The gender lock is definitely disappointing. With that said, I'd be equally disappointed if Viera men were added to look like some of the more vocal posters were suggesting earlier on in the thread. I'm not particularly interested in the feminine/androgynous male aesthetic and I don't believe it's something that the game is lacking as most of those posting about such things have designed their current characters to conform to such aesthetics in the first place.

I was much more interested in seeing Viera men turn out to be classically handsome, fairly well-built but also a little fierce and haughty looking. Obviously that didn't happen, so I'm disappointed. Yet I'm not sure why it's being pushed as 'worse' for those wanting androgynous/feminine men to be disappointed when that crowd is far from alone in having been rubbed the wrong way.

The core issue is the the gender lock.