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Astro Bot studio finds it "difficult to comment on" why Square Enix characters were notably absent
Team Asobi says that while "almost 100%" of its most-wishlisted iconic Sony characters made it into Astro Bot, it finds…
When asked why there was no Final Fantasy 7's Cloud cameo, for instance - or indeed, anyone from Nier or Kingdom Hearts- Doucet simply said it "really respect[s] the choice of each publisher". "It's difficult to comment on [why Square Enix didn't approve any cameos]," Doucet explained. Acknowledging the delicate balance between accessible characters that almost all players would recognise and "deep cuts" that fewer people may remember, Doucet said that the team accepted that "at that point, you're talking to less people", but wanted to include more obscure characters because the players that know them "may have the fondest memories".
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