Gender locked race?

[Shibi]

In the Game Watch interview, when asked about male Viera, Yoshida said to read the lore written for Viera again.

A part of the lore that could be relevant is that Viera do leave the woods to live amongst the Humes, but by doing so they become outcasts and lose the ability to communicate with the Jungle, their senses are dimmed (to our level?). One considers this is not written as only females do this. It could be quite inclusive of males.

It would also fix up the lore around the Viera so that player-characters don't have a lore advantage over the other races while in the jungle.

Outcast doesn't need to mean shunned/exiled. It could be restricted to just dimming the normal Viera senses that would allow communication with the forest other races don't have.

I really hope there are male viera, but I don't think I will change from Miqo'te.

[Gwenorai]

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Regarding the lore and of course having their ability to hear the wood etc. Wouldn't the WoL/WoD be able to understand the green word and 'hear' the wood through the use of the echo? Or did I completely forgot how the echo works in regards to an understanding over languages including spiritual ones? But yes... wouldn't they be able to communicate with the wood regardless of race? That'd be pretty cool...

[Shibi]

Regarding the lore and of course having their ability to hear the wood etc. Wouldn't the WoL/WoD be able to understand the green word and 'hear' the wood through the use of the echo? ... But yes... wouldn't they be able to communicate with the wood regardless of race? That'd be pretty cool...

It's a great point, ほんとに thank you for correcting me, a lot of fun thoughts result