Gender locked race?

[ErysNight]

I used to live in Japan. In the country side. I am pretty familiar with Japanese culture. The older folk definitely hang onto the ways of the past, and that's who is running SE. They do need to open themselves up for being equal, because it hurts no one and benefits them.

An aside though, even when I lived there places like Ikebukuro and butler cafes were becoming very popular very fast, animes like Free!, Kuroko no Basuke, and Kuroshitsuji were absolutely mowing over the rest of them (let me tell you about how the girls in my dorms used to force the boys off of the TV so they could watch anime boys swim lol it was a bloodbath), and even game stores and hobby shops were selling increasing amounts of female-oriented stuff. I don't think it's Japan as a whole since the younger crowd is pretty damn progressive. You would have to wear blinders to think that female fans weren't everywhere in Japan and absolutely ravenous since companies are still not quite grasping that fact.

First. I am jealous of you lol but yeah! I think it's slowly an undercurrent so that's why my overall point is to give this game time while keeping all factors in mind as well. I don't see them ignoring us completely as the playerbase keeps asking for these things.

Not to mention it's bad business practice for any company that wants to operate in a global market to not take into account the cultures of their customers. I just don't see SE throwing themselves into the progressive wave lol.

[Tsumdere]

First. I am jealous of you lol but yeah! I think it's slowly an undercurrent so that's why my overall point is to give this game time while keeping all factors in mind as well. I don't see them ignoring us completely as the playerbase keeps asking for these things.

Not to mention it's bad business practice for any company that wants to operate in a global market to not take into account the cultures of their customers. I just don't see SE throwing themselves into the progressive wave lol.

SE tends to have the problem of not listening to NA/EU when they really should. It won't matter anyways because JP is just as into bun boys as we are. XD If they truly are gender locked, I imagine they are sweating bullets right now reading JP threads.

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Editing this post because I'm about to hit daily limit :

While there is a vocal minority that speaks out, there is still a lot of disappointed people. Most of the Viera lovers I know were just disappointed and are getting ready to spend their fantasia money elsewhere.

[ErysNight]

SE tends to have the problem of not listening to NA/EU when they really should. It won't matter anyways because JP is just as into bun boys as we are. XD If they truly are gender locked, I imagine they are sweating bullets right now reading JP threads.

So would you mind linking me your source? I keep looking at the JP forums and i don't see the craziness like here but I am superrr interested in reading their perspectives!

[Tsumdere]

So would you mind linking me your source? I keep looking at the JP forums and i don't see the craziness like here but I am superrr interested in reading their perspectives!

Sure, it'll take me some digging since my likes on twitter are a mess but I remember seeing some REALLY vitriolic threads on JP twitter.

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An edit like 2 hours later :

Bah. Normally I find my JP comments pretty easily but straight up, I cannot find the thread I first read. I don't know if it's been deleted or what. Without proof, it's all hearsay, so just ignore what I said previously. But I swear on me mum I wasn't imagining it. What seems to be up now is a lot of singular posts pining for male Viera politely or doing male Viera art. A lot of JP people want shota bunnies, so take that as you will (oh no). We did get a shout out on JP forums for making a stink here though. ;^)

Perhaps in the end, Yoshi-P and Co. are oblivious to what is being said, although I doubt a thread like this isn't being watched and relayed in some aspects even if we aren't JP.

Also, why is there no PM function on these forums...?