History YMMV / Persona5DancingInStarlight

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Ren's leather-bound punishment cop cross-dressing costume, in part due to the fetishistic design. When he dances in it, he even gets a panty shot.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Whilst ''VideoGame/Persona4'' had previously received ''[[VideoGame/Persona4DancingAllNight Dancing All Night]]'' and ''VideoGame/Persona3'' received ''[[VideoGame/Persona3DancingInMoonlight Dancing In Moonlight]]'' alongside this game, they pointedly came ''after'' years of {{updated rerelease}}s and [[SpinOff spin-offs]] that provided a variety of songs to choose from; ''Dancing In Starlight'' is pointedly ''the first'' such release for ''VideoGame/Persona5''. Subsequently, the library of songs feels particularly barren in comparison, and the lack of material to draw from can be attributed to the DownloadableContent being cross-compatible between this game and ''Dancing In Moonlight'' to give the impression of a deeper library of content - tellingly, ''VideoGame/Persona3'' related media accounts for roughly half of the DLC songs available, whilst ''VideoGame/Persona5'' related media accounts for less than a quarter.

** Haru's costume where she dresses as [[VideoGame/LikeADragon Haruka Sawamura]] aged incredibly well after her English VA Creator/XantheHuynh was cast as the voice of Haruka in the English dub of ''{{VideoGame/{{Like A Dragon Gaiden}}|TheManWhoErasedHisName}}''.

** Haru's costume where she dresses as [[VideoGame/LikeADragon Haruka Sawamura]] aged incredibly well after her English VA Creator/XantheHuynh was cast as the voice of Haruka in the English dub of ''{{VideoGame/LikeADragonGaiden|TheManWhoErasedHisName}}''.

** Haru's costume where she dresses as [[VideoGame/LikeADragon Haruka Sawamura]] aged incredibly well after her English VA Creator/XantheHuynh was cast as the voice of Haruka in the English dub of ''VideoGame/LikeADragonGaidenTheManWhoErasedHisName''.

** Futaba's LesYay moments when partnered with another female become this when her voice actress, Creator/EricaLindbeck, [[https://twitter.com/ericalindbeck/status/1224568863599161344 came out as bisexual]].

* ItsTheSameNowItSucks: One criticism directed towards this game is that most of the game's music is simply remixes of the ''Persona 5'''s soundtrack. Unlike ''Dancing All Night'' and ''Dancing in Moonlight'', there had not been any other spin-off material for ''Persona 5'' with new soundtracks, which gave the game limited soundtracks to choose from. With the later release of ''Royal'' and ''Strikers,'' it sticks out even more in hindsight.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Whilst ''VideoGame/Persona4'' had previously received ''[[VideoGame/Persona4DancingAllNight Dancing All Night]]'' and ''VideoGame/Persona3'' received ''[[VideoGame/Persona3DancingInMoonlight Dancing In Moonlight]]'' alongside this game, they pointedly came ''after'' years of {{updated rerelease}}s and [[SpinOff spin-offs]] that provided a variety of songs to choose from; ''Dancing In Starlight'' is pointedly ''the first'' such release for ''VideoGame/Persona5''. Subsequently, the library of songs feels particularly barren in comparison, and the lack of material to draw from can be attributed to the DownloadableContent being cross-compatible between this game and ''Dancing In Moonlight'' to give the impression of a deeper library of content.

* ItsTheSameNowItSucks: One criticism directed towards this game is that most of the game's music is simply remixes of the ''Persona 5'''s soundtrack. Unlike ''Dancing All Night'' and ''Dancing in Moonlight'', there had not been any other spin-off material for ''Persona 5'' with new soundtracks, which gave the game limited soundtracks to choose from.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic:
** Despite the game's poor sales and divisive position among fans, no one's denying the opening theme "GROOVY" is an infectiously good time of a song.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Ren's leather-bound punishment cop cross-dressing costume, in part due to the fetishistic design. When he dances in it, he even gets a PantyShot.

* ItsTheSameNowItSucks: One criticism directed towards this game is that most of the game's music is simply remixes of the ''Persona 5'''s soundtrack. Unlike ''Dancing All Night'' and ''Dancing In Moonlight'', there had not been any other spin-off material for ''Persona 5'' with new soundtracks, which gave the game limited soundtracks to choose from.

* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: As with the cases of [[VideoGame/Persona3 Mak]][[Anime/Persona3TheMovie oto]] [[VideoGame/Persona3DancingMoonNight Yuki]] and [[VideoGame/Persona4 Yu]] [[Anime/Persona4TheAnimation Naru]][[VideoGame/Persona4Arena kami]] before him, many fans are not pleased with Joker's CanonName, Ren Amamiya, instead preferring Akira Kurusu, the name used in the manga adaptation.

* ValuesDissonance: To a part of the Western fanbase, seeing the female characters sexualized comes off as {{Squick}}y, as it drastically contradicts the purpose of Kamoshida's Palace and because Futaba is 15 (16 at the end of ''VideoGame/Persona5''). However, to the Japanese fanbase, this isn't a big deal. {{Fanservice}} featuring underaged characters is very common in Japanese media marketed towards teens and older.[[note]]Not only that, but even real-life {{Idol Singer}}s usually put out at least one swimsuit photobook before they turn 18 and there is rarely any controversy over it. With that said, Japan has started to crack down on material of that nature for female celebrities 15 years old and under beginning in 2007.[[/note]] [[Administrivia/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment Needless to say, this topic has raised some serious hackles among the fanbase as a whole.]]

** Ren Theatre/MammaMia [[labelnote:Explanation]]The game gives Joker the CanonName of Ren Amamiya. Most fans used his manga name (Akira Kurusu) and were all thrown off by the change. For some reason, many reactors noted that Amamiya reminded them of the phrase "mama mia!"[[/labelnote]]

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXUYZxsku-Q This Jim Carrey imitation video]] was published and has nothing to do with this game. However, Altus seems to notice it and made [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQFkn4AXfqg a song based on it]].

* WTHCostumingDepartment: Futaba's costume has been criticized for just swapping her jacket and singlet for ones that look only slightly different.