You can't "lock" something that doesn't exist.

[Joven]

Jeez guys, this isn't that hard.

Genderlock simply means "you can't do X thing in our video game unless you play as Y gender"
In this case, X thing is "play Viera race"

For some reason, some people seem to think this is something that only applies to playing certain character classes, even though the term "genderlock" doesn't necessarily allude to that at all and there is more to what certain players might want to play as aside from character classes

Did you read any of the statements made by others on here or did you simply read the title and reply?

The stance against how the term "genderlock" is being used in regards to this situation is that the option for male Viera isn't provided so you aren't "locked" from playing them, they're simply not there. If they had displayed both genders and only let you play as females THEN you'd be genderlocked from them.

[Lihtleita]

The stance against how the term "genderlock" is being used in regards to this situation is that the option for male Viera isn't provided so you aren't "locked" from playing them, they're simply not there. If they had displayed both genders and only let you play as females THEN you'd be genderlocked from them.

could you imagine if male viera were fully implemented and we just werent allowed to play them

[Joven]

could you imagine if male viera were fully implemented and we just werent allowed to play them

That would be apocalyptic for SE

[ParaKnox]

So was Yoshida wrong when he said he didn't like gender locking so he made sure male Miqote and female Roadagyn were made?

[Lacan]

So was Yoshida wrong when he said he didn't like gender locking so he made sure male Miqote and female Roadagyn were made?

Yea, I didn't even think of that. Hasn't Yoshi used the term himself? :v Are you gonna tell him he's using it wrong too OP?

[Lihtleita]

Yea, I didn't even think of that. Hasn't Yoshi used the term himself? :v Are you gonna tell him he's using it wrong too OP?

oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooohhhhhhh

[Joven]

Yea, I didn't even think of that. Hasn't Yoshi used the term himself? :v Are you gonna tell him he's using it wrong too OP?

OP hasn't posted in a while so I'll take the pass: If neither one of them were present in 1.0 in any form i.e. NPCs then yes, he's using the term wrong because they weren't available to be locked.

[Joven]

Merlwyb was in 1.0

There was a male miqo. (If im not remembering wrong)

If that's the case then they were available, so they would be considered locked.

[Fayt1203]

So was Yoshida wrong when he said he didn't like gender locking so he made sure male Miqote and female Roadagyn were made?

can people put link of the article when he said that, I haven't find any interview at moment where he says that. In the last Interview he said that he added the male Miqo'te and female Roegadyn to fill a void that was present before launch