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That game demanded players spend a good hour or more drifting through rural life before seriously hinting at the series' hybrid nature as part dating simulator, part dungeon crawler. Persona 5 has a much quicker, more gripping introduction than 2008's (also excellent) Persona 4. I took a while to realize the game even changes scenery when flipping into fights the transitions are just that seamless. Just as the first creature showed its true form, the game's open environment smoothly twisted into turn-based combat. Seemingly human guards hot on the protagonist's trail suddenly melted and morphed into mythical monsters. Persona 5 took basically no time at all to knock me against the wild and woolly world of 'shadows'-supernatural monsters born from the human psyche-in a frenetic opening scene set atop chandeliers hanging above a casino. I certainly did-although it has taken me well over 100 hours to see all the incredible and consistent ways developer Atlus' high-school heist RPG bends, breaks, and leans into its look, feel, and message. You should know exactly how you feel about Persona 5's style and tone within the first 10 minutes. It is perhaps best not to think of Shin Megami Tensei Vas a consolation prize for the Switch, but rather the Switch's complete counterpart to Persona 5.Links: AmazonВ | PlayStation Store | Official website Note: Light spoilers for Persona 5 follow. In general, Shin Megami Tensei is a more serious series, whereas PersonaВ is peppered with comedy and has a 'pop' aesthetic. Shin Megami Tensei V will shareВ major elements with Persona 5, but it will have its own distinct flavor. They are thenВ free to return to their normal lives. Because Persona is about psychology, its characters are only transformed when they enter spaces warped by someone's perceptions. In Shin Megami Tensei V, the world is changed for good, and the protagonist is made permanently godlike to cope. Persona is much more about people's inner selves, focusing on psychological themes like perception, relationships, and trauma. Shin Megami Tensei deals with protagonists fighting to survive epic conflicts between gods and demons. That said, the tone and subject matter of the twoВ series are quite different. P5'sВ Jack Frost, for example, is seen in an SMT 5 trailer as ' Fairy Jack Frost.'В In both games, demons and personas begin as foes but can be recruited as allies through negotiation.

The 'demons' of Shin Megami Tensei V areВ the same as the 'personas' of Persona 5. Shin Megami Tensei VВ gameplay footageВ so far has already shown many of these similarities both games star a misfit high school student in Tokyo who accesses an alternative version of the city, in which he gains powers.

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How Shin Megami Tensei's HistoryВ Connects to Persona'sДЄs PersonaВ isВ a spin-off series of the SMT franchise, there are deep gameplay and thematic ties between the two. But it appears all the detail and care of a mainline Atlus game are being put into SMT 5, so it could be just as good. ToВ some fans hoping for a Persona 5 release on Switch, Shin Megami Tensei VВ may feel like a consolation prize.

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Then again, neither P5S nor Catherine: Full BodyВ is a mainline entry in Atlus' flagship series.В ManyВ think of Persona as Atlus' primary RPG franchise, but it has one other, whichВ gets more attention outside the U.S.: Shin Megami Tensei. Persona 5 Strikers earned positive reviewsВ upon its February 2020 release, but it's not a substitute for Persona 5 Royal.ДЄtlus has now releasedВ two games, Persona 5 Strikers and Catherine: Full Body,В on both SwitchВ and PS4, which has sparked hope itВ could be changing its usual pattern.

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Ultimate in 2019В fed suspicions that Persona 5В was on the wayВ to Switch, especially with the launch of the updated Persona 5 Royale coming to PS4 worldwide in March 2020.В Instead, Joker's Smash debutВ was followed up with an announcement forВ a completely differentВ game: Persona 5 Strikers, a musou spin-off with a separate story. The announcement ofВ Joker as one ofВ the first DLC fighters for Super Smash Bros. More than four years after its initial worldwide release, Persona 5В still has not been announced for Switch, but Atlus' Shin Megami Tensei Vhas - perhaps in part to make up for the Switch's lack of P5.В If true, can SMT 5 live up to Persona 5's quality and hype? Even though the company tends to launch certain game series only on specific consoles, fans thought the hype around Persona 5 would make for an exception. Fans have long hopedВ Atlus would release Persona 5on Nintendo Switch.