Gaijin Goombah Media

【Culture Shock】Is Toad Really Genderless? (2016x16)

Air date: Apr 07, 2016

What started off as a simple cultural definition of character design turned into one of the biggest revelations of transgender and transvestite culture in video game history; and it all starts with boring, interchangeable Toad. In today's Culture Shock, GG discusses the similarities between gender swapping in Japan's culture and Super Mario Bros characters - Toad and Toadette