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[JNA]

I hope they target a worldwide release. Persona has gotten big enough lately for that right?

I hope that or the very least, a Japan/NA release.

Sony better market this FF7 style. They got a big gold mine here.

 

[Steel]

I keep getting reasons to not get a PS4...

Now i have a big reason to get one, not expecting this on another platform ever.

It's on PS3, actually. And I would totally see this getting remade in the future with the way atlus does things.

 

[Angry Puppy]

please release sooooon

still need to get around to playing p4 golden

 

[Squire]

So is that Anne as in a western name? Pronounced like "an?" Because I'm unsure if Anne is also a japanese name.

Anne is as English as it gets. I'm taking that and the blonde hair and it up to her being mixed. She could be an outright foreigner (mother married to a Japanese man).

So long as she doesn't purposely adopt an accent like Lisa, we're good.

They're all rebels. I'm sure no fucks are given on that front.

 

[Tidus_Great]

Looks very good, like a more advanced looking Catherine.
I'm hoping for dungeons that aren't repetitive though.

 

[Tinfoilhatsron]

I don't think that is the case, though he does look like Catherine's MC.

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=150746375&postcount=2081



It's a first name, Anne that is (in Finland atleast).

Yeah I was joking, heh.
It would be crazy if the Persona world crossed over in the Catherine world lol. My guess is that P5 guy is like ryouji(I think) From persona 3 at the beginning.

 

[JNA]

It's on PS3, actually. And I would totally see this getting remade in the future with the way atlus does things.

It's also gonna release on the PS4.

 

[Xeteh]

She also appears to have a 4 leaf clover on the back of her collar during the trailer, so perhaps that points to some type of Irish heritage.

 

[Tevos]

I just had a thought: the helicopter at the beginning of the trailer reminded me of P3 and P4AU....

What if you're stealing from the Kirijo group

Spoiler

and the peeps watching you in P4A

?

 

[bananafactory]

Japanese put family name before primary name.

Japanese names have last name first.

No.

Anne is her first name. Takamaki is her family name. Japanese order of names and all that.

Nope. Japanese naming convention is reverse of Western, your family name is almost always first.

Edit: beaten like a man in a bear costume

Japan usually has family names before last names. They switch it to usual format in localization.

I didn't know we had so many experts on Japanese culture here

Thanks though, I learned something today.

 

[Philippo]

Protagonist doesn't have a fixed name?

So he's mute again? Dammit

 

[Steel]

It's also gonna release on the PS4.

... I know?

 

[ChronotriggerJM]

Persona's one of those interesting series in that I could care less what tech they're throwing at it lol, it's style over all when it comes to these tittles, and MAN is Persona 5 looking slick. This just shot to the top of my must buy category.

 

[Tinfoilhatsron]

She also appears to have a 4 leaf clover on the back of her collar during the trailer, so perhaps that points to some type of Irish heritage.

Could also mean death or the 4th deadly sin? Maybe its part of her back story. It turned different colors in the trailer though.

 

[eyeball_kid]

She also appears to have a 4 leaf clover on the back of her collar during the trailer, so perhaps that points to some type of Irish heritage.

Or she's been publicly branded as a Traitor to Leprechauns.

 

[Shouta]

I didn't know we had so many experts on Japanese culture here

Thanks though, I learned something today.

Fluent in Japanese, and I work in the localization industry. =p

Also, I just noticed but the Velvet Room attendants are twin girls, not twin boys as I thought initially. Interesting.

 

[Steel]

She also appears to have a 4 leaf clover on the back of her collar during the trailer, so perhaps that points to some type of Irish heritage.

Or 4chan. If she was Irish I doubt any anime media would give up the chance to make her a natural red head.

Fluent in Japanese, and I work in the localization industry. =p

Also, I just noticed but the Velvet Room attendants are twin girls, not twin boys as I thought initially. Interesting.

I bet one of them is a boy.

 

[JNA]

... I know?

Oh. It's just the way you worded it before I thought you were saying otherwise. XD

 

[Wanderer5]

Protagonist doesn't have a fixed name?

So he's mute again? Dammit

It Persona, course he going to be like that in the game.

 

[TheBaronOfNA]

My guess is that it will be literary characters, particularly thieves and rogues. Edmond Dantes, Jack the Ripper, Arsene Lupin, etc.

Circle of hell demons, the ones that represent the seven deadly sins.

 

[super-famicom]

Oh her name is Anne.

(Vestal is a professional translator, fwiw)

There was a discussion on her name earlier in the thread, it's either Ann/Anne or Anzu, since the kanji for her name, 杏, can be read as あんず(Anzu) or アン(An; Ann/Anne).

 

[Squire]

Based on some speculation from the trailer, the green eyes she sports in this game's version of the shadow realm could be indicative of envy. Maybe she is envious of native Japanese? Or even native Westerners?

Oh yes, this too.

Apparently everyones eyes so far when in costume match a color associated with one of the seven sins. Seven is the sweet spot for party members in a JRPG, so we probably haven't seen everyone yet.

 

[ActuallyHulk]

There was a discussion on her name earlier in the thread, it's either Ann/Anne or Anzu, since the kanji for her name, 杏, can be read as あんず(Anzu) or アン(An; Ann/Anne).

I will call her Annezu.

