the end of MegaTen as we know it

so strange journey remake is out in jp- whats the deal? is it ok or not? @index-j bemoans it in the hween thread

I love that they opened with motherfucking Ginza. :metal: And the SMT1 battle theme is so good.

The bassist is having a pretty good time.

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Great, so I need to buy a Switch again. :expressionless:

(lol new Final Fantasy/Growlanser-esque NA logo)

yeah it’s looking like i might have to buy a switch sometime in the future if it becomes the platform all the japanese stuff ends up on

though i’ve slowly developed the same kind of ‘the very mention of this brand gives me conniptions’ thing with nintendo that a lot of people have with apple

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buy a switch lol

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Hope I feel like I can afford a Switch by the time this lands.

Atlus seems to be trying very hard to tell me this game is a lot like Nocturne, and I hope that’s true.

I don’t want it to be exactly like Nocturne. But I want it to be as interesting at every level as Nocturne is.

same, and I’m trying to wait until they ship a newer tegra at least

I just hope it has the same kind of cold atmosphere and setting that Nocturne had, and it isn’t just another fucking Persona 3/4/5.

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The faces are kind of weird on Beth and Chaos Hero, but I really want those + Bodyconian.

From Chemical Reaction.

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persona 5 isn’t really my thing i guess


Since the SMTif
 translation is out, here are the partner characters you can choose (you can only choose one):

Yumi Shirakawa
Yumi will confront you immediately and ask you to help her. She wants to save everybody. The most straightforward path. She also looks pretty cool.

Shinji “Charlie” Kuroi
Charlie’s a firestarter, twisted firestarter. He’s also hot-headed and brash. His route takes you through the World of Wrath. He likes to steal bikes .

Reiko “Winnie Cooper” Akanezawa
Reiko is the coolest cucumber of the lot. She’s calm and collected, and her route gets you some extra story. She’s the final partner option.

You get another partner option who is basically one big Devilman reference if you beat the game once.

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The questions in the intro determine your character’s initial stat distribution when you begin the game, and also affect the guardians you’ll get. Each question adds a certain amount of points to a pool that are added up at the end of the questionnaire. If you get Luck type (just choose the last answer for all of the questions), you start with an extra 4 stat points (in LUK), and 5,000 Makka (the currency).

An easy way to get the initial stats you want: always give the first answer for Strength, the second for Speed, third for Balance, and last for Luck.

A1 A2 A3 A4 A5 A6
Q1 0 1 2 3 Do you like video games?
Q2 0 1 2 3 What club are you in?
Q3 1 0 2 3 Do you do all your homework?
Q4 2 0 1 3 Do you ever forget things?
Q5 0 0 1 1 2 3 What’s your favorite subject?
Q6 1 1 0 0 2 3 And your favorite sport?
Q7 0 1 2 3 Do you own a smart phone?*
Q8 0 1 2 3 How do you spend your days off?
Q9 0 1 2 3 How big are your social gatherings?
Q10 0 1 2 3 You’ve found a wallet containing 10,000 yen. What do you do with it?
Q11♂ 2 1 0 6 You only get question 11 if your points are ≄21.
Q11♀ 2 0 1 6
Points Type HP♂ HP♀ STR INT MAG STM SPD LUK SUM DEF EVD MPW MEF
0-6 Strength 21 16 7 2 2 7 4 2 24 11 6 2 2
7-14 Speed 19 14 5 2 2 5 7 3 24 12 9 2 2
15-26 Balance 18 13 4 4 4 4 4 4 24 8 7 5 5
27-36 Luck 18 13 4 3 3 4 6 8 28 10 9 3 3

*Originally “pager”. I guess smart phone makes more sense now.

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uhh?

Your partners also have “types” that are randomly selected for them. Your partner’s HP is based on your player character’s gender, for some reason. :man_shrugging:

if_yumi_spr YUMI
Yumi’s A-type build is pretty good.

Type HP♂ HP♀ MP STR INT MAG STM SPD LUK DEF EVD MPW MEF Focus
A ⛧ 20 15 9 6 2 6 6 2 2 8 4 6 3 STR/MAG/STM
B 18 13 9 5 5 3 3 5 3 8 8 4 5 STR>INT/SPD
C 18 13 9 4 4 4 4 4 4 8 7 5 5 Balance
D 17 12 10 3 5 5 3 4 4 7 7 6 6 INT/MAG

if_charlie_spfr CHARLIE
All of Charlie’s initial stats are awful. Charlie is garbage.

Type HP♂ HP♀ MP STR INT MAG STM SPD LUK DEF EVD MPW MEF Focus
A 20 15 6 7 2 2 5 4 4 9 6 3 3 STR/STM (Phys.)
B 19 14 7 5 3 3 5 4 4 9 6 3 3 STR/STM (Mag.)
C 19 14 6 5 2 2 5 7 3 12 9 2 2 SPD>STR/STM
D 18 13 5 5 1 1 3 9 5 12 11 1 1 SPD>STR/LUK

if_reiko_spr REIKO
Reiko is much better than Charlie.

Type HP♂ HP♀ MP STR INT MAG STM SPD LUK DEF EVD MPW MEF Focus
A ⛧ 20 15 6 6 2 2 6 6 2 12 8 2 2 STR/STM/SPD (Phys.)
B 19 14 7 5 3 3 5 5 3 10 7 3 3 STR/STM/SPD (+Magic)
C 18 13 9 4 4 4 4 4 4 8 7 5 5 Balance
D 18 13 10 3 5 5 5 3 3 8 6 6 6 Balance (+Magic)

if_akira_spr AKIRA
Akira isn’t so great, either, but better than Charlie.

Type HP♂ HP♀ MP STR INT MAG STM SPD LUK DEF EVD MPW MEF Focus
A 19 14 7 7 2 4 5 3 3 8 5 4 3 STR>STM
B 19 14 7 6 2 4 6 4 2 10 6 4 3 STR/STM>SPD
C 19 14 6 6 2 2 6 4 4 10 6 2 2 STR/STM>LUK
D 19 14 7 5 3 3 5 5 3 10 7 3 3 STR/STM/SPD
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yeah, your character’s gender determines their and their partner’s HP. it’s dumb.

[extremely complicated joke about how the south park game obviously ripped off the feature where your difficulty level is set according to the colour of your skin except that’s a very problematic analogy given the late 19th and early 20th century history of white women’s progressive politics vis-a-vis black men’s]

as far as i can tell, the female option gets no advantage to make up for the HP cut, either.

I wonder how long until ubisoft (it would definitely be ubisoft) makes some disastrous antebellum-era assassin’s creed in which you have to decide whether to side with susan b anthony or frederick douglass

if your s-links are high enough you get the secret ottilie assing route