Poll of the Day > I'm interested in Persona 5 Royal. Do I need the context of other Persona games?

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RCtheWSBC
02/06/20 10:11:43 PM
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I've literally never played a Persona game, and I barely remember watching my brother play Persona 3 maaaany moons ago. Does context from the previous games in the series tie into Persona 5 at all, and if so, how much? I've seen nothing but positive reviews on Persona 5 so I'm really intrigued by Royal coming out and am thinking picking it up. Thanks!

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Mead
02/06/20 10:34:55 PM
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No Ive only played persona 5 and understood everything

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wwinterj25
02/06/20 10:49:16 PM
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Nope. Persona games are like most of Final Fantasy games in the sense that they have a standalone stories. Enjoy!

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DevilSummoner1
02/06/20 11:03:31 PM
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No you do not

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RCtheWSBC
02/06/20 11:04:13 PM
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Thanks for the answers! Sucks that this comes out so soon after Animal Crossing, so I'll need to plan when to buy it. Looking forward to playing it.

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PK_Spam
02/06/20 11:08:19 PM
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I literally just finished P5 the other day. Its probably one of my favorite turn based RPGs ever. Such a well-made battle system.

Its a shame I didnt love the story. But the snappyneas of the battles were everything I couldve wanted.

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CarefreeDude
02/06/20 11:25:02 PM
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I need it on the switch already

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RCtheWSBC
02/06/20 11:25:50 PM
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CarefreeDude posted...
I need it on the switch already
That would be sweet, but Nintendo is getting ALL MY MONEY lately lol

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aDirtyShisno
02/06/20 11:30:39 PM
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No. All Persona games are set in the same universe but are so wholly separate from one another that theres barely any connections to previous games. The only links to previous titles in Persona 5 is extremely minor references to party members from Persona 4, those being Risette is an idol you will see on banners in Persona 5 and there will be some minor comments regarding a boy detective, Naoto, both of whom were party members in Persona 4.

Its completely unimportant to the plot that you would know this and its never highlighted in any way. Its more of an Easter egg for anyone whos played the previous title.

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CarefreeDude
02/06/20 11:33:18 PM
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RCtheWSBC posted...
That would be sweet, but Nintendo is getting ALL MY MONEY lately lol

I bet you it's gonna happen. Joker is in smash after all.

Btw did you see the animal crossing switch system?

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RCtheWSBC
02/06/20 11:34:36 PM
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CarefreeDude posted...
I bet you it's gonna happen. Joker is in smash after all.

Btw did you see the animal crossing switch system?
Dude, I got a Mario Kart Switch bundle for Christmas as a gift and I immediately preordered that AC switch. I have literally talked about its existence since 2017! I had to!

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joemodda
02/06/20 11:35:17 PM
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I'll probably get a PS4 just for P5R. Perhaps I'll even get P5S too just so P5R isn't the only game I have for the system

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aDirtyShisno
02/06/20 11:35:51 PM
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CarefreeDude posted...
I bet you it's gonna happen. Joker is in smash after all.

Btw did you see the animal crossing switch system?

Joker is in Smash because Persona 5 Scramble is coming to Switch, but theyve already confirmed that theres no plan to bring Persona 5 or The Royal to Switch.

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Mead
02/06/20 11:37:05 PM
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aDirtyShisno posted...
but theyve already confirmed that theres no plan to bring Persona 5 or The Royal to Switch.

so we are to believe that they suddenly hate money

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CarefreeDude
02/06/20 11:37:59 PM
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aDirtyShisno posted...
Joker is in Smash because Persona 5 Scramble is coming to Switch, but theyve already confirmed that theres no plan to bring Persona 5 or The Royal to Switch.

I don't know enough about personos to even know the difference between those

RCtheWSBC posted...
Dude, I got a Mario Kart Switch bundle for Christmas as a gift and I immediately preordered that AC switch. I have literally talked about its existence since 2017! I had to!

High five! I'd consider getting it too but I have two switch already

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aDirtyShisno
02/06/20 11:39:36 PM
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Mead posted...
so we are to believe that they suddenly hate money

They love money, but they do tend to stick to one system when it comes to Persona releases. If anything theyd be more likely to release Persona 5 Bacon and Eggs for Switch as a solo release with Mario content or something then rerelease Persona 5 or The Royal on it.

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Mead
02/06/20 11:42:52 PM
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aDirtyShisno posted...
They love money, but they do tend to stick to one system when it comes to Persona releases.

didnt they bring persona 4 to the vita?

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aDirtyShisno
02/06/20 11:46:07 PM
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CarefreeDude posted...
I don't know enough about personos to even know the difference between those

Persona 5 is the base game as it originally released.

Persona 5 Royal is the updated rerelease that they are releasing soon on PS4 despite the fact that it really should be DLC in this modern age. Apparently its only called The Royal in Japan and so Ill stop calling it by that name.

Persona 5 Scramble is a Dynasty Warriors type of game and will be available on Switch and PS4 at some point in the future. A demo was made available for it today in Japan.

