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Shin Megami Tensei and Persona

Well with Persona, since it's more of an experience in the society of the area instead of a post-apocalyptic setting, using the Japanese honorifics to make it feel more authentic made sense and was a nice touch. In the case of the novel, assuming it takes a more dark and chaotic turn, I'd say just use the english equivalents, like the SMT games do.
 
Oh look a new character
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I also love Kanji's face in this picture
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Have a neat Erin Fitzgerald interview on Chie/Persona Q/Confirming English DAN is almost finished recording.
 
Information spreading around that the "new person" is actually Kanamin sans makeup. Well.
 
Yeah, the faces and position of the portrait are identical. BUT DOES THAT MEAN SHE WEARS A WIG ON STAGE?
 
Yup that is confirmed to be her.

Also, Nanako story is:
"Nanako Dojima is involved in the story as she is visiting Yu Narukami in the city, along with her father Ryotaro Dojima. She loses contact with Yu when he somehow ends up transported to the Mayonaka Stage, leading Nanako to cooperate with Kanami in order to resolve the mystery of the Investigation Team’s disappearance."
and then she puts on the Kanami suit.

More importantly through "along with her father Ryotaro Dojima" so Dojima is bound to appear... somewhere..

Oh right and you know those "Persona" things that the game is named after? They are formally announced to be in the game dancing too because of course.
 
Narukami appears in Dojima's outfit
but what if
that was actually
young dojima???????????????????????
 
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Well with Persona, since it's more of an experience in the society of the area instead of a post-apocalyptic setting, using the Japanese honorifics to make it feel more authentic made sense and was a nice touch. In the case of the novel, assuming it takes a more dark and chaotic turn, I'd say just use the english equivalents, like the SMT games do.
I kinda prefer the English equivalents myself, though I understand why the translators for Persona keep the Japanese honorifics in. Just a matter of taste, I guess.
Ok, that's what I was thinking. I'll start on getting the other version formatted later in the week.
 
Are you fucking serious Nanako is a main character in Kanami's story?
I think she has her own story?

Have a bunch of scans from Famitsu

The top left is the rest of the Kanami Kitchen group
Scan-1.jpg


There's a lot of terrible faces in this picture but just focus on Dojima and it will be fine.
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Nanako
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Personas reduced to playing instruments including Izanagi Hero. Remember when the Investigation Team had to face themselves? Me neither. Also more costumes.
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Nanako's art which is also a poster.
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Edit: Avatar time I guess. I refuse to touch the Kanami Kitchen group based on their art (pigtail girl is ok).

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Was Izanagi playing an electric guitar?

Welp, I'm out. You people are gonna kill me with this. Goodbye, this stupidity ends here for me.
 
Remember when getting the persona was a big deal in the plot of P4? Everyone had their own little subplots and their "other side" that they didn't want to admit was there and overcame it to get their Persona?

FUCK THAT WE DJING NOW!
 
oh no, Atlus dun turned me into wilford brimley with all the diabeetus they got with those nanako screenshots.
 
Was Izanagi playing an electric guitar?

Welp, I'm out. You people are gonna kill me with this. Goodbye, this stupidity ends here for me.

I'm not interested in the least, but the electric guitar thing is pretty funny. Last thing I'd complain about honestly.
 
Did I just see a female Junpei in one of those scans?

Personas with instruments? Makes sense. You thought they would have weapons in a rhythm game spinoff? In any case Persona was already getting stupid with the plot since the first Arena game.

This appears to be a relatively fast localization [like Arena I didn't expect much story dialogue] since the dubbing appears to be nearly done so good news on that.
 
They wouldn't complain if Izanagi's guitar could cast Deabilitate.
 
waitaminute.... people are getting upset about Personas with instruments?
have these people ever even SEEN Trumpeter?
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But him and David are cool because their skulldudes.
 
OH hey an actual trailer. I love how dark and edgy it is at first then it goes into dance mode.

 
No, that's all fine and dandy but who the fuck is this.

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RUN NANAKO, RUN.
 
No, that's all fine and dandy but who the fuck is this.

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RUN NANAKO, RUN.
I see a broken image :/
 
So is he referred to as Yu Narukami [Anime Adaptions/Arena Games] in the dance game or hero/protagonist? I keep hearing conflicting answers on this. Based on this trailer I assume it's still gonna be Yu.
 
It was going to be Hero back when Dingo was still heading the project, but now that Atlus is at the head it's gonna be Yu.
 
Pretty sure it's Yu now and forever. Here's that trailer in English now. Warning: BBF dialogue is high

 
If we're getting music-playing personas, does this mean Minato's coming back?!

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If we're getting music-playing personas, does this mean Minato's coming back?!

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PLEASE!
 
Those bastards
they know how to sell
 
Nice try P4 but I've inoculated myself against all things cute and moe.
 
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Nice try P4 but I've inoculated myself against all things cute and moe.

Do you too have a large stuffed Kirby doll from Comic Con that you cuddle with every night?

*asking for a friend.
 
A whole bunch of new screenshots for DAN are here and there is also some impressions by reviewers (Famitsu, Dengeki, and 4Gamer): http://personacentral.com/persona-4-dancing-all-night-previews-lots-of-new-screenshots/ There is no way in hell I'm posting all of them.

Some interesting notes:
  • When playing Free Dance mode, you can't just pick any character. The character is automatically chosen for you depending on the song. However, you can pick whoever to be their "partner" character and might share dialogue together if you do well enough.
  • The best rank you can get on the songs is called KING CRAZY!
  • The models supposedly look really good without any clipping. I guess there was motion capture done for this game too.
  • On Personas, if you get over a certain score, the character will summon them at the end of the song and they'll play their instruments. That is literally the only thing they do. Of course the cut ins are the same art because why not.
 
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