Persona 4 Revival: New Info Has Fans Begging for a Yosuke Route

Japanese fan reactions (excerpted from 180)

• You can spot an 'Ability' entry on the Social Link screen now — my guess is they're adding something that works like P5's Confidant effects.

  コミュの画面にアビリティが確認できたんだけど、P5のコープと同じような効果を追加してくれるんじゃないかなと予想

  — @魚旗-v1w95 likes

• Higher Social Link rank already lets you fuse higher-level Personas, so the fact they bothered to label it as an 'Ability' makes it almost certain. I'm so happy.

  コミュレベル上がれば生み出せるペルソナのレベルが上がるのは当たり前なのに、わざわざアビリティとして表記してるからほぼ確でありそうよね マジ嬉しい

  — @mikron112025 likes

• Back then the 'correct' play was just to prioritize your party members' Social Links, so even if the abilities are minor, it's nice they're shaking that up.

  前は仲間のコミュ優先するのが答えだったからアビリティ自体がしょぼくてもそういう所変わってくれるのはいいね

  — @speva15231 likes

• Maybe we can expect an instant-kill skill — feels like it'd be Chie's Social Link ability (guessing from the fact Ryuji shares her Chariot Arcana).

  瞬殺スキルに期待できるかも。 千枝のコミュアビとかになりそう(竜司が千枝と同じ戦車アルカナから予想)

  — @河中日々丸7 likes

• In the other games you stumble into the Velvet Room or just somehow end up there, but the P4 protagonist? It comes to him…

  他シリーズのベルベットルームが迷い込む、いつの間にか居るみたいな感じで、向こうから来る番長ぇ…

  — @光り明るい64 likes

• Everyone else gets a 'Welcome,' but only the P4 protagonist gets a 'We've come to collect you' — of course he does……

  他が「ようこそ」みたいなところ、番長だけ「お迎えにあがりました」なのさすが……

  — @死がないサラリーマン7 likes

• He's the only one who gets a limo, too.

  一人だけリムジンだし。

  — @ラックキャノ9 likes

• Nanako is genuinely adorable, and I'm way too excited to see the Kanji-to-Naoto baton pass.

  菜々子まじで可愛いあと完二と直人のバトンタッチを見れるの楽しみすぎる。

  — @フリーザ様-t2j63 likes

• For the Kanji-Naoto baton pass specifically, I need Kanji to be all flustered.

  完二と直斗のバトンタッチだけ完二照れててほしい

  — @mikron112017 likes

• I love that when you pick the 'Nanako is adorable' option, Yosuke and Ichijo nod along.

  菜々子は可愛いの選択肢の時陽介と一条が頷いてるの好き

  — @マーツ235 likes

• It's amazing — the voice actors can still hit those exact voices even after roles change hands and years go by.

  すごいよね声優さんって担当が変わろうと歳を取ろうがちゃんとその声を出せるなんて

  — @たんばりん-c8n57 likes

• The P4 protagonist gets worked so hard across spinoffs that I can easily picture his voice still being in peak form.

  番長はめっちゃ働かされてるから今でも全盛期ボイスなのが想像できる

  — @永吉-q9o6 likes

• So true! Though I bet Kappei Yamaguchi will have his work cut out for him as Teddie — Teddie was pretty high-energy.

  本当そうですね！ただクマの山口勝平さんが苦労しそう…クマ結構ハイテンションだったので

  — @丸マダオ13 likes

• It stings that Dojima won't be Unsho Ishizuka anymore, but from the snippet in the trailer the replacement sounds perfectly cast, so I'm genuinely relieved. Same goes for Shimada taking over Igor — they seem to be directing the new actors to honor the originals, which I'm so grateful for.

  堂島さんが運昇さんじゃなくなっちゃうのは寂しいけどトレーラーでちょい聞いた感じ後任にピッタリの人選んでくれてるっぽくてほんとに安心した イゴール後任の島田さんも多分そうだろうけど前任の声優さん意識の演技でお願いしてそうなのありがたすぎる

  — @mikron112033 likes

• The bets on Dojima's successor seem split between: front-runner Ryotaro Okiayu, contender Takaya Kuroda, and longshot Shunsuke Takeuchi.

  堂島おじさんの後釜予想は、 本命◎:置鮎龍太郎　対抗〇:黒田崇矢　大穴✕:武内駿輔 に分かれてる感じらしい。

  — @KENKASYOUBAI6 likes

• I figured Dojima's voice might be Okiayu! He took over Ishizuka's role as Kizaru in One Piece too, so if it's him I think it's a perfect fit.

  堂島さんの声は置鮎さんかなと思いました！ ONE PIECEでも石塚さんが演じられていた黄猿の後任を担当されている方なので、もしそうならピッタリだと思います！

  — @HiroShu_204213 likes

• They are really pushing how good-looking the P4 protagonist is, huh.

  番長のイケメンぶりをめちゃめちゃ押してくるな

  — @moons88012 likes

• Bowl cuts have come full circle and are trendy again these days, so the times have finally caught up to the protagonist...

  近年は一周回ってマッシュヘアが流行ってますし 時代が番長に追いつきましたね...

