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Weirdguy149 Former King from Lumiose City Since: Jul, 2014 Relationship Status: I'd jump in front of a train for ya!
Former King
#59901: Aug 3rd 2020 at 4:11:55 PM

So I checked out Persona 5 Royal, and unfortunately since I played Fire Emblem: Three Houses first, I can't unhear Maruki as Ferdinand von Aegir from that game.

Edited by Weirdguy149 on Aug 3rd 2020 at 7:13:22 AM

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Demongodofchaos2 Face me now, bitch! from In a Cultivation World (Ancient one) Relationship Status: 700 wives and 300 concubines
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#59902: Aug 3rd 2020 at 4:20:13 PM

Thats a positive.

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Smasher from The 1830's, but without the racists (Don’t ask) Relationship Status: The best thing that ever happened to a bum like me
#59903: Aug 3rd 2020 at 6:00:04 PM

So earlier someone asked if people liked Akira more than Ren because Akira had a relevant meaning. It was actually Ren that had a relevant meaning, Akira was just a generic name.

Now I want to ask, between Makoto Yuki and Minato Arisato, does that have a similar situation where one name has meaning that is relevant to the story and the other is generic? Or are both of them meaningful? Or are both of them generic?

Edited by Smasher on Aug 3rd 2020 at 9:00:24 AM

Weirdguy149 Former King from Lumiose City Since: Jul, 2014 Relationship Status: I'd jump in front of a train for ya!
Former King
#59904: Aug 3rd 2020 at 6:02:26 PM

I know Makoto's a pretty average Japanese name, since I see it often in animes.

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RedHunter543 Crimson Paladin Since: Jul, 2016 Relationship Status: Barbecuing
Crimson Paladin
#59905: Aug 3rd 2020 at 6:05:38 PM

Ferdie took a job as a therapist after falling through an outrealm gate.

Let’s hope he never meets Mitsuru.

Edited by RedHunter543 on Aug 3rd 2020 at 6:05:31 AM

"The Black Rage makes us strong, because we must resist its temptations every day of our lives or be forever damned!"
Cosplaythief Since: Jun, 2013
#59906: Aug 3rd 2020 at 6:12:43 PM

I'm more partial to Minato now simply because we now have two Makoto and that's a no no in my books.

Also Tatsumi port island is the setting for P3 and Minato means port so...

darkabomination Since: Mar, 2012
#59907: Aug 3rd 2020 at 6:39:31 PM

They're both regular names. Minako and Minato are just a good theme pairing for names. Nobody's really a fan of Kotone.

Smasher from The 1830's, but without the racists (Don’t ask) Relationship Status: The best thing that ever happened to a bum like me
#59908: Aug 3rd 2020 at 7:22:24 PM

Neither name has any meaning relating to the story of P3? (Or, in their native language, contain symbols that have meaning like Ren's name does?)

Edited by Smasher on Aug 3rd 2020 at 10:25:01 AM

Nikkolas from Texas Since: Dec, 2009 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#59909: Aug 3rd 2020 at 7:32:21 PM

@ Weirdguy 149 f

They're appaently mostly women. Makoto in P5, Makoto in Devil Survivor 2, etc..

But the first Makoto I ever heard about was Makoto Shishio from RK.

Cosplaythief Since: Jun, 2013
#59910: Aug 3rd 2020 at 7:41:03 PM

My basic bitch Japanese dictionary research says:

有里 湊 Arisato Minato

有 = To exist (object), possess, happen 里 = home village (?) 湊 = port/harbor

結城 理 Yūki Makoto

結 = tie, bind, contract 城 = castle 理 = reason, logic, truth and justice

Makoto is a girly name but is unisex. Kinda like Akira that is a kinda manly but I've seen it used on non guys too.

Edited by Cosplaythief on Aug 3rd 2020 at 10:41:57 AM

RedHunter543 Crimson Paladin Since: Jul, 2016 Relationship Status: Barbecuing
Crimson Paladin
#59911: Aug 3rd 2020 at 8:08:05 PM

I liked preferred Akira myself because it was a common name and it helps illustrate Joker was just another guy who had a really bad day and it could have been anyone who could have chosen to stop Shido from attempting to rape.

Plus the meaning of bright does give a connection to Lucifer.

"The Black Rage makes us strong, because we must resist its temptations every day of our lives or be forever damned!"
ChicoTheParakeet Since: Oct, 2019 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
#59912: Aug 3rd 2020 at 11:06:03 PM

Finished Persona 5 and I never found there was a difficulty spike. Is it just my completion fueled nature or am I ignoring criticism?

