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November 15, 2006
Sony's Cat is Online
In my eyes, Sony has two mascots (sorta). First there was Crash Bandicoot, whom I remember transfixed himself as the anti-Mario when the Playstation launched, but nowadays Crash Bandicoot is a faded memory (we miss you Jason Rubin) meanwhile Sony has transformed its Playstation brand into a monolithic technophile icon - of course, save for Toro.
Yes Toro a.k.a the Sony Cat with his trapezium shaped face and rectangular body. He made an appearance long ago (1999) but most people remember him as a launch title on the PSP (Japanese PSP only). I never thought Sony would push him beyond the borders of the East but here he is, kickin' it on Sony's Online Playstation Network.
Just like his game on the PSP, it's all dialogue and conversation with this anthropomorphized cat and this time he's not alone. He has a friend name Kuro the black cat. It's sort of a customized RSS reader that churns out Sony Playstation news several times a day in the form of a conversation between the two cats. Although I can't read Japanese, it's supposedly well scripted and quite funny.
They live in a bachelor style apartment, barren at first but you can play trivia games to win prizes like furniture and nick-nacks to decorate their apartment.
It may not be THE killer online component but it sets Sony apart in offering a clever way of disseminating news instead of the stale old date stamp followed by PR blurb.
via kotaku
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Posted by: David at November 16, 2006 11:46 AM