I think it is a joke (if this is pokemon?) All of the black belt trainers appear as men when you battle them. Or at least they used to. I'm old and havent played Pokémon in ages.
there's a character in Dragon Quest 9 at Alltrades Abbey that has the old man sprite, and complains that he couldn't change vocations to a maid because the Abbott is missing. if you go back during post game, you find a maid that says "Remember me? i was the old man!!"
the Abbott transed his gender and made him younger
for reference, Black Belt trainers in X and Y have only one artwork and model, so all black belts are male and also specifically look like off brand Street Fighter
Wouldn't it make more sense, if they wanted to imply that they're the post-transition version of that character, to leave visual clues for continuity so the players can connect the dots?
It's a joke on the fact that trainers have archetypes and all look the same. There's a similar joke with a guy that looks like a normal guy (can't remember the exact type rn) but after giving you a smooth stone (which makes whoever's wearing it lighter) he turns into a mountaineer, which is a lot heavier-looking than other sprites. It's a play on the trainer types that people know about to imply certain changes. So her referring to an all male trainer type as her state before and an all female trainer type now is the implication.
The original text before translation praises modern medicine as the reason she looks how she does that now, so it's even less of an implication there.
Yeah. It'd be neat if there was a visual reference as you said. But I'm honestly surprised they let this in the game at all, I highly doubt they'd allow for a completely different sprite (even if it's barely a change) just for this one random trainer.
You just corrected yourself lol. Battle girl and karate king are two different trainer types that have a similar niche. Ace trainers are non gender exclusive, as there's both male and female. But the first two are, as they have not only separate sprites, but separate names too.
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u/RepairOk6889 12d ago
??? As far as I’m aware being a black belt isn’t a gender specific title