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Persona Community Thread |OT9| SPOILER TAGS OR DIE
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Nice to know LGBT rep wasn't as dire as we thought. That discussion earlier had me bummed out. AtlusUSA can adjust the localization if needed right? So this "problematic scene" could be different for NA/EU release. Hopefully. What is actually problematic about that scene, don't really know what it's about but would like as little spoilers as possible.
the_sun_king
Member
I personally don't care for the canon names, so I always use one of my own. I dunno what his surname is gonna be, but I've got Shinnosuke for Joker's first name.
Ludger Kresnik
Member
P4 guy ended up taking Buffy. None of my alternates fit for P3 guy so I improvised and went with Minty (Minato) Dead (he's dead).
The game straight up asks you if you think gender matters when it comes to love. Answer no and the other characters will not react favourably. Then there's a fake wedding sequence where you can be paired up with any member of the cast. End up with a girl and you get a silly but really shippy scene. End up with a guy and you just kinda get nothing and everyone will think it's weird and dumb. There's probably something else I'm forgetting but this stands out the most in memory.
Naoto: Marriage between the same sex is highly illegal!! (flustered)
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In the game's defense, at least Mitsuru is totally awesome about it. So I imagine it's just a matter of the rest of the characters being immature.
The manga makes the P4 protag bisexual which is pretty cool as well.
You can make the P3 protag blush and act all coy around Shinji as well. lol
Ludger Kresnik
Member
True, Mitsuru is perfect. And I did like that they did that with the P4 side of the manga, but the P3 side takes... the opposite route. I mean, obviously, but it's always weird for me to see that in the adaptations since it goes so against how I play these games. But that's just me.
Tinfoilhatsron
Banned
Wow. Well, that's pretty awful.
StarSketch
Banned
Tsubasa Kurusu, because I got attached to the first name I wanted to use before the manga got announced. I'll probably swap to Akira at some point though.
I only really use my actual name (well, OK a nickname) with Pokemon, and only because I've been doing that since I was a kid and it felt super weird when I tried to stop.
Maybe one day I'll figure out how to convert "Star Sketch" out into a full name (I've managed the Star part in MMOs, at least >>
But i see people who change party members in the battle itself DDS style or i just dreamed
That's a thing too
A Dead Diehard
Member
It's unlocked through co-ops.
Funyarinpa
Member
Just got spoiled on (prologue spoiler)
from r/4chan.
Forgot for a moment that anything related to 4chan is an absolutely horrendous idea.
*puts evoker to head*
who the traitor is
Forgot for a moment that anything related to 4chan is an absolutely horrendous idea.
*puts evoker to head*
sackboy2197
Member
Are you sure that's revealed in the prologue? I think I missed it.
CrimsonFist
Member
sackboy2197
Member
Oh, I misunderstood what he posted. Nevermind then.
ouch, sorry to hear that...i got spoiled on this as well, but on a different forum.
Don't even worry about it, the game doesn't even treat what you are both referring to as a major spoiler. Context is everything.
A Dead Diehard
Member
I can vouch for that.
Morning Star
Member
I too was spoiled about that. I sort of suspected that it wasn't too major but it's comforting to hear it from one of you guys.
Funyarinpa
Member
Petrock123
Member
Well P5 dropped off the radar for me but then I heard it came out and got hyped. Ended up spoiling myself on alot of stuff, but I tend to do that when I'm interested in the game.
Maybe this is a stupid question, but if some characters are extremely bad compared to others, would they make balance patches of some kind to make them better? I realize that this is a single player game though, where balance usually isn't quite as big a deal compared to PvP games, and while not an ideal situation you can always grind characters up.
Maybe this is a stupid question, but if some characters are extremely bad compared to others, would they make balance patches of some kind to make them better? I realize that this is a single player game though, where balance usually isn't quite as big a deal compared to PvP games, and while not an ideal situation you can always grind characters up.
There aren't balance issues and there is no need for any of that.
chicagocubsfan
Member
Surprised to see a preorder card for P5 at my local Target.
