As for everyone who's hating, honestly ask yourself this question.

Do you really have a problem with more options?

It's not that Viera is going to be the ONLY added race... it's just the one the dev team will most likely implement first. I honestly don't want just Viera but all of the options added eventually. I think the dev team decided to poll to see which they would release first.

Viera is an FF race, much like the other options out there. I don't care about the actual race name, just the general traits/features/style. I think Yoshi learned the dangers of name dropping, and will probably rethink the wording of future poll questions.