Sony eyes world record for 'Toro Station' newscast
by Xav de Matos 
{ Jul 31st 2009 at 11:59PM }
Toro Station stars two cats who humorously deliver news and recommendations to viewers while appearing extremely adorable in the process. Having been available since the day of the PS3 launch in Japan, the content has seen more than 700,000 downloads across the PS3 and PSP, according to Sony. Fake cats and world records? Oh Japan, we love you.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Vivitas @ Aug 1st 2009 12:40AM
Cats and World Records? Bitchin'. =D I wonder how this'll go over. Well, I hope.
Vivitas @ Aug 1st 2009 12:42AM
Cats and World Records? What else is new? >_>;;;
Varius @ Aug 1st 2009 1:48AM
I really wish they would translate this for the US audience, I would watch it all the time
CBrownUK @ Aug 1st 2009 1:57AM
Will they ever consider releasing it outside of Japan ?
Josh @ Aug 1st 2009 2:50AM
I would love it.
Surfaced @ Aug 1st 2009 8:46AM
That would be so awesome. I tried Mainichi Issho out for the trophies, but demoed some of the other features and I can see myself playing it every day, if only for the daily news.
Having said that, the chances of this ever coming statetside are zero. What would they give us? Localized Japanese news? Now I must say I'd LOVE having the same thing they get but translated in English, but we all know that won't happen. And I don't give enough of a shit to see these cats tell me about Western stuff I can just read about from my RSS feeds.
Kattleox @ Aug 1st 2009 2:54AM
The best free thing you will ever download. This game is hilarious and always has features before anything else. In game messaging, in game XMB, custom soundtracks and even trophies were all here first. Everyone should have Mainichi Issyo not just because its funny and makes an awesome TV background at parties, but to taste the bleeding edge of PS3 firmware.
Wiizer (MW2 Sweatshop Entrepreneur) @ Aug 1st 2009 9:57AM
Yeah, it's the best! It gives out more free stuff than Home, and it's also way more informative!
Solace (Only on PSN) @ Aug 1st 2009 4:51AM
That cat looks like its just jizzed.. i mean whats with the weird mouth and blushing
mark @ Aug 1st 2009 2:12PM
ok, that's a stretch.
bub @ Aug 1st 2009 6:09AM
download it from the jap store. go on 2 ur english account and play 2 get the jap trophies :D
ryohazuki @ Aug 1st 2009 10:14AM
You cant do this anymore. Not long after trophies came out for the game, Sony deactivated the ability to gain the trophies from an non-Japanese account. Trust me, I was pissed when it happened, because I was playing with it for days to get just the third trophy, and when I was damn sure I would have got it, i didnt get the trophy, then i found out why.
Oh well. the games is still fun to mess around with. You can even go to Toro's backyard and decorate i with a racetrack and drive around little RC cars... even invite people to play against!
God i wish this would come to the US! it never will tho.
pn3b0y @ Aug 1st 2009 12:48PM
i managed to get them all last month on my propper account ( uk account)
Roto13 @ Aug 1st 2009 1:06PM
A friend of mine has two Japanese games in their trophy profile.
Martin Greenberg @ Aug 1st 2009 7:11AM
DIGITAL PUPPET NEWS TEAM!
Surfaced @ Aug 1st 2009 8:50AM
That would be so awesome. I tried Mainichi Issho out for the trophies, but demoed some of the other features and I can see myself playing it every day, if only for the daily news.
Having said that, the chances of this ever coming statetside are zero. What would they give us? Localized Japanese news? Now I must say I'd LOVE having the same thing they get but translated in English, but we all know that won't happen. And I don't give enough of a shit to see these cats tell me about Western stuff I can just read about from my RSS feeds.
Lil_Mermaid_Girl @ Aug 1st 2009 10:00AM
I'm surprised Sony bothers to get it added since most people don't know what it is because sony refuses to let it release anywhere else besides japan. Sure you can download it if you know how but 99% of people can't read it. I still don't see why sony won't release it somewhere else. I don't think sony would lose that much trying it in other regions, and if it doesn't take off just cancel it and quit updating in other regions. But at least try sony, you never know it mught attract those some casual people that like the style of Miis and stuff.
Tez @ Aug 1st 2009 7:34PM
Yeah, why does anybody bother not doing something in English? Nobody will notice.
txpbfreak @ Aug 1st 2009 10:34AM
So they have released 1,000 episodes and only have 700,000 downloads? Is 700 viewers really something they should be proud of? Anywyas, how are newspapers going out of business but digital cat broadcasting is booming?
garnsr @ Aug 2nd 2009 12:49AM
I wish I'd gotten more of the trophies before they disabled them outside of Japan. It's a cool game/show, very amusing, full of interesting tidbits about Japanese things, for the most part. I don't know if an American equivalent would be quite the same, America isn't as quirky as Japan, in my opinion.
garnsr @ Aug 2nd 2009 1:54AM
It occurs to me that an English version of the Japanese one would do pretty well outside of Japan, too. I'd certainly watch a little show about Japanese culture every day, especially for trophies.
Chris @ Aug 2nd 2009 6:04AM
I guess SONY heard your complaints, because outside JPN trophy support has actually been reinstated for this game, so if you stopped playing it on your non JPN account thinking you couldn't get the rest of the trophies, fire it up again!
It's kind of a fun way to study Japanese, although more often than not most there are plenty of episodes that fly right over my head :P