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aDirtyShisno
02/06/20 11:47:19 PM
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Mead posted...
didnt they bring persona 4 to the vita?

Persona 4 Golden. An updated rerelease. It was not rereleased on PS2 despite demand that it did since that is where the community base was.

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Mead
02/06/20 11:48:00 PM
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aDirtyShisno posted...
Persona 4 Golden. An updated rerelease.



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CarefreeDude
02/06/20 11:48:20 PM
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I do like me dino nasty warrior spin offs. Speaking of spinoff is the Fire emblem persona thing any good?

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aDirtyShisno
02/06/20 11:49:10 PM
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Mead posted...


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CaptainStrong
02/07/20 1:15:06 AM
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aDirtyShisno posted...
Persona 4 Golden. An updated rerelease. It was not rereleased on PS2 despite demand that it did since that is where the community base was.
Persona 3 Portable came out on the PSP.
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aDirtyShisno
02/07/20 1:31:25 AM
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CaptainStrong posted...
Persona 3 Portable came out on the PSP.

A waaaay different release of the game yes. The PSP couldnt handle most of the 3D environments so they removed all of them except for the dungeon and replaced them with a storybook style of gameplay. Each location is a page with an assortment of interactable points that represent locations you can enter or characters you can talk to. Its radically different just to fit it in the small screen. As a bonus they added a female playable character option too.

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Chrono_Trigger
02/07/20 1:57:48 AM
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CarefreeDude posted...
I bet you it's gonna happen. Joker is in smash after all.

Btw did you see the animal crossing switch system?
it's not

mainline persona titles will always be on playstation.

joker is in smash, yes, but he's also in persona scramble, which is on switch, and persona q2 which is on 3ds.

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Chrono_Trigger
02/07/20 1:59:51 AM
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and as a addition, mainline SMT titles will only ever be on Nintendo.

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WhiskeyDisk
02/07/20 2:03:46 AM
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Rule of thumb in most SMT games, just know that if Lucifer shows up, you should either totally throw your lot in with him or totally stand against him. No half measures, or you get the "I'm a wuss" ending.

Except for SMT IV. in that one, every ending sucks and everyone you talk to is shoelace eating crazy. Strange Journey should have been SMT4 and SMT4 should have fucked off to Fuckoffistan.

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GanonsSpirit
02/07/20 1:04:21 PM
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Atlus just released a Japanese survey asking if fans would like to see Switch ports of their games, including Persona.

https://twitter.com/Atlus_jp/status/1225690665830375426
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joemodda
02/07/20 6:13:10 PM
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GanonsSpirit posted...
Atlus just released a Japanese survey asking if fans would like to see Switch ports of their games, including Persona.

https://twitter.com/Atlus_jp/status/1225690665830375426

From what people say, Atlus releases this survey every now and then, and nothing of substance ever really happens

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Revelation34
02/07/20 8:31:01 PM
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Does Royal have additional content?
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aDirtyShisno
02/07/20 9:02:10 PM
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Revelation34 posted...
Does Royal have additional content?

Yes. If you havent bought Persona 5 yet, just wait for Royal to come out. If you already have Persona 5, Royal might not have enough new content to warrant a second purchase at full price.

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Revelation34
02/07/20 10:31:15 PM
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aDirtyShisno posted...


Yes. If you havent bought Persona 5 yet, just wait for Royal to come out. If you already have Persona 5, Royal might not have enough new content to warrant a second purchase at full price.


If it's new dungeons then that would be worth it. Just new items wouldn't be. I'll have to wait for a PC release either way.
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wwinterj25
02/07/20 10:34:06 PM
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Revelation34 posted...
If it's new dungeons then that would be worth it.

  • New semester
  • New character
  • New confidants
  • Altered story


Other things too. With already owning Persona 5 and having the great steelbook I won't be rushing out for Royal anytime soon. I will however eventually upgrade.


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Revelation34
02/07/20 10:37:24 PM
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wwinterj25 posted...


* New semester
* New character
* New confidants
* Altered story

Other things too. With already owning Persona 5 and having the great steelbook I won't be rushing out for Royal anytime soon. I will however eventually upgrade.



Sounds good to me. I just don't get why they do this shit anymore. It makes sense for remakes to have addictions content but not games that have come out in the last 5 years.
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wwinterj25
02/07/20 10:39:15 PM
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Revelation34 posted...
Sounds good to me. I just don't get why they do this shit anymore. It makes sense for remakes to have addictions content but not games that have come out in the last 5 years.
Kingdom Hearts now does DLC rather than a "final mix" version. This extra content could have been added via DLC. The reason why they don't? Money. They make more money when folk keep buying the same games over and over.

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Revelation34
02/08/20 3:31:15 AM
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wwinterj25 posted...

Kingdom Hearts now does DLC rather than a "final mix" version. This extra content could have been added via DLC. The reason why they don't? Money. They make more money when folk keep buying the same games over and over.


Well better than other shit where they would release subpar versions on the 360 then release a better version on the PS3.
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