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Misaki Town Bakery => Akiha's Tea Room => Other Games => : Greg August 31, 2011, 12:53:45 PM
When's Melty on Steam?
ahaha that's no--wait, what?
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Stole this from this blog
http://www.andriasang.com/e/blog/2011/08/31/persona_fighting_game_update/
The big shocker from this week's Famitsu is Persona 4: The Ultimate in Mayonaka, an HD fighting game based of Persona 4. A few additional details have surfaced since word of the game first broke earlier in the day.
As detailed earlier (see this story), The Ultimate in Mayonaka is being developed by the BlazBlue staff at Arc System Works. But the Persona team appears to be intimately involved.
Speaking with Famitsu, the game's producer, Arc's Toshimichi Mori, said that he was shocked when Atlus came to them with the offer to work on the title. The BlazBlue team includes many fans of the Persona series, so their motivation for the project was very high, he said.
The Persona team didn't want to just have the BlazBlue team develop the game for them. Instead, they wanted the game to be a joint development project. According to Mori, game's director Takumi Iguchiya (whom you'll recognize as the lead programmer on the BlazBlue series) is working closely with the Persona team.
In addition to the commentary Mori, we have a list of modes that appears in Famitsu:
Arcade Mode: Face off against CPU opponents while following the story
Story Mode: Delve deeper into the arcade mode's story. This will be exclusive to the PS3 and Xbox 360 versions of the game.
Score Attack Mode: Face off against CPU opponents to get the high score
VS Mode: Face off against a CPU or human opponent
Online Battle: Face off against players throughout the world in online combat (I imagine that can be taken as confirmation of an international release...)
The game will include original stories for all its included characters, which come from both Persona 4 and Persona 3. The overarching story is set two months after the events of Persona 4. The characters appear on a fighting program called "P-1 Grand Prix."
The Ultimate in Mayonaka will be released first to arcades in Spring 2012. The PS3 and Xbox 360 versions will follow in the summer.
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If I can play Aegis... I'm pretty sold.
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I might be interested. I'd have to see some gameplay first before I could decide.
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Looks like april fools day screenshots of a guilty gear clone. I hope it's real.
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Its actually real, there were famitsu scans of it. Along with it came the announcement of P4 Vita and P5
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Persona ho!
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Looks like april fools day screenshots of a guilty gear clone. I hope it's real.
Wait, what?
You've played Persona before?
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Everyone did.
(http://s3.amazonaws.com/kym-assets/entries/icons/original/000/001/267/1242275415115.jpg?1257702104)
Proof.
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An excuse for me to use another Maaya Sakamoto voiced character.
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I never did.
Probably never will either.
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im hyped. I want to be yukari
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Oh, I thought this was going to be some joke thread about "jojo's all over again" or something, but this is legit talk about the game? I'll move it over to srsbsns discussion area.
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Jojo's all over again wouldn't be "jokes," it would be "hype."
Anyways, maining this game.
MC ftw.
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I should try this.
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I hope it has good netplay
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I really should get around to playing Persona 3 & 4
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I hope it has good netplay
I hope it has good localplay.
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I wonder if they'll let you use Persona 3's main character. Minato was pretty broken.
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Oh god, please tell me that is not the Guard Primer Point system being used?
Other than that... I am curious, worth at least one play through. We'll see what happens...
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female mc from p3p would be sweet
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Oh god, please tell me that is not the Guard Primer Point system being used?
Other than that... I am curious, worth at least one play through. We'll see what happens...
What, the dots above the health bar? I doubt it. Look at how in some screens the inside ones are highlighted/filled, but in others just the outside ones are highlighted/filled. If it were a gauge of depletable resources, wouldn't it only deplete in one way? (as in direction inward/outward they're filled or reduced or whatever)
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Just wondering about the actual gameplay right now.
Hope it IS Jojo's all over again, tbh.
