Originally a female, she got a gender swap after numerous people back in the late 80s complained about violence against women in video games, so Capcom then changed her to a “he”.

Poison (Street Fighter & Final Fight Series)Īh, Poison. Regardless, this German ass-kicker has fans because of the character’s high-low super-fast Baji Quan fighting style. I won’t be surprised if everyone adopted the “they” suffix for Leo in the eventual sequel. I asked Leo that but Leo kept silent and I was beaten by Leo. Based on the character’s fighting style and movement, it’s anyone’s guess. In fact, Bandai Namco and Tekken fans have gone out of their way to refer to the character by name instead of “he” or “her”. Leo’s gender in the series is dubbed as ambiguous. Kinda like Street Fighter‘s Elena, but with a nun outfit and a yo-yo. In fact, this trend has been around for quite a while within versus titles made by Japanese developers.Īlso, he’s one of those fighting game characters who befriends everyone he dukes it out with. This isn’t the first time fighting games have featured characters with atypical gender representation. Animation departments from their respective games probably had a ton of fun adding in effeminate touches to how Ladiva and Seth move and duke it out.

Personally, it’s an interesting approach to brightening up the roster with a diverse-yet-oddball addition. So that’s two fighting game characters this year featuring crossgender traits. Which can be all sorts of Freudian if robots actually have genders. Yes, he’s still voiced by his SFIV counterpart but the latter moves and act as a combination of a “Doll” and Seth’s former employee Juri. And following this weekend, Street Fighter V: Champion Edition saw the debut of Street Fighter IV‘s big boss Seth but in a female android body. Granblue Fantasy: Versus features Ladiva, a female wrestler who happens to look like a buff male, speaks in a husky voice with a dainty tone, and rocks a sweet moustache and beard combo. These days, we’ve been seeing a diverse addition to fighting game rosters.

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