Quote Originally Posted by Iscah View Post
At what point in the HW leadup were Au Ra revealed?

I'm wondering if the grand scheme was to reveal Viera at Japan Fanfest from the start, but then leaks happened and they decided to rush it.
I'm unsure about the leadup; though regarding the second thing I'm sort of in agreement. However, since Fran was introduced they probably thought that it was more than obvious we were going to get Viera. There's nothing really 'new' about Viera due to them being in past games; which I suppose is different from creating a race from scratch. It's why I'm holding out that the males - which are the exciting 'unknown' part about Viera that we - the fanbase - do not know about. After all, nothing that they've shown so far is considered 'new' - not even their race armour regarding Viera. The lore is the same, the history seems to be intact from previous games, the differences between the subraces are the same and isn't much. Right now, welp, they're kind of boring? The mystery is the males.