Persona 4 Arena Ultimax: Out in NA, It's Time You Burn That Dread

[LivewiresXe]

I missed it and now they're going over Mass Effect 2 on the stream. Yes, TWO.

 

[Jam Stunna]

I'm watching it now, they're showing TTT2. P4A should be up in about half an hour.

P4A is on now

That was really short, but it was nice to see the game in HD and with English localization. I always wondered what Rise was saying!

 

[Rutger]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VyfD0oh3-pE

I believe this is IGN's thing from earlier.

Not much to it, but yeah, it's cool to see it in english.

 

[Jam Stunna]

Fatal Counter indeed

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[Rutger]

Mitsuru is going to be scary.


Anyways, pre-ordering P4A will get you a free "Arranged Soundtrack" CD.

Also here is the second part of that quick tutorial that was released a while back, now in English.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDGSksZdTw0

 

[Smooth Criminal]

I've maintained that Mitsuru was scary since day 1. That just kinda reinforced it. O_O

Smooth Criminal

 

[Lythium]

I'm with Smoove. Mitsuru has been godlike forever.

I want to see more Labby/Shabby, but it doesn't seem like they're very popular.

 

[Smooth Criminal]

Did you watch the rest of the Kansai exhibition, Lyth?

I think it's the seventh or eighth video in the series, but there's some pretty good Labby play in there.

Smooth Criminal

 

[Lythium]

Nah, I only watched the first couple matches.

I'll watch 'em after dinner, thanks~! :3

 

[Sunnysunny]

Oh thank god, i'm not the only one that saw Mitsu as a threat. Havn't even played the game yet, and I can already tell that characters gonna give me trouble. Labrys too. Characters with enormous disjoint give me trouble.

 

[Neo Zero]

Mitsuru is S tier (along with Aigis atm) for a reason. Albeit, I'm not sure if it's one players opinion or a group opinion, but Mitsuru is basically S tier on every tier list out there, and for good reason.

 

[Rutger]

Some character movesets with English VAs.

Yu: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDjaZOSaNsQ
Yosuke: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VfWuZglCSA
Chie: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSLKwCd7RVI
Yukiko: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6SYMXnTV6U
Kanji: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1d_FEMnqm9Q
Naoto: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsBAk3LT2w4


Is it August 7th yet?

 

[sakuraZaKi]

I could barely hear JYB do his Yu-thing.

 

[Sephiroths Masamune]

So much hype.

 

[Rutger]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3uIKgm1xZE

A Naoto ToD loop, no Mudoon/Hamaon. Requires 125 SP so pretty situational.

 

[Lythium]

I predict that will get patched out.

 

[LivewiresXe]

Oi, now I have 3 characters I want to try when the game comes out in Kanji, Yosuke, and Naoto. And, I can totally see why Chie's high tier even in just her Special/Super moves because almost all of them seem pretty practical.

 

[Rutger]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRXBGovCP6E

Naoto doing some scary stuff.

 

[LivewiresXe]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRXBGovCP6E

Naoto doing some scary stuff.

Holy hell...She's Aim canceling like it's a Noel throw-whiff.

 

[Rutger]

Actually, that move ends with her in the aiming stance, so that part is automatic. I assume you still need to cancel out of aim with D, but the loop looks very easy.

Not that this looks like a hard game at all. :/

 

[LivewiresXe]

Actually, that move ends with her in the aiming stance, so that part is automatic. I assume you still need to cancel out of aim with D, but the loop looks very easy.

Not that this looks like a hard game at all. :/

Oh. Well uh...okay then. And so what if it's not the hardest game ever? It looks fun as hell, and that is just as important methinks.

 

[Rutger]

I don't care about the difficulty of a fighting game. :3

I was just saying.

They had me sold at Persona 4 + ArcSys.

 

[LivewiresXe]

I don't care about the difficulty of a fighting game. :3

I was just saying.

They had me sold at Persona 4 + ArcSys.

My bad. Sorry if I came across like I was being pushy or insulting or whatnot. I'm kind of curious who the most widely used characters are going to wind up being. Though I suspect it'll just turn out being the top 3.

 

[Lythium]

Yeah, despite having a gun, Naoto isn't really like Noel at all, haha.

This game looks hella fun, can't wait. :3

 

[Rutger]

My bad. Sorry if I came across like I was being pushy or insulting or whatnot. I'm kind of curious who the most widely used characters are going to wind up being. Though I suspect it'll just turn out being the top 3.

It's okay. I'm actually glad the game looks easy because I am seriously wanting to sub random at this point.

Top two characters are Mitsuru and Yu, these two will be used a lot. Chie is pretty good as well and will probably be popular. I can see Aigis being popular as well, especially for anyone that likes Marvel.

Otherwise this game seems to have some good balance for a first edition ArcSys game.

 

[sakuraZaKi]

Anyone thinking about using Yukiko? :>

 

[Lythium]

I was thinking about it, but she seems kinda mediocre so far. Though that could be because no one has spent enough time with her yet.

Not that I won't try her, but there are other characters that I'm more interested in first.

 

[Rutger]

Possibly?

I want to try out every character so who knows. I'm most interested in Yosuke right now though since he is the Chipp of this game.


Anyways, here might as well be the best place for this, I beat Nocturne today. :3

Normal mode, True Demon Ending, it was too easy. :/

Lucifer was anticlimactic, I guess I over prepared. Oh well, it was fun, but I probably will not return to it anytime soon.

 

[Smooth Criminal]

30-40 hour story mode?! Dayuuuuum.

Smooth Criminal

 

[Sephiroths Masamune]

Will it be like BlazBlue's story mode where it's basically a visual novel with fighting in between? Or will it be like a normal persona game where there's an open world with a day system?

 

[Rutger]

I believe it will be like BB's story mode.

 

[Sephiroths Masamune]

idk, 40 hours of BlazBlue story could get stale really quickly.

 

[Lythium]

Who buys a FG for the story, anyway?

 

[LivewiresXe]

Agreed. Though, it helps for it to make more sense than the Street Fighter storyline.

And holy hell at the last P4 session pktazn put up being ALL Yu mirrors. Like....whazupwitdat?

 

[Rutger]

Yu is really good, and he has that Main Character status.

 

[Lythium]

And Japan likes to play the best characters.

Play to win, and all that.

 

[Rutger]

Well they don't have any losers brackets in their tournaments and I believe they are character locked, so I can understand why they would like to play the best.

 

[Lythium]

Exactly.

Not saying that there aren't Japanese players who play for character love either, but people tend to go with what's good.

 

[Minato]

And holy hell at the last P4 session pktazn put up being ALL Yu mirrors. Like....whazupwitdat?

It was an event with Yuu only.

 

[LivewiresXe]

It was an event with Yuu only.

...Well then. Clever fellow.