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Psychologist Warns Nintendo Character ‘Normalising’ Gender Fluidity Among Kids

Nintendo’s newly re-released Paper Mario game now contains a character identifying as trans.
Psychologist Warns Nintendo Character ‘Normalising’ Gender Fluidity Among Kids
A display for the gaming company Nintendo is shown during opening day of E3, the annual video games expo revealing the latest in gaming software and hardware in Los Angeles, California, U.S. on June 11, 2019. Mike Blake/Reuters
Crystal-Rose Jones
Crystal-Rose Jones
5/30/2024|Updated: 5/30/2024
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The revelation that a character in a popular Nintendo video game is a transgender has been criticised for being a subtle attempt to normalise gender fluidity among younger individuals.

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, was released last week for the Switch platform, and is a remake of the popular GameCube edition of the same name from 2004.

Crystal-Rose Jones
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Crystal-Rose Jones is a reporter based in Australia. She previously worked at News Corp for 16 years as a senior journalist and editor.
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