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JetGrind
Apr 5, 2012

Tagging the streets and humming the bassline.

Pollyanna posted:

Who's non-anime Naoto, then?

No one knows! :tinfoil:

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kirbysuperstar
Nov 11, 2012

Let the fools who stand before us be destroyed by the power you and I possess.

Pollyanna posted:

Who's non-anime Naoto, then?

Uh, apparently... who loving knows.

Endorph
Jul 22, 2009

Pollyanna posted:

Who's non-anime Naoto, then?
Wikipedia cites Megan Hollingshead, but who knows how reliable that is.

Sankis
Mar 8, 2004

But I remember the fella who told me. Big lad. Arms as thick as oak trees, a stunning collection of scars, nice eye patch. A REAL therapist he was. Er wait. Maybe it was rapist?


Weird. Is the VO industry heavily unionized and Atlus isn't part of that or something? It's really weird that the identity would be so hidden. I know actors sometimes use fake names to get around SAG (or whatever) regulations. Is there something similar with the VO industry?

Edit: I guess it could also be an Atlus of America employee who just wants to be private.

Sankis fucked around with this message at 01:22 on Dec 12, 2012

8-bit Miniboss
May 24, 2005

CORPO COPS CAME FOR MY :filez:

Sankis posted:

Weird. Is the VO industry heavily unionized and Atlus isn't part of that or something? It's really weird that the identity would be so hidden. I know actors sometimes use fake names to get around SAG (or whatever) regulations. Is there something similar with the VO industry?

Edit: I guess it could also be an Atlus of America employee who just wants to be private.

Pretty sure there is. Most of the voice actors in the original Playstation release of Metal Gear Solid went under pseudonyms. i.e. James Flinders = Cam Clarke, Carren Learning = Jennifer Hale, etc.

GateheaD
Sep 27, 2005

Gatorade me bitch
Can someone post a list of cool top tier personas and each sorta level/ dungeon bracket?

Strange Quark
Oct 15, 2012

I Failed At Anime 2022
The megaten wiki has the Shadows listed along with their levels (and weaknesses/resistances) by dungeon.

corn on the cop
Oct 12, 2012

Break what must be broken, once for all, that's all, and take the suffering on oneself.

― Corey Dostoyevsky
Oh my God, that boss music in Marie's dungeon. I loved the Reincarnation theme the first time I heard it on Youtube, but I didn't know that it was going to be the boss music for that dungeon. Talk about a treat.

I chose Amagidyne for Valentine's Day, even though I only had one choice because I am a chump gentleman. She was hilarious and adorable.

Now, time to read over all those previous Valentine's Day spoilers :allears:

Schubalts
Nov 26, 2007

People say bigger is better.

But for the first time in my life, I think I've gone too far.
I guess you missed out on Marie's chocolate, then.

If it melts, it'll escape!

corn on the cop
Oct 12, 2012

Break what must be broken, once for all, that's all, and take the suffering on oneself.

― Corey Dostoyevsky
I got her chocolate.

AlthoughNanako's masterpiece was the best part.

King of Solomon
Oct 23, 2008

S S

Schubalts posted:

I guess you missed out on Marie's chocolate, then.

If it melts, it'll escape!

I'm pretty sure if you max Marie you can't actually miss out on her chocolate.

Captain Baal
Oct 23, 2010

I Failed At Anime 2022
I'm almost sure you couldn't do this in the original game, but I started my New Game+ recently and oh my god, being able to buy armor and weapons you already had at the end of the game just trivializes all of the early boss. I beat the first boss with no trouble whatsoever and her "gently caress you" attack only dealt like 24 damage to Chie, this game is awesome.

b0lt
Apr 29, 2005

Sex_Ferguson posted:

I'm almost sure you couldn't do this in the original game, but I started my New Game+ recently and oh my god, being able to buy armor and weapons you already had at the end of the game just trivializes all of the early boss. I beat the first boss with no trouble whatsoever and her "gently caress you" attack only dealt like 24 damage to Chie, this game is awesome.

