Gender locked race?

[MrKimper]

Honestly I wouldn't be surprised if they made it female only, or made the males drastically different from the females and made them their own race. I wouldn't like it, but I wouldn't be surprised.

[Gwenorai]

The glamour was an easy guess - so yeah, it adds some credibility - not a large amount, however. I would have been more impressed if they guessed the mount though.

If it's another race and it's a genderlocked lion, then yeah...more complaints upon more complaints.

[Altaeciana]

In reply to the original point of this topic, female Viera is all the franchise has ever known since its debut. While it is highly doubtful that the released race will be female only, I'd fully expect the large majority of Viera players to choose female. You can bet on there being a male counterpart only that he may not be as aesthetically pleasing. Some people find fun in choosing the male variations for some races because it's goofy fun worth frolicking in.

[Silverwing1109]

I mean it makes sense. Shadowbringers wants to get hype around it by announcing a new race.
Selling point 1: what is it
selling point 2: What does it look like
Bonus selling point: what do the males of that race look like.
They're just stretching a single feature over multiple sessions to get the most hype they can out of one single announcement.

[Seraphor]

I mean it makes sense. Shadowbringers wants to get hype around it by announcing a new race.
Selling point 1: what is it
selling point 2: What does it look like
Bonus selling point: what do the males of that race look like.
They're just stretching a single feature over multiple sessions to get the most hype they can out of one single announcement.

Then they would have hinted at a reveal in Tokyo fanfest.
Instead they refused to acknowledge it at all, and when asked specifically about male Viera, he didn't say 'wait for more info' he said to 'read the lore in the game', which specifically says male Viera are so rare that no non-viera has ever seen one.

That to me clearly says that the reveal they're putting off to Tokyo, is in fact a separate, male-genderlocked race.

Add to this that Yoshi is clearly very chummy with Matsuno, who created the Viera and has never shown a male. He, like Yoshi, likely thinks that a 'male Viera would be weird' and doesn't want them to be made, so likely has a veto against them.
Further again, they may think that the vast majority would only play as female Viera anyway, so a male Viera would be a bit of a waste of resources, and would instead make a different male race that they might think would get more use and appreciate.

[Gwenorai]

Then they would have hinted at a reveal in Tokyo fanfest.
Instead they refused to acknowledge it at all, and when asked specifically about male Viera, he didn't say 'wait for more info' he said to 'read the lore in the game', which specifically says male Viera are so rare that no non-viera has ever seen one.

That to me clearly says that the reveal they're putting off to Tokyo, is in fact a separate, male-genderlocked race.

Add to this that Yoshi is clearly very chummy with Matsuno, who created the Viera and has never shown a male. He, like Yoshi, likely thinks that a 'male Viera would be weird' and doesn't want them to be made, so likely has a veto against them.
Further again, they may think that the vast majority would only play as female Viera anyway, so a male Viera would be a bit of a waste of resources, and would instead make a different male race that they might think would get more use and appreciate.

When did Matsuno ever say this?
And wouldn't the male-only race also be a massive waste of resources when people are supposedly more likely to play as a female?

[Seraphor]

When did Matsuno ever say this?
And wouldn't the male-only race also be a massive waste of resources when people are supposedly more likely to play as a female?

Read 'likely'.

Also, a male-Viera might be underutilized, but they might think they have an idea for something that would be more appealing to male gamers, than a bunny boy. They may be misguided in that assumption, but it wouldn't be at all surprising.

[Gwenorai]

Read 'likely'.

Also, a male-Viera might be underutilized, but they might think they have an idea for something that would be more appealing to male gamers, than a bunny boy. They may be misguided in that assumption, but it wouldn't be at all surprising.

Ah, my mistake!
You're right, sigh, backwards thinking if that is how they're going. Just so unimaginative. A bara cat? After we already have a feline race that is based on lions in the first place? Eugh...

If they wanted to make the males more beastial and less cute they could have just Jackaloped them, ah well.

[Rokke]

Further again, they may think that the vast majority would only play as female Viera anyway, so a male Viera would be a bit of a waste of resources, and would instead make a different male race that they might think would get more use and appreciate.

And a bara race would be the best use of resources? When the bara race that currently exists in game has the lowest population of all the playable races across all DCs?

[Seraphor]

And a bara race would be the best use of resources? When the bara race that currently exists in game has the lowest population of all the playable races across all DCs?

You don't know what they might have in store.
And the current 'bara' race is ugly as sin.