Where was this passion for the male/female counter-parts for these races years ago?

Why not just make this a suggesting instead of demanding the Development team to drop everything they are doing and pour resources into every whim and desire.

Stop thinking like a consumer for a moment and put yourselves in the shoes of a developer/character concept artist for a large triple-a game studio; the compromise for the Viera seemed very realistic to me.

And who is to say that they aren't working on male/female versions? Maybe this is something tucked away for the future of the game and this is a short-term solution?