{"id":5101,"date":"2022-08-15T14:36:18","date_gmt":"2022-08-15T14:36:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.bwgamespot.com\/index.php\/2022\/08\/15\/random-splatoon-3s-shiver-appears-to-be-nintendos-first-major-non-binary-character\/"},"modified":"2022-08-15T14:36:18","modified_gmt":"2022-08-15T14:36:18","slug":"random-splatoon-3s-shiver-appears-to-be-nintendos-first-major-non-binary-character","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.bwgamespot.com\/index.php\/2022\/08\/15\/random-splatoon-3s-shiver-appears-to-be-nintendos-first-major-non-binary-character\/","title":{"rendered":"Random: Splatoon 3&#8217;s Shiver Appears To Be Nintendo&#8217;s First Major Non-Binary Character"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>A big win for representation.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/wiiu\/splatoon\">Splatoon<\/a><\/strong> series is widely considered amongst fans to be one of the coolest franchises in Nintendo&#8217;s line-up, showcasing style and modern sensibilities that other IP in its catalogue has nary even touched upon.<\/p>\n<p>With <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/splatoon_3\">Splatoon 3<\/a>, however, it seems Nintendo may have taken a bigger step in the direction of diversity and representation. As part of its recent Direct Presentation, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2022\/08\/deep-cut-splatoon-3s-new-musical-hosts-take-over-from-pearl-and-marina\">it was revealed<\/a> that a new trio called &#8216;Deep Cut&#8217; would be handling the in-game news items, replacing the &#8216;Squid Sisters&#8217; from Splatoon 1 and Pearl and Marina from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/splatoon_2\">the last game<\/a>. The group consists of Shiver, Frye, and Big Man, with the former proving to be a popular talking point amongst fans, many of whom believe that Shiver may be Nintendo&#8217;s first major non-binary character.<\/p>\n<p>Read the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2022\/08\/random-splatoon-3s-shiver-appears-to-be-nintendos-first-major-non-binary-character\">full article on nintendolife.com<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[#item_image]Random: Splatoon 3&#8217;s Shiver Appears To Be Nintendo&#8217;s First Major Non-Binary Character<!-- wp:html --><\/p>\n<p><strong>A big win for representation.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/wiiu\/splatoon\">Splatoon<\/a><\/strong> series is widely considered amongst fans to be one of the coolest franchises in Nintendo&#8217;s line-up, showcasing style and modern sensibilities that other IP in its catalogue has nary even touched upon.<\/p>\n<p>With <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/splatoon_3\">Splatoon 3<\/a>, however, it seems Nintendo may have taken a bigger step in the direction of diversity and representation. As part of its recent Direct Presentation, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2022\/08\/deep-cut-splatoon-3s-new-musical-hosts-take-over-from-pearl-and-marina\">it was revealed<\/a> that a new trio called &#8216;Deep Cut&#8217; would be handling the in-game news items, replacing the &#8216;Squid Sisters&#8217; from Splatoon 1 and Pearl and Marina from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/splatoon_2\">the last game<\/a>. The group consists of Shiver, Frye, and Big Man, with the former proving to be a popular talking point amongst fans, many of whom believe that Shiver may be Nintendo&#8217;s first major non-binary character.<\/p>\n<p>Read the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2022\/08\/random-splatoon-3s-shiver-appears-to-be-nintendos-first-major-non-binary-character\">full article on nintendolife.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:html --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":5102,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[17],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bwgamespot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5101"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bwgamespot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bwgamespot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bwgamespot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5101"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bwgamespot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5101\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bwgamespot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5102"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bwgamespot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5101"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bwgamespot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5101"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bwgamespot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}