>>719783208
You want a real answer? Furries are going mainstream, and these are just people trying to get in on the ground floor.
The reason there are so many goat characters is that they're really versatile, and not oversaturated like foxes, wolves, cats and deer.
You can make a goat cute, cool, elegant, scary, silly or just about anything you want.
>>719784028
It's not just a similar style. It started out as an MLP fighting game that got hit wit a Cease and Desist by Hasbro. Then they got Lauren Faust on board to design the replacement characters.