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[Reveirg]

So there's no SMT anymore in the title right?

 

[Sou Da]

"Worse than dead, forgotten", they said.

 

[cj_iwakura]

Here's the SMT part. There's an apocalypse.

If there's more of this, and they tone back the anime, it could be really good, but that's not a trailer that gives me hope, unless it's one giant bait-and-switch.

 

[Dedication Through Light]

Game looks so happy, though definitely buying it and a Wii U. Character designer is pretty amazing. Best.

 

[jerry1594]

i want to kill myself

Here's the SMT part. There's an apocalypse.

Lmao

 

[JDSN]

So, can some of you flatus nerd start digesting this into something I understand? The trailer gave me migraine but the parts with the city looked interesting.

 

[Zekes!]

Looks pretty cool. I wonder what the battle system is like. Looks like they change in to Fire Emblem(esque) characters?

 

[Einbroch]

While it doesn't look bad (or good, there was little information)... that's not what I expected.

 

[freeofgreed]

I feel like I'm insane for thinking this doesn't look much like persona at all, given all the Persona comments.

Am I insane?

The only persona connection I'm getting is that there's high school kids. Other than that the character designs don't look like Persona at all. The music doesn't have a Persona feel. The Battle system didn't look very Persona like...and there's pretty aggressive in-your-face fanservice on top of all that...

I love Persona and I don't get Persona from this at all.

Yeah I don't get the Persona comments either, it looks nothing like it. Is it because they're high school students? Oh wait, that would be just like every other SMT game....

 

[careksims]

Totally enjoyed this trailer. Day 1 for me. If this and Persona 5 both come out next year... that's gonna be a good year. *crosses fingers for both coming here this year*

 

[FluxWaveZ]

Here's the SMT part. There's an apocalypse.

See, that's what I mean. We barely get that from the trailer. How does the apocalypse fit into the world that we're seeing?

This thing looks anime as hell right now, though.

 

[blankempathy]

It's a life sim with RPG elements, probably waifus as well.

It doesn't have Persona's thematic art-style, but hopefully it makes up for that by not having atrocious dungeon crawling.

So fire emblem then? Talk to your companions, marry one and have kids?

 

[ghibli99]

The tears are delicious.

This game looks wonderful

Agreed. I don't even like anime anymore, but I wish I could play this today. That song is great!

 

[javac]

*nods* Will buy.

 

[Mental Atrophy]

Thought I missed the trailer. Apparently I just zoned out because I thought it was a dating sim.

 

[Dad]

We've gone too anime. We have to go back.

 

[Oxn]

I have no idea what i just watched

 

[Megidolaon]

Looks nothing like SMT, Persona, OR Fire Emblem. Except for maybe the new one. Argh these animu designs are killing me I swear. This and FE If...I hate all of this idol shit, too. Someone hug me.

 

[Puruzi]

If I didn't care about smash bros and I didn't have a Wii U, this would be my system seller. Day 1.

 

[Labadal]

I knew that the FE and SMT mix would be crazy, but I'm not sure this is good or bad crazy. It's still the most likely game that will make me buy a Wii U.

 

[Shaanyboi]

I'm in.

 

[pirata]

This...was definitely not what I was expecting (although, I was expecting that it had been killed off by now).

I'm...not feeling the art-style, and this is coming from someone who is a huge Persona fan (P5 has been my most-anticipated game since 2009). It's kind of hard to say what on earth this game actually is based on just the video they released, other than it's probably borrowing liberally from Persona's school life/battle dichotomy. I'm looking forward to learning more about it, unless they dive too hard into the fan service abyss, which is always a danger with any sort of media coming from Japan these days. Gotta appeal to those creepy-ass otaku...

 

[studyguy]

Alright, it's time for me to get off GAF if this is the general tone today.

But the hyperboles my man!

 

[Jupiter_Shrooms]

I'm in the like it camp. Not as an FE title or an SMT title, but as its own unique thing

 

[KuwabaraTheMan]

This isn't what I expected from this game at all, but the trailer was a lot of fun. I'm really excited for this.

 

[Cleve]

There's a whole lot of people reading more than they should in to a cinematic trailer with 0 gameplay.

My body is ready.

