And I've noticed for references to Persona 5, they integrate a way to explain what it is through Sophia, since she knows nothing and everything has to be explained to her. Like "what's a palace" and "what's a treasure", etc.
This really does feel like a mainline Persona. This is the best KT collab I've ever played. Better than Age of Calamity even, and I thought Age of Calamity was the best KT collab before this game. The difference is, Age of Calamity is still structured like a Warriors game, whereas Persona 5 Strikers is structured like a mainline Persona game. Which, that's fine for AoC. The Warriors structure actually fit it really well given the history of the war in Hyrule. But P5S is in another league altogether.
If it wasn't for P4D I'd have never gotten into the series. Well, I probably would have eventually, but back then I was so new to gaming I was still repelled by turn based JRPGs. Had tried Persona 4 Golden and Final Fantasy X on Vita and hated them. But I loved Persona 4 Dancing. After Fire Emblem Awakening opened my eyes to the wonderful world of turn based combat, I went back and played FFX through to completion, then played a large chunk of P4G.
To this day, I credit Persona 4 Golden as the best rhythm game I've ever played. Though Kingdom Hearts melody of memory is perhaps a distant second.
@rallydefault
Even if Switch stays stays the same until next generation in 2024, I still think it'll be fine. Support won't come to a grinding halt, it'll just evolve. Some doors will close while others will open. Capcom finally getting on board and killing it with Capcom Arcade, Ghosts n Goblins Resurrection, Monster Hunter Rise, Monster Hunter Stories 2, Resident Evil Outbreak, etc is just the beginning. EA is now finally gearing up with support... we see alot of new games coming in, even as others phase out. As long as Switch install base is there, the support will continue. If it's worth releasing Switch focused games at 80 mil, it'll certainly be worth it at 100 mil, 120 mil, 140 mil, etc.
Psalms 22:16 (1,000 yrs before Christ)
They pierced My hands and feet
Isaiah 53:5 (700 yrs before Christ)
He was pierced for our transgressions
Zachariah 12:10 (500 yrs before Christ)
They will look on Me whom they pierced
As far as their exclusive lineup distribution, they have given Monster Hunter its own month. Something they haven’t done for Bravely Default 2. So you’re right on that. But New Pokémon Snap is in April, and I imagine that’s going to be bigger than Mario Golf.
February
Mario 3D World
Bravely Default 2 March
Monster Hunter Rise April
New Pokémon Snap June
Mario Golf July
Zelda Skyward Sword
Psalms 22:16 (1,000 yrs before Christ)
They pierced My hands and feet
Isaiah 53:5 (700 yrs before Christ)
He was pierced for our transgressions
Zachariah 12:10 (500 yrs before Christ)
They will look on Me whom they pierced
@JaxonH I don't think New Pokemon Snap will be bigger. Pokemon spinoffs in the past have only done around 1 million (even last year's Mystery Dungeon on Switch), meanwhile Mario Tennis Aces got 3 million. I'm guessing around 1 million for New Pokemon Snap and 2.5 million for Mario Golf (Tennis is a more popular sport).
@Grumblevolcano
We'll see, but I suspect New Pokémon Snap is going to be alot more popular than Mystery Dungeon, which was a rough GBA era remaster in a niche genre. New Pokémon Snap looks gorgeous, modern, and it's a series people have been demanding for quite some time.
Either way, it's a big enough game.
@TheFrenchiestFry
BTW, did you watch the bonus content video? It's so good. As someone who owned a $2000 Yamaha recorder back in the late 90's recording music, it was interesting watching the sound booth session. Such a great add on for fans. Art book and soundtrack alone, but the video really adds some heft to it.
Psalms 22:16 (1,000 yrs before Christ)
They pierced My hands and feet
Isaiah 53:5 (700 yrs before Christ)
He was pierced for our transgressions
Zachariah 12:10 (500 yrs before Christ)
They will look on Me whom they pierced
@JaxonH I am aware that the bonus video is the theme song making of for You Are Stronger with Lyn and I'll probably get around to watching it soon but I'm so sucked into this game right now I'm not really thinking of anything else lol
I've peered into the art book and these illustrations were really nice. Apparently Koei Tecmo themselves were the ones responsible for designing the new characters introduced in Strikers like Zenkichi, Sophia and the Jail Monarchs with supervision from P-Studio, and if that's the case they literally look like characters the core Persona team would've conceptualized themselves. They really did their homework for this one
TheFrenchiestFry
Switch Friend Code: SW-4512-3820-2140 | My Nintendo: French Fry
What’s up with this never ending obsession with anniversaries all of a sudden.
Psalms 22:16 (1,000 yrs before Christ)
They pierced My hands and feet
Isaiah 53:5 (700 yrs before Christ)
He was pierced for our transgressions
Zachariah 12:10 (500 yrs before Christ)
They will look on Me whom they pierced
@JaxonH yep I'm only 90 minutes in my I'm amazed how...un-Warriors this game feels. It really does seem to be an RPG that happens to have Warriors combat.
Very excited to see where this goes. Unfortunately it just makes me want P5 on the Switch all that much more.