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What, the dots above the health bar? I doubt it. Look at how in some screens the inside ones are highlighted/filled, but in others just the outside ones are highlighted/filled. If it were a gauge of depletable resources, wouldn't it only deplete in one way? (as in direction inward/outward they're filled or reduced or whatever)
No, talking about the blue bars under the health bar near the timer.
Still have to wait and see, just venting out the one thing in CS that annoys the hell out of me (aside from the fact that I can't really play BB for shit at the moment). I think that they might just be dusting off the GGX2 engine for something like this (while updating it, of course), they have done it before.
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Anyone in socal wanna chip in for an arcade kit? I have a Vewlix with Taito-x2 in my living room.
If this game is releasing in the same price range as BB and Melty, i'd estimate it'd be $2500-3000 in total.
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Oh come on. Everyone and their sister knows this is gonna suck. At least the GUI has pretty colors
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Trailer's up:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jpq41IqOjPM
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http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/1316056150?via=thumb_watch
A couple of match play footage from TGS I imagine.
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Yukiko looks hella hype
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Yukiko looks very much like a character I'd want to play. Kanji looks awesome too; beat someone up, then sit in the chair he used to beat them with.
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Looks interesting, Chie's combat style appeals to me the most out of the ones in that vid.
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No Aigis footage. :'(
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No Aigis footage. :'(
^
This
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Yukiko looks hella hype
I agree. I love her style.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acLMtvriylk&feature=related
More match vids (chie)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ec7_NVt3HxE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEX3SNsuxEw
More TGS gameplay
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WG5Nl0MxjyY&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL ( Has about 9 gameplay vids on the same account)
I like the protag's style in this one http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXq4cn5L9EU&feature=autoplay&list=ULWG5Nl0MxjyY&lf=mfu_in_order&playnext=1
Gameplay breakdown (not sure how credible it is)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNc3C3e1aMI&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL (By the same user above)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3Ar2-nQgrk&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL
Edit:
Playable characters so far exhibition
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YniN_bLQnVo
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Definitely gonna main chie, she looks like she's gonna have some insane rushdown potential. Probably sub MC.
Just a theory, but I think the blue bars under health isnt a guard primer, but instead a persona bar? Thats just the feel I'm getting off of them...
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Definitely gonna main chie, she looks like she's gonna have some insane rushdown potential. Probably sub MC.
Just a theory, but I think the blue bars under health isnt a guard primer, but instead a persona bar? Thats just the feel I'm getting off of them...
It's been confirmed that that's the Persona gauge. There's a write-up about what's been found out here (http://forums.mayonakamidnight.com/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=4) if you're interested.
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@chrono Reyere : I like your character choices. I was thinking along the same lines.
They have along the lines 4 characters left. (Because of Naoto and Kuma being announced. Just not finished yet.) So that leaves villians/P3 whatever. If they announce her http://tinyurl.com/3h9drzw This game is going to be over. I hope that when the P3 characters are announced we'll get the chance to switch rise w/ Fuuka.
"*Gasp* it's an enemy. "
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If this game pulled a continuum shift, and shinjiro was in it.....
Main. Instantly. He could be the worst character and I wouldn't even give two damns about it. He's just too badass.
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I respect that decision.
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@chrono Reyere : I like your character choices. I was thinking along the same lines.
They have along the lines 4 characters left. (Because of Naoto and Kuma being announced. Just not finished yet.) So that leaves villians/P3 whatever. If they announce her http://tinyurl.com/3h9drzw This game is going to be over. I hope that when the P3 characters are announced we'll get the chance to switch rise w/ Fuuka.
"*Gasp* it's an enemy. "
Nice I was hoping that Naoto would get in. I pretty much expected Kuma lol.
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Nice I was hoping that Naoto would get in. I pretty much expected Kuma lol.
I went to the official website and the character thing has changed from what I remembered and it's in order now. It looks like 2 p3 characters left on the left, 1 villian or special character in the middle, and then two P4 characters on the other side.
I wish I took a screenshot earlier. I kinda look silly now.
