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[SapphiCine]

Is the lady a new protagonist or just waifu bait?

 

[cj_iwakura]

Is the lady a new protagonist or just waifu bait?

I think you know the answer.

 

[PensivePen]

Nice. Bought the original Strange Journey for DS earlier this year but have yet to play it beyond the first hour or two. Now I can pick this up and not play it instead.

 

[Requeim]

Maybe this is blasphemy, but the new art looks good. It being decently faithful to the Kaneko art is good enough for me, especially after the liberties they're taking with that Radiant Historia remake.

I also don't think it's that bad. I prefer the Kaneko art, but I don't think the characters in SJ were among his best work anyway. The new character and demon both look great though.

 

[hans_castorp]

Can't wait to revisit this (Trigger Warning)

Please come to the west.

 

[Hylian7]

I think you know the answer.

I don't understand a lick of Japanese, but I think (SMTIV, SJ, SMT1, and probably others spoiler)

Spoiler

this is perhaps a Yuriko/Louisa Ferre/Hikaru situation: Looks like waifu bait, really is a demon with some ulterior motive.

Also, I wonder if those anime scenes will be used in-game and not just in trailers.

 

[snow in jamaica]

Is the lady a new protagonist or just waifu bait?

ass shot in key art

 

[semiconscious]

get rid of the final boss' unblockable ohko attack, & i'm in! ...

 

[cj_iwakura]

I don't understand a lick of Japanese, but I think (SMTIV, SJ, SMT1, and probably others spoiler)

Spoiler

this is perhaps a Yuriko/Louisa Ferre/Hikaru situation: Looks like waifu bait, really is a demon with some ulterior motive.

Also, I wonder if those anime scenes will be used in-game and not just in trailers.

Bet cash money it's just an opening. Could be wrong, though.

An SJ anime would be interesting. Probably terrible, but interesting.

Took some screens.
MOST DEEP DEVIL EXPERIENCE

Asura getting bodied.

GENERIC RAGE

 

[Tyrant Rave]

Eradinus Defense Force

 

[gngf123]

On one hand, Strange Journey is my all time favorite SMT.

On the other hand, the new artwork basically looks like Kaneko's art was put through one of those shitty scaling filters. Looks awful.

 

[FRS1987]

Can't wait to revisit this (Trigger Warning)

Please come to the west.

Ah.. good times.

 

[Requeim]

Can't wait to revisit this (Trigger Warning)

Please come to the west.

I unironically love the teleport section. Best sector.

 

[Sammy Samusu]

Never finished SJ but the game is amazing. This enhanced port will be the push I need to go through this game. Can't wait!

And lol another 3DS game.

 

[Shizuka]

Can we all agree now that half of Atlus' output on the 3DS were just DS ports?

 

[Dragon1893]

Man, just hearing the music puts me on alert lol, you couldn't let your guard down in this game.
Good memories.
Art aside, I'm pretty hyped for this.

 

[krossj]

thought it was a new strange journey when i read the title.. will have to see more of it but strange journey was great as it was not sure it needed anything changed.

 

[cj_iwakura]

Ah.. good times.

Exclusive first look at the rebalanced version.

 

[redcrayon]

Can't wait to revisit this (Trigger Warning)

Please come to the west.

These sections always look worse than they are, as long as you always take a route you haven't taken before where possible, you'll find the end soon enough.

 

[Spieler Eins]

"We want another Strange Journey"

The waifu art might be just okay if it actually was a new game. But then again, who knows what a new Atlus story looks like, please don't remind me of SMT4:A.

 

[perorist]

Can't wait to revisit this (Trigger Warning)

Please come to the west.

I was planning to pick this up since I never finished the original but just changed my mind. This was the worst teleport maze ever conceived.

 

[cj_iwakura]

I was planning to pick this up since I never finished the original but just changed my mind. This was the worst teleport maze ever conceived.

Wizardry PS3's Red Shadow of the Sister DLC has worse ones.

 

[Shizuka]

Is this the 3DS SMT title they announced earlier this year? Is this it?

 

[Dragon1893]

Can we all agree now that half of Atlus' output on the 3DS were just DS ports?

It's literally a fact so I'm not sure what there is to agree on.

 

[spiritfox]

Exclusive first look at the rebalanced version.

I would like some sort of notation system for this remake. It'll certainly make Eridanus easier.

 

[Tyrant Rave]

Is this the 3DS SMT title they announced earlier this year? Is this it?

