Famitsu Reveals New Details About Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE Encore

Removable glasses? Sign. Me. Up.

So what kind of game is this exactly?

It's definitely a game to appeal to the new age Fire Emblem and Persona crowds. Awakening on for Fire Emblem and Persona 5 for Shin Megami Tensei. After SMT4, I'm interested to see what 5 is like. I'm thinking they're going to go for the Persona 5 crowd.

@Swizze Basically Persona-lite with a pop idol theme and Fire Emblem characters.

@nessisonett I know, I was on the fence at first, but freaking removable glasses?! A real game-changer.

What?! Singing?! With rpg elements and fire emblem?! O.M.G. I can hardly keep my britches on! My taste buds are gone! The feelings of awesomeness and radical are skyrocketing in me! My feet can't stop grooving! My head is about to explode! I...Feel...Like...SINGING. nah j/k. I might look into this when it comes out.

@PBandSmelly I'm sure in Japan it all makes sense 😂

It's wonderful this game has a second chance. Hopefully 2020 sees more Wii U games getting a second chance (or 3rd if the Zelda HD remasters appear).

Heed me. Beat the Wii U version here. Hadn't played anything from Atlus or an FE game prior. Great game, and would recommend if you're into RPGs with quirky Japanese flair. Great characters, great story. It focuses on the Japanese entertainment industry, which not many games really do. And the combat is fun with the weapon triangle and sessions. Sessions occur when you hit an enemy weakness and your team gets to join in for combo attacks.

This game is what got me into Shin Megami Tensei and Fire Emblem and made me buy Three Houses. And now I'm excitedly waiting for SMT V on Switch. TMS has small elements of both franchises. So if you like them, then you'll like this. It may not look like it, but it has something for everyone.

(Also Ellie is best girl.)

Bought and played it on the Wii U and absolutely loved it (and I'm not really a JRPG fan). I just couldn't resist the wonderful art style and flashy colors! It looks vibrant, the gameplay and battle system is solid, the musical numbers are wondrous and the story keeps you interested until the very end! Give it a try and see for yourselves!

@PBandSmelly The game is hardly generic. I was a little reticent to buy it, but it ended up being really good and interestingly blended Atlus and Fire Emblem together well.

@JR150 The combat system is really fun, chaining together session attacks is all kinds of satisfying.

@PBandSmelly

People that are not you apparently.

Looks like a winner.

Doesn't include all 800 Fire Emblem characters, game automatically sucks.

@Swizze
The closest thing you'll get to Persona 5 on Switch.

Surprised there's no mention of Barry here. I assume he'll also be in the Sessions-only category of "new" characters.

It's one of my favorite Wii U games, and I can't wait to replay it. Already used my last voucher to buy it.

@nukatha will keep my eye out for it.

@JasmineDragon (≧▽≦) hahaha

Thank you for having the option to keep or remove Tsubasa's glasses, now if only we got more options like this in the game.

Great game, a lil empty dungeons but anyway. Getting it second time for sure.

Will all of the women be modestly dressed?

Because I really want to be able to undress them...

with my E Y E S.

@Galenmereth
As someone who's played through the game entirely I can confidently say that it's minor edits at worst. Just some clothing and dialogue. Does it suck? Yeah. Does that make it a bad game? Not at all.

@JR150 Seconded, as someone else who spent dozens of hours on so much of this game. It's what is making me plan to get Persona 5 as soon as I can.

And also support Ellie as number 1.

I'll only get it if Barry has removable glasses

Although I don't find the story such a big deal, it is interesting. But the strongest points are the aesthetics, the vivid bright colours look really good, the songs which are well performed and the combat is so much fun!
Let yourself enjoy this great game, even if it does have some cringey moments.

Edit: sorry guys but Kiria is more my type

I'm having to put aside disappointment at new content being added but not including the option for the censorered and uncensored versions.

And also stop thinking about what a cross over of 2 of my favourite series could have been.

So, based on what the game is not what it isn't I pre ordered yesterday.

At least it's my first Atlus game finally on Switch.

I have to be honest here guys, I actually enjoyed this game more than I did Persona 5. I mean that. While Persona 5 has deeper gameplay mechanics and a much larger story/cast of characters, the pacing tends to slow to a crawl and drag quite a bit. While I wouldn't exactly call TMS's story good, it also doesn't take that story nearly as seriously as P5 and kept it's pacing nice and quick to the point where it never bothered me. Add that brisk pace to a charming cast of characters, oddball and quirky sense of humor, fun and even challenging combat with fairly deep character customization and you really do get a great game here.

