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shenmue

(38,506 posts)
Sun Nov 23, 2014, 03:05 PM Nov 2014

"Mario producer: Toad ‘doesn’t have a gender’"

http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2014/11/23/mario-producer-toad-doesnt-have-a-gender/

Nintendo has revealed that one of the popular characters from its long-running Mario series of games does not have a gender.

From the article:

Nintendo have revealed that the Mario character Toad, long assumed to be male, doesn’t actually have a gender.

Koichi Hayashida, the director of a number of games in the Mario series, made the revelation to Gamespot ahead of spin-off puzzle game Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker.
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"Mario producer: Toad ‘doesn’t have a gender’" (Original Post) shenmue Nov 2014 OP
However... Luxadvector Nov 2014 #1
 

Luxadvector

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1. However...
Mon Nov 24, 2014, 08:33 PM
Nov 2014

They refer to Toad as him in the trailer for the game. It's not hard to see how people might be confused.

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