Yeah, I don’t really think anyone was SERIOUSLY expecting BB to make it this year; I am pleasantly surprised to see two airdashers/arc sys games in though.
Well, okay, I think Xrd was a shoe in (and will probably get very good turnout unless people discover it has awful balance or something…which actually is entirely possible, but I digress) but P4A2 was a bit of a surprise for me.
I was actually expecting 2 Airdashers to be in this year. And since BBCP’s Top 8 was just so hype last year, I figured BB would have an edge over Persona for sure. So, it wasn’t there being 2 Airdashers that surprised me, it was Persona getting in over BB that did. Some people were surprised UNIEL didn’t get in, but I figured since it was a download only game with no physical copy available (that I’m aware of), that it might not get a shot for that. Of course…then I remembered it wouldn’t be the only game like that if it got in, lol.
And I think Persona being included over BB was like a last minute switch brought about by the announcement that a large Japanese contingent would be coming to EVO if the game was in the lineup. I think if that wasn’t made, then BBCP would be in again.
That’s good. Though, I’m going to assume that doesn’t equate to something dumb like “any characters you didn’t buy in CP Vanilla you have to buy in Extend”, because I never got around to buying Kokonoe.