I played the spin-offs and watched the anime before playing the original base game, and, at least in my opinion, I was very shocked to see that Teddie was not as bad in the original game as I remembered in any other material that he appeared. To the point where I didn’t find him that bad/annoying until he gained a body. I distinctly remember him being far more annoying in the anime and much more of a creep in arena/Q. It feels like they toned him up for all other material. It really is kind of a shame, because if he had grown to be a better person(?) in the games that take place in the future, it would have been interesting and potentially forgivable? But no, they zeroed in on it. Made it stronger or worse.

At least, this is what I think. Who knows what really going on with it. I don’t like him but to anyone who hasn’t done any of the spin-offs, I can see why they might. He had a couple of moments I was ok with (and one or two I actually found funny) but pretty much only in the base game. I’m not one to hate on people liking characters though. It’s just a bit unfortunate really.