i feel like this cat could make an incredible comeback if they made a new game and translation for the west!

Given that Japanese culture has become way more mainstream in the US this decade, I think this is the perfect time for Sony to reintroduce Toro to the west

Wouldn't say hes forgotten, his birthday is celebrated annually.

I've noticed that Toro Inoue and Kuro have been getting a resurgence in popularity recently, what with there being an increase in love for silly cats on the internet, which these two fit the bill quite well. I'm glad that this is happening, because it shows that despite being pretty much unknown overseas, people still love Toro. I'd love to see him become more prominent as Sony's mascot outside of Japan, but I'm not sure if that'll happen, considering that Sony have made many poor decisions with the PlayStation brand lately; the closure of Japan Studio being just one of them. Ah well, even if they don't give the Doko Demo Issyo series any new games, Toro will always be a big part of the legacy of PlayStation, and this video does a great job at showing that!

I've always been a Toro Inoue fan but only knew of the PocketStation game. Really wish he was brought to the west, he's a very likeable and cute mascot that Sony kinda needs. Great video!

hey, with toro and more parties ,you have to keep talking to toro for a while until you are able to input a word, which toro wants to be a name of a person. after answering questions about said person he will then write the first 3 letters of the name on his torso. after this, talk to him one more time and a kuro (black stray cat) will hit toro and transfer the name onto his torso. after this, talk another time and when you automatically pick up toro, bring him over to the named kuro, then talking with toro a few more times and you'll teach him another word which will be given to another kuro, who will then put on coloured shirts, after this combo then you can freely learn him name to give to the other kuros and kuros will either make a new shirt colour by dropping two unshirted kuros ontop of eathother or get an already existing one by dropping a kuro ontop of a shirted one. after this, you can just kinda follow what toro and the kuros say. tl;dr you just have to keep talking to toro and teach him names to give to the kuros, and I probably made it sound more complicated then it actually is

I honestly love Toro, if he comes back in a new game or even a psasbr 2, he should be updated a bit to kinda make him a celebration of Playstation's history

I want Toro and Kuro inside every PS5

Hello, I really want to say that this in-depth video was an extremely sweet appreciation. Toro Inoue is one of the mascots that deserve to have appreciation and recognition as one of Playstation's beloved mascots around the globe. Toro has always been a lifelong memory that I have kept locked inside my heart since the 2000s. You see, I've discovered the Sony Cat when I was in middle school because I used to watch a show called Cinematech that used to air on G4(a video game channel that used to be on TV). That's how I found about Toro when Cinematech showed *Toro on Holiday* , but it was mistakenly titled as *Taro's Day Off* , and that made me believed his name was Taro. It wasn't until I was 30 years old in 2021 that I came across Toro on the internet, and just one look at him instantly sent me a flashback of him from *Toro on Holiday* shown in G4's Cinematech. So since then, Toro Inoue has been a precious character from a solved memory to me, and I felt this sweet fondness/love for him as he's one of my favorite characters in video games. I ship him with Jun Mihara, they are one of my favorite interspecies pairings like Knuckles the Echidna x Rouge the Bat from Sonic the Hedgehog, Falco Lombardi x Katt Monroe from Star Fox, Legosi x Haru from Beastars, Klonoa x Lolo from Klonoa, and PaRappa Rappa x Sunny Funny from PaRappa the Rapper(a franchise also exclusive to Playstation and deserves to have a comeback). I headcanon that in 2023, Toro is currently 44 years old(born May 6, 1979 since Doko Demo Issyo is from 1999). He has been married to one of close friends Jun(Mrs.Jun Inoue) who is 43 going on 44 in August since spring 2006(17 years), and they have 3 cabbit children who are fraternal triplets: son Hito Inoue, son Eru Inoue, and daughter Moka Inoue who were born in April 2008, so they are 15 years old. I also recently came up a kawaii headcanon that Loona(I also headcanon the beautiful moon hellhound being fluent in Japanese) from Vivziepop's Helluva Boss is surprisingly a huge fangirl of Toro Inoue, and would tend to buy anything related to Toro and the DDI franchise like video games, merchandise, etc. My true hope for Toro Inoue the Sony Cat is that he will someday have a magical comeback by having a brand new game released on the PS5, and that it will release outside of Japan and have well-deserved release in the West while hoping he'd have more cameos and guest appearances in Playstation games, and return as a fighter in Playstation All-Star Round 2(and by luck, PSAS3 for the PS6, and then more PSAS games to come in future Sony consoles to come). Maybe the new DDI can be a game where Toro travels to the United States and blend in with the culture. *Toro in America* (acronyms: TIA), rated E10+. Anyways, thank you for all of your efforts that you put in this dedicated video for Toro Inoue. I know this is a super long comment, but I hope it was worth it. I really love it just like how much I will always love Playstation's number 1 neko nya nya! Oh and 1 more thing, I made a voice demo for Toro Inoue 1 year and a half ago if it's cool to share it in the comments: m.kzfaq.info/get/bejne/fathqrlml66cXY0.html&pp=ygUVVG9ybyBpbm91ZSB2b2ljZSBkZW1v it may not sound perfect especially with the background noise from the beginning, but I hope you at least find this demo good. You take care now dude.