 

[RPGCrazied]

Winter 2015 huh? So 2016 for everyone else? Yeah, don't know about that. I still want more info on the story and stuff. For some reason this is screaming Persona, but that is not a bad thing.

 

[kadotsu]

I love the tears of the grimdark brigade. They nourish me.

 

[zeopower6]

The Persona comments really are confusing to me. It's like people see high school students and just respond "IT'S PERSONA!!!"

It's so much more than that. It's not like anyone sees 109 and thinks "OMG TWEWY" :|

 

[Randomizer]

What was that? Ugh, really hating the art style and setting of this. Barely resembles either series, what is the battle system even like? Looks like an arena setting? My assumption was Fire Emblem battle system with SMT elements like demon fusion. I will keep an open mind but hard not to be a little disappointed.

 

[Stereogatari]

Based on some of the reactions in here you'd think some crummy B tier studio was developing this.

It's still going to be a good game even if it isn't the brooding SMT you wanted.

 

[DoubledOgre]

Didn't like anything I saw there besides the fire emblem styled models. Didn't see anything that looked like mainline SMT, seems like they tried to take the persona game type with none of the style at all.

Just removed anything unique about the franchises and made it look like some generic budget anime jrpg. Obviously it's just our first look at it, but it made a horrible first impression.

 

[Cream]

OH MY GOOOOOOD.

I need it so bad

 

[Dresden]

Looks like garbage.

 

[Neku89]

I liked what I saw! Mildly excited.

 

[Fbh]

This has to be the most dissapointed I've been with a Nintendo announcement in quite some time. I've been waiting to hear more about this game on every nintendo direct ever since they first mentioned.

But it looks nothing like what I expected. I can't hardly see any elements of Fire Emblem and it just looks like Persona with lower production values and more Jpop singing and idols in stupid costumes.


I mean, I know the first "teaser" they showed was some last minute video they probably made in like 10 minutes. But they use concept art from SMT2 and Nocture and SMT IV.

Should have promoted it with this:

To not get my hopes up

 

[ohlawd]

Alright, it's time for me to get off GAF if this is the general tone today.

yeah it's pretty bad right now. just gonna hang around in my CanadaDeals, Shallie and Story of Seasons threads.

 

[bon]

Wait did people actually want some awkward crossover with Fire Emblem characters hanging out with SMT characters? I'm happy it looks like a legit RPG that stands on its own while taking from both franchises, instead of some dumb Cross Edge type mashup.

 

[batbeg]

Doesn't look like what I expected but it does look awesome so you will hear no complaints from me.

 

[Stilton Disco]

This looks equally nothing like what I expected and totally fucking amazing.

Basically Persona U with FE stuff mixed in.

Fuck. Yes.

 

[hipsterpants]

Literally so anime that it loops around from disgust to interest. Looking forward to getting more information.

 

[PBalfredo]

Saw Tiki appear in the trailer, but couldn't recognize any other character. Either in person or being referenced by those FFXIII Shiva-cycle Fire Emblem personas.

 

[mullet2000]

OH MY GOOOOOOD.

I need it so bad

 

[zeopower6]

We've seen less than 2 minutes of the game and barely know what's actually going on with the setting. I personally don't want to jump to conclusions, but you can decide that you've seen enough to.

Do you think that all of the idol stuff and fanservice is just a red herring?

To me, this basically looks like Omega Quintet but with more boys, at least visually.

 

[Mauricio_Magus]

I'm more of a SMT fan than Persona, but I'll take it.

 

[Nimby]

Someone wake me up when a real Megaten is on a console again

 

[Shouta]

The Persona comments really are confusing to me. It's like people see high school students and just respond "IT'S PERSONA!!!"

That's actually the one element that, if they got rid of, would probably make it feel less like Persona than anything. None of the other stuff is like Persona at all aside from involving school.

 

[Nibel]

I liked it; even though I have no clue what's going on with all the underwear/bikini stuff. But some of the monster designs looked great and the world with the stylized people looks cool. Will keep an eye on this.

 

[Merc_]

See, that's what I mean. We barely get that from the trailer. How does the apocalypse fit into the world that we're seeing?

This thing looks anime as hell right now, though.

Imagine that. Two anime game series looking and acting awfully anime.

 

[FluxWaveZ]

Do you think that all of the idol stuff and fanservice is just a red herring?

No, but it also doesn't mean that that's the whole game.