CrimsonFist
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For Japan, no, but likely late summer. For NA, never really expected it that soon.
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Persona Community Thread |OT8| Coming Winter 2014
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For Japan, no, but likely late summer. For NA, never really expected it that soon.
MudoSkills
Volcano High Alumnus (Cum Laude)
Off topic but I just finished 999. It was really great, but I can't believe the last puzzle was
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a fucking sudoku
Theodoricos
Member
You might want to spoiler-tag that.
I feel like a (999 spoilers)
I feel like a (999 spoilers)
sudoku was perfect for a final puzzle in the Nonary Game. Nine numbers, nine squares, nine rows, nine columns.
MudoSkills
Volcano High Alumnus (Cum Laude)
Thought it was fine as it's not a plot point, but fair comment, especially as this is an unrelated thread.
I'm probably going to get into VLR tomorrow, just need to check out room 3 in 999 first, it's the only one I didn't get in any playthrough.
I'm probably going to get into VLR tomorrow, just need to check out room 3 in 999 first, it's the only one I didn't get in any playthrough.
cj_iwakura
Member
Buy a DS and 999. Don't do that to yourself. Hell, borrow one if you have to. That is NOT a game you watch.
A Dead Diehard
Member
Bought 999, gonna try to borrow a friends DS. Thanks for talking some sense into me.
cj_iwakura
Member
Anytime, enjoy.
Funyarinpa
Member
Welcome to one of the best series in all of gaming. Savor it.
You made a good choice. It's one of the best games on the DS.
So EightyFourX apparently made this discovery in regards to some Persona artwork. Basically, he claims that certain pieces of artwork have art assets that were reused in in some of the Ultimax artwork.
Of course, I immediately called him a fucking liar and went back to playing Fire Emblem: Fates, but it nagged at me, so I decided to hear him out.
Exhibit A
You're probably thinking, "what similarities? You really should really go back to playing Fire Emblem, dummy!" and you're absolutely right, but if you take a closer look...
Do you see it now? Pay close attention to the arrangement of her hair and ear. They're quite similar aren't they?! And you can even see it with her face as well! The Ultimax portrait (while seemingly different) largely uses the same base as the previous drawing. Just shifted in a few areas.
"But PK! you insist, what if Soejima is just really consistent!?" Trust me, nobody is that consistent. Even Soejima's drawings within the same time period aren't that consistent. There is a pretty blatant case of art reuse here.
Still don't believe me?
This is an image of both images superimposed.
Fuuka: *GASP*, the images...
But wait, there's more!
If you still after all this time don't believe me, the same exact thing happened with Margaret.
Exhibit B
Now the first drawing is clearly rougher than the second, but like before, pay close attention to her hair.
In this case, there's a bigger difference between these 2 images than before, but there's still a very apparent similarity. So in short:
Rise's versus portrait and Margaret's official art are noticeably similar to that of their respective P4 Anime DVD box artwork, but touched up in a few key areas.
NOW KEEP IN MIND, i'm not trying to call Soejima out or discredit him. There are many (he was rushed) reasons for why he (he was rushed) probably did this (he was clearly rushed), but it's still an intriguing find nonetheless!
But most of important of all, I need to get back to playing Fire Emblem.
Of course, I immediately called him a fucking liar and went back to playing Fire Emblem: Fates, but it nagged at me, so I decided to hear him out.
Exhibit A
You're probably thinking, "what similarities? You really should really go back to playing Fire Emblem, dummy!" and you're absolutely right, but if you take a closer look...
Do you see it now? Pay close attention to the arrangement of her hair and ear. They're quite similar aren't they?! And you can even see it with her face as well! The Ultimax portrait (while seemingly different) largely uses the same base as the previous drawing. Just shifted in a few areas.
"But PK! you insist, what if Soejima is just really consistent!?" Trust me, nobody is that consistent. Even Soejima's drawings within the same time period aren't that consistent. There is a pretty blatant case of art reuse here.
Still don't believe me?
This is an image of both images superimposed.
Fuuka: *GASP*, the images...
But wait, there's more!
If you still after all this time don't believe me, the same exact thing happened with Margaret.
Exhibit B
Now the first drawing is clearly rougher than the second, but like before, pay close attention to her hair.
In this case, there's a bigger difference between these 2 images than before, but there's still a very apparent similarity. So in short:
Rise's versus portrait and Margaret's official art are noticeably similar to that of their respective P4 Anime DVD box artwork, but touched up in a few key areas.
NOW KEEP IN MIND, i'm not trying to call Soejima out or discredit him. There are many (he was rushed) reasons for why he (he was rushed) probably did this (he was clearly rushed), but it's still an intriguing find nonetheless!
But most of important of all, I need to get back to playing Fire Emblem.
TL;DR: 84x probably needs help, asset reuse is a common thing and last but not least
A Dead Diehard
Member
Considering the story seems rushed, it shouldn't be that surprising other parts were as well.
Good! Then I can stop wondering what's taking DA2 so long!
