There has been a bit of rumor-esque discussion going around this here Internet the last couple days concerning playable characters in “Sparking! NEO”. Well, one of the best things you can do is tear apart the files on the game disc and see what is on there. Something to keep in mind, however, is that there are two parts… graphical and audio.

As I have done with these games lately, I compiled a list of character names that the announcer speaks aloud in the “[insert name here] versus [insert name here]” fashion. These names can be found in both Japanese and English variants in the JP version’s files. Most were as-expected, and the complete list can be viewed in our “Video Game Guide”. There is a little more to this story, however. Each language has two sets of character announcements. In the secondary set of announcements for each language, we have one additional name that has not previously appeared: “Ginga Senshi / Galaxy Soldier”.

Interesting. Keep in mind that unless they say the character’s name aloud, you cannot play as them. They may be in the game in some type of story-mode capacity, but that is about it.