Quote Originally Posted by enthauptet View Post
Ultimately the issue is that Yoshida led people on and people felt their trust was betrayed by it.
No, ultimately the issue was a group of people were continually convincing themselves they were getting male Viera and continued to hype themselves up and create their own expectations; even after (especially after) Viera were announced and not a male was in sight. Yoshida didn't lead people on, in fact, when asked about it in that same Fanfest he avoided saying anything that could "spoil" the Japanese Fanfest's reveals and simply directed players to reread the in-game lore (which pretty much says there are no male Viera running around in public as of yet). Yoshida didn't betray anyone's trust, the only betrayal was by some people's headcanon that got the better of them.

Quote Originally Posted by enthauptet View Post
In Mr. Happy's interview Yoshida even admitted they went about it in a way that caused more issues than if they had been upfront.
I just re-read that interview and seen no admittance on Yoshida's part that they "went about it in a way that caused more issues;" if you can find that statement, please direct me to it. In my opinion, I think you're conflating Yoshida's thoughts on announcing future job roles in advance to be "upfront" in what's coming in the next expansion.