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Koei Tecmo Does Not Mention Persona 5 Scramble: The Phantom Strikers Western Release in Latest Quart




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Flare-kun



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PostPosted: Thu Oct 29, 2020 7:34 am Reply with quote
Really hoping all this indicates is a delay out of that financial period and not something more.
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Silver Kirin



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PostPosted: Thu Oct 29, 2020 9:27 am Reply with quote
Perhaps due to the pandemic they couldn't make an English dub for the game, which doesn't affect me since I'm not a native English-speaker but I know people that prefer to play Persona in English, maybe Atlus doesn't want to repeat what happened with Persona Q2 for the 3DS. On the other hand, maybe they think there is not an audience for a Musou x Persona game in the West.
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Chaotic-Overlord



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PostPosted: Thu Oct 29, 2020 10:03 am Reply with quote
Flare-kun wrote:
Really hoping all this indicates is a delay out of that financial period and not something more.

I've talked to multiple people with inside knowledge about how the gaming industry works about this, the good news is, it's likely even less than just a delay. Essentially, these fiscal reports are done for the sake of shareholders, who just like to get definitive news, so if a studio doesn't have any updates on a certain project, they're better just leaving it out entirely. Essentially, the game is still likely coming over West, but they didn't have any updates on the scenario for shareholders and left it out of this report for that reason.
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Greed1914



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PostPosted: Thu Oct 29, 2020 10:21 am Reply with quote
I'm not too worried about it. I've been seeing news reports lately about various Japanese games that have been quietly delayed since working remotely slowed things down. There isn't necessarily a problem, but things are slower than they would be. Bravely Default 2 officially announced a delay out of 2020, but it was pretty much assumed that it wouldn't make a 2020 release when it was almost November and they didn't have a firm date.
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MFrontier



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PostPosted: Thu Oct 29, 2020 10:36 am Reply with quote
Yeah, I think it's still inevitable that they'll be bringing the game over, but various reasons are just making it take a little longer.
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DRWii



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PostPosted: Thu Oct 29, 2020 10:50 am Reply with quote
Sega's already trademarked "Persona 5 Strikers" and the copyright info in the demo even refers to it by that name. It's not a question of "if," but "when."

And if anyone still feels paranoid, well, now you know what it was like to wait for Etrian Odyssey V.
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OtherSideofSky





PostPosted: Thu Oct 29, 2020 12:36 pm Reply with quote
It'll probably still come out, but after how long it's taken without even a release date, I'm really glad I imported it.
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theNightster



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PostPosted: Thu Oct 29, 2020 1:08 pm Reply with quote
RIP Scramble?
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residentgrigo



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PostPosted: Thu Oct 29, 2020 2:13 pm Reply with quote
A certified Atlus moment. You are awaited in heaven Strikers:
https://preview.redd.it/hj61udzutgv51.png?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=b833c63af96ed23bf7e6d16baaf1ca9aafc60f77

The game itself is ok and will likely still come. Just after Zelda Musou 2 and SMT III and V. Right when the P5 fire runs coldest. So. About Project Re Fantasy. Dare I even ask?
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DRWii



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PostPosted: Thu Oct 29, 2020 3:26 pm Reply with quote
residentgrigo wrote:
So. About Project Re Fantasy. Dare I even ask?

I could be misinterpreting, but this comment from Soejima sure makes it sound like active development didn't begin until last year.
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I feel like we are finally at a place where we have a direction and are moving forward with it.

So don't expect it for another few years.
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Finny-chan



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PostPosted: Fri Oct 30, 2020 11:13 am Reply with quote
Welp I guess importing it is then and hope there are translations out there on the web so I can understand what is going on.
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