These new characters include those in the upcoming television show and also from the game. However, they ARE NOT playable characters. There’s Old Tucker, who is a happy go lucky farmer, and Hayward, the hopeless farmhand. If you want to see all the characters in their cartoon glory then you can see them on the Sega blog.
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No offense, but if this is a North American ONLY release then it means it’s crap lol.
What do you mean? The games will come out everywhere.