Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door Switch reaffirms Vivian is trans in its English localization
Reviews for the Nintendo Switch remake ofPaper Mario: The Thousand-Year Doordropped earlier today (including our own), and they’ve unsurprisingly been overwhelmingly positive. What is surprising, though, is that among the game’s quality-of-life updates includes a revised localization and script, which unambiguously cements the character of Vivian as a transgender woman. This was highlighted inNintendo Life’s own video reviewon the remake, which shows off this line from Vivian that wasn’t present in the original Western release: “Truth is, it took me a while to realize I was their sister… not their brother....