Quote Originally Posted by Alleo View Post
how they seemingly did not have Ronso ready to show at the second fanfest...
You know what the funniest thing about that is? If they had shown male Ronso in Paris, and then female Viera in Tokyo, there would still have been an explosion about the genderlocking but not of such epic proportions, I don't think so. Because a lot of it stems from wanting to play Viera. So when the females were confirmed, expectations shifted to male Viera.
Had they shown male Ronso in Paris, there would've been broken expectations regarding female Hroth. But I think that by then, knowing we already had the male slot taken, people would've prefered to hype over playing any sort of Viera and it would've built up the excitement instead of bursting it.

Still genderlocked, still no Viera males or Hroth females, but all things considered, I think showcasing Hroth males first and then female Viera would've given them not as bad a playerbase explosion.