@JR150 Minor edits? I would not call completely changing the background of a dungeon, missing dlc, etc among other things call minor edits.

I really enjoyed this game on the Wii U and have been waiting for it to be ported to the Switch. Already pre ordered this. Really fun game imo.

@tech7
One dungeon. A background. That's it. The missing DLC was the hot springs that adds nothing of major importance to the game.

I don't care if you buy it or not. But the censorship issues have largely been blown out of proportion and eclipse the quality of the product. If you actually tried to enjoy it for what it is, maybe you would see it differently. But that's up to you, friend. It's your money. Do as you wish.

@Galenmereth
Yeah. It's fun and has a good story, good characters and funny moments that you'll remember. Combat is addicting and flows really well. It also rewards strategy just like Fire Emblem does.

Just give it a chance before you write it off. Even the metacritic ratings for the "awful censored" Wii U version are good. Because it's a good game.

And there goes my hype for the encore...
They should have said right away that the new characters "joining the battle" weren't fully playable.

Loved the WIi U version, so much so that, even if I rarely replay the games I beated, I would have gladly made an exception for TMS on Switch if there were more party members to use and swap around.
Like this however I doubt I'll "do an encore" (even if I'll have to check out the new songs, the original OST was amazing afterall! ).

I really loved this on the wiiu but the game was very gamepad heavy with it acting basically as a cellphone for reading emails and stuff. I wonder how thats going to be handled now.

Will this game have all the previous dlc included?

@JR150 I did not say that it is not an enjoyable game. I just disagreed with you saying it is only minor edits. And its more than those two things. E.g. The boss were the cleavage is obscured by an ugly black fog or the costume of the 'main' character. For the record I still bought the wii u Edition, since I wanted to support the wii u in general and especially jrpgs on it. I'm just sad that Nintendo /atlus did not take this perfect chance to remedy that issue.

Bought it on launch day for Wii U, beat it, and strongly considering buying it again for Switch. It’s one of my favorite Wii U games. This game has one of the best turn-based RPG systems I’ve played. It’s not overly simple or complicated. And the endgame is up there with my favorite video game experiences of all time.

No anime tiddies, no buy.

This was the last game I played on Wii U, and I had a really good time with it. I wish Maiko, Tiki, and Barry were playable, and that it wasn't the censored version, but I will definitely buy this again to have it on a portable system.

@mjharper
That fire emblem song... I watched it so many times.

@crudfish There was no way I was losing to the final boss after that hype video.

@AnnoyingFrenzy well since they cannot remove super ultra extra clothing they had to chose something to remove. I won't be surprise if they let you remove hats, or socks

this was not a good game i played it on Wii U and it was just not fun I wouldn't suggest Tokyo Mirage Sessions to anyone just wait for Shin Mehami Tensei 5

@tech7
Actually Aversa's cleavage is uncovered in the in game battle. Just not the CG scene. Again it's still fairly minor and does not break the overall experience. Agree to disagree on that front.

I will agree. It does suck that these edits were not removed. But it's still a fun experience at the end of the day. A majority of the game is intact and unchanged anyhow. If you don't want to get the game that's fine. But please don't force your ideals on others who just want to have fun with it.

Probably double dipping on this. I just adored this game on WiiU!

@PBandSmelly Anna works the convenience store. Nothing is more Fire Emblem than that.

This game was completely overlooked in the West when it released for the WiiU. If you can get over the themes here its a really great game with Persona/SMT style battles with the 'Persona's' being Fire Emblem characters. With a typical gameplay loop of walking around town, talking/finding quests. Tackling dungeons with unique themes & bosses. If you like Persona or SMT you will enjoy this game.

I had a great time with this on Wii U and I'm delighted to see it coming to Switch. I think I'm down for round 2 through this gem.

@Moonlessky
Everything except swim suits.

Loved this game, have to finish it on the WII U someday. Only problem is the censorship, but everything else about it is GREAT and enjoyable to play!

@JR150 at which point did I try to force my ideals on someone. You enjoy the game a lot and do not mind the edits and I'm perfectly fine with that I disagree with you on the 'minor' part, but it should be pretty easy for anyone here who might be bothered by it to check for themselves.

Still censored, so it's still crap. Japanese and modded western versions are the superior ones