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[Caronte]

Okay, I'm calmer now. Having a fifth go at the trailer, my hype has slowly grown from the zero it had gotten. There is basically one character, the female Pegasus Knight, that is very flamboyant and off-putting.

The main character character though looks very subdued and the apocalyptic wasteland in the end makes me hope the Neptunia-style tropes are not really played straight. Maybe like Midori was made so annoying to contrast with the other guys in Devil Survivor.

Maybe it IS like Devil Survivor, as it has high schoolers and some pretty awful character design, but its story is really dark and interesting.

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I'm illuded easily, I know

True fact: I stopped playing Devil Survivor because I couldn't stand Midori, so that doesn't give me any hope.

 

[Ray Down]

And the game can still be dark, just cause the trailer isn't, doesn't mean its not in the full game somewhere.

I agree, but for a reveal trailer after so long to show this....I understand why people are off put by it.

 

[Chie Satonaka]

Rewatched the trailer.

Still looks fun.

Hopefully they'll show us more at E3.

 

[FluxWaveZ]

Wait, looking at that official website's blog post, I think my assumption was totally off base: the producer for this game is Shinjirou Takada, producer for the Devil Survivor team. Need to wait for a proper translation I guess, but does this mean that this isn't actually Team Maniax's project and that the DS team are the people involved with it?

 

[Rnr1224]

I am liking the music and the character art we have seen so far.

 

[FreedomFighter]

Looks super colorful and I didn't really expect it to look like this but I don't give no fuck and am gonna buy this shit Day 1.

It's gonna be awesome.

 

[Sevyne]

Not really enough to go by just yet, but OH BOY did they pick the wrong stuff to convince anybody that this is a SMT/FE cross-over. Showing that trailer and slapping "Bloodborne 2" on it would have be almost as convincing (aka, not at all).

That said, I don't dislike what I saw? I think? Really not sure, but these are devs that usually don't let me down so I'm game.

 

[Big One]

They are clearly not showing every theme/aspect of the game and the city in ruins I think is clear sign of that.

http://www.webmshare.com/play/xa4PX

Would be cool if the battle/school is the a fantasy world and the real world is the ruined city.

Yeah I noticed that too. HOpefully the ruined cities can bring more of a SMT vibe.

 

[Teknoman]

The original teaser and the working title used in release schedules ever since?

What I mean is that plans for the original might have changed, much like how Metal Gear Rising turned into MGR Revengeance.

 

[OmegaSmash]

Where's my post apocalyptic Tokyo? Where are my demons? Where's my tactical combat? WHERE'S DEMI FIEND AND ALEPH IN HD?

 

[Hero of Legend]

I'm trying to figure this out.

Is this like a new IP but featuring cameos by FE characters? Or is this a FE game made in the style of SMT and Persona?

Doesn't Mara appear in the Japanese trailer? So that's a SMT cameo?

The copyright info here:

Makes it seem like a new IP if it specifies FE characters but not SMT characters. It's like Hyrule Warriors should've said "The Legend of Zelda characters : (C) Nintendo" and such.

 

[kuroneko0509]

Where's my post apocalyptic Tokyo? Where are my demons? Where's my tactical combat? WHERE'S DEMI FIEND AND ALEPH IN HD?

 

[zeopower6]

Exactly. Are we 100% sure this new trailer isn't for some completely different product?

The title is what told people "This is SMTxFE".

 

[SweetTeddie]

I don't know how they got J-pop out of SMTXFE. The game could be cool, and I'll always welcome more Japanese console games. Overall the trailer didn't really do much for me though, and I'm a Persona fan. Is the SMT team really the ones developing this?

 

[Teknoman]

Exactly. Are we 100% sure this new trailer isn't for some completely different product?

This is what I'm saying.

 

[random25]

Wait, looking at that official website's blog post, I think my assumption was totally off base: the producer for this game is Shinjirou Takada, producer for the Devil Survivor team. Need to wait for a proper translation I guess, but does this mean that this isn't actually Team Maniax's project and that the DS team are the people involved with it?

If this is true, then all the more better. DS series is one of my favorite SMT spin-offs.

 

[TruSpindash]

Not what I expected at all, but definitely liked what I saw regardless. Just happy the project isn't dead. Looking forward to finally learning some more.

 

[DNAbro]

I'm trying to figure this out.

Is this like a new IP but featuring cameos by FE characters? Or is this a FE game made in the style of SMT and Persona?

Doesn't Mara appear in the Japanese trailer? So that's a SMT cameo?

The copyright info here:

Makes it seem like a new IP if it specifies FE characters but not SMT characters. It's like Hyrule Warriors should've said "The Legend of Zelda characters : (C) Nintendo" and such.

closer to the first.

 

[Blooddimond]

Exactly. Are we 100% sure this new trailer isn't for some completely different product?

They said in the NA Nintendo Direct this is Shin Megami Tensei x Fire Emblem. It is.

 

[Blackquill]

 

[AwShucks]

This is something I wasn't interested in before. Minus the fan service, I am now interested. Not sold, but will at least pay attention to it. Would like a bit more darker elements, but I'm guessing that'll come later? Or hoping.

 

[Razmos]

As someone who has never played a game from either series, this game looks fantastic.

 

[cLOUDo]

I was expecting a fire emblem game not a persona game
Still looks amazing

 

[Ezalc]

Is that Sigurd? Why does Tyrfing look like some crappy rapier?

 

[cj_iwakura]

Where's my post apocalyptic Tokyo? Where are my demons? Where's my tactical combat? WHERE'S DEMI FIEND AND ALEPH IN HD?

