What is Sasha's Gender?
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Marshmallows
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I wonder if they are having this same debate in Japan and how that poll might look like. 
Sytred
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Totally my thoughts. I don't care whether he's lazy or jock, both fit well.. I'd probably rather jock I guess but anyway his design is great!
If she's female she's adorable but... meh we already have many cute female villagers, it would be less noteworthy.
Aquilla
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I can’t be bothered with the genders of my villagers so it doesn’t matter to me. But here’s my five cents:
Where I’m from, Sahsa’s name (Gerrit) is completely gender neutral. I personally only know female Gerrits, but when looking for it online it always suggests it’s used as a short form of Gerhard (male) or Gerharde (female).
Sasha sounds like a male name to me - but I’m biased because the only Sasha I know is male. Chief is named Sascha in the German version btw.
From the design I first thought they are female - but now I’m not sure.
Where I’m from, Sahsa’s name (Gerrit) is completely gender neutral. I personally only know female Gerrits, but when looking for it online it always suggests it’s used as a short form of Gerhard (male) or Gerharde (female).
Sasha sounds like a male name to me - but I’m biased because the only Sasha I know is male. Chief is named Sascha in the German version btw.
From the design I first thought they are female - but now I’m not sure.
WaileaNoRei
Once and forever
I wonder if they are having this same debate in Japan and how that poll might look like.
From my limited look online and on Twitter it seems like to some extent yes. On first seeing Sasha they thought girl. And they have seen the English name and know it is commonly used for girls here (but can also be a boys name)
I think more people seem to think boy, because of the Japanese name Mitchell. (Like I said somewhere else, so sorry to repeat, I saw someone pointing out the actor named Sasha Mitchell, which was funny. - the character is definitely not based on him though, he has a not great past). When you google the name in Japanese it comes back as overwhelmingly a male name.
But my glance was by no mean definitive and I saw not too much actual debate. Just people wondering.
I saw one poll of what personality he would be (only out of male personalities in this case) and lazy was winning by a lot, with 48%.
there is a screenshot floating around with Sasha appearing to talk and use the first person pronoun ‘boku’ (which would make him lazy) but I am pretty sure it is fake.
they are also widely sharing the same theory as us, regarding the order of the villagers in the new amiibo set, by alternating male female and by personality.
It is also easier to avoid using pronouns much in Japanese compared to English, so many posts were just gushing about the character being ‘too cute’ with no need to specify gender.
(Side note, something I realized when resetting my second island in Japanese. They really have not taken gender out of the base game as much as it seems in the English localization, you still choose to be a boy or a girl in Japanese.)
for those who want to take a look you should be able to paste in this hashtag (and then can do your best with twitter’s translate feature, which is okay for what it is)
#ミッチェル
Devil's advocate. Faith and Roswell could stay Lazy and Normal, and this could cause their pattern to break in terms of the personality trend while making sense to keep the old returning villagers separate from the new ones. This would open up the possibility of two Sisterly and two Smug new villagers. Sasha could be Smug and Ione could be Sisterly.
Matt0106
Dawn of a New Day
It only clicked in my head now that it would be perfect if Petri is snooty, since snooties typically have the line "I'm always down to dish" when you first meet them. So the namesake being based on Petri dish would be even more fitting.
I wonder if they are having this same debate in Japan and how that poll might look like.
Yes, and it's leaning on male from what I've seen, lol.
I was leaning toward Sasha being lazy and Ione being normal but I can also see this perspective for a couple reasons.
With Ione, there are already 5 other normal squirrels in the game. There is only 1 sisterly squirrel.
And with Sasha, there are already 4 other lazy rabbits. There is only 1 smug rabbit (unless you count the Sanrio rabbit, and then there is 2).
It seems like most (or all?) of the previous 8 new villagers were filling personalities not previously represented within their species (Raymond is the only smug cat, Judy the only snooty cub, Audie the only peppy wolf, etc).
Since they are only adding 8 truly new villagers, I'm not sure why they would choose to add another normal squirrel and another lazy rabbit when there are already so many.
Bilaz
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I put don’t know don’t care 
Sasha is a totally unisex name and they have unisex names in the other languages too. They’re cutesy looking with a sporty jacket. They could literally be both a sporty gal or a pretty guy
I think they’re great either way
Nice to have such a cool name buddy or should I say bunny xD
Sasha is a totally unisex name and they have unisex names in the other languages too. They’re cutesy looking with a sporty jacket. They could literally be both a sporty gal or a pretty guy
I think they’re great either way
Nice to have such a cool name buddy or should I say bunny xD
bestfriendsally
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I put don’t know don’t care
Sasha is a totally unisex name and they have unisex names in the other languages too. They’re cutesy looking with a sporty jacket. They could literally be both a sporty gal or a pretty guy
I think they’re great either way
Nice to have such a cool name buddy or should I say bunny xD
now that you mention it, that's true :>
i don't really mind which gender sasha is, now, actually....
but sasha really does look female...
but again, i don't mind which... :>
NovariusHaze
Guardian of Faireth
I’d personally would like Sasha to be a girl because the villager is so cute but I’d be fine if it ended up being a guy.
paleogamer11
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I’m hoping for Sasha to be female. I’m glad it appears that they won’t be peppy, since to me, we already have enough peppy rabbits. And I just don’t really view Sasha as a male in my honest opinion. I’ll be okay if Quinn, the purple eagle, is either gender, and I think it’s a bit clear on the other villagers’ gender.
Yep. It'd be better if they both strayed from the typical Rabbits and Squirrels we have. I'd think they keep filling out the roster with missing personality and species match ups, but they seemed to go a different route with the 2nd batch. Squirrels aren't missing any type and have a lop sided female/male ratio. It's weird to think we may getting yet another Normal Squirrel when there is 1 Jock, 1 Sisterly, 1 Smug, and 1 Lazy. A Normal Tiger would of been someone new.
I think they wanted to make sure at least 4-5 of them would be sure hits. the Squirrels, Deer, Rabbits, and Octopi have been highly popular and would stir up massive interest in the community. So I think they decided to just do what they thought would stir attention (and Quinn) more so than fill out the roster where the holes were.
They might be thematically
But as a villager, the game only holds male or female. So even if they are designed to be non binary or something akin, the game will never show it beyond a design inspiration
juniperhoney901
nya ._.
I would think female.. But it’s possible they’re a male, most likely smug but could be all personality’s, except cranky…
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