TL;DR I think the new character (named “Mystic Hippo”) will be reveal to be the Mimic. It also seems we’re playing as a Fazbear employee.

Ok so on a blog on the playstation website, we get quite a bit of information regarding Help Wanted 2 and the story of the game. Mentions of a Foxy-themed log ride, people getting their limbs removed, and a new character named “Mystic Hippo”.

Mystic Hippo seems to be exclusive to VR, and acts as a guide to the player.

This new character kind of reminds me of Tiger Rock, a character from Tales From The Pizzaplex. Tiger Rock is a character in a VR display showing the future of the pizzaplex, and acts as a guide to our main character in the story. Does this sound familiar?

Both Mystic Hippo and Tiger Rock acts as a guide to the main character in both Help Wanted 2 and the story “Tiger Rock”. The thing about Tiger Rock specifically is that he is the result of the mimic1 program being released into the pizzaplex via the Storyteller, meaning Mystic Hippo could also be made from the mimic1 program.