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It's likely An or Annu in Japanese which would be Anne romanized. It's not that uncommon for naturalized foreigners to take a Japanese version of their name.

In Persona 2: IS, Lisa can also be pronounced Risa which is a JP a name.

Anyway, a friend of mine on twitter was analyzing the video and noticed a bunch of Catholic symbolism in it that hints at the theme, setting, and content for the game. I noticed this too this morning but I was too tired to formulate a coherent thought on it.

Check out his twitter posts about it https://twitter.com/logichole

But the gist of it is that the theme for this one is "Sin" with each member symbolizing one aspect of the Seven Deadly Sins. Their eyes when they enter the equivalent to Tartarus/Mayonaka TV changes colors, each one representing sin. There are a bunch other elements too but you can check out his twitter for a more detailed analysis.

Very interesting theory. If he is right there would be three more characters yet to be revealed, to match all the seven sins.
 
As much as I want to hype P5, we should remember that we're in a lull with 15. When the demo gets released, barring it being terrible, I expdct quite w positive reaction.

Agreed.

FFXV needs to feel alive. Hype could get bigger once there are gameplay impressions of demo and Japanese release.

Persona 5 doesn't have gameplay impressions or a release date, but fans can easily trust Atlus for delivering the game in a timely manner after its proper reveal. At least I haven't experienced them taking 8 years on one game after it was shown...
 
Also it seems the characters are handling the mascot with the right amount of care. None. Blonde guy is just throwing that cat around.
If you're going to have a mascot, make use!
It's likely An or Annu in Japanese which would be Anne romanized. It's not that uncommon for naturalized foreigners to take a Japanese version of their name.

In Persona 2: IS, Lisa can also be pronounced Risa which is a JP a name.

Anyway, a friend of mine on twitter was analyzing the video and noticed a bunch of Catholic symbolism in it that hints at the theme, setting, and content for the game. I noticed this too this morning but I was too tired to formulate a coherent thought on it.

Check out his twitter posts about it https://twitter.com/logichole

But the gist of it is that the theme for this one is "Sin" with each member symbolizing one aspect of the Seven Deadly Sins. Their eyes when they enter the equivalent to Tartarus/Mayonaka TV changes colors, each one representing sin. There are a bunch other elements too but you can check out his twitter for a more detailed analysis.
A friend of mine speculated the same thing this morning. Good to see someone else thinking the same thing.
 
art direction looks hnnnggggg, lol at the 2 identical models almost side by side at the end of the gif.

That's why I find this studio superbly talented, their games aren't groundbreaking tech-wise. but the art direction of their games is so good that it more than makes up for it.

And Persona games ever since 3 had awesome UI designs, it's nothing new :P

There are actual 3 people with identical models at the end of the GIF.
Maybe it's a statement on Japanese salarymen, lol.
 
I've put them together in one gorgeous gif.

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Perfection. I am drooling over in game menus lool
 
Very interesting theory. If he is right there would be three more characters yet to be revealed, to match all the seven sins.

If you're going to have a mascot, make use!

A friend of mine speculated the same thing this morning. Good to see someone else thinking the same thing.

Yeah, it's fairly noticeable. The criminal element helps this too.

My only complaint would be that this setup is ridiculously close to the Seven Deadly Sins manga by Suzuki Nakaba which is very popular right now. Even the first 3 sins are in the initial cast is the same, lol
 
Their first HD game was Catherine, but this is their first big RPG in HD.

I'm with you on the XV thing though. Maybe I'm just too old.

Psht. It's not that you're too old lol. What a horrible excuse. You're only what... a year younger than me? I'm excited for all these games. Persona 5, FFXV, Xenoblade Chronicles X... I say keep it up, keep localizing and bring on more! Can't wait for more reveals and announcements!
 
It's likely An or Annu in Japanese which would be Anne romanized. It's not that uncommon for naturalized foreigners to take a Japanese version of their name.

In Persona 2: IS, Lisa can also be pronounced Risa which is a JP a name.

Anyway, a friend of mine on twitter was analyzing the video and noticed a bunch of Catholic symbolism in it that hints at the theme, setting, and content for the game. I noticed this too this morning but I was too tired to formulate a coherent thought on it.

Check out his twitter posts about it https://twitter.com/logichole

But the gist of it is that the theme for this one is "Sin" with each member symbolizing one aspect of the Seven Deadly Sins. Their eyes when they enter the equivalent to Tartarus/Mayonaka TV changes colors, each one representing sin. There are a bunch other elements too but you can check out his twitter for a more detailed analysis.

