Your discussion really was interesting but I would like to add to this :

Quote Originally Posted by Katish View Post
That is hard to say if the later is even true, male Viera was only brought about after the forum took to the hills and went 400+ pages on it... lel
I really don't think the forum has anything else than a minimal impact on these things. Especially the non-JP forums. There have been issues discussed for hundred of pages that went under the water because people just stopped complaining as time went on... And other things no one complained about that were changed. Maybe they're listening to the forums, but I think they roll more on the statistics they get from people playing the game, and their own wills more than what can be gathered here. Especially given how controversial some issues are on the forum.