Male Viera as a playable character! show your support

[Gwenorai]

It seems it's within the realm of possibility that we will be getting an official statement from them soon!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGezcBuu-mc More in-depth answers; they're currently looking over feedback.

[Lyhne]

I would love to be able to experience Shadowbringers as a female Hrothgar or male Viera character. I understand the cost and the time involved in making this a possibility (the dev team looked very exhausted at Fan Fast the other day), but I think it would be a real cherry on top of what looks to be an amazing expansion. Just as creating female Roegadyn and male Miqo'te was worth it, I think this effort will be worth the time and money as well.

[TaiyoShikasu]

The lore with the male Viera was always silly: I said it earlier and I stand by it. The 'lore' was never anything but a shallow attempt to preserve a straight male power fantasy derived from gazing as scantily clad Viera women, because gaps why should they have to look at booties too?

Pretty weak attempt at preserving the straight male power fantasy when female characters are just as capable as male characters. Not to mention the amount of female NPCs that aren't completely helpless without a man nearby.

[xbahax92]

It seems it's within the realm of possibility that we will be getting an official statement from them soon!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGezcBuu-mc More in-depth answers; they're currently looking over feedback.

They better do. 1300 likes over 3 days in such a short time on the official forums is definetly amazing and I do hope that will be accounted as feedback.
Usually you wouldnt see more than 300 likes on a post but passing 1000 now and we are currently at 1300+ is great.

[Nayout]

People talking about homophobia reminds me of the fools in Granblue Fantasy who always cry when two characters are not LGBT to the point that they end up inventing stupid things to validate their views lol

[natdb]

After reading Mr Happy's interview, it seems that they are unsure about how they want male viera to look like as they have nothing to use as a reference. I would suggest, if they decide to add a male version, that they hold a design competition for male viera and have the community decide on the finalists. They can then take their pick from those finalists. That way they can add male viera that the community would be happy with.

[BillyKaplan]

My favorite part is that by confirming again that they did consider male Viera for HW, he once again proved, on his own, how irrelevant, weak and false the lore justification was.

That way they can add male viera that the community would be happy with.

That would never happen by virtue of human nature. Also with how many people want Feol, and they'll likely go with full Viera.
Personally I think they should just go with the design concept they showed way back when. For no other reason than that's what's been circulating in the public conscience and is what people came to expect, even subconsciously. There are things they can consider, like the height comparison to the females (I wouldn't mind if they were shorter, with the females already being taller than female Elezen, they can make the males shorter and still be tol), but I think going with that design would be, if nothing else, the safest option for them.

[Halivel]

After reading Mr Happy's interview, it seems that they are unsure about how they want male viera to look like as they have nothing to use as a reference. I would suggest, if they decide to add a male version, that they hold a design competition for male viera and have the community decide on the finalists. They can then take their pick from those finalists. That way they can add male viera that the community would be happy with.

They also can stick with "adult" type concepts which they shown in 2015 before HW, because it seems that mostly (not all, ofc) people were very excited about them. Or, instead of contest, make few concept arts and then do a poll where people will pick those which they like the most. (I personally would prefer the one from 2015 but technically will be okay with anything what they will chose because people have more or less similar imagination about how they could look).

[Polcat]

I will keep it short but to use the lore excuse of not making the male viera is very poor, when you go back on the lore of male miqo'te and female roegadyn. Please do not take this step backwards Square! So many people looked forward to male Viera including myself. So please consider to make them for the next expansion!

I feel like taking your time making better content than rushing to finish it is better in the long run!

[DarkMasamune]

My favorite part is that by confirming again that they did consider male Viera for HW, he once again proved, on his own, how irrelevant, weak and false the lore justification was.

But did he - Yoshida - said it was about the lore ? I did not see that anywhere. I believe people defending the absence of male vieras were using the lore as justification, not Yoshida.

Plus, it as been explained in his interview with Mr. Happy recently why they did not implement male viera and female hrothgar - perhaps, 'yet'.
Let's just wait for an official statement, as I believe they will write one on the forums when they will be up to date with the feedback