I don't think random characters like Star Wars would work very well. 'Cause a couple weeks ago I bought Telltale Texas Hold'em to try to hold me over until this comes out, and it was -- I'm sorry -- lame. The dialogue was boring and uninspired, and the poker was definitely not enough to hold my interest (it didn't help that the AI was utterly terrible). The characters had personality, they just rarely had anything interesting to say.
Poker Night will undoubtedly be much better, and the characters are why. It helps that all four of them are insane, albeit in different ways, and all four already have a well deserved reputation for being funny. Hence, I think any sequels to Poker Night would require a cast with similar dynamics. I mean, I might think it'd be neat to play cards with Sonic, Tails, Sally, and Bunnie from Sonic SatAM, but after a couple rounds I'd realize they didn't have anything actually funny to say and get bored.
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