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Toro (トロ), full name Toro Inoue (井上トロ, Inoue Toro), also known as the Sony Cat, is a fictional character created by Sony Interactive Entertainment. He is an anthropomorphized cat who behaves mostly like a human in order to become a human.

Toro first appeared in the PlayStation game Doko Demo Issyo. He serves as Sony's mascot in Japan, in particular the PlayStation Network.

Character

Toro is an anthropomorphized white Japanese bobtail cat of a chibi design style. Toro is characterized by his big, trapezoid-shaped head, a rectangular-shaped body, and its vast variety of face expressions. Toro's family name originated from the sushi chef that adopted him after he got abandoned.

Video game appearances

Toro first appeared on 22 July 1999 as the main chatterbot in the video game Doko Demo Issyo (Together Anywhere) on the Sony PlayStation, and included support for the PocketStation. The game won the Japan Game Awards' Game of the Year award alongside Final Fantasy VII.

In 2004, Doko Demo Issyo was released on the PlayStation Portable, a free demo being available in the Japanese PlayStation Store.

Toro appears in the PlayStation 3 title Mainichi Issyo ("Everyday Together"), a talk show-like game where Toro delivers daily news together with Kuro, a black cat who is his close friend. Players answer trivia questions to win in-game money (Myale) and prizes such as decorations for Toro's in-game apartment; an online IQ test versus game is also available. Mainichi Issyo was available free of charge download on the Japanese PlayStation. A sequel, Weekly Toro Station, was released in November 2009 as a successor for Mainichi Issyo.

In 2012 Toro starred in PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale (PSASBR), alongside other notable PlayStation characters and mascots such as Nathan Drake, Sly Cooper, Sackboy, Jak, and PaRappa. This is the only time Toro has appeared in a game released outside of Japan. PSASBR was a 2.5D, 4-Player fighting game developed by SuperBot Entertainment and published by Santa Monica Studio for the PlayStation 3, and PS Vita. The game was a commercial success upon release, gaining favorable reviews by both critics and fans. The game’s online servers were shut down in 2019.

Toro is the main character of the free downloadable PlayStation Vita game Toro's Friend Network, it was served as a platform for players to find new friends through Facebook and the PlayStation Network. It was the first game in the Doko Demo Issyo series to see release outside of Asia.

Toro starred in Toro Puzzle, released for Android and iOS in Japan, in 2019, and later released in North America in 2020 as Toro and Friends: Onsen Town.

References

1. Gantayat, Anoop (2004-07-12). Dokodemo Issyo Goes Online. IGN. Retrieved on 2008-11-27
2. ^ "ポケピ紹介 - どこいつ.com | PlayStation". Retrieved 8 May 2023.

External links

• Doko Demo Issyo official website (in Japanese)

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