Good! Then I can stop wondering what's taking DA2 so long!
Yeah less surprising and more interesting. Well, interesting if you're into this sort of thing I guess.
properpropaganda
Member
Finally was able to make this without messing it up! Too bad I couldn't not mess up applying it.
Soejima did this for Arena as well. Some of the portraits for Aigis, Mitsuru and Akihiko are modified from their P3P cut-ins.
Yeah but I feel those are a bit more obvious since the "next challenger" screen is mostly all reused AoA portraits when available.
Mediking
Member
Persona 5 is releasing in October 2016 for NA.
Persona 3 & Persona 4 HD Complete Edition will release in August.
That's what I'm calling that will be announced at E3.
Persona 3 and Persona 4 HD will ease people into the series who haven't played Persona before and will satisfy diehard fans.
Persona 3 & Persona 4 HD Complete Edition will release in August.
That's what I'm calling that will be announced at E3.
Persona 3 and Persona 4 HD will ease people into the series who haven't played Persona before and will satisfy diehard fans.
A Persona game announced at E3?
Martylepiaf
Member
Persona 5 will do that just fine
Psycho_Mantis
Banned
This needs to happen. These games are classics.
Mediking
Member
I don't want people buying Persona 5 blindly then getting mad when they find out it's not what they thought it was. "Ugghhhh... this is a game about waifus and other stuff I hate! I thought I bought a JRPG about stealing stuff!" I already bet the mainstream
clowns
Mediking
Member
The only problem with doing Persona 3 and Persona 4 HD is that since they are timeless classics... people will demand for a port for those games for literally every Playstation release. Lol "Playstation 5 is coming? Please port Persona 3 and Persona 4 HD as a launch release, Atlus!!!" Hahah
Reanimatoin
Member
I think the most you can hope for is a PS2>PS4 port, absolutely no chance of a HD remaster. And less than no chance of anything Atlus being announced at E3, they're a small(ish) japanese company, they couldnt care less about E3.
Modest Mauser
Member
PS3 had Persona 4 downloadable as a PS2 classic and that's about all I expect the PS4 to get.
An HD remake is made obsolete by Golden and Persona 3 has already been remade twice.
An HD remake is made obsolete by Golden and Persona 3 has already been remade twice.
A Dead Diehard
Member
P3 still has room to be improved on, but that's seeming less and less likely.
Besides, I've got more faith in 4F being at E3 in any real capacity than P5.
That'd be nice, but I doubt it. Maybe they're capable of localizing that fast, but holding till E3 for promotion reasons? Who knows. :/
Final should be announced and localized before E3 ideally. Ideally...
Logically, an HD remake of Persona 4 would just be Golden running at 1080p.
The real problem with an HD remaster would be Persona 3 tho. The game would need significant touch-ups, as it's animation cutscenes are ass, tons of assists from Persona 3 Portable would be unusable, the models and enviroments would need improved upon slightly, and there are numerous things they need to fix for a widescreen format.
Martylepiaf
Member
But you don't mind people buying P3&P4 blindly ?
Psycho_Mantis
Banned
I think BC will be a thing for future consoles.
It's just when a new game released, some people will buy it despite not knowing much about the franchise. For old games, people tend to do more research before trying them.
May I remind you about the Hashino interview that came out a couple of weeks ago?
A Dead Diehard
Member
I'm feeding my hunger with JP playthroughs I only mildly understand due to spoiling myself silly.
As Tweeted here, Animate's been pretty consistent about tweetingthrough multiple of their official accountsfor people to pre-order Persona 5 for a bit now.
March 18: https://twitter.com/animatenagano/status/711010083556040704
March 20: https://twitter.com/animatekamata/status/711729106677796865
March 21: https://twitter.com/animateodawara/status/712083948982161409
March 22: https://twitter.com/animateodawara/status/712270364420788224
March 22 (technically March 23): https://twitter.com/animateodawara/status/712440078665179137
They hadn't been talking about pre-orders before; guess they've opened them up recently.
March 18: https://twitter.com/animatenagano/status/711010083556040704
March 20: https://twitter.com/animatekamata/status/711729106677796865
March 21: https://twitter.com/animateodawara/status/712083948982161409
March 22: https://twitter.com/animateodawara/status/712270364420788224
March 22 (technically March 23): https://twitter.com/animateodawara/status/712440078665179137
They hadn't been talking about pre-orders before; guess they've opened them up recently.
godisntheradio
Neo Member
this looks promising, i can't wait for the following days
Mobile Suit Gooch
Grundle: The Awakening
If I were to cosplay as one of the P5 characters who should I be? The Protag (phantom version) or Ryuji.
Rogue Agent
Banned
The Protag (phantom version).
This is a lot more reassuring that all the 2015 talk last year.
Funyarinpa
Member
Preorderable stuff can, too, be delayed.
Emphasis on more. It's not perfect but it is an improvement and that's all I ask.
CrimsonFist
Member
So P4A and P4GA were announced for Netflix Japan, so guess that's something.