Line #23 YMMV/Persona5DancingInStarlight


1	* SugarWiki/AwesomeMoments:
2	** "Life Will Change" is accompanied by a [[https://youtu.be/N1SPXJCxShc kickass music video]] featuring Joker on guitar and vocals, Fox on bass, Skull on drums, and Mona on keyboard, juxtaposed with a scene of the four making a daring getaway after a lucrative heist.
3	** Joker gets two during the intro movie: First saving Morgana from an oncoming train followed by dancing ''in the middle of traffic'' and deftly weaving between everything.
4	* 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.
5	* HarsherInHindsight: The shot in the intro where Ren dances between oncoming trains and traffic is very similar to a shot in the intro of ''[[UpdatedRerelease Persona 5 Royal]]'', where it serves as an allusion to [[spoiler:Kasumi's death after pushing Sumire out of the way of oncoming traffic]].
6	* HilariousInHindsight:
7	** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9s1cnhBNbw This video]] was made two and a half months before ''Dancing Star Night'' was announced. Guess who else got a dancing spinoff announced at the same time? [[Memes/Persona5 Guess he saw it coming!]]
8	** A common comparison and joke by fans is with how Ren looks a lot like [[Literature/HarryPotter a certain glasses-wearing wizard]]. Ren's Halloween costume in this game is a wizard's outfit, complete with red accents.
9	** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXUYZxsku-Q This Jim Carrey imitation video]] was published and has nothing to do with this game. Atlus then proceeded to make [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQFkn4AXfqg this cinematic accompany the song in the game]]. Assuming they based it off the original video, this doubles as an AscendedMeme.
10	** Futaba's LesYay moments when partnered with another female become this when her voice actress, Creator/EricaLindbeck, came out as bisexual.
11	** 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}}''.
12	* 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 releases of ''Royal'', ''Strikers'' and ''Tactica'', it sticks out even more in hindsight.
13	* MemeticMutation:
14	** Ren [[Theatre/MammaMia Mamma]] [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Mia!]][[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]]
15	** #letgorodance [[labelnote:Explanation]]Goro Akechi was not shown in any trailers, despite being a party member, causing his fans to revolt. Fortunately for them, he was later announced as DLC and got his own trailer, with the Americas having him as a free pre-order bonus.[[/labelnote]]
16	** Futaba's FlatWhat expression [[https://twitter.com/Shoujo_Shark/status/1069722163027025920 during social events]].
17	* SugarWiki/MostWonderfulSound: "KING CRAZY!" after completing a song near-flawlessly.
18	* {{Narm}}: If Ren, Makoto, or Futaba are paired up with Akechi, he will try to attack them during his SanitySlippage. But if Caroline and Justine are his partners, their dance interactions show him getting "beaten up." Even though this canonically would make sense considering Caroline and Justine's status, the idea of Akechi managing to chase away people around his age, but getting beat up by two people who look like children comes off as hilarious.
19	* {{Padding}}: The list of songs available as DownloadableContent is largely made up of songs relating to the other entries in the franchise, with a total of 8 songs coming from media associated with ''VideoGame/Persona5'' and accounting for less than a quarter of the songs available.
20	* {{Squick}}: Some fans consider the music video of "Last Surprise" to be this, due to its sexualization of the girls. The most prominent one is Futaba, due to her being the youngest of the girls.
21	* TaintedByThePreview: A critical factor behind the game's mediocre sales was that it as well as ''VideoGame/Persona3DancingInMoonlight'' were sold separately as full-priced games, not to mention the DLC that had to be bought separately. The lack of content including a story mode cause many to feel that neither game was worth the price.
22	* TearJerker: Goro Akechi's one and only song recreates his battle with the Phantoms in the engine room (in the original version of ''Persona 5'', that this game is based on), to one reminder: No one can save him. With him scared of Caroline and Justine, it shows that he is alone in this world and any kinds of help and pity, he lashes out and pushes away.
23	* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: As with the cases of [[VideoGame/Persona3 Mak]][[Anime/Persona3TheMovie oto]] [[VideoGame/Persona3DancingInMoonlight 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.
24	* 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 as being the DownloadableContent would be cross-compatible between this game and ''Dancing In Moonlight'' in order 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.
25	* 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]] This topic has raised some serious hackles among the fanbase as a whole.
26	* {{Woolseyism}}: The title being changed from ''Dancing Star Night'' to ''Dancing in Starlight'' outside of Japan. Though the exact naming structure of [[VideoGame/Persona4DancingAllNight its predecessor]] is lost, the general spirit is not. Additionally, ''Dancing in Starlight'' retains the ThemeNaming present with [[VideoGame/Persona3DancingInMoonlight its Persona 3 counterpart]] while sounding more natural to an English speaker.
27	* WTHCostumingDepartment:
28	** Futaba's costume has been criticized for just swapping her jacket and singlet for ones that look only slightly different.
29	** Haru's design is largely inoffensive, but her shoes, a pair of high heels, have been criticized for being extremely ill-fitting for her style of dancing (namely ballet).
30	** The High Cut Armor costumes have been frequently criticized for looking poorly designed, generic and/or lazy.

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