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Persona Community Thread |OT5| Pull up a chair! [NO PQ OR P4U SPOILERS!]
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Yeah, Steven Seagal said so.
It's hard to say which of your designs I like most, but this is definitely up there. The only thing that bothers me is that Polydeuces has the robotic right arm, while the shadow has the robotic left. I don't know if that was intentional, kind of like a orthodox/southpaw boxing dichotomy or not, though.
Holy crap, it's really been that long!
The character you've all been waiting fur; Teddie, the manliest of all men. Despite his a-bear-ance, you shouldn't underestimate him! Though you probably shouldn't overestimate him either, he can be beary unpredictable with the golf cub. Still, you can't help but crack a smile seeing him make paw for the course.
Did I make enough bear puns?
Little miss killjoy, Naoto is next.
I think this might be my favorite design for this series yet. I have to wonder, though; why not the other Teddie?
Lord Scrambles
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Speaking of non-existent characters, would you guys be down for Soejima redesigns of the P1-2 cast in "modern persona time" (i.e. P2: IS would be grown-ups, P2:EP/P1 would be MEGA GROWN-UPS,) or do you think the only person that should touch those designs is Kaneko?
And by Soejima redesigns I'm not talking about P4A redesigns, I mean actual normal-people-clothes redesigns.
Green Mamba
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Thanks for the comments again guys.
It was kind of an accident, I made the robot arm the left because I think Akihiko favors his left. I honestly didn't put much more thought into it than that.
I don't know about P1-2 characters, but I would love to see Soejima design some actually serious redesigns of the P3 cast instead of the caricaturized superheroes we get in Arena.
Super cool!
You know, reading your commentary makes me appreciate the drawing even more.
Holy crap, it's really been that long!
The character you've all been waiting fur; Teddie, the manliest of all men. Despite his a-bear-ance, you shouldn't underestimate him! Though you probably shouldn't overestimate him either, he can be beary unpredictable with the golf cub. Still, you can't help but crack a smile seeing him make paw for the course.
Did I make enough bear puns?
Little miss killjoy, Naoto is next.
Nice work, you really picked the perfect design for him.
I'd be fine with it, but I would definitely want them to favor their P2 designs instead of being completely reinvented. Despite being heavily '90s-based, most of them would work in the modern age with just a few tweaks, like Maki.
Lord Scrambles
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Oh absolutely, this up there in my wishlist for Ultimax, that we get like an epilogue or something where Mitsuru, Akihiko, etc. are wearing new, stylish, Soejima designed outfits, Fuuka's outfit is amazing, and I'd really want to see what Soejima can do with the others.
I really doubt it'll happen though :'(
buddha0991
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but they wouldn't look or dress the same way 12 years later
SloaneRisette
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Maybe they should
Lord Scrambles
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Vox Chaotica
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So does famous death-metal rock star Eikichi...
I would totally play a Persona x Metalocalypse game. Atlus pls. ;__;
EDIT:
It's going to be
you're P1/P2 waifu. :V
I don't mean they have to wear the exact same outfit as they did in the past, but it would be nice if their designs were natural progressions of how they were portrayed in P2, instead of being as huge of a jump some of them had between P1 and P2. Most of them seemed to have settled into an identity for themselves.
The characters new to P2 could be more up in the air.
So does famous death-metal rock star Eikichi...
According to Persona 3, Eikichi takes over the sushi shop
Words cannot describe how disappointed I was when I read that
Eikichi was always visual-kei, though. He would need to become a proper vampire.So does famous death-metal rock star Eikichi...
Well, so much for that. ;_;
Lord Scrambles
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"So's what's your's saying's is that you kill's your's f-*guitar noise* up thoughts? That's the most metal thing's I've ever heard's."
Dammit, I never caught that...at least the art of sushi is the most brütal of the culinary arts.
Red The Hunter
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The bigger question is Maya stilling wearing this after all these years....
Pls Yu Narukami is so American. I said so in my head.
Also I kinda feel like there's an apt comparison between Persona and Gundam to be made, in that P2's protagonist is this interesting guy whose fans never shut up about him, Persona 3 is a "darker, more serious" game with a protagonist who had a rough past (but whose female counterpart is the true champion), and Persona 4 is about a goofy guy who can get fuckin' real when creepy older women's underlings try to mess with his little sister.
Hopefully Persona 5 skips CCA, Unicorn and F91 and turns out like Crossbone.
SloaneRisette
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The bigger question is Maya stilling wearing this after all these years....
Nah she passed it on to her daughter
Lord Scrambles
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Joey Thundergod?
Which Gundam protagonists/anime are you referring to?
Tatsuya is Amuro, Makoto is Kamille, and Yu is Judau. Because Judau has the whole imouto thing and the whole "I will save you" thing. Kamille has all the social problems plus Zeta/P3 spoilers ahooooy!
Both of them do not have happy endings during their runs.
Fred is Koji Kabuto because I don't know.
