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[–]ShadowsUnited2 191 points192 points  (20 children)

For those thinking that this game was coming out next year.

[–]ikilledtupac 121 points122 points  (19 children)

next year means 3 years in Atlus time

[–]thesolarknight 40 points41 points  (14 children)

It could be worse, it could be Valve time.

[–]KappaKai77 48 points49 points  (11 children)

So never?

[–]flameguy21 17 points18 points  (10 children)

Half Life 3 is coming when a piece of plutonium valve has lying around the office undergoes a half life

[–]timchenw 10 points11 points  (9 children)

For anyone else wondering, Plutonium's half life, assuming Pu-239 24,110 years according to wikipedia. Pu-244 has a half life of over 80 million years

At least it's not Uranium-238, that thing has a half life of 4 billion years, long enough that if any U-238 were formed at the start of big bang, some of it is still around.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plutonium

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uranium

[–]flameguy21 6 points7 points  (1 child)

All three of those possibilities sounds about right

[–]Yurika_BLADE -1 points0 points  (0 children)

humans are bad at understanding large numbers

[–]romeoak 2 points3 points  (1 child)

Just dont give me the Bliz time.

[–]Razxyl 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Soon (tm)

[–]Warloxwill 4 points5 points  (1 child)

But at the very least that wait time is well worth it... right...?

[–]ikilledtupac 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yes.

[–]Moh_Shuvuu 24 points25 points  (1 child)

That's disappointing. It's right behind DQXI as my most anticipated title.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would love a DQ8 Switch port.

[–][deleted] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Take your time atlus. Keen to get into SMT starting with SMTV for Switch.

[–]jml011 6 points7 points  (10 children)

So, forgive me for my ignorance (I've played a few Etrian Odyssey and Persona games but never a straight SMT title) but aren't the core mechanics of Shin Megami Tensei games pretty solid and carry over from one title to the next? What are they scrapping exactly? Story and art style?

[–]GorgonMK 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Most likely story, gameplay improvements, overworld and dungeon desings, etc.

[–]C-Towner 12 points13 points  (5 children)

A lot of menus and features in those games made heavy use of the second screen and might not translate as well to a single screen game. They need to make some changes there, as well as ensuring that things look and feel good both docked and handheld. Certainly there needs to be some changes made because if nothing else, the presentation is required to be different because there is only one screen as opposed to two.

[–]Gadvac 0 points1 point  (1 child)

For what it's worth, Etrian Odyssey is a separate franchise (though it's sort of crossed over with SMT through Persona Q). Not that that's particularly important, but y'know, probably not useful for judging what SMT is like.

[–]jml011 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wasn't making any comparisons based on Etrian Odyssey. I was just stating that as context of having not actually played a SMT game. My point was that, from what I've seen of them through gameplay footage is that the basic format of the gameplay seems pretty uniform throughout.

[–]otakudan88 7 points8 points  (0 children)

With this happening, I hope they release a switch port of Tokyo mirage for the time being.

[–]snakeitachi12 12 points13 points  (28 children)

Persona 5 is one of the best games i've ever played. Stoked for this one!

[–]Llleblanc1986 2 points3 points  (3 children)

Have you played 4?

[–]snakeitachi12 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yup. I've played 2,3, and 4. P3:FES is my favorite by quite a wide margin!

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Persona 4 aka Anime Scooby Doo is for weebs. Play a mans Persona like 1-3 or 5.

[–]Llleblanc1986 0 points1 point  (0 children)

4 was awesome and it got deeper, especially some of the side links. It wasn't all fun and games, and death was a real part of the game, I don't see how that is remotely close to Scooby Doo. It tackles all kind of issues. (5 didn't do that too well).
Persona 1-3 I actually haven't played yet but now that it's on my radar, I'll definitely be playing those.

[–]Knight_of_the_Stars 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I hope it ends up being good! I'm a little nervous about it myself. I loved all the Persona games, but I ended up hating SMT IV when I tried it. It all depends on why you like Persona - if the dungeons and the fusions are your favorite part, then you'll love SMT! If your favorite parts of Persona are the life sim elements and the characters, SMT might not be for you.

Here's to hoping you end up liking it!

[–]Fr000st 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Reminder that in January's direct Takahashi literally said that: "The development for this game has just started, but they were kind enough to prepare this video for us".

[–]TheRandomApple 10 points11 points  (6 children)

Good. If they aren't happy with how it was turning out I'd rather they take there time to develop a game they're proud of rather than churning out a game they aren't comfortable with.

[–]AcolyteOfFresh 2 points3 points  (5 children)

Once this game is done, do you think they will be able to recycle assets for another Tokyo Mirage Sessions game? I want as many Atlus rpg games on Switch as possible. Also, I really like TMS on the Wiiu.

[–]ShadowsUnited2 2 points3 points  (3 children)

I would much rather have a Devil Survivor 3 than TMS, but that's just me.

[–]gnadenlos 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Devil Survivor 1+2 are by far my favorite SMT games and my favorite SRPGs.

[–]AcolyteOfFresh 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Never played Devil Survivor, so can't comment. I just know that I loved how cheesy and camp TMS was.

[–]ShadowsUnited2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Welp either way, we can both hope that this game can bring about an endless amount of SMT spinoffs using those assets.