  — @nagi11 likes

• Genuinely glad the Mudoon Curry made it in! But what's gonna happen to Yosuke and the protagonist spitting it out at realistic proportions now..,

  ムドオンカレーがあるのちゃんと嬉しい！リアル等身で吹き出す陽介と番長はどうなってしまうんだ、、

  — @あきまるくん25 likes

• Chie's legs aren't unnaturally dainty — they look thick enough to actually put power behind a kick, which is weirdly reassuring.

  千枝の足、不自然に華奢じゃなくしっかり蹴りの力入れられそうな太さで逆に安心するというか。

  — @32ramaxis-q2011 likes

• 1:06 ???: 'Aren't they thick?' ???: 'I said they're not thick.' ???: 'They're THICK!' ???: 'They are NOT thick!'

  1:06 ？？？「太くない？」 ？？？「太くないって」 ？？？「太てぇって！」 ？？？「太くねぇって！」

  — @俺たちの益田22 likes

• Persona 3 Reload was incredibly high-quality as a definitive edition, so my hype for P4 Revival is maxed out!!

  P3Rも決定版としてめちゃくちゃクオリティ高かったからP4Rも期待感マックスです！！

  — @ヒヨッてるツキミシン11 likes

• Personally Persona 3 Reload left me a bit underwhelmed, so I'm hopeful here. From the info so far, the main story and characters don't seem to be changing much — it feels like they fleshed out the original P4 to the absolute max.

  個人的にはP3Rの肩透かし感が凄かったので、期待してる。 今出てる情報見た感じだと、ストーリーの大筋やキャラクターに大幅な変更は無さそう。元のP4に極限まで肉付けをしたって感じかな。

  — @蓬莱京悟4 likes

• The beatdown rush is probably back-imported from P4 Arena, and it feels like they're pulling lots of stuff from the anime and elsewhere too.

  ボコスカラッシュもP4Uから逆輸入だろうしアニメとかから色々引っ張ってきそう

  — @Y.I2-kr7ub7 likes

• Between the Cross Slash and the beatdown rush, there's a lot being back-imported from P4 Arena and I love it.

  十文字斬りといいボコスカラッシュといいP4Uからの逆輸入が多くて嬉しい

  — @松岡ロメオ1 likes

• I hope the follow-up attack stays as its own thing separate from the rush — I want to see the 'DOON' again.

  追撃はラッシュとは別にそのままあってほしいな どーんをまた見たい

  — @mikron11209 likes

• Even if it's gone as a system, the 'DOON!' will probably survive as a special cut-in — it was popular enough to make it into P4 Arena, so I don't think it'll disappear.

  システムとしては消えたとしても特殊カットインとかでどーん！だけは残ってくれそう P4Uでも採用されてたぐらい人気あるし消えはしないと思う

  — @speva15234 likes

• Will the disappointing Okami stay disappointing, become decently usable, or come back absolutely broken?

  残念大神が残念なままになるのかそこそこ使えるようになるのか、またまたぶっ壊れになるのか

  — @ショウ-o7v7 likes

• Too niche for anyone to mention, but my biggest concern is whether they keep the difficulty option that adjusts EXP and money gain — that feature saved me so much, please keep it… and if possible I'm also hoping for a toggle to swap in Hirata's BGM and toning down Marie's cringier moments 🙏

  細かすぎて誰も触れてないけど個人的に一番気になるのは難易度変更の獲得経験値量と獲得金額量を調整できる機能そのまま残してくれてるのか、あの機能にものすごく助けられたから残してほしい…後出来ればでいいから平田さんのBGMへの変更機能とマリーの恥ずかしい描写の軽減も期待してる🙏

  — @Neil7889321 likes

• Thanks to bingeing Nagi's videos super recently I got massively into Persona, and just as I was getting pretty knowledgeable despite never having played, the new Revival PV and reactions drop — too happy…

  超最近にナギィさんの女装ランキング動画を見てたおかげでペルソナにめちゃくちゃ興味持って、プレイしてないにも関わらず結構詳しくなってきたところにリバイバル最新PVとその反応が来るなんて嬉しすぎる…

  — @Jojosuki_19999 likes

• So glad you're into Persona! Please!!! You have got to play it!!!!!! It's so fun!! It's a rabbit hole!!!!!! New Persona fans are always welcome!!!

  ペルソナに興味持ってくれてマジ嬉しい！ぜひ！！！是非ともプレイしてみよう！！！！！！楽しいよ！！沼だよ！！！！！！新規ペルソナファン増えるのは大歓迎だよ！！！

  — @Neil788933 likes

• Everything's gotten way too cool — I'm so excited!!!

  色々カッコよくなりすぎてて すごい楽しみ！！！

  — @ジルコニウム-w5m0 likes

• Fully-voiced Social Links is just too hype.

  コミュのフルボイスは激アツすぎる

  — @タッキーVNG0 likes

• So the days of starting with Yukiko, romancing everyone, and ending the playthrough back on Yukiko begin again.

  また雪子から始まり全員攻略して雪子でプレイを終える日が始まるのか。

  — @ダンボール最高0 likes

• Can't wait, bear with me ♪

  楽しみクマー♪

  — @Samura1サム0 likes

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