If we get out of Lore and anything not that relevant in this respect, what bothers me the most is their radio silence actually.

Scenario 1 : Viera Male exists, and we also have non-genderlocked Hrothgar all announced in Tokyo.
M'ok, they were just stirring us and it worked. But that's a lot to offer... We're speaking about the team that offered us limited jobs here.

Scenario 2 : Viera is female only and Hrothgar is male only, "suprisingly" announced in Tokyo
I don't see why they could not have said "there are no male vieras, but who knows, we still have a fan fest..." or something cheeky like this.

Scenario 3 : Viera is female only, and Hrothgar is just a mistake (ake does not happen).
Same as above. Why let people simmer about "maybe there's a male Viera" when they could have flat out said "Viera is female only, please look forward to it!" ?

But here they are, not saying anything about anything more than "there is still one fan fest!". Well, t sure kept the forums busy.