Mediking
Member
I think they're pretty entertaining so far. My jaw dropped when I saw Mitsuru in the first few pages of the Arena manga.
And the Persona Q manga for P3..... I know I said this before but I never really saw Minato as "emo". I always saw him as incredibly laidback guy with cool powers surrounded by awesome people. Heck, I still do see him like that.
So me and Mystic made an interesting discovery regarding the sharing features on Persona 5 PS4.
When you try to share play between two Japanese accounts, you get this generic blocked scene error:
The whole game is, of course, blocked.
But when you try to share play between a Japanese account with the game, and a US account?
Nothing confirmed, but I suspect they disabled sharing features on the Japanese version of Persona 5 until the western release.
When you try to share play between two Japanese accounts, you get this generic blocked scene error:
The whole game is, of course, blocked.
But when you try to share play between a Japanese account with the game, and a US account?
Nothing confirmed, but I suspect they disabled sharing features on the Japanese version of Persona 5 until the western release.
Mediking
Member
The dedication to stall spoilers is real. So I couldn't show Shareplay a Japanese game to a friend just because it wasn't released in the US?
properpropaganda
Member
Just saw they made costumes for p3,4,5 &what i am assuming is 2 and holy fuck at them prices. 420 just for a gekkoukan jacket. W/o shipping.
I saw the ones for Persona 5. They're fairly authentic uniforms in terms of quality + they're more custom designed than usual uniforms. No surprise they're that high.
IGN Japan did a review of Persona 5 and gave it a 9.5.
Compared to the Famitsu one this looks like an actual review.
Compared to the Famitsu one this looks like an actual review.
Imp the Dimp
Member
Almost done with Persona 1 PSP. How is Innocent Sin on PSP? Intending to play that next.
Current consensus is that it has the best story in the series along with its sister game, but its gameplay can be quite slow sometimes.
Imp the Dimp
Member
Thank you. What I was actually asking though was whether the PSP version of the game is good compared to the fan translated PS1 version.
It's a slightly inferior version from the PS1 version because the gameplay plays better in the original, but actually the main problem with the PSP port, at least for me, is when they replace certain Kaneko work with Soejima art .
Outside that is a fine game.
A Dead Diehard
Member
The megaten wiki lists him as: Main Character Designer, Principal Persona Designer and Boss Demon Designer for both IS and EP.
Was there no art involved in that?
It's certainly not like SMT4, where he's credited as "World setting planner", or "series demon designer"
CrimsonFist
Member
I think Soejima did the actual ingame character portraits, or worked on them to some degree at least.
Kaneko would still have done the designs/renders/promo art.
Seems like P5 will have the cover of Dengeki PlayStation again, releasing tomorrow, so be excited for more Soejima art.
CrimsonFist
Member
For Innocent Sin Portable, Kaneko is only credited for the original character designs, Soejima is credited for new character design, Doi is credited for design finishing, and Uchibe is credited for sub character design.
For the original, Kaneko is credited as the art director, Soejima as the character illustrator and Doi as responsible for character bust colouring.
For the original, Kaneko is credited as the art director, Soejima as the character illustrator and Doi as responsible for character bust colouring.
Actually now I think the PSP Innocent Sin only added more art to the character profile menu, because I can't find any example for this in the original.
But to me this is clearly Soejima art:
And this is must be from Kaneko:
I don't like this kind of inconsistence
It's from Masayuki Do actually.
Masayuki Do supposedly handles all of the art in Persona 2: EP. It's a shame we never got it though...
Actually now I think the PSP Innocent Sin only added more art to the character profile menu, because I can't find any example for this in the original.
But to me this is clearly Soejima art:
And this is must be from Kaneko:
I don't like this kind of inconsistence
Kaneko's art looks vastly different and I actually have no idea who the artist of the portraits in the second picture is. It's definitely not Soejima either, so I guess it's Uchibe since they handled the new characters aside from the cinema girl.
That being said, Soejima illustrated the ingame art in Persona 2. He even did the character art from the opening sequence. He was also responsible for every side character's design (also for Chikarin's). I think the only time Kaneko's character art appeared in Persona was in Persona 1.
Love this picture.