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Welcome to the Japanese niche games deals and discussion thread!  Feel free to talk about local and import Japanese games here.  Our goal is to maintain a thread dedicated to active deals on niche games including RPGs, Visual Novels (VN), Shoot'em ups (Shmups), Musou, etc.  Also maintained are pre-orders for standard, limited and collector's edition games with key release dates provided.

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CAGkrazy said:
Thanks for the tips guys! Im getting excited. Hehe! Do you recommend buying weapons and gear at the store before the mission? Or should i do with the default weapons? I just dont want to waste money if ilget a better weapon at the get go.
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Persona 3 and 4 were pretty generous with weapon drops in the dungeon, but I've only beaten the first palace so far and I never got a new weapon or armor. Then again I did it all in one day so I didn't think to leave and make lockpicks for the chests along the way. Maybe the locked chests on the higher floors had weapons or armor and I didn't get them. I just sold all my treasure to the weapons guy, and bought mid to high level equipment for my team. I gave my healers (Ann/Morgana) better defense equipment so they can withstand the hits and heal us when we need it.

I'm still not seeing the benefit to buying new guns. I don't use them for their damage, I just take it out so I can hit the weak points and rush to the all-out attack. Especially when some of the personas I've gotten already do gun damage as a move.

 
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CAGkrazy said:
Thanks for the tips guys! Im getting excited. Hehe! Do you recommend buying weapons and gear at the store before the mission? Or should i do with the default weapons? I just dont want to waste money if ilget a better weapon at the get go.
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Yes for armor, weapons aren't as important but I do believe they affect the damage of all out attacks.
 
Not impressed with the "I did the whole first dungeon in one day" posts.   You are either playing it on easy, skipping many of the enemies, or you used your 1 soma (the only 1 SP recovery item available at this point).  If you are playing on normal and fighting the shadows while collecting personas you will run out of SP at the halfway point. Your Persona list will be full at this point too. 

 
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Nothing371 said:
Not impressed with the "I did the whole first dungeon in one day" posts. You are either playing it on easy, skipping many of the enemies, or you used your 1 soma (the only 1 SP recovery item available at this point). If you are playing on normal and fighting the shadows while collecting personas you will run out of SP at the halfway point. Your Persona list will be full at this point too.
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I used mine before I knew it was worth 50k... I'm pissed cause I now need cash to get the sp accessory from Tae...
 
Nothing371 said:
Not impressed with the "I did the whole first dungeon in one day" posts. You are either playing it on easy, skipping many of the enemies, or you used your 1 soma (the only 1 SP recovery item available at this point). If you are playing on normal and fighting the shadows while collecting personas you will run out of SP at the halfway point. Your Persona list will be full at this point too.
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Gotta become a barista at Leblanc! If only we'd known sooner! The things we could have achieved!
 
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Morgana's voice when it does the "Meow-hehehehe" is cute af. Also when it licks and purrs it's cute af. Now I want a damn kitten.

Ann's embarrassed voice and Ryuji's sleepy voice is cool too.

Also, might want to include a few spoiler tags here and there guys.

A few extra things I haven't heard people mention:

Sometimes you do want to space your dungeon trips out, since it takes time to reset the alarm percentage if you triggered it. It either goes down by half or 20% a day.

Even if you accept Ryuji (or anyone's) invitation through IM, you are just bought in front of them, and can still do something else than hang out with them.

Lockpick chests are the ones that give the special armor/weapons. 
Same for the ones in Mementos.

I never found the shop armor in Persona games too important, since dungeons usually give good ones anyway, and you can pass them down to others unlike weapons. I usually keep all weapons up to date, but since AOAs almost always kill in this game, it doesn't seem like they are too important either. I find the gun updates pretty useless unless they give extra ammo, but Ryuji's shotgun is insane. Does ridiculous damage. Ann's smg also helps with mobs. I absolutely love the gun system in this game!

Also, wtf is a Twilight Prostitute...?

 
Souffrir said:
It's okay, fans already took care of the whole [customspoiler="female lead"]
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hmm that character design looks very familiar.

 
elessar123 said:
I'm debating on restarting with the spoiler-free guide so I don't have to replay any time soon...

