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UnitSmiley said:
Aw shucks, thanks :p

Really though, freakin want Cloud. I know there are still more char reveals left but I feel like they are just disregarding a huuuuge part of Playstation history (jrpgs). The fact they had to throw Toro in to please the Japanese audience is worrying. Don't get me wrong I like Toro, but I felt like he and Heihachi were only included to be like "Hey Japan, uhm, here".


???

But Toro is an actual mascot. Even if he isn't popular elsewhere it made complete sense to have him if a character as unrecognizable as Radec could make the cut. Worldwide, even if he is only recognizable in Japan that still means more people probably know him compared to the likes of Sly and Fat Princess. Meaning more people know him as the Playstation mascot than people who know Sly and Fat Princess period. 



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Dgc1808 said:
UnitSmiley said:
Aw shucks, thanks :p

Really though, freakin want Cloud. I know there are still more char reveals left but I feel like they are just disregarding a huuuuge part of Playstation history (jrpgs). The fact they had to throw Toro in to please the Japanese audience is worrying. Don't get me wrong I like Toro, but I felt like he and Heihachi were only included to be like "Hey Japan, uhm, here".


???

But Toro is an actual mascot. Even if he isn't popular elsewhere it made complete sense to have him if a character as unrecognizable as Radec could make the cut. Worldwide, even if he is only recognizable in Japan that still means more people probably know him compared to the likes of Sly and Fat Princess. Meaning more people know him as the Playstation mascot than people who know Sly and Fat Princess period. 

I'm okay with Toro being in the game, really I am. I think he'd be a fun and quirky character to play as. My point is (and you kind of made it yourself with mentioning Radec, Sly, and Fat Princess) is that the roster is heavily Western oriented atm. Sure Toro is the mascot, but just in Japan. Even the guys from Superbot during the Q and A section from Comic con barely knew who he was. I'm not saying he doesn't deserve to be in the game, but that it felt like they put him in there just to fit the "minority" lol. They have a TON of great jrpg characters to draw from but we havn't seen any yet. Not saying they won't announce one at all, but like I said Superbot barely knew who Toro was, only knew he was popular in Japan so they put him in. It's almost like an indication that they won't put any other Japanese characters in the game. But maybe i'm just being paranoid.

Also, do you really think more people know who Toro is than Sly? Not being sarcastic I'm really asking ._. I would think Sly would be the more recognizable character. (obviously excluding Japan)



Not only is Toro a long time mascot but he had a free game at the PS3 release in Japan. He's been featured in a number of games in Japan including Everybody's Golf, LittleBigPlanet, Tales of Graces F, an Ape Escape game, White Knight Chronicles and Street Fighter X Tekken. Toro themed merchandise isn't hard to find either i'm assuming.

Sly's highest selling game is only 1.81M units. That's about it. THe only thing we've seen him in before PS All-Stars is Playstation Move Heroes. Which didn't do so hot critically and commercially.



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Dgc1808 said:
Not only is Toro a long time mascot but he had a free game at the PS3 release in Japan. He's been featured in a number of games in Japan including Everybody's Golf, LittleBigPlanet, Tales of Graces F, an Ape Escape game, White Knight Chronicles and Street Fighter X Tekken. Toro themed merchandise isn't hard to find either i'm assuming.

Sly's highest selling game is only 1.81M units. That's about it. THe only thing we've seen him in before PS All-Stars is Playstation Move Heroes. Which didn't do so hot critically and commercially.


Hmm I see. Like I said I think he's a fun addition to the game and with him being a character in STXT over here i'd like to see more of him in the West! Still though, the roster is a bit on the Western side. I wants my jrpgs Q.Q



some jak and cole gameplay i found

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dW0vKD-M9jk&feature=player_embedded

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sales2099 said:
Did anyone not see this coming?


Yes they did, doesn't mean they can't be happy now it's officially confirmed.



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sales2099 said:
Did anyone not see this coming?

this post adds to the discussion how?

if you don't like the topic you don't have to join it... no one has a gun to your head :)



Ajescent said:
sales2099 said:
Did anyone not see this coming?


Yes they did, doesn't mean they can't be happy now it's officially confirmed.


Did you not see his comment coming?



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M.U.G.E.N said:
Ajescent said:
sales2099 said:
Did anyone not see this coming?


Yes they did, doesn't mean they can't be happy now it's officially confirmed.


Did you not see his comment coming?

I'll be honest, I was expecting something sales related, e.g it won't sell as much as Brawl or won't be as cool/popular as an MS version.



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