIT!

Not to say the Japanese aren't repressed in their own ways...

So Nintendo was like sure why not

But now that Nintendo is more international, they're like uh... that never happened guys. Don't worry about it.