If two posts is enough to set something off it deserves to be set off, I say.
Fair enough, but don't say I didn't warn you.
Lord Scrambles
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I am beat, but I gotta make sure that I'm awake for that stream :/
What time EDT will is it going to come up?
What time EDT will is it going to come up?
hipsterpants
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So I mentioned this in my P4 retrospective thing but nobody commented on it, so I was wondering did anyone else (Major P4 spoilers)
feel like Adachi got totally shafted? He's a fucking awesome villain but then ends up not only being ridiculously easy but gets replaced by some Necron wannabe. At least both boss themes are awesome.
Lord Scrambles
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I always felt like Ameno-Sagiri was an extension of the Adachi bossfight, since he takes over his body and all.
I didn't really think that boss looked anything like Necron. I mean, it was a psychedelic beholder type, and Necron is more of a corpsey caskety dude with a cape and no hair.
But I'm not too upset by what happens since Persona 1 laid the groundwork for that when
Nyarlothep possessed Kandori.
Nyarlothep is mentioned, and by mentioned I mean the box says "Nyarlothep's voice" and that is it. Nobody comments on that after the fight at all.
Adachi will always be the primary antagonist of Persona 4 for me. Izanami doesn't even register for; an afterthought, much like how Necron was for FFIX. At least her design was good.
Lord Scrambles
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I get that he's a thing in P2, but that's not the point. Taking P1 as a standalone, it's random and weird to do that kind of thing.
BLACK AMERICAN PSYCHO
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The bigger question is Maya stilling wearing this after all these years....
I hope not.
What?? I hope they recton that
hipsterpants
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I was more referring to
how he appears pretty much out of nowhere with no foreshadowing. The game doesn't even really imply that there's a being behind everything either.
Whenever a villain appears and then has to tell you "I am actually behind everything" you know they done goofed with their storytelling.
Perfect Cha0s
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I sort of agree, yeah. I get that they wanted to work that angle in there, that there's a bigger power involved, but it seemed so sudden and starkly contrasted with the rest of the rather rooted story. Of course, jumping into TV worlds, with shadows, personas, etc, isn't exactly rooted, but the game seems to set its story boundaries early on, and sticks to them all the way up to that point where it then goes
"OH YEAH, THERE ARE SOME JAPANESE GODS WHO ARE BEHIND ALL THIS. IT'S CRAZY BRO. Adachi? Oh, he's just a fuckin' loon."
The Mass Effect 3 ending was similar in that regard. It was like the story broke its own rules.
They actually do imply it, fairly early on. Not in a big, flashy way, but
When Shadow Teddie appears they point it out.
Lord Scrambles
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I guess that back then, they didn't want the games to stand alone as much as they do now. :/
This is quite apparent in Eternal Punishment, when P1 characters make blatant cameos
hipsterpants
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Oh yea, I remember now how
there's a few moments where it's implied there's "another power" or something like that.
I don't know things go in golden with Marie and all that, but they should have replaced Ameno-Sagiri (I think that's the name) with a 2nd phase vs Adachi and then just Izanami as the true final boss.
I did feel like a large chunk of the ending after the Adachi battle was a huge info dump explaining pretty much everything about the TV world and Izanami's motives. Took me a while after to wrap my head around it.
Also god damn Mist and The Almighty are some righteous tracks. I wish the rest of the game's music had been this good.
Well I mean, it's one thing for characters from an old game to turn up in a new game. It's quite another for the villain of a game that hasn't been made yet to travel back into the past to cameo in a game in which he is not a character, element of the plot, or in any way really significant to the narrative.
Absolutely. "The Genesis" in particular is just so underwhelming compared to those two.
"The Genesis" would have been way better if they figured out how to sync the music properly to the events on screen. Getting the orchestral 'Reach Out to the Truth' on like...
the prelude to summoning Izanagi no Okami or something, or at least getting close to finishing off Izanami would have been a lot better than how it wound up working out.
Unpopular opinion time! I don't think any Persona game I've played so far (or SMT4, for that matter) has had a good final boss theme. Maybe FF just spoiled me in that regard. Kinda like I think Avidya World is a piece of shit because it goes on forever but there isn't any good music to jam to. Just annoying sound. Final dungeons ought to have jammin' tunes.
I personally liked both of Persona 3's. When I first heard
Burn My Dread -Last Battle-
What can I say? Not a big fan of any of them. I mean, I think 3 and 4's are okay, but I'll take my extreme, battle to the death and fires of suzaku.
Now, battle themes, on the other hand, Persona is solid the whole way through.
Except P2. P2 is passable because the rest of the series has spoiled me and I expect a JPOP lady to be rockin' out while I do battle.
Now, battle themes, on the other hand, Persona is solid the whole way through.
Except P2. P2 is passable because the rest of the series has spoiled me and I expect a JPOP lady to be rockin' out while I do battle.
RedGraveXIII
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So I finally beat Bioshock Infinite...my mind is full of fuck.
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