Male Viera as a playable character! show your support

[zeylos]

Yes, I am aware of how Au Ra turned out, but I am not arguing that it is an absolute truth in their designing choice, just that we do have an idea of how SE envisions male Viera, so at least there is a starting point.

Now as for those Au Ra concept arts, you can see that the males do resemble the 2nd and 5th slides, so they approximated that design, even if not exactly. I am not too fond of the faces in the 6th slide, as they're pretty hideous, but it's a damn shame that they didn't go with those two bodies in the middle and right of the top row, or even the body of the 1st slide, plus having them retain some of the unique "mutations" in 2 and 5 whilst going with the handsome face options.

I'd also note that their final implementation of female Viera did not diverge much from the concept art. Granted, said art is close on 6 years old, so if they do add the males there are bound to be modifications; this was more to address the notion that we've never seen how SE might design them.



Are you confident of that? I have seen plenty of commentary adding support to the addition of male Viera based on how the females feel incomplete without them. It's more the fact that SE has already addressed the issue and is considering how to move forward. So there is now a waiting game, no doubt whilst they assess relevant metrics, something I would think would take them up to 5.1, to form an accurate picture.

I think that theyll likely finish the concept stage at about 5.1

[Gwenorai]

I think that theyll likely finish the concept stage at about 5.1

Seeing as Yoshida already knows in his mind eye what they would look like. Then, maybe, it's a possibility. The fact he knew straight away how they would look like when interviewed was a given. It was discussed beforehand at length - it would have been anyway when they were deciding between Hrothgar/Viera full races.

As for the argument regarding the males using the Elezen body. Very much so. I'd be surprised if male Viera wasn't just a modified m Elezen body. That's if they're even bothering to add the missing genders, mind you. I wouldn't bet my last £1 on it.

[zeylos]

Seeing as Yoshida already knows in his mind eye what they would look like. Then, maybe, it's a possibility. The fact he knew straight away how they would look like when interviewed was a given. It was discussed beforehand at length - it would have been anyway when they were deciding between Hrothgar/Viera full races.

As for the argument regarding the males using the Elezen body. Very much so. I'd be surprised if male Viera wasn't just a modified m Elezen body. That's if they're even bothering to add the missing genders, mind you. I wouldn't bet my last £1 on it.

I personally owuld bet that theyre amkign them. If not, why would they be so fast to respond as to how male viera looks =?

[Gwenorai]

I personally owuld bet that theyre amkign them. If not, why would they be so fast to respond as to how male viera looks =?

More than likely it would have been discussed when they were weighing up their options in regards to what to include.

[zeylos]

More than likely it would have been discussed when they were weighing up their options in regards to what to include.

I think its very likely we will get them, but not before 6.0