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@Eirikr said:

I'm calling it: 200 new Kaneko demon designs, all just variations on Cu Chulainn.

My favorite game ever?

I wouldn't be opposed to seeing a Kaneko design of Cu Chulainn as he appears in that goofy folktale where Finn McCool bites his thumb off.

@Animasta said:

did he do the new demon designs in strange journey? That dominion redesign...

That Dominion design, like a majority of the other designs appropriated for use in SJ, was taken from either Soul Hackers or the original Devil Summoner. He did, however, provide designs for the mothers and Orias.

edit: every time, eirikr, every time

@mutha3: Yeah, and that apprehension is honestly anything but ill-founded. On the other hand, I can't imagine they'd play the "Classic SMT" angle so hard if they weren't willing to bring Kaneko himself back. I'd honestly be kinda devastated (maybe a touch strong) otherwise.

@mutha3 said:

True, those designs are rather Kaneko-esque. The blue trenchcoats dudes with the anime hair on the other hand?hmmmmm.

The dude in the middle is mighty reminiscient of the Law Hero from the original Shin Megami Tensei. The dude with the ball of spiky hair? Well, you've got me there.

@Eirikr: An enormous, blue light, accompanied by shadowy silhouettes and manifold rays of light. Well, It may be too early to say either way.

@mutha3: Those are some mad Kaneko sideburns if I've ever seen them, if that helps.

@The_Nubster said:

I have a couple of dumb question regarding this news:

Is this different from Persona 5?

It's only the trailer that's on the 3DS, and the actual game will be on home consoles?

Yes, the Persona series is considered a spin-off of the main SMT series, of which this is the fourth entry.

No, the game will also be for 3DS.

edit: ahhhhhhhhhhhh

@Eirikr said:

@Animasta: Definitely not another Conception, looks like something nuclear.

whoa son we have to fight now

@Animasta said:

also is that a guy or a girl (the one with the ponytail) I can't tell

It's either a slightly fey dude or a very modestly proportioned young lady. I'm starting to lean on the former at this point.

I can't tell, is that another conception?

This apocalypse certainly seems to be of the supernatural sort, rather then nuclear.

I am recklessly optimistic about this game.

Man, I'm diggin' the cheesy summoning animation.

Well, here's another one.

Naga + Naga : The SMT associations of the former should be carried over to the latter.