Persona series

I don't know where to put these news, but seems like SEGA is overtaking Atlus' corporate positions, including SEGA's CEO in Japan becoming Atlus USA's CEO.

Is...is that bad?

As far as I can tell, not particularly.

It means Sonic Team is developing the next Persona, the end is nigh.

No, it’s amazing.

Ryu Ga Gotoku Team assists on next Persona title, may everyone rejoice.

Edited by Demongodofchaos2 on Oct 1st 2018 at 12:50:39 PM

Even if your partly joking I’d kill for that to happen.

A thought I had about Kamoshidaman is that he's a shadow based on the image society had on him before his treatment of his students became public knowledge. Not to mention, Akechi's presence means that (In Persona 5's) the story takes place when the public believes that the Phantom Thieves are villains due to Okumura's murder. Because of all this, unless a translation of his dialogue in the trailer and the game itself prove me wrong, Kamoshidaman might legitimately believe that he's a hero and the Phantom Thieves are villains, simply because that's the viewpoint the public had/has.

I'd actually love a Persona game with the Dragon Engine. It'd look amazing.

So far with the new Persona games, Persona 5 is the odd one out when it comes to October 4th. In Persona 3, October 4th was not only one of many days featuring a Full Moon boss fight but it's also the day that Ken's mother died. In Persona 4, Nanako was born on October 4th although no storyline events occur on it. Conversely, this could also mean that Persona 3 is the odd one out when it comes to that specific date.

Edited by CybranGeneralSturm on Oct 2nd 2018 at 11:20:11 AM

Here's a version of the above trailer with English subs:

Reminds me of Principal Hanya in Innocent Sin - if you let the students think he survived his Disney Death, the reality-bending rumors about him being the coolest, nicest guy ever keep spiraling out of control until the endgame, where he dramatically returns as a superpowered All-Loving Hero defending the school — to the irritation of the party, who is well aware of what a jerkass he was.

Edited by Dirtyblue929 on Oct 2nd 2018 at 2:34:18 AM

So, how do you think the Persona 3 and 4 characters would look if they had their own outfits like those of the Phantom Thieves?

I have no idea...

For 4, they'd probably just end up looking like subdued versions of their Shadows.

Edited by LordVatek on Oct 2nd 2018 at 7:07:42 AM

I'm honestly wondering if Q2 will have villains representing each Persona game serving as the boss of a movie, with Kamoshida being the Persona 5 representative? If that is the case, I'm guessing that Mitsuo Kubo will be the Persona 4 representative, and Takaya Sakaki will be the Persona 3 representative.

Why Kamoshida anyway?

Kubo and Takaya kinda makes sense since Adachi can't appear at the point in the story the P4 characters are at, and Takaya is the biggest antagonist for SEES at their point in the story as well, but Kamoshida is really only the villain to Ryuji and Ann at most.

Okumura would be bad taste, especially since Akechi already killed his Shadow, Kaneshiro's voice actor passed away a long time ago, Futaba did a Heel–Face Turn, Shido isn't important yet, and I have no good reasoning for Madarame not being in there.

Was Futaba really a true heel? As Medjed is just seemed like she was crying for help, and even her Shadow just wanted to test the Thieves mettle before asking their assistance.

Why use previous villains at all?

You're absolutely right, I probably stepped on a landmine...

Makes sense.

Oh. Ok yeah. Didn't know someone besides Chihaya's voice actress passed away.

Well, she doesn't even count as a villain anyway.

This is true. It's the same reason they can't use Adachi or Ikutsuki.

Well, Madame is to Yusuke what Kamoshida is to Ryuji and Ann: more of a personal enemy.

And Sae... like Futaba, she isn't a villain and why not Yaldabaoth... that's spoiler territory.

And yes, Kaneshiro's Japanese voice actor died around the initial release date of Persona 5

Edited by CybranGeneralSturm on Oct 2nd 2018 at 5:02:34 AM

Not to mention that Igor doesn't usually involve himself in spin-offs.

Igor knows better than to get involved in garbage

Oh yeah, and there's two more conspiracy members from P5... The SIU Director has been in cutscenes, but I don't know why the writers passed over him in favor of Kamoshida. Kobayakawa, the Principal of Shujin Academy, is so far down the totem pole that people forget that he's a villain by enabling Kamoshida to do all the crap he did in canon.