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Just play how you want to play and don't stress yourself out. It's an amazing game and it's meant to be enjoyed.

If you want to maximize everything and that makes you happy, then go for it. But if it's going to be an annoyance having to check everything, making sure everything is perfect, and setting limits for yourself, then it's probably better to just go in blind the first time around.

Also, keep in mind that this is a fantastic game. It's so good that it might make you want to play a 2nd time, regardless of whether you are going for a perfect run or not. Add in DLC and stuff, and it's not a bad idea to play it again. Most importantly, just enjoy yourself, don't treat it like it's some kind of assignment or project, it's just a game.

A good game will make you want to replay it. GTA V and Transistor I think being the only two games I've ever beaten more than once.

 
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It's more about the real life time investment than anything. I could finish a game like Horizon or Nier instead of an almost mandatory second play-through. And I feel like I am totally wasting all my free time in game.

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MsterPanDa said:
Has anyone ordered from videogameplus. ca with credit card? Was wondering if it is reliable. I know paypal would be better, but there's a bunch of games I wanna get since they're on sale.
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I advice you to use PayPal when shopping from them. Link your credit card to your PayPal account.

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Didn't sell soma, beat the first 5 dungeons in one go on normal. There are SP items, theyre in the specific soda machines like the one by the laundromat and the one in the school courtyard. You also have to realize that physical skills are a thing and you can crit with them. Like Lucky punch has a huge crit chance, so you dont even need to target weaknesses. Armor has a huge impact on damage taken as well. If your Persona list is full, just go back to the velvet room and fuse them into each other to get some good shit. Trying to do the dungeon in one go makes this one of the harder Smt games which is refreshing. Love this game so far.
 
RatedIM said:
I advice you to use PayPal when shopping from them. Link your credit card to your PayPal account.

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I decided to use paypal and not my credit card. I wanted to pay it slowly but I guess I don't have to worry about that anymore. Thank you for the advice.

 
BlackRockWaifu said:
Just play how you want to play and don't stress yourself out. It's an amazing game and it's meant to be enjoyed.

If you want to maximize everything and that makes you happy, then go for it. But if it's going to be an annoyance having to check everything, making sure everything is perfect, and setting limits for yourself, then it's probably better to just go in blind the first time around.

Also, keep in mind that this is a fantastic game. It's so good that it might make you want to play a 2nd time, regardless of whether you are going for a perfect run or not. Add in DLC and stuff, and it's not a bad idea to play it again. Most importantly, just enjoy yourself, don't treat it like it's some kind of assignment or project, it's just a game.

A good game will make you want to replay it. GTA V and Transistor I think being the only two games I've ever beaten more than once.
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I've beaten Persona 3, Persona 4, and the Bioshock games more than once. :lol:

shadowysea07 said:
hmm that character design looks very familiar.
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I thought of Saya from Blood C

I actually used my Soma already. :lol:

 
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Also, I named my character Lelouch Lamperou, cause I thought he sounded like Lelouch. Turns out, same voice actor.

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I named my character Akira Kurusu. Team name:
The Avengers
Fits perfectly with no missing letters!
I know, I'm a super nerd... 😆
 
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Nothing371 said:
Q: should I sell my DLC soma for 50k to buy armor upgrades?
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I used mine to help get to the treasure the first day in the first palace. Fighting everything along the way left me a bit drained. Money isn't too much of an issue for me so far, just make sure you're picking up the treasure in the palaces.

 
Backloggers Anonymous is having a Persona 5 Progress chart. (Wiki under the first post.) Pretty much just put your name, the date you got to, what level you're at, and your group name if you got that far. See how you stack against other players! It's not a race, just there to track your progress compared to others, and keep you in line towards clearing it out of the backlog. It's a Wiki, so anyone can edit it.

Also, I'll probably do a poll there once the month is over on who the best waifu is. And the winner gets some fan art (phan-art?) and maybe fanfiction from me. I'm am esteemed hentai artist, you should see some of my doujinshi. 