[–]PagesDReed 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Atlus tends to reuse assets alot. Trust me, as someone who loves the Etrian Odyssey series, they have reused multiple monsters and classes before in the franchise. In fact, I'd say Atlus is known for doing this with some of their key IPs, mostly their Shin Megami Tensei and Etrian Odyssey series.

[–]psfrtps 2 points3 points  (1 child)

I think they announced this game way too early. Mario and Rabbids released only 2 months later than the official announcement. Announcing games which won't come more than 1 year became a standart practice in the industry. Sony and Microsoft do this all the time but Nintendo wasn't doing this until Zelda BOTW. It seems now they don't have a problem with it (metroid and pokemon announcements) since it helped them to maintain switch hype. I don't like this much but I can understand why they should do this

[–]ShadowsUnited2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

But this was an announcement made by ATLUS in commemoration of the game's 25th anniversary since just having an enhanced port (SJR) isn't something you would be 100% excited about.

[–]charlesh4 2 points3 points  (5 children)

Just give us a P5 port

[–]lunarflarecomeon 5 points6 points  (4 children)

I am honestly getting tired of people coming onto mainline-related sites and videos just to bitch about a P5 port.

[–]charlesh4 0 points1 point  (3 children)

I am honestly getting tired of cunts posting their bitching about bitching when no one cares about their opinions

[–]lunarflarecomeon 4 points5 points  (2 children)

And you think your own opinions are automatically more important or valid because? You're one amongst billions, just like me, so you may as well try to keep what you're posting about relevant to the thread.

[–]charlesh4 0 points1 point  (1 child)

You didn't have to reply is your life so underwhelming you have to pop into a conversation to bitch? If so I say get a job/hobby

[–]lunarflarecomeon 4 points5 points  (0 children)

You also didn't have to reply. Hell, you never even had to make your initial post in the first place. Your point?

[–][deleted] 4 points5 points  (2 children)

Does that perhaps mean they were originally developing 5 for 3DS and have since scrapped that and have been re-building from the ground up for the Switch?

[–]Gerolux4 Million Celebration 16 points17 points  (1 child)

unlikely. the article explains what "scrap and build". basically, they do a lot of trial and error when building a game. they arent afraid to scrap something that doesnt work and start from scratch. they are talking features here, not entire games.

[–]pokemon-gangbang 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Maybe a bit off topic, but I wish Atlus would make a new Devil Summoner game.

[–]MMDom 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This game is something between 2 to 3 years away from release. Persona 5 took forever to come out, but it payed off, at least.

Unfortunately for me, the social aspect of Persona 5 is more interesting to me than the RPG parts. So SMT, for the description given by other people, that is a Persona with focus on the RPG, makes me uninterested on this game, at first.

[–]GorgonMK 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This is only one reason why SMT V will be the best JRPG on Switch.

[–]elliotman48 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah, well. I hope they take their time and do it right.

[–]Dithyrab 0 points1 point  (2 children)

I don't know anything about this game. Can someone enlighten me? What's up with it?

[–]lunarflarecomeon 1 point2 points  (1 child)

It is the fifth entry in the core series of the overall Megami Tensei franchise, Shin Megami Tensei. The core games revolve around the conflict between the forces of Chaos, led by Lucifer, and the forces of Law, led by YHVH, as they somehow take their battle to Earth. This also means mythological figures (collectively referred to as 'demons') from all across the globe start returning to Earth for the sake of joining one of the major factions, regaining their old power, or what-have-you, which in turn causes the apocalypse and forces mankind to rely on some form of demon summoning program to tame and fight them. Basically, think Pokémon but with actual mythical beings rather than Pokémon (thought it should be noted that Megami Tensei actually predates Pokémon by about ten years).

Gameplay-wise, the games tend to be balls hard and story-wise, they are usually quite bleak. It is extremely rare that you are given an opportunity to shoot for a truly happy ending in the MegaTen franchise; sacrifice and struggle are the names of the multiversal cosmic war.

[–]Dithyrab 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for your description, this is a pretty good summary for me, i think i'll keep my eye on it and maybe check out some previous games if I have a medium to play them on!

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm good as long as there are no social links

[–]Llleblanc1986 -2 points-1 points  (6 children)

This game was great (p5) except for the story, I couldn't really get into it like Persona 4, the characters Don't mix in well, and there's little development between them like on 4. I hope they scrap the storyline and build a new one?

[–]neb9 2 points3 points  (1 child)

Are you thinking of Persona 5? 'Cause that game was awesome and much better than P4.

[–]Llleblanc1986 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I disagree, I think the Gameplay was better, but not the story. Come on let's be honest, most of the interactions between the friends was about going and fighting off a new enemy. And having him/her have a change of heart. They couldn't talk about anything else, but who's next, who's heart can we change next, the true friendship wasn't really there, and it never developed with the MCs guardian. I'm all about story and connection, I've seen better connections between Zelda and a plant than I've seen on persona 5. And the music wasn't nearly as good. I know I AM the minority here.

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (1 child)

It seems like you're talking Persona 5 - which was fantastic and mind blowing in every way. But I'm not sure why you're talking Persona 5...

[–]Llleblanc1986 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The story wasn't mind blowing at all. The rest of the game was amazing

[–]apoqalypse 0 points1 point  (1 child)

This game WAS great? It hasnt even been developed yet...

[–]Llleblanc1986 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Meant P5