Right here!

(Based eirikrgs.)

Hahahahaha.

 

[chadboban]

http://www.nintendo.co.jp/wiiu/asej/blog/index.html

Has this page been translated yet? Wonder what it says.

 

[Thoraxes]

I realize the new Fire Emblem seems more like a Shin Megami Tensei game than this with the "Law/Chaos" duality thing going on.

And the black white logo motif of SMT IV lol

 

[dr.rocktopus]

Completely unexpected it was gonna turn out like this. I'd still buy it though, Atlus owns me.

 

[Ray Down]

Damn lol .

 

[Toxi]

I'm liking the sci-fi FE lord outfit.

You can tell it's sci-fi because it has more lines on it.

 

[Orniletter]

I think this looks pretty great.

 

[bobbychalkers]

Just rewatched the segment from the NA Direct Trinen describes it as
"a truly modern RPG where everyday life exists alongside a secret world of fantasy including characters from the Fire Emblem series."

sign me up, really my only complaint about this is that I don't get an SMT vibe from it at all and outside of the game's website, I don't even get a Persona vibe from it. I'm guessing gameplay systems like spell names and alignments could show up.

 

[mp1990]

I'm late for the thread,but still: man, i need this game on my veins RIGHT NOW. Persona 3 is my favorite game ever,and i really liked FE Awakening

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even that i didn't finished it tho

, so i couldn't be more hyped for this !

EVERYONE ABOARD THE HYPE TRAIN !

 

[Rainy]

Kinda want to see a full translation of that blog post

 

[Eolz]

Disappointed by many by the tone of this trailer despite the "true SMT" teaser at the end.
Hoping we'll get some twist leaving the highschool cute atmosphere behind relatively early in the game.
On the other hand, it loosk great!

 

[-Horizon-]

...so it got better? :3

 

[RecursiveFault]

For many people, including me, this is not the case. I don't know what FE has gotten up to on handheld since i've been away, but this is nothing like tonally what i loved about the franchise. And it definitely doesn't look like SMT coming off of 3(Nocturne) and 4 especially.

It doesn't look like DDS, it doesn't look like Raigo, it doesn't even look like Persona, its like if P5 was handed over to NIS pre production and they just changed it into this weird thing

I'd say it fits FE:A (only FE I played, because of the SMT4 promotional), but I can see this game escalating to become more SMT influenced as it goes on.

I can tell a lot of people has expectations this would live up to the SMT atmosphere and aesthetic or even characters, I'd have preferred that, but it feels more like an ATLUSxIS cooperative effort than SMTxFE, so I can see it.

Anyway, we've seen a bit too little for me to draw conclusions. I'm glad it still exists.

 

[chadboban]

Any word on who's doing the music?

 

[randomkid]

Awful Google Translate gooooooooooooo




This is almost decipherable gibberish! I think they're saying that the more Fire Emblem style elements aren't obvious now, but they'll reveal them later?

This is the Google Translate part I'm much more interested in.

Nice to meet you, or was revised. This is the Atlas of producer Shinji Takada wax.

Recently, we are responsible for the Devil Survivor series, but this time, it became a thing where I am forced to worked on producing the "illusion Ibunroku #FE (Sharp F e)". 2 years from the initial distribution. I've kept you waiting long, I think PV was available have a look?

It makes it seem like this game was made by Devil Survivor staff, which makes much more sense given the aesthetics and Ibunroku name they've now further dragged through the mud haha.

 

[Jonneh3003]

It wasn't what I was expecting but this is the sort of game the Wii U is lacking, i'm all for it

 

[Hero of Legend]

closer to the first.

So it is a new IP?

Also, what does it say in the Staff page on the JP website?

 

[Kusagari]

Actually thinking about it…

The art style and fan service is reminding me of Devil Survivor even more than Persona.

 

[diaspora]

...so it got better? :3

Went from interesting to nuke it from orbit.

 

[Sandfox]

Calling it, that's supposed to be Marth and Roy on the sides.

I also think the main girl at the end of the trailer is meant to be Shiida.

This game basically looks like an RPG where decendants or reincarnations of FE characters are fighting in a modern SMT like world.

 

[catmario]

Perfect picture. lol
But I'm very satisfied on #FE.

 

[Hibiki Kurosawa]

It's weird that Fire Emblem If looks more like what we expected from SMTxFE.

Especially with the CG demons from the first trailer, and the SMTIV-ish black and white screens from the latest trailer.

Haha I noticed that too.

 

[FluxWaveZ]

It makes it seem like this game was made by Devil Survivor staff, which makes much more sense given the aesthetics and Ibunroku name they've now further dragged through the mud haha.

That's a bit harsh... but yeah, I might have been wrong in thinking this is what Team Maniax is working on, and there is something that makes a bit more sense if the Devil Survivor team were the ones heading this.

I ignored them when I listed P Studio and the Etrian Odyssey because I couldn't envision them working on what was previously known as "SMTxFE"... Wonder what Team Maniax is doing, then.

 

[Jhoan]

From an artistic point of view, I'm not too thrilled about the fan service art direction e.g. the tired girl wearing a skirt that reveals her thong and battle panties/boob armor since that stuff makes me cringe. However, from a game play perspective, it looks great so I'm willing to overlook the fan service stuff; the demons look fantastic. I'm looking forward to more news over the coming months so color me excited.

 

[Fbh]

Wow, this perfectly represents how I feel about the game

 

[zeopower6]

...so it got better? :3

Shiina would not be pleased.