Mobile Suit Gooch
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Persona Community Thread |OT7| P5 is nyaow. (Mark all PQ and P4U spoilers!)
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Wanna bet?
Placing bets on September for Japan, November for US AND EU. Okay not betting, don't like risks.
Unless I've shifted to an alternate dimension unknowingly, Persona 5 isn't coming out in Japan before October... so you should totally make this bet.
I only make safe bets.
So... Persona 5. That's cool and all but...
...but what?
Maybe it just so happens you're one of the ten cool people interested in a rhythm spinoff...
Maybe you can't seem to keep track of the seemingly mountain-sized list of DLC...
Maybe you really want to know what 18% of the track list belongs to Narukami...
Well, you could wade through the PSC videos or you could just take a look at these convenient lists: Google Docs Link
Disclaimer: accessories are basically marked as "base game" until proven otherwise and thus highly subject to change.
Edit: props to CrimsonFist for the DLC and song sections.
...but what?
Maybe it just so happens you're one of the ten cool people interested in a rhythm spinoff...
Maybe you can't seem to keep track of the seemingly mountain-sized list of DLC...
Maybe you really want to know what 18% of the track list belongs to Narukami...
this isn't a joke
Well, you could wade through the PSC videos or you could just take a look at these convenient lists: Google Docs Link
Disclaimer: accessories are basically marked as "base game" until proven otherwise and thus highly subject to change.
Edit: props to CrimsonFist for the DLC and song sections.
Mobile Suit Gooch
Grundle: The Awakening
I need my Marie DLC too.
Reanimatoin
Member
Oh, you are going to LOVE what I have in store for you! But I have work first.
Enjoy your avatar for the approx 6 hours you have remaining.
MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
JoseOle5990
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ShadowSoldier89
Member
this game is making me sad...
Red The Hunter
Member
I'd wait til the game is out to be the judge of that, we really don't know how much content there really is
Reanimatoin
Member
OK, so what are the predictions for E3 then?
We already know that DAN will be there, but what presence will P5 have?
Translated version of the trailer? A new trailer? Character reveal?
What do you think?
We already know that DAN will be there, but what presence will P5 have?
Translated version of the trailer? A new trailer? Character reveal?
What do you think?
Well, it won't be anything new, that's for sure.
I'm putting one symbolic cent on the translated trailer. I'm not expecting anything new, but a translation seems an easy thing to do, and a good way to introduce the game to the part of the international audience that doesn't follow Japanese gaming news.
If they translate the menu screens in the trailer, that would at least give us the official reading for 杏.
If they translate the menu screens in the trailer, that would at least give us the official reading for 杏.
The entire debate surrounding Takamaki's first name is pretty weird if you ask me. The name will most likely be Anzu (maybe An) as that's how you would normally read that kanji in a name.
I'm half convinced she's biracial. Ryuuji already fills the role of the bleach blonde delinquent, and it's not like Persona hasn't had white playable characters before, and it would be visually redundant to have two blonde characters.
Making Anne/Anzu biracial or Caucasian would be a great way to examine a lot of the ingrained racism in Japanese society.
cj_iwakura
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There's more betting going on here than at Pachinko Silver.
Because when you have low expectations, you aren't expecting the game you really want to see to show up. How can you not be disappointed when your most anticipated game won't be showing up.
Aka you are already disappointed from the get go
My thoughts exactlly. It makes way more sense than a redundant trailer the entire world has already seen from close to 5 months ago
Well, maybe not? They still haven't uploaded it to their english channel. You have to check out their Japanese one.
I'm pretty sure we actually know almost exactly how much content there is.
We also have an idea of how much has been cut out to be sold as DLC, and it is staggering.
It's incredible how many bad decisions they're making. Super weird.
KenjiGlove
Banned
Because it will show up one day. I don't care if it happens tommorow, next week or maybe even in a few months. P5 being at E3 won't change the release date of the actual game.
Its presence at E3 matters to me because I care about P5 beyond just actually being able to play the game, or even getting more info about it. It's nice to see a series I care about make it big time, and the fact that it's on the badge is already pretty cool.
I think there's a very real difference between being "pessimistic" and "realistic," though. A whole lot of people who have been extremely pessimistic about things concerning P5 recently, thinking they're being "realistic" about things, have actually been the opposite.
KenjiGlove
Banned
I guess it all depends in how invested someone is in the franchise.
Personally I try to look up all the latest news but I don't care enough to really hype myself up for potential announcements.