 
Well now that you guys mentioned it, I guess I'll sell the soma for quick cash. Not like I'll ever use it like all the elixirs I stockpile in every jrpg.

elessar123 said:
Also, I named my character Lelouch Lamperou, cause I thought he sounded like Lelouch. Turns out, same voice actor.

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Does the name you give your character ever get shared over the network? I called in help for the hostage situation and it showed a player's name but not sure if it was just his psn id. I mean I don't wanna use personal info for my character if it's gonna be shared.

 
godofwar7 said:
After 20 hours in the game, the way they pronounce the names sounds completely natural to me now.
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Yea, after a while you don't even notice.

Also the OST in the game is amazing. The only song I heard before the game came out was the opening so I had no idea what the other songs were like. I have yet to hear a song I don't like. The battle theme is especially great, can't get it out of my head.
 
Got to the 3rd floor during my 1st day. Reached lvl 7. Hehe! I actually grinded on the area near the saferoom until i dont have hp to spare. Anyway question allthe treasures ilke pearls and onyx for selling or are they useful for something else. Theres an option to sell oll treasures at the shopbut im worried i might sell something important
 
CAGkrazy said:
Got to the 3rd floor during my 1st day. Reached lvl 7. Hehe! I actually grinded on the area near the saferoom until i dont have hp to spare. Anyway question allthe treasures ilke pearls and onyx for selling or are they useful for something else. Theres an option to sell oll treasures at the shopbut im worried i might sell something important
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Nah, just sell 'em. Anything in treasures is just for profit.

 
Persona 5 is very addictive. I did actually restart. Even with the skipping everything...it too me about 4 and a half maybe 5 hours to catch up to where I was (may 5th i believe first year). I'm a lot more happier with my character stat wise and confidant link wise. I took a look at the Gamefaqs guide to just rush through the first month. It says to reach the treasure in 1 going. That is very, very hard IMHO and I couldn't do it in 1 go. Did reach it barely in 2 goes. I wouldn't take that walk through as gospel though and you will do OK anyway just looking at it now and then if you're following it. Been going on my own again after I caught up. Give me luck...i'm almost done with the 2nd dungeon and doing decent on stats and confidants though I could use more always! If anyone is on the fence for the game just buy it. It's one of the cleanest games I've played in a long while and is just interesting and fun. Don't be afraid to restart if you learn a lot about stat ups and such....but like Draekon put in either this or another thread....eh no play through is perfect. It takes it's own leisurely pace, so you can't really rush anything, and you really don't want to. Most of the game will be the journey with all the people. It's challenging of course even on normal...died a few times in the 2nd dungeon...some hard demons to fight sometimes.

I would keep all healing items honestly unless you really need money. I am consistently using them all. I also buy the SP restoration items (cheap ones) and buy the rations from the Airsoft store. They are good healing if you run low on SP.

 
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never had any issues with vgs.

persona wise don't forget you can go for ones that have a spell to syphon sp from enemies.  Combining that with regen skills and accessorie helps for early in the games so you don't have to use items to recover.

 
elessar123 said:
It's more about the real life time investment than anything. I could finish a game like Horizon or Nier instead of an almost mandatory second play-through. And I feel like I am totally wasting all my free time in game.

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This is exactly what I'm using the no-spoiler walkthrough on Gamefaqs. While I would love to do a completely blind play-through my first go around, and then a max playthrough the second time around, I just don't have the time like I used to when I was younger to dedicate to this game. I would rather use the time to experience new games (there's just so many that I'm interested in playing!!) and play online with my friends.

 
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It's surprising that so many are against replaying a game no matter how amazing the game is. Often times replaying the game is more fun than playing it the first time.

Some stuff that comes to mind for me in particular
Muramasa rebirth on one hit death mode. Bioshock infinite where you know the twists that come and see all the hints that were dropped but you didn't realize were hints the first time around. Tokyo mirage sessions on lunatic difficulty. Catherine on hard mode. Fire emblem on lunatic difficulty.
 