 

[Darth_Caedus]

So the persona for the main characters are going to represent the Seven Deadly Sins? When the cat transforms it says Luxuria Persona and Luxuria is Latin for lust. This should be interesting....

 

[brickarts295]

any wallpapers out there? I need this in my desktop!

 

[Steel]

Oh yes, this too.

Apparently everyones eyes so far when in costume match a color associated with one of the seven sins. Seven is the sweet spot for party members in a JRPG, so we probably haven't seen everyone yet.

The main character's eye's are still blackish gray in the battle scene though, which doesn't correspond to anything.

So the persona for the main characters are going to represent the Seven Deadly Sins? When the cat transforms it says Luxuria Persona and Luxuria is Latin for lust. This should be interesting....

I believe it also said Gredia below it half a second later though.

 

[Count of Monte Sawed-Off]

Anzu is a bird with a lion head.

 

[Flying Toaster]

So the persona for the main characters are going to represent the Seven Deadly Sins? When the cat transforms it says Luxuria Persona and Luxuria is Latin for lust. This should be interesting....

If this is the case... and there is a lot of speculation then yes it will be amazeballs.

 

[Shouta]

Or 4chan. If she was Irish I doubt any anime media would give up the chance to make her a natural red head.



I bet one of them is a boy.

The one on the left might be then. Long ponytail can be ambiguous so maybe a boy. The one on the right has twin buns, I believe. So girl, lol

 

[Tinfoilhatsron]

So the persona for the main characters are going to represent the Seven Deadly Sins? When the cat transforms it says Luxuria Persona and Luxuria is Latin for lust. This should be interesting....

Nice catch. Wonder who Greed will be. What is our MC? Wrath in my opinion.

 

[Philippo]

It Persona, course he going to be like that in the game.

I know, but after Catherine i hoped they move on with that.
I mean, now that the game seems to have proper and more detailed cutscenes, a mute protagonist will feel a bit jarring.

 

[Flying Toaster]

The one on the left might be then. Long ponytail can be ambiguous so maybe a boy. The one on the right has twin buns, I believe. So girl, lol

Very good point. Good call out.

 

[Caronte]

It reminds me a lot of P4 Golden. Not a good sign for me. I really hope it's more like P3.

 

[TheBaronOfNA]

Is fitting if it ends being Catholic/Christian temed, specially if it is about the seven sins as a form of subversion. Dead and doomed gods of greek phanteon in P3, apathic and forgotten Japanase deities in P4 and demons of excess (that used to be deities before) in P5.

 

[Flying Toaster]

It reminds me a lot of P4 Golden. Not a good sign for me. I really hope it's more like P3.

What did you not like about P4?

I mean P3 was a lot more mature character wise but are there specifics?

 

[JNA]

It reminds me a lot of P4 Golden. Not a good sign for me. I really hope it's more like P3.

How in the world did you get that impression? XD

And what didn't you like about P4?

 

[Juanfp]

Can't wait to play this game. Will be my first Persona game.

 

[eyeball_kid]

Also, I just noticed but the Velvet Room attendants are twin girls, not twin boys as I thought initially. Interesting.

I wonder if the twins are a reference to the Gemini astrological sign, which can represent opposites in moods. Which would tie in with what I think is a theme of P5, that of the hidden mental stress and anguish of people in modern society.

 

[Gasian]

Yup! I realistically expect it to release in 2016, in the west at least. And I'm ok with that.
Altough if they release it here in 2015 will be a great and pleasant surprise!

Same thing with FFXV. People think it is going to be this year but I honestly expect next year too. It honestly hard being mainly a JRPG gamer because these games get announced way to in advance imo. Especially is the case with 15. But most of the time it is worth it because it ends up being amazing

Spoiler

At least most of the time

 

[motorised mallard]

I bet one of them is a boy.

Not so sure on that anymore, right one has double buns, left one has long braid? (my knowledge regarding english words for hairstyles is quite limited). Doesn't really scream "boy" on either one but I'm not betting my life on it.

Maybe the twins are the "Nanako" of this game?

 

[Bamboo Boy]

So now the Velvet room is a cell and the two new assistants wear guards clothes, being you the thief...

 

[lewisgone]

That was a really cool trailer. I'll definitely be buying this day 1. Those are some of the most stylish menus I've ever seen.

 

[JNA]

So now the Velvet room is a cell and the two new assistants wear guards clothes, being you the thief...

And Igor is the Warden!

 

[artsi]

So I went to 2ch to see what they think about all this and... Somehow I ended up in my own post copied from NeoGAF to there.

Weird.

 

[Tinfoilhatsron]

My guess for release date is December 2015 for JP. Feburary 2016 for US. I really want to eat crow on this.

EU? What's that?

 

[Flying Toaster]

Can't wait to play this game. Will be my first Persona game.

Why wait?

Persona 4 Golden is waiting for you.

 

[CrazyDude]

Are we getting more information next week?

 

[Darth_Caedus]

Nice catch. Wonder who Greed will be. What is our MC? Wrath in my opinion.

I agree that the mc could be wrath because it would make sense with how he acts in masked form.

 

[De-mon]

any wallpapers out there? I need this in my desktop!

I did this a few hours ago. It's the main visual, minimal retouched.

 

[Philippo]

Blond guy has ZOMG written on his shirt, definitely the Junpei/Yosuke of the game.