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I went to the official website and the character thing has changed from what I remembered and it's in order now. It looks like 2 p3 characters left on the left, 1 villian or special character in the middle, and then two P4 characters on the other side.
I wish I took a screenshot earlier. I kinda look silly now.
A link to the website (http://p-atlus.jp/p4u/) would've worked too. I'd actually put the one in the middle as the Random Select option, and there's really no telling who will be in any of the other four slots. Some of the developers did comment that they were really surprised over who made it in, so we'll just have to wait and see.
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Would they really include the random select option on the website's character page though? Seems kinda silly to me to have that there. I'm thinking there are 3 more characters to be revealed.
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I wanted to say the same. But, you summed it up.
Teddie and Naoto announced
http://andriasang.com/comyq6/
I guess gameplay soon.
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Would they really include the random select option on the website's character page though? Seems kinda silly to me to have that there. I'm thinking there are 3 more characters to be revealed.
I'm going with Random Select since that's what it currently is in the videos of match play (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ec7_NVt3HxE).
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That seems kinda weird on official website. But, I can understand your stance on a random select. I could see them leaving it for last. So they don't have to reprogram it. Each time they update with new characters.
The twitter icon thing is what I may of gotten confused about earlier in this thread. It still shows 6 spots. But, I guess it can be up in the air and maybe some characters have two versions or something like that. Nanaya/Tohno Shiki
Edit: I can see the main character of both series. Having there final form Personas . I'm not sure if the P4 persona's evolve. I haven't gotten that far yet...
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That seems kinda weird on official website. But, I can understand your stance on a random select. I could see them leaving it for last. So they don't have to reprogram it. Each time they update with new characters.
The twitter icon thing is what I may of gotten confused about earlier in this thread. It still shows 6 spots. But, I guess it can be up in the air and maybe some characters have two versions or something like that. Nanaya/Tohno Shiki
Edit: I can see the main character of both series. Having there final form Personas . I'm not sure if the P4 persona's evolve. I haven't gotten that far yet...
Ah, I can see where you're coming from then. That's kinda confusing to me then; they're using that space for Random Select during the games they were running so far, but that extra "Coming Soon" would take that. We'll just have to wait and see I guess.
The P4 Personas evolve, yes.
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If the game is staying canon with it's story then the P3 MC would be kinda odd wouldn't it?
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Gotta remember this is Arc Sys as well. Also, the comments about them being surprised about the character choice. It would be an real surprise if they had Elizabeth in this game. Broken Tier hype.
http://sonohara.donmai.us/data/c31dc3ac268200ea80dcaa45215953dd.jpg
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A translation of Naoto's, Teddie's, and Rise's descriptions, courtesy of SolxBaiken from Dustloop:
Ok translated some details:
Teddie tosses items, has lots of comical attacks
Naoto has fast moving projectiles and can obviously attack from a range, her Persona can be used to divert attention, launch the opponent, as well as setting off traps and causing bad status effects (you can seal the opponent's Persona use). NOTE: I'm not sure if I'm reading/understanding this right BUT it seems the Death counter acts just like in game and under certain conditions will cause instant Death. That or it just causes SEVERE damage.
Rise further confirmed as JUST an announcer. The "Navigation" option at the character select screen turns on/off Rise's comments on your actions.
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These fighting styles sound interesting.
I'm not surprised that Rise is dedicated to announcer duty. Actually, I'd be surprised if she was anything else as she had absolutely no combat ability in P4.
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I'm not surprised that Rise is dedicated to announcer duty. Actually, I'd be surprised if she was anything else as she had absolutely no combat ability in P4.
dat commercial :fap:
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Now that I think about it. The last two twitter icons can be replaced by announcers from P3 & P4. Come on, Fuuka... *Gasp*
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I'm curious about Naoto and the death counter. I wonder if it's effect will be based on the SP or persona gauge in anyway. Like the amount of damage it causes is based on how much SP you have or how depleted the persona gauge is.
