:O i never knew that.
There is an album cover of K.K. & Pave dancing together in New Leaf XD
Gracie is Male?!
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:O i never knew that.
There is an album cover of K.K. & Pave dancing together in New Leaf XD
It was mentioned in one of the more recent Linandko videos, Part 24, when Lindsey was talking about localization. I knew about the true Gracie before. Localization is a perplexing thing. I even wrote Nintendo about it years ago and they explained it that localization was about deciding how to make things understandable which is why some games either were either modified to varying degree or never released.
Dustbunnii
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I found out through watching Lin&ko that Gracie is male in the japanese versions, but I didn't know that about Saharah 
don't you mean male peacocks....? peahens are like most other female birds.... not very colorful, and they don't have the long tail feathers either.
I have to wonder how I would have reacted to Gracie being male as a kid. I'm not sure if I would just shrug it off and be like "ok, so it's a guy that looks like a girl..... whatever" or if I would deny the fact that he was male all together xD. One of my favorite villagers (the blue horse Ed) looks pretty feminine... and he was my favorite villager. I also don't know if I originally thought he was female before talking to him..... guess it doesn't matter in the long run xD
don't you mean male peacocks....? peahens are like most other female birds.... not very colorful, and they don't have the long tail feathers either.
male on left, female on right
I have to wonder how I would have reacted to Gracie being male as a kid. I'm not sure if I would just shrug it off and be like "ok, so it's a guy that looks like a girl..... whatever" or if I would deny the fact that he was male all together xD. One of my favorite villagers (the blue horse Ed) looks pretty feminine... and he was my favorite villager. I also don't know if I originally thought he was female before talking to him..... guess it doesn't matter in the long run xD
Localization is common going from Japan to NA, EU, AU, and such. Just look at some of the Pokemon mangas that have come to NA. In the JP versions they are quite "focused" shall I say on females. But when they come to NA they are very less focused on.
broadwaythecat
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I found out through watching Lin&ko that Gracie is male in the japanese versions, but I didn't know that about Saharah
don't you mean male peacocks....? peahens are like most other female birds.... not very colorful, and they don't have the long tail feathers either.
male on left, female on right
I have to wonder how I would have reacted to Gracie being male as a kid. I'm not sure if I would just shrug it off and be like "ok, so it's a guy that looks like a girl..... whatever" or if I would deny the fact that he was male all together xD. One of my favorite villagers (the blue horse Ed) looks pretty feminine... and he was my favorite villager. I also don't know if I originally thought he was female before talking to him..... guess it doesn't matter in the long run xD
I thought everyone knows that male Peacocks are colorful and the females are plain? Well that's just me testing your intellegence.
Yeah, that was just a typo.
Well really it's a "go figure" for western Nintendo's. There are a lot of overprotective parents and lobby groups to try and stop things "crossing the line". Remember that stuff about Spongebob Squarepants? I mean these people go nuts over anything remotely questionable.
+ I think games and things like this in general really are targeted towards anyone who wants to play in Japan, whereas in western countries they make sure things like this are targeted to and are appropriate for children, and if it's cute or innocent looking, young children :|
+ I think games and things like this in general really are targeted towards anyone who wants to play in Japan, whereas in western countries they make sure things like this are targeted to and are appropriate for children, and if it's cute or innocent looking, young children :|
Treasu(red)
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Wow. Gracie just got even more FABULOUS.
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Wow. Gracie just got even more FABULOUS.
ROFL!! My eyes!
Wow. Gracie just got even more FABULOUS.
Just threw up in my mouth a bit.
Yuki Nagato
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Gracie is male in Europe WW.
:O you serious? i thought it was only in japan.
Prof Gallows
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North American censorship: Guns, Blood, Killing, Sexual Content. OK.
A cartoon male giraffe that looks somewhat feminine? NOPE.
I think it could've easily had been misinterpreted by North America. Grace is typically recognized as a female name, and the character is blatantly feminine. The mistaken gender isn't much of a shock to me. There's also the fact that effeminate men are nothing new in the fashion world, and are in fact rather common, so I doubt it was done out of censorship. As a child, I never really thought twice about Gracie's gender, even with the male voice, I interpreted him as a female.
I never thought about it either, I'm guessing a lot of people either assume its a girl or a guy depending. So why change it at all? Seems like a lot of localization is a waste of time IMO. The game could be released faster if they excluded uselsss crap like changing Gracie to a girl.
Prof Gallows
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Did they though? I haven't really looked into it..
I don't remember any characters specifically referring to Gracie as "him" or "her".
Thats a good point lol.
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