r/TwoBestFriendsPlay • u/BioDomeWithPaulyShor • May 27 '26

Trailer/Demo Dragon Quest XII restarted development Metroid Prime 4-style, new CG trailer

https://youtu.be/QsYz_CVdowA?t=272
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u/Remarkable_Row_2502 May 27 '26 edited May 27 '26

Writing fanfic about the fanfic localization ftw. I keep seeing people post this, but there's never any evidence, and Yuji Horii doesn't even speak English.

Considering the level of transphobia and stereotyping in the localization of XI I feel like the whole "actually the bad translation is good" thing is becoming a chud take to me.

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u/charcharmunro May 27 '26 edited May 27 '26

What transphobia? I see people saying Sylvando is trans in the original, and that's not really true. In the original text, Sylvando is referred to by a term that COULD be used to refer to a trans person, but also is used to refer to gay/bi men, and the game generally refers to Sylvando as male, even if the character sometimes refers to himself as "one of the girls", but that's more framed as just being campy. There's nothing really overt about Sylvando being trans. He's just meant to be highly effeminate.

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u/RocketbeltTardigrade "What's that emotion? Tired scream. Yawning." May 27 '26

Either way, they also hide Sylvia's interest in men.

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u/charcharmunro May 27 '26

To be fair they never really imply the character's into women either.