Yeah, such comments were uncalled for - but such individuals were very much in the minority and have long since stopped posting in this thread which makes me question why they're suddenly being brought up again when the vast majority of contributors to the thread have been constructive.

I don't consider it to be the 'gotcha moment' some people seem to believe it to be. Especially when we can take literally any issue in existence and find a minority of people taking things too far and resorting to abuse.

Focusing on the constructive criticism aimed the development team, I don't consider the backlash to be all that surprising. A large chunk of the same people pushing for viera to be added to the game did so because they specifically wanted to see and play male viera, others were simply curious to see the mystery surrounding them dispelled.