There are still people who give the impression that they think it's going to be delayed into oblivion in the US. >.>;
Though those people might have shut up a little bit now that they know it's going to be at E3 for sure.
Until I hear otherwise, I'm maintaining that it'll get released this year.
thats the right mind set!
I mean, it was first announced in late 2013, officially revealed a year later when we were expecting it to have been released in Winter 2014, then a few months after that we get a gameplay trailer and complete silence until now.
It's easy to see why people are so skeptic. I'm guessing the Sega buyout and creating a PS4 version are why it's been pushed back.
Side note: I think I grinded too much. I'm just about to fight the killer and I'm level 87 and carrying Helel, Beelzebub, Shiva, Asura, Trumpeter, Sandalphon and Yoshitsune.
It's easy to see why people are so skeptic. I'm guessing the Sega buyout and creating a PS4 version are why it's been pushed back.
Side note: I think I grinded too much. I'm just about to fight the killer and I'm level 87 and carrying Helel, Beelzebub, Shiva, Asura, Trumpeter, Sandalphon and Yoshitsune.
Silver Arrows
Banned
Persona 5 ranked number 2 on Gametrailers Top 10 Most Anticipated game of E3 2015, right behind the rebooted Doom
We're in the big leagues now.
We're in the big leagues now.
That's precisely what it comes down to, if by "presence at E3" they meant new media and not rehashed. Heh, we'll see...
Silver Arrows
Banned
Agreed. Atlus needs to step up and use the massive audience E3 provides. There's no point in basically fucking over Atlus USA and giving them the table scraps nearly 5 months later.
this has essentially been my position re: persona 5 @ e3 since the beginning.
sony's in a bad place for this holiday release window and need as many exclusives as they can get-- and to let people know about them.
persona 5 is a playstation exclusive that, supposedly, is coming out this holiday in NA.
if sony were to, say, offer to help market persona 5 both domestically and abroad, or make any other sort of business deal that's in sony and atlus' mutual best interests, in exchange for persona 5 presence at e3, atlus japan would probably be listening. money talks.
this isn't to say that it's like a 100% guaranteed chance or anything, far from it. but people who act like it's a 0% chance because atlus (japan) doesn't give a shit about america-- well, sony does, and they've got the ability, if they so choose, to make things happen.
Silver Arrows
Banned
This is my position as well. Now that UC4 is delayed to 2016, Sony needs some exclusives to balance out multi-plat games they've gotten exclusive rights for. What better way to lure the JRPG crowd then with the hottest JRPG in years?
it would be kinda similar to how sony did the marketing for a small game called ff 7 back then.
Silver Arrows
Banned
Exactly. P5 could be the PS4's FF7 if the cards are parlayed right. And lets be honest, the people who are saying that Atlus JPN doesn't care about America are only saying that because they want to downplay the impact that Persona has had, and are trying to take the hipster "nobody cares about this little series" approach.
orthodoxy1095
Banned
The look of P5 just oozes the kind of "cool" style that I enjoy from late to mid 90s anime and Japanese games. Maybe that's just me. But if others see it that way, that style could attract plenty of new fans and lots of old fans who became disenchanted with the genre.
I see Persona 5 as much less appealing to the mainstream (in the West at least) than even something like P4 or Catherine. They've really doubled down on, like you say, a classic anime look.
I think Catherine was a really good step towards expanding their fanbase, but I feel like Persona 5 is two steps back.
I'm sure Japan will go crackers for it though, which I guess is what they aim for.
North America is heavily anticipating it, as well.
I think that depends on the crowd, though I don't live there, so I couldn't say for sure.
The same applies for Japan. Just like over there, game press anticipation for the game is extremely high in NA. Then there's the factor of sales, where we know 50% of the entirety of Persona series sales come from outside of Japan.
I'm curious why you would consider Persona 5 more "anime" than 4 or Catherine. When I think "classic anime" I think DBZ, Cowboy Bebop, Ghost in the Shell, which all had mainstream success in America.
A Dead Diehard
Member
Doesn't really say much when there's far more people outside Japan.
Still, hoping to be impressed by what we see.
It says that Western interest for the Persona series now matches Japanese interest for the series, which is actually plenty. Not to mention the fact that, because there are more people outside of Japan like you mention, there is more room for series growth and recognition in North America.
A Dead Diehard
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Yeah, there's plenty of untapped potential in the overseas markets.
Though now I wonder if the JP devs will eventually start making games specifically made to appeal to westerners...
You know, based purely on other countries having a larger market share.
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