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I think I never heard of any character type like this in past with a psuedo death/counter feature. The only thing I could of think of was Gin's (alpha 3) dizzy punch or whatever. I'm really interested in seeing how she plays.
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The official website updated with System information about the game.
http://p-atlus.jp/p4u/
-Update 11/11/2011
More Twitter icons. Yay. Who doesn't love Twitter icons with that we get Rise, Teddie, and Nato. Hmm.. So 3 characters left maybe.
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Akihiko and Mitsuru confirmed (http://www.siliconera.com/2011/11/15/persoan-4-the-ultimate-in-mayonaka-arena-adds-two-more-guests-from-persona-3/). Just let me go and play P3 real quick to figure out who they are.
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Boxing and fencing style respectively.
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Man, if only Kamina was here to see this. The two characters I guessed... were right on.
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No yukari fuckyouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu
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http://t.co/6YuotFCf
source: https://twitter.com/#!/novriltataki/status/136655932586332161
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The two new characters akihiko and Mitsuru introduced on the main site.
http://p-atlus.jp/p4u/
http://andriasang.com/comz0s/?utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=twitterfeed
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So maining Mitsuru.
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Seconded. I love her resigned outfit. So much win.
So this leaves only one character slot left. I'm guessing this might be the reveal that surprises everyone.
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Calling it now. Elizabeth!
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Fuck yeah, Mitsuru! I was so just waiting for her to get revealed.
Seconded. I love her resigned outfit. So much win.
+1. Love it too. She's gorgeous.
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http://andriasang.com/comz1z/persona_uim_screens/ HD screen. Nato seems to have a death countdown maybe. You can see it on page 2.
http://andriasang.com/comz1z/persona_uim_screens/images/23kh6/
*Speculation*
http://andriasang.com/comz1z/persona_uim_screens/images/23kh3/
If I'm right about what Navigation means. We may get Fuuka as a selectable Navigator.
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Siliconeria has some great articles
http://www.siliconera.com/2011/11/23/ah-thats-why-mitsuru-and-akihiko-are-in-persona-4-the-ultimate-in-mayonaka-arena/
http://www.siliconera.com/2011/11/20/mitsuru-and-akihiko-have-an-edge-in-persona-4-the-ultimate-in-mayonaka-arena/
http://www.siliconera.com/2011/10/27/persona-4-the-ultimate-in-mayonaka-arenas-status-changing-special-attacks/
http://www.siliconera.com/2011/11/29/persona-4-the-ultimate-in-mayonaka-arenas-awakening-mode-unlocks-super-moves/
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Hello Mitsuru bandwagon, glad to jump on you.
I may be gay, but Mitsuru is still fucking hot. And we all know you pick fighting game characters by how hot they are, right?
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Bet that everyone plays now cause of Mitsuru.
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Bet that everyone plays now cause of Mitsuru.
Until they see gameplay footage of Aigis.
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http://shoryuken.com/2011/12/04/persona-4-the-ultimate-mayonaka-arena-location-test-notes/
Probably an better source http://www.dustloop.com/forums/showthread.php?12805-Location-Test-Info-%28Not-Discussion!%29-Dec-2-4
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Bet that everyone plays now cause of Mitsuru.
Until they see gameplay footage of Aigis.
Aegis is supposedly a real beast in this game. Easily high tier.
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Bet that everyone plays now cause of Mitsuru.
Until they see gameplay footage of Aigis.
Aegis is supposedly a real beast in this game. Easily high tier.
Considering how much of a beast she was in P3:FES this wouldn't surprise me. :V
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Bet that everyone plays now cause of Mitsuru.
Until they see gameplay footage of Aigis.
Aegis is supposedly a real beast in this game. Easily high tier.
Considering how much of a beast she was in P3:FES this wouldn't surprise me. :V
I'm curious to see if she has Orgia Mode
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If they add it in it would probably end up being a super.
