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Pornographic Memory
Dec 17, 2008
As long as you understand that Persona/demon fusion is really important, as are strengths/weaknesses, you can safely play Nocturne. I haven't played DDS, but Persona 3, 4, and Nocturne are pretty much interchangeable in terms of basic gameplay. Just play whatever interests you.

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Pornographic Memory
Dec 17, 2008

Technique posted:

I mean including the vocals. Definitely the best use of voice synthesis ever.

Also, a Teddie romance would just open the door for even MORE bear puns. :ohdear:

It blew my mind to find out that those "demonic howls" in the Nocturne music were actually in English. I thought they were just gibberish, or at least in a language I couldn't understand, but some of the Youtube videos of Nocturne music had English lyrics posted with them, and, actually listening to the songs with them in mind they became a lot more decipherable.

Pornographic Memory
Dec 17, 2008

Policenaut posted:

You and Teddie spent a beary long time together.

This is all I need to see to be convinced a Teddie romance is a good idea.

Pornographic Memory
Dec 17, 2008

Catalina posted:

I think the real travesty of the list is that Junpei is nowhere in the top characters.

but Junpei was only important to the plot as a satellite character of Chidori, who actually made it on because she's an awesome character and a bro

Pornographic Memory
Dec 17, 2008

Light Gun Man posted:


The only games that actually have "Megami Tensei" in the title itself (in Japan) are like the 2 famicom/msx games, the 2 super famicom games, Nocturne, NINE, the MMO, If..., and Strange Journey (hopefully I'm not forgetting any there). If... is pretty much "Persona 0" from what I've heard of it, as Radish mentioned above. Shin Megami Tensei Imagine Online I believe is supposed to take place after the events of SMT 2. I'm not sure if NINE or Strange Journey make any attempt at actual inter-game continuity, but I remember there being a statement about SJ being more or less "SMT 4" in it's creator's mind.


I'm pretty sure Imagine takes places between SMT1 and 2.

Pornographic Memory
Dec 17, 2008

Marogareh posted:

I remember one shotting myself when i played blind with a focused divine shot to that bastard :argh:. Magic is too good in these games especially in this one since you can drain MP pretty drat early in the game to keep on casting. I remember draining Mara of all his MP since i got sick of him casting Diarahan every loving time.

I did that too and couldn't stop laughing at myself, since half the reason I like SMT is because I find a lot of the bullshit deaths hilarious for some twisted reason.

Pornographic Memory
Dec 17, 2008

Pureauthor posted:

Chie gives no fucks.

obviously Chie is the reincarnation of the male Persona 3 protagonist.

Pornographic Memory
Dec 17, 2008
Can we not talk about creepy Japanese games that are only in Japanese? God knows there's an unlimited supply of those. Let's stick to the creepy Japanese games in English, like the ones where you fingerbang a robot girl, er, I'm sorry, "permanently stain her untouched core with your DNA", or date a high school girl who looks younger than the elementary schooler your character lives with, and generally callously pretend to get close to people just to make your Pokemon stronger.

Pornographic Memory
Dec 17, 2008

Perfect Potato posted:

It becomes incredibly formulaic. When half of your game's main plot is "Gee this horrible demon hour sure is weird and a pretty big problem, I guess killing these specific monsters every month will help???", and the only dungeon in the game is Tartarus, it's hard to stay motivated or invested in anything that's happening. It doesn't help that the rest of the plot barely moves at all until September or whenever either, and the school events are major letdowns (Don't they hype something up like a culture festival and it's cancelled due to weather? Great stuff).

I don't know man, the impromptu stand up comedy routine with Kenji is one of the best scenes in the game.

Pornographic Memory
Dec 17, 2008
I'm pretty sure "Yuka-tan" isn't meant to mean anything since it's just a nickname Junpei calls Yukari by to annoy her - Yukaricchi was probably judged a little too Japanese for an English language audience, plus Yuka-tan has the bonus of being a pun since it's homophonous with a certain Central American geographical feature.

Pornographic Memory
Dec 17, 2008
Every time Labrys speaks I imagine she's really Peacock from Skullgirls and I can't take her seriously.

Pornographic Memory
Dec 17, 2008

Ibram Gaunt posted:

You can still argue it's dumb but the whole reason behind that is the games trying to make you view the demon as an individual, not a hivemind.

In Nocturne the demon negotiation made random encounters less annoying because after being burned too many times I wanted to kill all the demons and commit demon genocide.

Pornographic Memory
Dec 17, 2008

Cityinthesea posted:

I guess I'd have to see to believe, but I thought Yu's voice in Arena was different enough to adachi's that it doesn't really matter.

Personally I thought it was kind of disturbing to have him so similar to Adachi.

Pornographic Memory
Dec 17, 2008

Technique posted:

Every Nocturne battle theme is the best battle theme. Give me shredding guitars and screamy synth-vocals anyday.

"Normal Battle" is the best battle theme, though the Amala Labyrinth theme is pretty bitchin' too, but in any case Nocturne makes me wish other SMT games could have multiple themes for random encounters. "Mass Destruction", "Reach Out to the Truth", whatever, doesn't matter how good they are when you listen to them in literally every single random encounter, they get really grating.

Incidentally it blew my mind when I found out the demonic howling vocals in the Nocturne music were actually in English. Thanks random youtube person for posting lyrics!

Pornographic Memory
Dec 17, 2008
There will be no Persona 5 game, just an anime. That's how anime.

Pornographic Memory
Dec 17, 2008
Well, Adachi kind of was a Shadow Yuu of sorts thematically, wasn't he? Especially when you consider his Persona. Incidentally I hope Shadow Yuu also gets Magatsu Izanagi

Pornographic Memory
Dec 17, 2008

Rinkles posted:

Actually, it's the Arena anime adaptation. There's a famitsu leak with the exclusive reveal of the third robo girl, that also features in the tie in Mobage social mobile game Persona Be:4. It's a turn based pachinko dating sim kind of thing. Social links now max out at 108 :keke:

We stopped making "how anime will the next Persona be?" jokes several pages ago, thanks, though this would certainly top "overly long titled light novel".

Pornographic Memory
Dec 17, 2008
I dunno if I want to go all the way to Japan to get some mons in my high school dating sim RPG.

Pornographic Memory
Dec 17, 2008

Endorph posted:

Well, that's how it was in Arena, too. Apparently Yu never maxed his S. Links.

He was too busy practicing his genius dancing abilities.

Pornographic Memory
Dec 17, 2008

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXw6znXPfy4

Pornographic Memory
Dec 17, 2008

Pablo Gigante posted:

I just got a robot and a dog in my party, this game is silly

the fact that persona 3 is so shamelessly, earnestly silly is part of what makes it awesome

i mean its a game where they honestly thought having all the player characters symbolically commit suicide with every single spell they cast was a good idea, there were no brakes on p3's crazy train

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Pornographic Memory
Dec 17, 2008

Pablo Gigante posted:

Would they even have high school after the apocalypse

Where theres anime, theres a way

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