The compendium trivializes the entire game if you plan ahead, you can get insane poo poo like debilitate victory cry yoshitsune at the very start of the game.

Captain Baal
Oct 23, 2010

I Failed At Anime 2022

b0lt posted:

The compendium trivializes the entire game if you plan ahead, you can get insane poo poo like debilitate victory cry yoshitsune at the very start of the game.

Well yeah, but if you don't want to spend shitloads on one persona and use those slots early for S. Links then just buy some late game weapons and armor with your remaining yen and you've basically screwed over the first four bosses of the game.

Zaggitz
Jun 18, 2009

My urges are becoming...

UNCONTROLLABLE

Has there been a fusion guide released for the aeon and jester personas? I'm only missing 3 personas for max compendium and they are in these arcanas.

Endorph
Jul 22, 2009

OmegaZultan posted:

Has there been a fusion guide released for the aeon and jester personas? I'm only missing 3 personas for max compendium and they are in these arcanas.
Here you go.

Capsaicin
Nov 17, 2004

broof roof roof

It has big bold print that says it's not applicable for Golden.

Captain Baal
Oct 23, 2010

I Failed At Anime 2022

Capsaicin posted:

It has big bold print that says it's not applicable for Golden.

"Due to the absence of the Jester and Aeon Arcanas in the original Persona 4, this chart is not applicable to that version of the game."

IE: Do not use a chart meant for Golden for the original game, dummy.

Endorph
Jul 22, 2009

Capsaicin posted:

It has big bold print that says it's not applicable for Golden.
Except it has Jester and Aeon, which Vanilla P4 didn't? It's saying don't use it for the original P4.

nerdz
Oct 12, 2004


Complex, statistically improbable things are by their nature more difficult to explain than simple, statistically probable things.
Grimey Drawer
I was checking out some videos of the persona 4 anime on youtube and apparently the main characters don't fight directly, only their personas? That's some pokemon bullshit, man.

THE AWESOME GHOST
Oct 21, 2005

If I scroll through the compendium are all the empty spaces every persona or are there more that don't show up yet?

Like it seems like I got every Aeon and I was surprised since I never consciously tried to fuse one. Are the ultimate guys represented by empty spaces too or do you have to max the S.Links first? The extra time in Jan-Feb is less than I thought, don't think I'll be maxing everyone this time (Hanged Man is still 1, worst Arcana)

I managed to get 75% without really trying which isn't too bad but I just remembered how much of a pain in the rear end the higher level ones can be.

Also tip in case you need a persona of a specific arcana:

Fuse 2 persona of the same arcana to get the lower one. So if you fuse the 2nd fool and 3rd fool, you get Izanagi, the first one. If you fuse 2 far apart you get one someone in the middle.

Fuse 3 persona of the same arcana to get the higher one as long as it's not a special fusion. If you fuse the 3 lowest fools you will get the 4th fool.

Ostentatious
Sep 29, 2010

Hey...everyone?

This is my first time playing Persona 4 Golden, I bought a Wii U the same day as I bought Persona 4 Golden.

I have put more time into Persona 4 Golden than I have my shiny new game console.

...

I don't want this game to end, it's too good. :qq:

EDIT: Though one thing I cannot seem to get used to is the transition from Teddie to Rise, I find Rise's voice actor annoying.

Ostentatious fucked around with this message at 08:00 on Dec 12, 2012

U.T. Raptor
May 11, 2010

Are you a pack of imbeciles!?

You know what's the best thing? Critting a golden hand, Chie Galactic Punting the other one, then All-Out Attacking the first one, and when it survives that it's TWIN DRAGONS TIME :getin:

Saint Freak
Apr 16, 2007

Regretting is an insult to oneself
Buglord

Captain Tolerable posted:

EDIT: Though one thing I cannot seem to get used to is the transition from Teddie to Rise, I find Rise's voice actor annoying.

