{"id":12974,"date":"2022-08-24T14:37:51","date_gmt":"2022-08-24T14:37:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/2022\/08\/24\/nintendo-says-splatoon-3s-shiver-isnt-nonbinary\/"},"modified":"2022-08-24T14:37:52","modified_gmt":"2022-08-24T14:37:52","slug":"nintendo-says-splatoon-3s-shiver-isnt-nonbinary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/2022\/08\/24\/nintendo-says-splatoon-3s-shiver-isnt-nonbinary\/","title":{"rendered":"Nintendo says Splatoon 3\u2019s Shiver isn\u2019t nonbinary"},"content":{"rendered":"

Source: https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2022\/8\/24\/23318377\/splatoon-3-shiver-gender-deep-cut-nonbinary-female-inclusivity-nintendo<\/a>
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Following the mid-August Nintendo Direct<\/a> that showed off what to expect with Splatoon 3<\/em><\/a>, fans of the game speculated that Shiver, one of the faces in the new game, might identify as nonbinary. So we asked Nate Bihldorff, Nintendo\u2019s SVP of development and publishing, who confirmed to The Verge<\/em> that Shiver identifies as female. And that while Shiver\u2019s she\/her pronouns weren\u2019t mentioned in the Direct, they are used in the game.<\/p>\n

Viewers hoping that Shiver would be a nonbinary character had some convincing clues to go off from the video showcase linked above. As The Gamer<\/em> notes<\/a>, the Deep Cut hype group that Shiver belongs to rocks a lot of purple, yellow, black, and white \u2014 the colors of the nonbinary flag. The publication also speculated that the group saying together \u201cWe\u2019re not supposed to be anything\u201d was a nod to an impending confirmation that Shiver would be nonbinary.<\/p>\n

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Splatoon 3 does away with \u201cboy\u201d and \u201cgirl\u201d gender identities in its character creator, offering slightly more inclusive options.<\/em><\/figcaption>Nintendo<\/cite><\/p>\n

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It could be seen as a very<\/em> small mark of progress in gender inclusivity that Splatoon 3<\/em>\u2019s character creator does away with offering \u201cboy\u201d and \u201cgirl\u201d as the sole options, as previous Splatoon<\/em> games did. In the new game, you can choose between two different styles of Inkling or Octoling, ranging from masculine to feminine in appearance. <\/p>\n

I don\u2019t want to completely rule out the possibility that Nintendo could introduce a nonbinary character later. The company has committed to delivering new content in the future, including paid story DLC that could be comparable in scope to Splatoon 2<\/em>\u2019s Octo Expansion<\/a>. But based on how it read the room here, I\u2019m not holding my breath.<\/p>\n

Splatoon 3 releases for the Nintendo Switch on September 9th.<\/em><\/small><\/p>\n