Interesting....people did point out that the part where the cat starts running, the names of the seven sins are displayed.

MC having red eyes and symbolising wrath makes sense right now. The others not so much.
 
Woowwwwwwwwwwwwwwww. I wish it wasn't another high school setting, but this game looks fantastic.

A few thoughts (that might have been addressed, didn't read 60+ pages yet):

- Looks like the Catherine game engine?
- Aesthetically it reminds me of 1960's concept art, especially that subway scene...the color palette, and the way people seem to be sort of painted sketches
- The menu/graphic design is so so good
- Action sequences? Is this their answer to FF15? I'm down.
- Looks like no more shadow blobs, we actually get to see what enemies we fight before we fight them!
- The main menu had "Cooperation" and "Mission" items, hmmmmm! Is Cooperation a new multiplayer element? Are missions selectable instead of story-driven?
- So guns are the MC's weapon?
- Thematically I get the impression that P5 will be about the drudgery and alienation of society causing anxiety and mental issues. Hence the depiction of salarymen, or the sequence where the train operator is freaking out
- Is that cafe the one from Catherine?? Looks similar!

The hype. The hype!
 
I want...no need this game so bad woooo. Things have been a littlw shitty for me recently and this cheered me the fuck up.

wooooo.

I expected and perhaps even wanted Super Persona 4....I didn't care if they fixed the dungeons and whatnot...i just wanted more. Atlus said ay yo fuck dat.. look at all this cool shit.

Expectations shattered. That is rare in today's industry in which even good announcements often come with some bad news.

But this?

Atlus you glorious bastards
 
Okay my fiance just made a bunch of P5 avatars, told me to post them here:

Code:
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/mNo4N1D.png[/IMG]

[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/dKqxl2H.png[/IMG]

[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/oo2ZjVu.png[/IMG]

[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/8cNKMgM.png[/IMG]

[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/79f1Lql.png[/IMG]

[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/34GNLJx.png[/IMG]

[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/CFZ6ZME.png[/IMG]

[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/7AwvRkJ.png[/IMG]

EDIT: in case people ask, I actually asked for a ban (me and my fiance need some time and space away from here). Thanks for understanding.
 
Their first HD game was Catherine, but this is their first big RPG in HD.

I'm with you on the XV thing though. Maybe I'm just too old.

Kagari, that's biterness as a FF fan speaking. Don't get devoured by the darkness! Believe in the power friendship!
 
Okay my fiance Azula just made a bunch of P5 avatars, told me to post them here:

Code:
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/mNo4N1D.png[/IMG]

[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/dKqxl2H.png[/IMG]

[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/oo2ZjVu.png[/IMG]

[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/8cNKMgM.png[/IMG]

[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/79f1Lql.png[/IMG]

[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/34GNLJx.png[/IMG]

[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/CFZ6ZME.png[/IMG]

[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/7AwvRkJ.png[/IMG]

OH, MY GOD, THANK YOU (and thank him for us)!! <3
 
It's likely An or Annu in Japanese which would be Anne romanized. It's not that uncommon for naturalized foreigners to take a Japanese version of their name.

In Persona 2: IS, Lisa can also be pronounced Risa which is a JP a name.

Anyway, a friend of mine on twitter was analyzing the video and noticed a bunch of Catholic symbolism in it that hints at the theme, setting, and content for the game. I noticed this too this morning but I was too tired to formulate a coherent thought on it.

Check out his twitter posts about it https://twitter.com/logichole

But the gist of it is that the theme for this one is "Sin" with each member symbolizing one aspect of the Seven Deadly Sins. Their eyes when they enter the equivalent to Tartarus/Mayonaka TV changes colors, each one representing sin. There are a bunch other elements too but you can check out his twitter for a more detailed analysis.

Unless my memory is failing me didn't Persona 3 already tackle the 7 deadly sins with each of the shadows you fought during the full moons?
 
Yeah, it's fairly noticeable. The criminal element helps this too.

My only complaint would be that this setup is ridiculously close to the Seven Deadly Sins manga by Suzuki Nakaba which is very popular right now. Even the first 3 sins are in the initial cast is the same, lol
True. I guess that would possibly be more noticeable to the JPN audience. I personally totally forgot that manga existed :P
 
ehhh I mean in P4 we had:

-tomboy
-japanese housewife (atlus pls)
-cute idol
-androgynous girl

P3's girls were much less "fetishy"

Erm...P3's female character tropes were every bit as tropey.