Once Rise gets leveled up to the point where she just starts interrupting battles because OH-LOOK-IT'S-TIME-TO-poo poo-HEALS-AND-BUFFS-EVERYWHERE you won't care what she sounds like. At all.

Zaggitz
Jun 18, 2009

My urges are becoming...

UNCONTROLLABLE

THE AWESOME GHOST posted:

If I scroll through the compendium are all the empty spaces every persona or are there more that don't show up yet?


The ultimate persona are the only ones that don't show up in that list of empty spaces. If all you spaces are full and you aren't 100% then you are missing one of the ultimates.

On that note I maxed the compendium. Rolling with Yoshitsune, Lucifer, Magatsu Izanagi, Izanagi no Okami and Alice. :getin:

THE AWESOME GHOST
Oct 21, 2005

OmegaZultan posted:

The ultimate persona are the only ones that don't show up in that list of empty spaces. If all you spaces are full and you aren't 100% then you are missing one of the ultimates.

Ahh that explains it, thanks, I knew for a fact I was missing a couple of ultimates. Forgot that Norn is the only ultimate in the game who has a special Triangle fusion for one.

Also Magatsu Izanagi is a thing now? Awesome. I'm assuming Max Jester - this happens on like the last day doesn't it? So you just use him for the last dungeon and NG+?

Saint Freak posted:

Once Rise gets leveled up to the point where she just starts interrupting battles because OH-LOOK-IT'S-TIME-TO-poo poo-HEALS-AND-BUFFS-EVERYWHERE you won't care what she sounds like. At all.

Uh yeah this is completely hosed. I have auto-mataru, auto-maraku, auto-masaku on the same persona I always start with, and Kanji and Teddie can refresh 2 of those so I thought whatever her buffs can't be that useful.

SHE CAN GIVE YOUR WHOLE PARTY BOTH MIND AND POWER CHARGE. At the same time too, Naoto and MC can take advantage of both really well, Yosuke kind of can too but I guess the other teammates not so much. These are the two buffs in the game where you can only self-cast them one at a time because they're so strong and she basically casts it 8 times for you. On top of that you don't really need to think about having a party with buff spells anymore because she'll do a couple of them for you every boss fight.

Even with the secret boss getting 2 turns in a row in Golden I think all the endgame buffs they've done are insane and might counterbalance that.

Ostentatious
Sep 29, 2010

I've been meaning to say, awhile back I made a Yaksini because of the forecast, and I have been getting bunch of shuffles and not to mention skillups for it, and luck with the cards that improve abilities. Is there any reason I should gear towards another Persona? Am I playing this wrong for using a low level Persona up to the much higher levels because of how good its stats have gotten?

Zaggitz
Jun 18, 2009

My urges are becoming...

UNCONTROLLABLE

THE AWESOME GHOST posted:

Also Magatsu Izanagi is a thing now? Awesome. I'm assuming Max Jester - this happens on like the last day doesn't it? So you just use him for the last dungeon and NG+?



Pretty much yes, unless for some reason you decide to NG+ from the new bad ending where it still maxes out.

Cake Attack
Mar 26, 2010

Captain Tolerable posted:

I've been meaning to say, awhile back I made a Yaksini because of the forecast, and I have been getting bunch of shuffles and not to mention skillups for it, and luck with the cards that improve abilities. Is there any reason I should gear towards another Persona? Am I playing this wrong for using a low level Persona up to the much higher levels because of how good its stats have gotten?

You can get by for a while, but base level factors into calculations, and some powerful skills you won't get by magician arcana cards, so you'll want to fuse again.

Not immediately, you can easily get through two dungeons on one persona of it's really good, but eventually.

Moriveth
Jul 24, 2004

I'm sorry, I have to take this call.
Okay, I just saw "Operation Up Close And Personal."

That was... Amazing. I have to love how they made even more scenes for Yosuke to look like an rear end. And I like Yosuke! He's just such a teenager.