I always thought as a kid that vib-ribbon/Virbri was the mascot of PlayStation lol. I only found out recently that Toro was the mascot if PlayStation :0

Really nice video, thanks. 22:19 You are meant to help Toro teach all the other (black) stray cats, in turn, everything you have taught him. Toro basically teaches down what you taught him, and some of the "fun" comes from the decay of information (because Toro does not perfectly teaches the cats, the same way you screwed up teaching him about apples).

this is THE most helpful video on this series ive seen yet! this is exactly what I was looking for about 4 months ago! had no idea a video came out 2 months ago. thanks man!

this video is such a gem. thank you for going so in depth about this funky little lads history !!!

Thank you for covering the history of this funy little guy so in-depth. Ive gotten into the Toro-verse maybe half a year ago and started playing the psp games with a translator, just like you did. But damn was i lost im translation.. When toro moved out and the game ended for the first time i was genuinly upset and thought i must have done something wrong (i had the good ending). if i would have had access to this video back then it would have helped me through my doko demo journey a lot! I really hope this finds the right people and maybe even aids those, who wanna get into the games themselfs too!

Finished watching the video! The video was long, but honestly, I think it turned out pretty good and I really enjoyed watching it, I appreciate all the efforts put into this one-hour long video also it is good to know that there is finally a video about it, I am kind of surprised that no one has covered or talked about it on youtube before until recently

I would really like to play some of the games with toro in it but there are hardly any in english and available, but I did order some toro plushies. Thanks for explaining all of the Doko Demo Issyo games I really hope he comes back in english soon

You forgot one thing. Toro and Kuro. Were in Danganronpa Ultra Despair Girls as an Easter Egg in Chapter 4. And said Easter Egg is part of Trophy you can obtain in said game where you need to find all the notes.

Great video, loved the length and content, i find toro really interesting since i have always liked checking out japanese sites (even if i know 0 japanese) since i was young, and as a owner of the ps3 i remember seeing toro on the japanese PSN store and online websites of sony or for fans of the playstation, this video was really nostalgic for me and it was great. I really wish that the new entry of mainline Toro games comes out internationally (if sony decides to ever do one), even just a new live service broadcast would be cool.

i wish there was a newer game, toro is so cute!

I discovered toro existence about 2 months ago and I'm totally obsessed with him

I’m glad he’s making a resurgence , maybe Sony will finally notice

There is a Toro costume in the Japanese release of Terraria.

FINALLY SOMEONE MADE A BIDEO OF THIS BELOVED CAT

I remember there was something released by McDonald’s Japan with toro, parappa, and two other Sony characters. TORO INOUE I LOVE YOU TORO INOUE‼️‼️‼️

Really enjoyed watching this! Thank you for going through all the trouble to capture all of this footage and bring it to us! I really loved what I saw, I also hope they bring Toro back and also make it available in the west!

You absolute madman, great video! I always wanted to try these games and thanks to you, now I can. 👍

i really appreciate all the effort that went into this video, thank you so much!!!! :D it was super interesting !!!!

Brilliant, a DodgyKebaab video that lasts a whole hour! Now I’m chuffed to bits.

I love Toro! Toro is love, Toro is life :)

Thank you for this video. Was doing some researching while reading and thought to give KZfaq a go. Well done! - PS from Puerto Rico 🙌

Wow, thank you very much for this review, I've been wondering about this game series for years

thank you for making this video !

Epic effort! Great video, thanks

Si crees que me voy a ver un video de casi una hora solo porque hacen mención a Toro, estas en lo correcto.

Great vid bro appreciate it as it's hard to find a full view of the entire series.

I'm glad ppl know us now, mew.

thanks for the very informative video! i don't really care about the "quality" of the video.. making this work by itself is deserving of respect!

Everyone’s Putter Golf is my personal favorite!

Toro is just cute. Thx for this information, i hope Toro will have his own, normal game on a ps5

Puede que sea unos de los pocos fans de Toro que viva en latam, pero cambiando de me tema me alegra saber que Sony todavía recuerde a Toro Su última aparición fue en la Tokio Game Show 2023

love the katamari music!!! (also, a video going into the potential emulation of these would be very appreciated!)

