Astro Bot just came out and people still talk a lot about Sony gutting their Japanese division, so **** it - here's a Playstation fighting game roster with
ONLY Sony Japan characters, mwahahahaha
Astro Bot
PaRappa the Rapper
Hunter (Bloodborne)
Old King Allant (Demon's Souls)
Ashley Winchester (Wild ARMs)
Virginia Maxwell (Wild ARMs)
Arc (Arc the Lad)
Spike (Ape Escape)
Piposaru (Ape Escape)
Toro Inoue (Doko Demo Issyo)
Kat (Gravity Rush)
Overlord Badman (What Did I Do to Deserve This, My Lord?)
Sortiara (Soul Sacrifice)
Sinner and Accessory (Freedom Wars)
Aqui (Devil Dice)
It's probably a little too conservative in terms of roster size, but eh. Since this is a roster centered on JP properties, I tried to focus on franchises that are more well-known in Japan - hence why, for example, Arc was chosen as the main "JRPG swordsman" pick over someone like Dart. I considered adding Mister Mosquito for the funnies but decided against it. I also wanted to do Tokyo Jungle but I didn't feel just throwing a realistic animal in there was appropriate. Some examples of franchises that probably would have been added if they had candidates I felt would be viable/interesting include Siren, Boku no Natsuyasumi and Intelligent Qube - they prolly get side content. There's also Oreshika and Gunparade March, both of which are very well-regarded in Japan but are also completely untranslated so it was hard to figure out who, if anyone, to add from them