THE AWESOME GHOST
Oct 21, 2005

Worth mentioning that Magician cards can't actually take you up to the top tier of skills. There are certain skills that only certain Persona are allowed to learn, they can't be transferred through fusion/skillcarded, and there's no way to get them onto a Persona other than the ones that learn those skills.

Stuff like Samsara, which is the top level Holy skill only Daisoujou can use, the tier of elemental attacks past -Dyne like Niflheim, stronger than Bufudyne but only Loki gets it, and certain physical skills as well.

If you're leveling a low level guy you won't reach that anytime soon but by the time you're reaching endgame you need to fuse specific guys for certain skills.

Also some skills have a weird progression and won't upgrade even if there's a better equivalent skill.

THE AWESOME GHOST fucked around with this message at 11:42 on Dec 12, 2012

corn on the cop
Oct 12, 2012

Break what must be broken, once for all, that's all, and take the suffering on oneself.

― Corey Dostoyevsky

Moriveth posted:

Okay, I just saw "Operation Up Close And Personal."

That was... Amazing. I have to love how they made even more scenes for Yosuke to look like an rear end. And I like Yosuke! He's just such a teenager.

I like Yosuke more than others, but the dude kinda creeps me out. Especially when he asks to see your private stash early on in his social link. Like dude, some things guys just don't talk about.

Schubalts
Nov 26, 2007

People say bigger is better.

But for the first time in my life, I think I've gone too far.
Going back to Arena for a bit, Chie's joke ending is amazing. She duels Akihiko over a Super Steak Bowl, and the case gets solved while she does it.

Larsson posted:

I like Yosuke more than others, but the dude kinda creeps me out. Especially when he asks to see your private stash early on in his social link. Like dude, some things guys just don't talk about.

What kind of bro won't share the goods? Besides, one of the girls asks about your stash, too. I can't remember who, though.

DrManiac
Feb 29, 2012

Larsson posted:

I like Yosuke more than others, but the dude kinda creeps me out. Especially when he asks to see your private stash early on in his social link. Like dude, some things guys just don't talk about.



That's ok, my stash is just a copy of witch detective since who the hell keeps a physical porn stash nowadays?

THE AWESOME GHOST
Oct 21, 2005

DrManiac posted:

That's ok, my stash is just a copy of witch detective since who the hell keeps a physical porn stash nowadays?

P4 is in a middle of nowhere town, you never even see a computer. MC in 3 had a computer in his room he could play MMOs on.

Apparently middle of nowhere towns in Japan really are technologically inept though

Schubalts
Nov 26, 2007

People say bigger is better.

But for the first time in my life, I think I've gone too far.
You can't go on Special Ops missions with a computer. :colbert:

Nate RFB
Jan 17, 2005

Clapping Larry
Oh cool, the bug catching minigame doesn't use up time? Wish I had unlocked it earlier (I just started Void Quest).

Stealthed Zombie
Dec 21, 2007

And Introducing:
Dean "Titty Master" Ambrose
Couple questions:

Finished the first real boss last night, been following the GiantBomb endurance run (only watching the vids of things I've passed) and that first boss looks way more annoying in the PS2 version. Even some mechanics were altered. Is this a difficulty thing (I'm playing on normal) or did they just make changes to all the bosses?

Also how is the Anime? I'm considering getting the blurays of it, but I'm wondering if I should finish the game first or if they are even worth it.

DeathBySpoon
Dec 17, 2007

I got myself a paper clip!
Finish the game first, but I'm about halfway through the show and love it so far. It's pretty good.

I just scanned an enemy and Rise's line was "Looks like this enemy is BEARY weak to electricity!" Was that in P4 vanilla or did they add new lines for her in battle?

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Schubalts
Nov 26, 2007

People say bigger is better.

But for the first time in my life, I think I've gone too far.
Rise has 250 in-battle lines. It probably was in the original.

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