The Pokémon Company has said it will fix a 'Pokémon Champions' bug that showed Gallade as female, a glitch some fans embraced as a trans-affirming moment. The free-to-play title 'Pokémon Champions' launched on Wednesday for Nintendo Switch and Switch 2. Players quickly spotted an easily missed detail in the tutorial: the opposing Gallade was displayed as female, despite Gallade being a Pokémon that can only be male under the series’ usual mechanics. The moment spread across social media the same day, with fans celebrating the “female Gallade” and sharing posts and fan art. One popular refrain was: “FEMALE GALLADE IS REAL,” as the reaction gathered pace online. In a Pokémon Company bug statement issued on Thursday (9 April), representatives said they knew of at least six bugs, including “an error of some genders of Pokémon in the tutorial and in released teams.” They added that the bugs will be fixed in an update patch coming soon. Gallade’s gender rules are unusually strict in the ...