Popular girl on a sports team with good grades
Rich girl on student council with all the connections (doubles as plot device girl because yay monies)
and idk what to call Fuuka. I barely remember anything about her. :x

You can call P4 girl's fetishy (what does that even mean) or w/e but P3 wasn't "better", just different.
 
Okay my fiance Azula just made a bunch of P5 avatars, told me to post them here:

Code:
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/mNo4N1D.png[/IMG]

[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/dKqxl2H.png[/IMG]

[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/oo2ZjVu.png[/IMG]

[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/8cNKMgM.png[/IMG]

[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/79f1Lql.png[/IMG]

[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/34GNLJx.png[/IMG]

[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/CFZ6ZME.png[/IMG]

[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/7AwvRkJ.png[/IMG]

79f1Lql.png

I can has?
 
I think those were examples of the the Tarot Arcana, just the Reversed interpretation of them...

Was that it? I very distinctly some depiction of lust in a hotel. Maybe it was arcana now that I think of it there were more than 7 its been quite a while since I played p3p. It would be interesting if they were going with more of a judeo-christian or catholic theme this time.
 
I want this in my veins!

I am really happy this is coming to the PS4, while I have my PS3 stil it will be much more convenient to play it on PS4.

I am intrigued by the "super hero/ masked hero" theme, I think it will play really well globally.

Does anyone know if there is a location where I could buy and get that song on my phone.

Even years later the P3 and P4 soundtracks find regular playtime on my music.
 
Woowwwwwwwwwwwwwwww. I wish it wasn't another high school setting, but this game looks fantastic.

A few thoughts (that might have been addressed, didn't read 60+ pages yet):

- Looks like the Catherine game engine? Nope
- The menu/graphic design is so so good Yup
- Action sequences? Is this their answer to FF15? I'm down. lolwut
- The main menu had "Cooperation" and "Mission" items, hmmmmm! Is Cooperation a new multiplayer element? Are missions selectable instead of story-driven? It's probably the new Japanese name for Social Links.
- So guns are the MC's weapon? They all use melee + gun
- Is that cafe the one from Catherine?? Looks similar! Nope

The hype. The hype!

That's basically what was commented here so far.
 
Unless my memory is failing me didn't Persona 3 already tackle the 7 deadly sins with each of the shadows you fought during the full moons?

Persona 3's moon bosses were based on the Arcana in the game.

True. I guess that would possibly be more noticeable to the JPN audience. I personally totally forgot that manga existed :P

It's hard to not notice it considering it has a popular anime, manga and has a big marketing blitz in general, lol.

Erm...P3's female character tropes were every bit as tropey.

Popular girl on a sports team with good grades
Rich girl on student council with all the connections (doubles as plot device girl because yay monies)
and idk what to call Fuuka. I barely remember anything about her. :x

You can call P4 girl's fetishy (what does that even mean) or w/e but P3 wasn't "better", just different.

They're pretty surface level tropes in P3 where it's more blaring that it's a trope in P4, IMO.
 
Okay my fiance Azula just made a bunch of P5 avatars, told me to post them here:

Code:
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/mNo4N1D.png[/IMG]

[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/dKqxl2H.png[/IMG]

[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/oo2ZjVu.png[/IMG]

[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/8cNKMgM.png[/IMG]

[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/79f1Lql.png[/IMG]

[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/34GNLJx.png[/IMG]

[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/CFZ6ZME.png[/IMG]

[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/7AwvRkJ.png[/IMG]
That last one of Anzu is so good. Your fiancé is a gentleman and a scholar.
Nice to see that Shibuya Underground Mall (&#28171;&#35895;&#22320;&#19979;&#34903;) is modeled accurately.

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And it's a real place? I really, reeeeeeally need to visit Tokyo at some point in my life.
 
god that trailer is so fukken cool. I'm not even that into Persona, I think it's always been a middling RPG series(the entire catalogue -- not just 3 and 4), but I'm super hyped for this game now. They've always been the best in the business at making shit look stylish I suppose!

Hope the game is as good as the trailer.
 
Okay my fiance Azula just made a bunch of P5 avatars, told me to post them here:

Code:
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/mNo4N1D.png[/IMG]

[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/dKqxl2H.png[/IMG]

[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/oo2ZjVu.png[/IMG]

[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/8cNKMgM.png[/IMG]

[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/79f1Lql.png[/IMG]

[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/34GNLJx.png[/IMG]

[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/CFZ6ZME.png[/IMG]

[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/7AwvRkJ.png[/IMG]

FUCK! I Shouldn't have made that bet :(

Anyway, these are some sexy avatars. Thank you and Azula for posting them!
 
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