Time of the month:a rant about female characters
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Just because the game says something does not mean it is true. The Black Sword and Bright Shield Runes are constantly referred to as 'True Runes,' although they are not. Just because the game says Shabon is male (once, mind you), does not mean that she is indeed male. Suikosource says she is female, and the game corrects this one minor error multiple times in the games. The link doesn't work because direct linking isn't allowed from GameFAQs. Look at GameFAQs yourself and look around for what she's linking to.
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Be nice.
I've been playing Suikoden since the game first came out--and yes, I bought it when it came out. I didn't have to hunt for it online.
So, there are many who have seen these mistakes before, and have checked on them.
Shabon is a girl. I always thought she was a girl, and took her description as a spelling error. Since there was a spelling error before in the game.
Insulting people who are trying to help is NOT a good way to go.
I've been playing Suikoden since the game first came out--and yes, I bought it when it came out. I didn't have to hunt for it online.
So, there are many who have seen these mistakes before, and have checked on them.
Shabon is a girl. I always thought she was a girl, and took her description as a spelling error. Since there was a spelling error before in the game.
Insulting people who are trying to help is NOT a good way to go.
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Anamanaguchi, it's alright.
Konami messes up a lot in their translation. Shabon wasn't the first, and certainly won't be the last. We've had a worse case with Kasios, when the only text that refered to his gender in the entire game called him a 'she'. Shabon was pretty lucky to have correct mentions of her gender elsewhere.
Then we also had intentional mistakes like in Wendel's case. She's nowhere as ambiguous as the rest of them, but Nico still made a mistake in his comments.
Konami messes up a lot in their translation. Shabon wasn't the first, and certainly won't be the last. We've had a worse case with Kasios, when the only text that refered to his gender in the entire game called him a 'she'. Shabon was pretty lucky to have correct mentions of her gender elsewhere.
Then we also had intentional mistakes like in Wendel's case. She's nowhere as ambiguous as the rest of them, but Nico still made a mistake in his comments.
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Let's not forget Peggi from 3.
Peggi has a female name, and painted nails--yet this is not a female. Peggi is a male Lizard.
However, Konami's translation/spelling errors have gotten better over the years.
Oh, and Anamanaguchi, I didn't mean to imply that those who have been playing Suikoden since it first came out were special--just that we've had more time to look things up.
Peggi has a female name, and painted nails--yet this is not a female. Peggi is a male Lizard.
However, Konami's translation/spelling errors have gotten better over the years.
Oh, and Anamanaguchi, I didn't mean to imply that those who have been playing Suikoden since it first came out were special--just that we've had more time to look things up.
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Which part of the game listed Peggi as female? And the picture looked female to you? I thought Peggi was male from the moment I recruited him. Anyway, it doesn't matter. Because we're going off the topic rail and crashing to a locked topic!son_michael wrote:the game says shes female and her picture looks female so I would say shes female
unless the manga for suikoden 3 says otherwise
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Male or female-wise, Tuta is still a worthless character. Almost as much as Hanna. There are way better front-liners and her magic affinity is terrible. Although I'm sure she could take Tanya Harding in a fight. (Harding is now a female boxer.)
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