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Is Birdo a boy or a girl or both or neither?

GLORIOUSLeaderGLORIOUSLeader
edited 2011-08-14 14:34:48 in Media
When in Turkey, ROCK THE FUCK OUT
Seriously, what the Hell?

Comments

  • ClockworkUniverseClockworkUniverse
    OOOooooOoOoOOoo, I'm a ghoOooOooOOOost!
    Yes.
  • MyrmidonMyrmidon
  • CounterclockCounterclock
    Belief
    It's Beardo.

    Just FYI.
  • DonZabuDonZabu
    It's in a civil union with Poison from Final Fight.
  • GLORIOUSLeaderGLORIOUSLeader
    When in Turkey, ROCK THE FUCK OUT
  • InsanityAddictInsanityAddict
    Diet NEET
    A tranny, as was implied in the Captain Rainbow(not sure if correct title) game.
  • AnneBeecheAnneBeeche
    I stand on Grendel's shoulders
    Birdo's a boy.
  • MyrmidonMyrmidon
    The story I heard is that she was a female originally, but the American instruction manual decided to make Birdo a transvestite, for whatever reason.

    Then again, I've also heard that she was a transvestite in both countries, so whatever.
  • AnneBeecheAnneBeeche
    I stand on Grendel's shoulders
    Wait, it's the other way around?

    I thought Birdo's a boy in Japan, but the American import made him into a girl.
  • RottweilerRottweiler
    Inside, too dark to read
    The English manual for SMB2 clearly says Birdo "wants to be a girl called Birdetta."
  • MyrmidonMyrmidon
    "Birdo thinks he is a girl and likes to be called Birdetta. He likes to wear a bow on his head and shoot eggs from his mouth."

    This statement applies to all translations of the title, including the Japanese version. In Japan, Catherine is male as well, and likes to believe that he is female. Like Birdo, he likes to be calledCathy as opposed to his real name, Catherine. In Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Birdo's trophy description describes the character as "gender indeterminate," and uses the pronoun "it" rather than gender-specific pronouns such as "he" or "she". However, several other sources (see below) refer to her as a girl.
  • AnneBeecheAnneBeeche
    I stand on Grendel's shoulders
    Why do game ports randomly change names around like that? I don't see any reason why Catherine should be changed to Birdo.
  • MyrmidonMyrmidon
    Because Catherine sounds like a cool name to Japanese people, but it just seems oddly mundane to English speakers. Same reason "Tina" got changed to "Terra" in the localization of FFVI.
  • GLORIOUSLeaderGLORIOUSLeader
    When in Turkey, ROCK THE FUCK OUT
    ^ Catherine is mundane to Americans, and much more odd and unique to the Japanese, is what you're saying?
  • MyrmidonMyrmidon
    Yes, why?

    Does this have something to do with the game?
  • GLORIOUSLeaderGLORIOUSLeader
    When in Turkey, ROCK THE FUCK OUT
    ... no...
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