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>>277636 But you said, "Birdo'd."
As in, the original super mario brothers (which didn't even have mario in it in japan) starred a cross-dressing birdo. So which is it?
Is birdo a trap or not? If you say she is, then you agree that the American version takes precidence over the Japanese version in which she isn't.
The game changed when it was translated to English and produced for America. Just like Super Mario brothers 2 changed from Doki Doki Panic when it came over to America. Games and characters change when they are adopted for the U.S. It's a fact of the gaming industry. You can't say, "oh well, the producers obviously MEANT vivian to be a male in the American version because they made vivian a male in the Japanese version! They just forgot, or they had to change it to make it fit the E rating." THAT'S bullshit logic. Vivian is a female in the American version.
The character can therefore be portrayed as either male OR female accurately. They're two separate and different games with different dialogue, and two different characters with two different genders. One is a male, the other is a female. You cannot assert, "well THIS is the proper character model!" for either game or character, as they are still two different characters for two different games.
In short, Vivian ? Bibian.
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