| greenmedic88 said: I'm sure there are more, but that's only the second instance I'm aware of where a video game story writer saw it fit to specify that a character is transsexual. Most know about Poison from Final Fight and the reason why she was described by the creators at Capcom as being transsexual to avoid being called out for male on female violence back in the 90s, which is entertaining, seeing as how the first home version of the game for the SNES had sprite swaps to literally turn Poison into a male. I don't think it really matters unless it's a part of the story, but judging by the responses in this thread, there are people who still do. |
Eh, I don't think it matters either. I have no problem with any of these situations, and I generally respect everyone's opinion on the matter. Regarding Erica, though, it's just that the "twist" really surprised me in a very good way (Guess Toby don't think the same, HEH), and so Erica actually became one of my favourite characters ever, even if she had a relatively minor supporting role.
Also, the way Atlus worked over Erica's character was pretty genuine and mature. She wasn't transsexual for the sake of being it and so adding "shallow equality" to the game (nowadays these kind of things are being forced on games for the sake of good publicity), but rather, she just simply was, and that's how her character was conceived from the beginning.