All these glowing Strikers reactions lol. Goddamit, this HAD to be the game I insisted on a physical copy of.
I think I'm going to skip Bravely 2 for the time being. Between my backlog, Persona 5 Strikers, and Monster Hunter Rise, I'm pretty much booked for months as is.
Ok. Project Triangle Strategy. My guys. This game. This freaking game lol...
Oh my gosh this game. This is it. This is the one. This is the strategy RPG I have been waiting for and dare I say it... I think I may like it just as much as Fire Emblem.
And let me just expound on that statement by saying, Fire Emblem is one of my favorite franchises of all time. It really is. And this game... this freaking game.
I haven’t felt like this since I first played Fire Emblem Awakening demo on 3DS. That was when I had my epiphany about turn based games. It was like my eyes had suddenly become opened and I could see. I had never felt that way in a video game before. Strategic chess like combat with a serious story that involves characters dying. I never knew a video game could do something like that.
I have continued to love Fire Emblem, but I’d be lying if I said any of them I’ve played since Awakening have allowed me to fully re-live that initial experience. This game though... I’m reliving it. Oh man am I reliving it.
I came into this game with all kinds of presuppositions about how it should play, and at first I had my notepad out and I was saying oh, they should let you do this like FE, they should let you do that like FE. but the more I play, the more I realize it doesn’t need to be like FE in every single respect. I like that you don’t toggle enemy movements, I like the elevation and direction factor into damage, I like the critical hits are based on squeezing an enemy from both sides. I like it all. Is it different? It is. But it is equally good, and it has shown me that Fire Emblem is not the only way to do things.
That said, this game reminds me an awful lot of Fire Emblem Awakening. Not in the minutia of mechanical similarities but in tone, style and visual appearance. The sprites probably add to that.
What I also like is the incredibly strong focus on story, good narrative and dialog, voice acting, and the triangle strategy of Utility, Morality and Liberty. This game has some serious questions and choices for you to make. They might not seem that major at the time but I can see how they shape who you are as a character in the game has already made it clear that who joins you in battle will depend on your character. That’s amazing.
Also a small thing, but I really like how you can press X on a Sprite when they are talking in dialogue and it will pop up a nice artistic drawing of them that has their name and title, so that you can remember who’s who with all the characters in the game. There’s a lot of them and it’s easy to lose track of exactly who the person is this speaking and where they are from and what their title is. I played through a second time and realized the gravity of the initial assassination because the first time I played I didn’t realize it was Roland’s brother, and I didn’t realize it was his sister that screamed out in horror.
If you haven’t played this demo, I don’t know what I can say to convince you to, but I will at least stress that I think this might be the best strategy game I’ve played since Awakening, and I think it has the potential to be the best full stop. Even if it’s not, it’s certainly among the best. Assuming the rest of the game lives up to what I’ve played in the demo. But I’m confident it will. They’ve really struck gold with this game.
@timleon
I want P4 or P5 on Switch, but honestly, it sates my thirst for it because it’s so similar. I legit feel like I’m playing Persona on Switch. A fresh take on it, at that.
Psalms 22:16 (1,000 yrs before Christ)
They pierced My hands and feet
Isaiah 53:5 (700 yrs before Christ)
He was pierced for our transgressions
Zachariah 12:10 (500 yrs before Christ)
They will look on Me whom they pierced
@JaxonH because 2021 severals Nintendo franchises big and small celebrate it anniversaries and we want Nintendo to do something to regonize it(Legend of Zelda 35th anniversary, Pokémon 25th anniversary, Metroid 35th anniversary, Donkey Kong 40th anniversary, Animal Crossing 20th anniversary and Kid Icarus 30th anniversary, i hope and expect at least some of this franchises Nintendo regonize it anniversaries, not just Zelda e Pokémon).
I just think anniversaries are silly, as they have so many franchises, and if you count every 5 year anniversary as something special it just ends up being anniversary overload.
Not that I'm unhappy with the end result. The Mario Collection and 3D World were masterpiece additions, and if "anniversary" means getting Zelda Skyward Sword, Windwaker and Twilight Princess, I'm all for it.
I'm just tired of all the anniversary talk. We heard it all last hear for Mario, now we're hearing it all over again for Zelda.
Psalms 22:16 (1,000 yrs before Christ)
They pierced My hands and feet
Isaiah 53:5 (700 yrs before Christ)
He was pierced for our transgressions
Zachariah 12:10 (500 yrs before Christ)
They will look on Me whom they pierced
Yeah agreed. I’m loving the shift in Nintendo’s attitude to third parties. Bodes well for the next few years. But I also agree that what will be will be. We finally became a two-Switch household yesterday with the addition of a Lite. If a more powerful version was announced tomorrow If buy that too but if not I already have enough Switch games to last me a lifetime.
@JaxonH It was like this back in 2016 too... Don't worry, it'll pass soon enough when people realize we aren't getting some crazy Zelda anniversary stuff.
I am looking forward to whatever we get from Kirby though, I can't see HAL passing up Kirby's 30th late this year/early next.
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