Nintendo 'Paper Mario' 2024 US remake includes transgender character 'Vivian'

The remake of Nintendo's 'Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door' features a transgender character in the new U.S. version of the game. According to a review of the game by Nintendo Life Magazine, the Nintendo Switch character Vivian, known from the original version of Paper Mario released in 2004, was born male. Vivian is featured in the video game as a villain with her sisters, Marilyn and Bedlam in their fight against Mario.

The English translation of the game released in 2004 claimed that Vivian was reportedly bullied not because she was transgender, but because she was 'ugly,' the New York Post reported. The new version of the game for the Nintendo Switch platform in the U.S. now includes rhetoric about Vivian's gender identity and validates the character as transgender. 'Truth is, it took me a while to realize I was their sister… not their brother,' Vivian tells players.

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