I can understand. I have no time to play fighting anymore but I really like Garou so I was thinking to buy the game.
But already fictional guest characters are not my thing but real life personality that doesn't fit at all the universe is a big immersion breaking deal for me (And immersion is a big part of my love for videogames).
I'll for sure never play this character, but I might face it online and this is annoying for me.
I might still take the game (because it's Garou 2 and I love the first one) but much later on a second hand market or big price decrease.
But I really don't want to support or encourage a thing I don't like in videogame.
I definitely wasn't expecting a soccer player in a fighting game. Honestly, I don't really care for the idea of guest characters in fighting games because most of them imo seem like quick cash grabs and can even be immersion breaking, but this is REALLY weird and random especially in something like the Fatal Fury universe. With these fighting games and their obligatory guest characters, you don't even know what to expect anymore.
It's weird. I also had Shaq Fu on SNES. SNK made some awesome soccer games. I guess it makes sense. I wonder if he'll play the game or toss it in the dumpster. Actually, I wonder how much they paid him for his likeness.