RedHunter543 Crimson Paladin Since: Jul, 2016 Relationship Status: Barbecuing
Crimson Paladin
#59913: Aug 3rd 2020 at 11:11:48 PM

[up] Same here, and i personally think people were just on the wrong end of a bless or curse insta kill.

"The Black Rage makes us strong, because we must resist its temptations every day of our lives or be forever damned!"
EpicBleye drunk bunny from her bed being very eepy Since: Sep, 2014 Relationship Status: In Lesbians with you
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#59914: Aug 4th 2020 at 12:02:23 AM

wait, people thought there was a difficulty spike in Persona 5? where?

if it's the very end of the (base) game, i would kinda see it if it weren't for the fact that players should naturally have some ridiculously powerful personas by that point, even on a casual play through. and that's only taking into consideration Merciless difficulty. Normal difficulty is a cakewalk.

if it's the start of Royal's added content, i could kiiinda see it due to losing your party for the beginning of it. but, again, you should naturally have some really strong personas

Edited by EpicBleye on Aug 4th 2020 at 3:02:33 PM

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ChicoTheParakeet Since: Oct, 2019 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
#59915: Aug 4th 2020 at 12:30:53 AM

Maybe I shouldn't be listening to Yahtzee who despised the repetitive Last Surprise.

deludedmusings Since: Jan, 2017 Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
#59916: Aug 4th 2020 at 12:40:03 AM

There probably is a difficulty spike for people who aren't fusing powerful Persona, which knowing Yahtzee he probably wasn't.

RedHunter543 Crimson Paladin Since: Jul, 2016 Relationship Status: Barbecuing
Crimson Paladin
#59917: Aug 4th 2020 at 12:45:05 AM

Yahtzee by his own admission isn't really fond of JRPGS.

"The Black Rage makes us strong, because we must resist its temptations every day of our lives or be forever damned!"
darkabomination Since: Mar, 2012
#59918: Aug 4th 2020 at 12:54:41 AM

And it's not just a regular RPG at that, it's Persona, aka SMT. Nobody will have the same experience twice, but knowing how fusion and the system works beyond a surface level really helps. IMO Persona is typically hardest in the first few dungeons, then it sharply drops once you get more than two party members and a solid SP pool.

ChicoTheParakeet Since: Oct, 2019 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
#59919: Aug 4th 2020 at 1:42:27 AM

[up][up]Reading his YMMV on anime, it's not pretty. Regardless, it was his approval that made me buy the Royal.

OmegaRadiance Since: Jun, 2011
#59920: Aug 4th 2020 at 1:57:56 AM

Yahtzee also admits to seeing the Persona game he has played as improving with each one, since he played Golden recently and its P5 Lite in his eyes, just as he expects P5 will be P6 Lite one day.

Edited by OmegaRadiance on Aug 4th 2020 at 1:58:01 AM

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Yumil Mad Archivist Since: Mar, 2016
Mad Archivist
#59921: Aug 4th 2020 at 2:09:37 AM

I can think of two potential difficulty spikes moments, depending on the playstyle :

-Clearing Kamoshida's palace in a single is easily the hardest thing of the whole game as you simply don't have the tools to really handle doing this much in single day, but that's also a problem only for perfectionnists nutcases.

-The okumura boss fight has come to be reviled, for reasons I'm not entirely certain myself, but I will say he certainly managed to cause me a couple game overs beofre I nailed the last section properly sooooooo maybe ?

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slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#59922: Aug 4th 2020 at 2:25:32 AM

Amusingly Yahtzee has enjoyed the Attack on Titan games even if he has absolutely no familiarity with the show.

He found the overall combat & gameplay fun & enjoyable.

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RedHunter543 Crimson Paladin Since: Jul, 2016 Relationship Status: Barbecuing
Crimson Paladin
#59923: Aug 4th 2020 at 3:19:12 AM

[up][up] Okumura's palace has those stupid elephants who can insta curse you to death.

Fuck them.

"The Black Rage makes us strong, because we must resist its temptations every day of our lives or be forever damned!"
deludedmusings Since: Jan, 2017 Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
#59924: Aug 4th 2020 at 4:06:28 AM

[up][up] We all enjoy a non-freudian Tighty fighty.

Weirdguy149 Former King from Lumiose City Since: Jul, 2014 Relationship Status: I'd jump in front of a train for ya!
Former King
#59925: Aug 4th 2020 at 6:26:06 AM

If RNG is not on your side, Kaneshiro's second phase is a pain in the ass.

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