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Shin Megami Tensei and Persona

DeathArcana said:
also since Elizabeth has a crazy amount of SP recovery speed i doubt she would need a shadow form considering the only purpose of a shadow form i see is an overdrive that allows you to use unlimited SP
So for balance's sake, basically.
 
i think morely for redundancy sake, most characters' EX moves open alot of combo oppurtunities, where as in elizabeth's case she uses EX moves mostly for damage as her EX moves are not that much better than her regular moves
 
Still, point stands.
Seems like a good enough reason for no Shadow Elizabeth.
I just hope every Shadow character gets their own intro to go with their outros.
I mean shit, they're basically clones with a different gimmick, but they're doing a good job to make them feel separate, so far.
 
DeathArcana said:
does regular labrys have a shadow form thats not Shadow Labrys?
Yes, actually. Only Asterius!Shadow Labrys and Elizabeth don't have Shadow forms, as well as Sho I'm assuming.
 
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why wouldnt they they have different character portraits and super portraits
 
i believe even their in combat voices are different too because im pretty sure i heard Shadow Kanji in the trailer, the only thing the same about the shadow characters is the sprite for the most part (sans yellow eyes, basic facial expression, and glowy aura)
 
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There are unique intros, voices, themes and portraits for Shadow characters. Here's a gif of Shadow Yu's intro.
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And Shadow Aigis:
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I really hope there are different IK animations for Shadow characters, if they even have them at all.
 
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God fucking damn! Awesome, that's exactly what I was talking about.
Talk about Sequel Escalation.

I certainly hope there's diff IK too, but there's only so much Arc-Sys works can do for us.
But maybe they'll surprise us.
I'm already surprised at the quality of the Shadow characters.
I honestly and truly thought they'd short change us. Nope. Fucking awesome so far
 
Jutsei said:
God fucking damn! Awesome, that's exactly what I was talking about.
Talk about Sequel Escalation.

I certainly hope there's diff IK too, but there's only so much Arc-Sys works can do for us.
But maybe they'll surprise us.
I'm already surprised at the quality of the Shadow characters.
I honestly and truly thought they'd short change us. Nope. Fucking awesome so far
Arksys and Atlus? short change? oh Jutsei. you crazy guy.
 
Well sorry I was just worried is all :(

Still, fucking awesome.
I want to hear Shadow Aigis dialogue and it better be depressing and related to Minato or whatever the canon name of the P3 protagonist is
 
Shadow Yukari victory pose consists of laying down on the floor next to your Ko body while playfully poking at your head.

Edit: Shadow Narukami intro with all those televisions is a reference from the anime at around 3:40 in video below
The anime unlike the game really depicts Narukami as an individual that fears the concept of being suddenly "alone". Like if all those "social link" bonds he was forging at Inaba was all just an illusion and he didn't have a "presence" with the other people like he thought he did.

He was scared about "losing everything" like his bonds with his friends once he eventually has to leave Inaba. He didn't want come back to his solitude life again after experiencing the joys of having bonds with people. Episode 12/26 was notorious for exploring this.
 
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Welp. Didn't see this one coming at all, but here's regular Sho's Arcana:

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wouldnt the other Sho have the same arcana, and i hope they changed Elizabeth's arcana, the death did not suit her at all
 
As it stands, I don't think that regular Sho and Persona Sho are the same guy. As such, their Arcanas could be different. Besides, do you really think that a Persona representing the Shinto moon god would fit in the Sun Arcana?

And regarding Elizabeth, Death symbolizes major change, and her leaving the Velvet Room is a pretty big change for her.
 
wait, where is there evidence on Persona sho and Sho being different people?
 
DeathArcana said:
wait, where is there evidence on Persona sho and Sho being different people?
Regular Sho has a pretty different personality and speaking pattern from Persona Sho from what's been translated. Also, it's known that Sho is apparently jealous of Persona users. Why would he be jealous of them if he actually had a Persona all along?
 
so that static empty box must be for Persona Sho, this sadly means that Adachi is deconfirmed
 
Nah. Remember, P4A didn't have spaces for Liz, Labrys, and SLab before they showed up as time-release characters. Could be a similar deal here.

Also, Shadow Akihiko winpose (first of series to affect downed characters?):

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Sorry for the doublepost, but breaking news: PerShoNa is indeed in the last fully-visible static-filled character spot.

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but why would any one want to play as a guy with no persona
 
Change of pace? So that they can adjust from BlazBlue to Persona or vice versa better? Being a hyper-offensive badass normal?
 
Potential In game themes for Personaless Sho


 
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So two Shos?
Those beaches and shores just became so distant all of a sudden. :(

Maybe Adachi will take the random slot and those mostly-off-screen static slots will serve their purpose.


Big thanks for keeping all the info coming, shoryusatsu999. Now I need only to check this and the Wikia (which I already did anyway).
 
Also, some weird stuff: One of the available NESiCA icons in P4U2 contains Nanako. In a towel. And it doesn't focus on her face. :|

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Other 4 spaces are:

Adachi (The Chaos Abiding Citizen)
Personaless Nanako (The Helpless Little Flower)
Nanako w/Persona Sraosha (The Princess Of Junes)
Shrine Fox (The Great Liberator of Yen)
 
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shoryusatsu999 said:
Where's Dojima?

Oh yeah almost forgot. Personaless Nanako fights with dual Dojima-brand mugs. Dojima himself is just her navigator.

He's too old fashioned for all this fighting you young'uns are doing.

#idon'tknowwhatyoukidsareuptobutbecareful

Sigh...if only Atlus wasn't so canon. It's what I love (and sometimes loathe) about their games.
 
Yu making some bear stew. Looks cool.
 
have you guys seen this?
 
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