Nice video! I finally know enough about Toro!

great video!

Thank you, you also got a new subscriber :)

Thank you

He needs more love.

Now that Jim Ryan is in control, Toro Inoue's days are truly numbered. Since the launch of the PS5, he has been MIA in Japan.

So small little correction on the Street Fighter X Tekken bit, while Toro is a clone of Ryu, Kuro isn't a clone of Ken, he's instead a clone of Kazuya Mishima from the Tekken series, (You can actually see this if you look at their designs) I'm sure that was a mistake in either recording or the script though. Two other smaller things I want to mention about them in SFXT though, 1, they actually change the music you hear on the Vs screen if you have at least one of them on your team, and they also have their own theme song that can be heard in battle like most characters, not sure if it's a remix of a song from the series though, and 2, they also made plushies of the designs used in the game that I want to an unhealthy degree. And one more thing, I actually checked to see if any of the game were at least on the Japanese PS Plus Premium service, and from what I can tell, only Toro To MorMori, or TORO! Let's Party is on it sadly, and considering it's called by its Japanese name it's also not the Hong Kong English version.

I NEEDDD a new game for this cute little guy i have a new obsession with him

i think you forgot to mention that the jp version of toro lets party had a ps3 mainichi issho trial version built in to the game, not in the xmb disc 2 extras section

Here i am watching Toro Inoue documentary on a saturday night because i wanted to find a game that scrathes the itch that the unavailability of MH Diary has left in me, apparently permanently

"Say, Heihachi, do you like to do apple?"

TORO I LOVE YOU

Toro has had a bit of cross promotion with the "Ape Escape" series as well. Most particularly in the Japan exclusive title "Ape Escape Millions Monkeys" from 2006, in which Toro and his friends made cameo appearances. (I watched footage from a Japanese video I saw here on KZfaq weeks ago. But since I can't find that particular video, here's a cutscene from "Million Monkeys" instead in the link below.) kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qLyHrdyGsM6sYmg.html

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l wish that someone would do a video of all the outfits and style choices for Nyavatars.

0:53 о, да это же моя любимая передача: собачья шаверма из Питера 😁!

I’m watching this with my toro plushie 10/10

Ah yes, Master chef the iconic Xbox video game series where you fight to defend yourself from Gordon Ramsay and his onslaught of kitchen utensils.

Damn bruh why do you sound like the easter egg hunter 😭 good vid tho

Thanks now I love playstation

Ola meu amigo! Por que você não faz mais videos do Wow?

yeeee boiiiiii i nead the ps2 holiday game

I played some of the mobile puzzle game that got an English release not too many years back (2019...2020?) to my huge surprise. The translation was absolutely horrible, and it never got even 10% of the updates that the Japanese version did. I think it shut down like a year after its launch. Possibly even less. I wouldn't be surprised if the vast majority of it is now lost media outside of limited screenshots on devices including mine, it had SO few downloads over here.

The second i went into the roblox market place it was all toro 😨 I went here and i see the hype but all i see is toro in the market place,no fnaf or y2k just TORO

is it possible to get emulators for any of these games on PC? like the newer PS2 ones?

Hi everyone!

That Toro guy needs to get a job

hey I have a question, when you were playing the ps2 games, what kind of ps3 were you using? and is it a region specific ps3?

Where can you buy the ps2 games? Is there a way to import them?

Me who didnt forgot toro:

Is that mean what toro is not available to play anymore...?:(

Why does Toro the cat have a bunny tail lol

Repost this silly cat when they least expect it

Yo does anyone here know how to get into the toro friend dungeon discord?

Amazing Toro history video! Would love to see a brand new game and a PlayStation All-Stars 2 with Toro back as well! 🤍

i will give playstation my crt for a ps5 uk + us game

Is Toro still popular in Japan? I barely see anyone talking about him

you should change the title from "complete history" since its missing so much

Hey dodgy did the discord go down?

Really random but i think Toro Inoue was in this like 2014 E3 digital showcase they did where Toro hosted the event and would talk about the games. I could be wrong but it's like burned into my brain and it sucks sucks i can't find anything about it online except for trailers of the event :[

jesus i thought u was dead

Forgot????

Cat

Lol Edit: First

Toro NEVER had the chance to shine.. when his own CURSED company has been cancelling him nonstop! no wonder very few know who this cat is! first time i ever saw him? "playstation allstars battle royale ps3" i had no idea who he was. or why he can change outfits very easily. honestly .. companies have no right to remove these games! don't care who the hell has the "trash rights" you trashed the IP, now it's public domain! game over! not only for sony, but for all gaming companies! people are getting copies and aren't paying money?! TOUGH LUCK! now who IS the TRASH! the "game" or the TRASH WHO TRASHED IT!