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I'm curious to see if she has Orgia Mode
As far as I know she does have Orgia Mode, actually. The Aegis thread over at DL leads me to believe it increases her mobility and alters her specials but drains a secondary gauge while it's active.
DL Aegis Thread: http://www.dustloop.com/forums/showthread.php?12800-quot-Providing-Support-quot-Aegis-Data-and-Basics-v-0-2 (http://www.dustloop.com/forums/showthread.php?12800-quot-Providing-Support-quot-Aegis-Data-and-Basics-v-0-2)
Image featuring a look at said secondary gauge (next to her ammo counter): http://guardcancel.com/wp-content/gallery/12-8-11-p4u/0787.jpg (http://guardcancel.com/wp-content/gallery/12-8-11-p4u/0787.jpg)
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ah, nice shit. looks interesting.
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Injecting hype: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DeStvbfixe8&feature=plcp&context=C3e3ccafUDOEgsToPDskJi6UxegBiiD8vjmBpGc_jd
I just noticed that there are specials that cost health...
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aw, I was expecting way more then that from this game x.x
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aw, I was expecting way more then that from this game x.x
What are you talking about? Those were plenty hype. Yukiko's fire to corner and then back to her thing was awesome.
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I was expecting more complex/good looking/fast combos, less need for ex abuse, waaay less visual polution and more speed..
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I was honestly expecting the EX abuse.
Damage looks really low in this game and the only ppl in that exhibition that really did damage were Souji and Kanji, which is saddening cause I want to play Yosuke.
I'll be playing this, because P4 is awesome, but atm all my hype is directed towards Skullgirls and Current Code.
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I kinda lost some hype after Ex... UNREAL BLACK THINGS all of my hypes.
Edit: Maybe it's just been so long since I've play an game with the ability to ex ?
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I was expecting more complex/good looking/fast combos, less need for ex abuse, waaay less visual polution and more speed..
Well those were only from the official site. I'm not surprised that they are just flashy. We'll have to wait until more players get footage from the loketests before we see more advanced looking stuff.
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New Location Test for this game happening from today till the 22nd.
http://mayonakamidnight.com/showthread.php?437-Surprise-Location-Test-16-2-22-2&p=9171#post9171 (http://mayonakamidnight.com/showthread.php?437-Surprise-Location-Test-16-2-22-2&p=9171#post9171)
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Here's some interesting stuff:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9DgvTk1P8c
Aigis looks hype.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=bwvTOlsXneg (http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=bwvTOlsXneg)
Some kind of partial tutorial video
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ALL YO YENS YIP YIP YAP!
http://atlus.com/p4arena/
TRIAL OF THE DRAAAAAAAAGOOOON EEEEEEEEEHHHHHHHHH
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Yo Brandino team up with me at every major, Chie x Chie is clearly the best team.
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My body is ready.
Just preordered a copy for each console on Amazon :3
THE CHIE ARMY WILL DOMINATE YOUR SOULS!
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Yo Brandino team up with me at every major, Chie x Chie is clearly the best team.
I actually plan on maining Akihiko, but I will alt her simply because how awesome she is in.
Team FSteak ftw.
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Calling it now. Elizabeth!
Can, I get +heat for this?
Edit: If Fuuka appears as announcer. All my predictions will be right. Besides the obvious Mitsuru.
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PC release where
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PC release where
Here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-s5ILZRfy9Y&feature=g-all-u&context=G2a1c4d7FAAAAAAAAFAA
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csjhxIsRiZo&t=13m44s
Reason #1 to play Naoto.
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are people ricocheting off shit yet if not im still not interested wheres my full blown shittiness this game is too quality to be an arcsys game
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I'm pretty hyped about this, since I really enjoyed Persona 3 and 4 (Especially Persona 4). From what I can tell, I might consider maining Chie or Naoto.
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I was hype for this until region lock announcement, now as a european, I'll probably just not buy it or wait until it ends up second hand in a bargin bin after Zen United delays it until everyone has stopped caring about it.
