{"id":49193,"date":"2025-06-18T16:32:14","date_gmt":"2025-06-18T07:32:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=49193"},"modified":"2025-06-18T16:35:08","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T07:35:08","slug":"deltarune-creator-toby-fox-didnt-expect-one-of-the-games-new-characters-to-be-as-well-liked-as-they-are","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/deltarune-creator-toby-fox-didnt-expect-one-of-the-games-new-characters-to-be-as-well-liked-as-they-are\/","title":{"rendered":"Deltarune creator Toby Fox didn\u2019t expect one of the game&#8217;s new characters to be so well-liked by fans"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In response to <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/toby-fox-namedrops-possible-new-deltarune-character-in-amusing-account-of-his-familys-reactions-to-chapter-3-and-4\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a string of Bluesky posts<\/a> he made in early 2025, <strong>Deltarune<\/strong> creator Toby Fox revealed his reservations regarding Deltarune Chapter 3\u2019s main antagonist, Mr. &#8220;Ant&#8221; Tenna. After learning that fans have warmed up to the character, Fox is glad he created him.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-bluesky-social wp-block-embed-bluesky-social\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"bluesky-embed\" data-bluesky-uri=\"at:\/\/did:plc:vshnclkqqguyg6xcz6q7g65k\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3lrrhype5gk22\" data-bluesky-cid=\"bafyreihfwz2noixeywxbzqcmsf5sybig7zgoztztibel7olx7wqofvuz3m\"><p lang=\"en\">Before the game came out, I thought people wouldn&#39;t really care about Tenna and simply dismiss him as a budget Spamton. I&#39;m glad everyone seems to like him just fine. I see those two as intentionally similar characters who mutually enhance each other. You know, like Spy vs. Spy.<\/p>&mdash; <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:vshnclkqqguyg6xcz6q7g65k?ref_src=embed\">tobyfox (@tobyfox.undertale.com)<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:vshnclkqqguyg6xcz6q7g65k\/post\/3lrrhype5gk22?ref_src=embed\">2025-06-17T02:44:21.403Z<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/embed.bsky.app\/static\/embed.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite being one of Deltarune\u2019s few 3D-rendered characters (thus making him immediately noticeable), Fox was worried that Tenna\u2019s personality was too much like the Chapter 2 character, <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/toby-fox-namedrops-possible-new-deltarune-character-in-amusing-account-of-his-familys-reactions-to-chapter-3-and-4\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Spamton<\/a>. Givenhow quickly players meet Tenna after encountering Spamton, as well as the two characters\u2019 energetic yet occasionally sinister personalities, his previous reservations regarding Tenna seem justified.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1252\" height=\"707\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1252px) 100vw, 1252px\" src=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/20250618-49193-001jpg.jpg\" alt=\"Deltarune Tennas\" class=\"wp-image-49198\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/20250618-49193-001jpg.jpg 1252w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/20250618-49193-001jpg-380x215.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/20250618-49193-001jpg-768x434.jpg 768w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Fox likens Tenna and Spamton to Antonio Proh\u00edas\u2019 Spy vs. Spy Mad magazine comic, in which two spies (one dressed in black and the other in white) routinely try to one-up each other using devious traps. In this manner, Fox says that the two Deltarune characters mutually enhance each other. <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/natalieexists.bsky.social\/post\/3lrssmpihuc2o\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">As one fan cleverly puts it<\/a>, Tenna is not a \u201cbudget Spamton\u201d in the sense of being a cheap copy, but in the sense that \u201che is Spamton if he had a budget.\u201d While Spamton is busy making ends meet as a shady salesman, Tenna is the titular host of the Mr. Ant Tenna&#8217;s TV Time game show. Regardless of their financial stability, it seems Fox is happy that both of his characters have found a home in the rapidly expanding Deltarune universe.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Deltarune Chapters 1-4 is now available for Nintendo Switch 1 and 2, PC (macOS and Windows), and PlayStation 4 and 5.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During the development of Deltarune Chapters 3 and 4, Toby Fox was worried one of the new characters would be met with a lukewarm response.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":49196,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[62,3],"tags":[18],"class_list":["post-49193","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-indie-games","category-news","tag-global-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Deltarune creator Toby Fox didn\u2019t expect one of the game&#039;s new characters to be so well-liked by fans - 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