They weren't going to add another race after 5.0, so instead of doing both male and female Viera they opted to make a bestial male race alongside the female Viera for more variety, because we aren't getting anything else after this.





You can choose to see it that way but I don't see any reason to think there is some sexist motive given you can make any race in the game wear revealing clothing. They gave their reason, it was a reason of time, budget, and wanting more variety, and to me, thats not an ass pull at all. Hell we might get the counterparts later down the line. There is no ass pull here.