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They ultimately agreed to it, all publishers involved with this game should receive the fallout for this and the game needs to bomb as an example to any other fool who will try to pull this crap.
With that said, here is a link to the page of the japanese branch's site with a button for the feedback form, 2nd box down needs an email address, big box needs all your rage, go crazy.
http://translate.googleusercontent.c...GdRubTdQLo9q0w
:bricks: :bricks: :bricks: :bricks: :bricks: :bricks: :bricks: :bricks: :bricks:
-HEAT
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I appologise for not taking business practices that screw us up the ass whilst setting a precedent for us to be screwed worse when someone decides to region lock a game without an EU release lying down and blindly handing my money over to the people who do it.
I have seen the light and from now on I shall let people on the internets decide which companies deserve my money and support.
Gtg, need to go buy some of those DLC gems and online unlock codes. :prinny:
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...but they are releasing it in EU. It's already decided.
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Yes this game does, but if other devs are inspired to follow suit or they go back on their word since it was a success then we may end up in that situation again.
It may seem paranoid, but I'm thinking back to how Capcom started off the whole on disk dlc with costumes, hardly anyone cared because it didn't effect them too much, as this doesn't now, now fast forward 3 years to SFxT and we have characters and modifiers locked on the disk, since no-one made a noise about the practice when they were easing it in or those that did make a noise, made it with their mouths alone and not their wallets.
It may seem paranoid, but so is region locking your game in case people import it from elsewhere cheaper.
If the EU version doesn't have the lock I'll buy it, same with the Asian version, but not throwing down any money on a region locked game on a console where it isn't already the norm.
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Are you joking? If you want to play the game and it's being localized in your region, what the fuck does it matter if it's region locked or not? Games have been region locked since forever ago, this isn't anything new.
Stop your baseless complaints.
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Stop your baseless complaints.
lol
You do realize this is the first ps3 reigon lock ever implemented and tons of fans are throwing completely legitimate complaints at atlus right
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Yeah. And it doesn't matter if it's region locked or not.
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Stop your baseless complaints.
lol
You do realize this is the first ps3 reigon lock ever implemented and tons of fans are throwing completely legitimate complaints at atlus right
You do realize that nearly every system is region locked besides the ps3 right? Even nintendo has returned to system locking their handhelds. It's not anything new.
But the more important point is what the hell does it matter if it's region locked if it's being ported to all regions to begin with? That's why it's a baseless complaint. Take it elsewhere, there's no reason to cry about that here. There have seriously been people reporting posts in here for stupidity.
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People are mad on principle.
They can't coolimport their game anymore and have to walk to a local store or buy it online from a shop in their own country. Oh no!
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If the game does well there'll be no reason not to pull this shit again and no reason for other companies not to follow suit.
Do we really have to wait for a game to just get a JP/NA or JP/EU release before we see this as a problem, just like we waited for on disk dlc to become characters and gameplay modifiers rather than cosmetics?
PS3 being region free was taking us away from the rubbish days where a game could get released in your language and you wouldn't be able to play it because lol region lock, lets try not to go back there execept this time without things like freeloaders to fix it.
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Impatience is a major first world problem, yes.
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I thought it's already been established that this isn't about impatience, but just to humour you.
We are talking about a hobby, everything to do with it is a first world problem, still doesn't mean you can't get pissed off at publishers when they screw you and refuse to give your money and positive wrd of mouth to support said screwing and encourage worse future screwing.
The term first world problem really is only relevant to anything when you start comparing things to war/death/ect. or going as far to threaten things which are illegal, otherwise it's just a equivalent to sticking your fingers in your ears and going lalala.
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But the more important point is what the hell does it matter if it's region locked if it's being ported to all regions to begin with?
The problem that people have is that it may set a precedent for games that aren't released in the US region.
In this specific case, I have no problem with the lock. I can wait the extra time, and I don't have a Japanese PS3. However, there are issues when people in certain countries can end up with incompatible versions. Say a company like Gamestop wants to maximize profits by selling JP hardware and EU software? (Which is exactly the point of said region-lock, but it isn't really fair to expect that the customers will jump through hoops for the sake of corporations' profits.)
