Quote Originally Posted by Gwenorai View Post
That, however, might have just been how the code works. Where it has to have both pronouns. This, of course, was with the whole issue where Hrothgar was 'leaked' due to the mess up in the French version codes that showed Hrothgar. If I remember correctly that being a male had both Viera and Hrothgar dialogue flagging - and the same went for female. I wouldn't put too much weight in this however as that would be some sort of tin hat deal where Square would have been planning this right from the start.

- Note, this information wasn't obtained from data mining but was an error with the French versions.
I think that while this might sound like a conspiracy theory and everything, there is a chance that like I have previously stated this is simply a marketing trick based on creating expectations (teasing male viera on interviews etc), not fulfilling them, causing drama and controversy, getting tons of press (even if it's bad or controversial), fixing what you had done, and thus appearing as someone who catters a lot to the community and gaining even more good press. Throw in the mixture the fact that what you are doing is difficult, and you have the formula to a classic good old marketing trick. Please note that this is unlikely, and this is simply stating a possibility while the more likely reason is that SE simply chose something to please as many as possible which has upset as many as possible instead sadly, and this is by no means some sort of conspiracy