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Paper Mario remake confirms companion is trans after references removed from original 2004 translation
Nintendo's Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door remake has added lines confirming villain-turned-companion character Viv…
Nintendo's Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door remake has added lines confirming villain-turned-companion character Vivian is transgender after references relating to her gender identity were removed in the original 2004 English translation. When the GameCube title was translated for its worldwide release, some territories retained references to Vivian's trans identity - Italy, for instance, had the character respond defiantly to Marilyn instead of apologising after one instance of misgendering, saying, "But I am a woman too now, and I'm proud to have turned into a woman!" As highlighted by MyNintendoNews, the Thousand-Year Door remake's English translation now explicitly acknowledges Vivian's trans identity, featuring a conversation in which she tells Mario, "Truth is, it took me a while to realise I was their sister... not their brother.
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