In the original, the goomba thugs were hitting on Goombella, and that's what sparks the conflict.
Other changes include: Everyone knowing the giant dragon Hooktail is a girl right from the start, instead of her gender reveal being a surprise at the end of the game. No misgendering here! And "The Shadow Sirens" being changed to "The Three Shadows." Three guesses where THAT change is going....
Of course, Mrs. Mowz still sexually assaults Mario without his consent. Because it's funny when a man gets kissed by a stranger!
As far as I'm aware, the original Japanese game did seriously hint that Vivian was a man, as far as those shadows can have sexes. Large part of the reason why Beldam was constantly bashing her/him... it. So in an extremely unique case, it seems that if they turned it into a crossdressing man in the remake, it would actually be closer to the original than the game we originally got in English in North America. I'll agree that I would greatly dislike this change, because I prefer Vivian as a woman and especially because there will likely be a leftist troglodyte greatly altering all dialogues about this until the fact that it is a man is constantly bashed into our faces rather than merely slightly hinted at like it should be, but it would still seemingly be closer to the original Japanese game.
In the original, the goomba thugs were hitting on Goombella, and that's what sparks the conflict.
Other changes include: Everyone knowing the giant dragon Hooktail is a girl right from the start, instead of her gender reveal being a surprise at the end of the game. No misgendering here! And "The Shadow Sirens" being changed to "The Three Shadows." Three guesses where THAT change is going....
Of course, Mrs. Mowz still sexually assaults Mario without his consent. Because it's funny when a man gets kissed by a stranger!
As far as I'm aware, the original Japanese game did seriously hint that Vivian was a man, as far as those shadows can have sexes. Large part of the reason why Beldam was constantly bashing her/him... it. So in an extremely unique case, it seems that if they turned it into a crossdressing man in the remake, it would actually be closer to the original than the game we originally got in English in North America. I'll agree that I would greatly dislike this change, because I prefer Vivian as a woman and especially because there will likely be a leftist troglodyte greatly altering all dialogues about this until the fact that it is a man is constantly bashed into our faces rather than merely slightly hinted at like it should be, but it would still seemingly be closer to the original Japanese game.
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