Yeah this is the 3DS game for the 25th anniversary

 

[E_Darkness]

Exclusive first look at the rebalanced version.

Rows E and F and columns 6 and 7 are DLC?

 

[cj_iwakura]

Honestly looking forward to Lucy's VA.

From what I can tell, Mastema and Bugaboo look the same.

Mastema has a key role in the story, so he better.

 

[Shizuka]

Yeah this is the 3DS game for the 25th anniversary

Unimpressed and underwhelmed.

 

[Zweizer]

Is this the 3DS SMT title they announced earlier this year? Is this it?

Yup.

Rows E and F and columns 6 and 7 are DLC?

Gotta make that dough.

 

[jbueno]

My favorite Megaten after Nocturne? Awesome. Hopefully they add some extra music too

 

[Bladenic]

Damn, two straight DS ports with basically nothing new except uglier art. This plus RS port.

Amazing.

Edit: meant this for the Altus slate thread but it's basically the same thing and fits here anyway.

 

[Orniletter]

Can we all agree now that half of Atlus' output on the 3DS were just DS ports?

Just like how half of Atlus' Vita output is a PS2 port, yeah.

 

[cj_iwakura]

Damn, two straight DS ports with basically nothing new except uglier art.

Amazing.

 

[SapphiCine]

I think you know the answer.

 

[Shizuka]

Just like how half of Atlus' Vita output is a PS2 port, yeah.

Which goes to show how they're offering scraps on portables and have missed a lot of good opportunities.

 

[SlaughterX]

Hmmm, I never got far in SJ... do I want to double dip. Probably not for retail, unless there are cool bonuses, which I am sure there will be.

 

[E_Darkness]

Just like how half of Atlus' Vita output is a PS2 port, yeah.

If only that was true.

Where's my Noturne and Digital Devil Saga?

 

[cj_iwakura]

If only that was true.

Where's my Noturne and Digital Devil Saga?

The Vita would die trying. The PS3 couldn't even handle them, lol.

 

[Shizuka]

The Vita would die trying. The PS3 couldn't even handle them, lol.

If they put enough effort, of course it would. Have you played Odin Sphere Leifthrasir?

 

[CertifiedFP]

Cool, might just pick this one up when it comes west. Wasn't exactly big into the DS, and wasn't an SMT fan back then when it came out anyway. Couldn't really be arsed to hunt down a copy of SJ when everything else has a digital release in some form.

Wizardry PS3's Red Shadow of the Sister DLC has worse ones.

DON'T call any of those post-Sir Tech abominations "Wizardry".

Posts like that, THAT is why we have Trigger Warnings, good sir.

 

[cj_iwakura]

If they put enough effort, of course it would. Have you played Odin Sphere Leifthrasir?

Nope. Don't plan to, either.

DON'T call any of those post-Sir Tech abominations "Wizardry".

Posts like that, THAT is why we have Trigger Warnings, good sir.

I'm not a fan of Sir Tech Wizardry. How's that for blasphemy?

 

[Error]

He was just a consultant and had the story idea, he hasn't done new art since SJ.



I'd be a little insulted if my art kept getting redrawn, but that's just me.

Happened already with Persona 2. Soejima did the in-game character art based on Kaneko's style. Don't think he cared then, don't think he cares now.

 

[cireza]

This has been an Atlus trend since the very beginning of 3DS, so before Sega was involved.

I personally think that the jump from DS to 3DS is the reason creativity and risks have been reduced this way.

 

[mrmickfran]

Can't wait to revisit this (Trigger Warning)

Please come to the west.

Bruh wtf

 

[Principate]

Can't wait to revisit this (Trigger Warning)

Please come to the west.

Reminds me of soul hackers final level

 

[Thud]

Bruh wtf

It does have 4 terminals tho.

 

[cj_iwakura]

Reminds me of soul hackers final level

Not even close. SH is a cakewalk compared to that nightmare.

SH was a pain in the neck in the original, though, since it had like one save at the bottom of the second to last dungeon.

 

[TheChaos0]

Can't wait to revisit this (Trigger Warning)

Please come to the west.

Awesome music on that map though!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWOSBA_M_Cg

 

[Sumio Mondo]

As happy as I am that a lot of new folks will get to play this great game, I'm a tad disappointed that this is the title they're putting out to celebrate the 25th anniversary.

Same. Was hoping for something more exciting than just an enhanced port. Wonder who the character artist is, doesn't look like Doi's work to me.