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Paper Mario TTYD Remake: Goombella and the narrator are no longer transphobic even in the Japanese version (hexbear.net)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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https://x.com/OatmealDome/status/1793081375005827084

Completely new line in JP ver: "The thing is... I... I have a boy's body, but my heart is a cute girl's!"

https://x.com/OatmealDome/status/1793116357384339692

Party Menu JP dialog:

GC: "He may look like a girl, but he's actually a boy."

Switch: "Has a boy's body, but a girl in their heart."

Goombella's dialog where she originally calls her a boy has been changed to this:

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 7 months ago (1 children)

ik you're probably kidding but Japanese rarely uses gendered third person pronouns. I'm sure the user translating this just used "they" because there wasn't a word there originally

She does use feminine first-person pronouns for herself

[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago

That makes sense, wasn't really sure, ty.