As was stated in a press release, the reason for the lock is to maximize profits by preventing the JP players from purchasing the cheaper US version. The problem is that a great many people believe that maximizing profits is not a good reason to implement a lock and as such are voicing their opinion.
As with the argument of precedence, I think that it could go both ways. In this case the backlash against the lock was rather vocal, so other companies might consider avoiding it to avoid bad press. On the other hand, other companies might decide to implement a lock so that they too can maximize profits.
As it stands, companies have no reason to region-lock games that they do not plan on releasing outside of Japan. But they might start doing so anyway "just in case." In which case, Sony is probably going to be the one to profit because of the increased console sales.
I tried (and probably failed) to be as neutral in that post as possible.
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LivingShadow, you're absolutely right, but that's only if it sets a precedent and is actually accepted as the standard again. Having a region lock on a game that is releasing in all regions is just an effort to help local economy, which I think is perfectly valid. If it wasn't getting a global release then I'd understand why people would rage, but it's all just if's at this point.
Iduno, please do yourself a favor and drop this. You're making yourself look like a fool.
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The "ifs" are important, the "ifs" are what could knock down all the good work the ps3 being region free has done for gaming and it's hard to see how I'm the fool, when answering to someone going "first world problem" as if it's the end word to an argument, when no-one is treating it as something other than a first world problem.
The only fools are those treating someone on the other side of an argument like one simply for being on the other side of the argument. :laffo:
Edit: Seriously I challenge anyone to find one post where I esculate this anywhere beyond being a consumer issue about an entertainment item. (Just to be safe, one post last edited by me)
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What has region free gaming brought us? A couple obscure games that we can't read half the text in that we could've played anyway by buying a system from that region. Your only issue is that you might have to import a system to play a game that might potentially not be released in your area, even though that has nothing to do with why this is region locked since if it isn't being released in your area the entire reason for the region lock is void.
A myopic view of region locking looks like it is bad for consumers. Used properly, IE the way it's being used for this game, it's helping consumers. Their entire reason for the region lock was to give certain regions lower prices(namely ours) so that the people in the higher priced areas can't just buy our cheaper version instead of paying the higher price they need to charge to make a profit. If it weren't for region locking it wouldn't be profitable to release some games in some areas.
You also keep comparing it to dlc on disc, which is nothing but an improvement to consumers.
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Iduno, I've asked you once and then told you again to take this elsewhere. That's two times I've advised you that this conversation doesn't belong in this thread and that you've completely disregarded. To help you remember who exactly is asking you to do something, I'm going to give you a day off.
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I hope you know the reason it's being region locked is because of the JAPANESE market, not ours.
They were buying the releases of the games here since they were much cheaper and Atlus lost money from it.
Stop looking at it like it's some underhanded evil Hitler-esque vendetta against the industry.
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I'm disappointed in this game, mostly because it feels like every move has about 3 frames too much startup. I need a real 2a damnit. Playing this makes me want to play guilty gear.
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This game is easy mode. 5aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa for the win.
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Grats on doing 1/2 of the damage you should be doing.
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Indeed, but you'll be consistent as hell.
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Grats on doing 1/2 of the damage you should be doing.
^This, and wasting meter you need for infinitely more important shit. It's only practical when your opponent cant burst and its going to kill them.
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Yeah, I do agree that actual combos are better.
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This game kicks so much ass, it makes Melty look like a sissy.
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Anyone still plays here? I'm wondering if ArcSys will end up releasing DLC for this game or releasing a balance patch of any sort.
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No DLC or balance patches announced so far.
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Too bad I live in Europe.
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*lives in Europe*
*still has game*
Your argument is invalid.
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Its valid for many other europeans who have only EUR PS3 that is not hacked.
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Oh yeah, official EU release: May 10th. If anyone cares.