Thanks for that, I had no idea!
I think of them as female, because I never played the Japanese version, but will one day if I ever master the language well enough.
It's incredibly annoying as a gamer that sooo many things are dumbed down or censored for the EU/America/Australia market....it's actually embarrassing.
There are so many games that are a lot more complex in the the Japanese version or aren't even release to the Western world because the storyline is quite complex & it just doesn't sell over here.
*sigh*
It would be nice if adaptations weren't so pandering & actually stayed as true as possible to originals. It's more respectful to the creators of the game.
The consumers don't share the same ideals as the censors, I'm sure most people here would not care if they were left as flamboyant men!