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Toro has been Sony's mascot in Japan since the days of the original Playstation.
His real name is Toro Inoue and he's also known as the "Sony Cat". Toro first
appeared in July 1999 as the main character in the video game Doko Demo
Issyo for the Playstation. Toro also appears in many other Playstation titles, such
as: Ape Escape Million Monkeys, Dokodemo Issho, Mainichi
Issho, Everybody's Golf 5, and White Knight Chronicles 2. Toro
"costumes" also appear in LittleBigPlanet and Tales of Graces F.
Toro and his friend Kuro appear as exclusive fighters
in the PS3 and PS Vita versions of the Street Fighter X Tekken, where
Toro mimics Ryu's
fighting style. Toro is also a playable character in PlayStation All-Stars
Battle Royale, with Kuro assisting him during one of his attacks.
His SF X Tekken bio describes him as "the cat who wants
to be human". Lonely but pampered, Toro is a cat that is very pure-hearted
and simple-minded. Toro awakened the power of the Hadou while attempting to
remember as many words as possible in a quest to become human. Toro loves tuna,
wrapped fermented beans, shrimp, and is an accomplished sewist.
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Updated:
September 5th, 2012
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While I'm sure some
people were a bit "put off" by Toro the Cat appearing in Street Fighter X
Tekken, he's a design that wasn't meant to be taken seriously... I actually think he's a pretty
hilarious character. Early on, I was hoping that SF X Tekken would be a
more "serious" game, but after seeing all the silly stuff
Capcom ended up doing with the game, the inclusion of Toro the Cat hardly surprised me.
Anyhow, the fact that Toro's fighting style is closely
based on Ryu's is just awesome, and makes him fun to use right off the bat. The
sounds and facial expressions he makes when throwing Hadoukens and Shoryukens
are epically hilarious. Besides that, he's a cute character that girlfriends and
cat lovers will enjoy using... ;)
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