CAGkrazy said:
Got to the 3rd floor during my 1st day. Reached lvl 7. Hehe! I actually grinded on the area near the saferoom until i dont have hp to spare. Anyway question allthe treasures ilke pearls and onyx for selling or are they useful for something else. Theres an option to sell oll treasures at the shopbut im worried i might sell something important
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You just sell it.

My team is called Waifu Legion.

 
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Nothing371 said:
hehehe so many people thought they weren't going to use a max attribute / max social link walkthrough. My how the tables have turned!
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I used it a bit when I restarted...but honestly it's extremely hectic to follow. I think the first dungeon timeline for it is off by about a day. Likely screws everyone before anything happens. After the first month i'm using my flawed logic to try to get a "perfect" run. At least my stats are looking pretty good now!

 
godofwar7 said:
It's surprising that so many are against replaying a game no matter how amazing the game is. Often times replaying the game is more fun than playing it the first time.

Some stuff that comes to mind for me in particular
Muramasa rebirth on one hit death mode. Bioshock infinite where you know the twists that come and see all the hints that were dropped but you didn't realize were hints the first time around. Tokyo mirage sessions on lunatic difficulty. Catherine on hard mode. Fire emblem on lunatic difficulty.
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C'mon. You know that's not what it is. People aren't against replaying games. There just isn't enough time in the day to finish all of your video games, let alone replay a 100+ hour rpg anytime the near future. Everyone here has backlogs of stuff they were really excited about playing at one point.

 
I know I will replay P4Golden in the future. Of course i beat P4 a while back...so it will be somewhat new to me again. Same with the PSX FF games. I don't remember them well anymore.

 
Nothing371 said:
C'mon. You know that's not what it is. People aren't against replaying games. There just isn't enough time in the day to finish all of your video games, let alone replay a 100+ hour rpg anytime the near future. Everyone here has backlogs of stuff they were really excited about playing at one point.
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But this under the perception that replaying the game is will be the exact same experience all over again. If you replay a game and if it feels like an entirely different experience then is it not worth it to replay the game since it is like playing a brand new game? That is my argument here. Replaying those games entirely changed my perceptions and feelings on them
 
Nothing371 said:
C'mon. You know that's not what it is. People aren't against replaying games. There just isn't enough time in the day to finish all of your video games, let alone replay a 100+ hour rpg anytime the near future. Everyone here has backlogs of stuff they were really excited about playing at one point.
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You still gotta do it if you are going for the platinum trophy though, which many of us here are trying to do. Fortunately RPGs that have New Game+ make the second playthrough way faster.
 
Basically what I am saying is if replaying a game turns a game I liked into a game I loved, well then I am all for replaying it. And if I already love a game and replaying it turns it into some god tier game for me, then there is no question what must be done. Backlog be damned I don't get THAT many god tier games in my life.
 
kickalillas2 said:
My character name is Akira Kurusu
Team name is MonsterSquad
Anyone who gets that reference is a bigger nerd than you lol
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The movie came out 7 years before I was born and I still got that reference...

I always thought the old man would be a secret bad guy though.

I also preferred this one over The Goonies.

 
godofwar7 said:
It's surprising that so many are against replaying a game no matter how amazing the game is. Often times replaying the game is more fun than playing it the first time.

Some stuff that comes to mind for me in particular
Muramasa rebirth on one hit death mode. Bioshock infinite where you know the twists that come and see all the hints that were dropped but you didn't realize were hints the first time around. Tokyo mirage sessions on lunatic difficulty. Catherine on hard mode. Fire emblem on lunatic difficulty.
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But if you noticed all but like one hint in Bioshock Infinite, what would you go back and play it again for?

And most people would be playing with a guide the second time anyways, instead of actually taking notes and figuring out themselves how to get the perfect run. I haven't looked a single thing up, so I've missed like half the classroom questions so far. But people are fine looking up the answers but not following a spoiler-free guide.

There's obviously no line in the sand. Pretty much everyone is "cheating" in some way.

Edit: I think I am going to continue through the game on Hard, and maybe do an easy run for NG+ to rush through with the guide.

 
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