Hmm, it depends really like Mario Party will be great if you have people around to play with and like party games a lot. However, SMT will likely be a meaty Jrpg with a great turn base combat system
I DO tend to enjoy lengthy jrpgs, particularly Pokemon. The biggest issue for me with Mario party is a lack of people to play with regularly IRL, and a shoddy internet connection could make online play problematic.
That depends. If you're looking more for a party game to have fun with friends and make them your enemies? Go with MP. Some of the most fun I've ever had. But if you're gonna be playing alone and like JRPGs but perhaps want one that's a little unique from the others when it comes to setting, aesthetic, and appeal, go for SMT
I think we all just need to retire using 'anime' in a blanket negative way to describe something, because it means literally nothing. Anime is a medium, not a genre. That's like saying 'man this looks like such a generic animated movie' or 'ugh this is just generic film', it's a pointless descriptor.
To me it's a bit xenophobic too. Imagine if people called The Last of Us, Uncharted, GTA and Red Dead "generic Nicholas Cage/Adam Sandler style". I'm pretty sure that sounds silly, so I think calling every japanese aesthetic generic anime or even saying anime style is generic by itself is silly.
Thank you all very much!!! For some reason I misunderstood Apocalypse as a prequel so that's why I was thinking about playing it first, thank you for explaining. Seems like a great experience and something I'll get myself playing hours and hours just like P5 and I really like that, as the more time I spent playing a good game the less I get depressed or worried.
Thanks y'all! Definitely leaning towards SMT V now.
Godbless (also I realized my Gamecube adapter is downstairs connected to my Switch so I guess the decision really was made for me all this time
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Wait until you tell people that Zelda is anime :^)
It's not that they have rough beginnings, but more like after so much time the game expects you to have a pretty good grasp of the battle mechanics and usually throws a boss at you to test that. Most complaints I've seen come from people who think they can breeze through these games like they're Final Fantasy and just spam attack.I’ve heard both SMT 3 and 4 have rough beginnings so maybe 5 might actually be a good starting point
I need to get around to these games soon enough regardless.
Haha that’s fair. I’m sure I can manage them.
I can write a whole paper on this, but yeah anime hate has plenty of imperialistic/orientalistic traits:
Honestly it runs pretty good, I only play handheld and while there is a little slowdown during some battle animations they don't ruin the experience.
The Good place, the Bad place, and Mindy St. Claire's house.
I don't think wanting JRPGs/Japanese games to move away from high school-aged characters, especially when they are often overtly sexualised, has anything to do with 'removing anime tropes' or 'adding western tropes'.
Lol that was the strangest one to me. Somehow Xenoblade Chronicles wasn't always Anime. I get that the Wii's hardware couldn't show everything off properly but it was obvious what they were aiming forThe Good place, the Bad place, and Mindy St. Claire's house.
Regarding the "anime" debate:
When Xenoblade DE was announced the Xenoblade community I was in was trashing the game HARD, saying things like "Takahashi is chasing a fad and trying to turn Xenoblade into anime" and "Xeno used to be so cool and mature, why did they have to turn it into anime?" and at one point I started sharing screenshots from the anime cutscenes from Xenogears back in 1998 and they got maaaaad
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Nah, I think Fusion is good as it is. Nintendo just needs to make it available on the Switch and we're golden. If Mercury Steam is working on any Metroid, I want it to be Metroid 6. Let's see what kind of bold new story they can tell in this universe now that they've wrapped up the original story arc.
Criticizing sexualized designs is ok. The hate that Japanese high-schoolers get from some white/western people is definitely weird.
Yeah I only really played the first three and I have been asking for online since what 7?
I’ve got my fingers crossed the shop is hiding unlockable characters and map(even if some are post release) definitely hyped to play with the fam during thanksgiving week
I mean super has online
and at one point I started sharing screenshots from the anime cutscenes from Xenogears back in 1998 and they got maaaaad
Yeah, but they added that after how long? lol So just chose to wait for one that had it build in and no offense to Super but I know all of my friends will just simply move on to the new one. So no sense to spend the $40-60 for it .
YES. I seriously have daydreams about Hideaki Anno doing an adaptation because honestly who else even could?
I’ve heard both SMT 3 and 4 have rough beginnings so maybe 5 might actually be a good starting point
I need to get around to these games soon enough regardless.
Oh I just dislike rebuying games I already have, but that darn Nintendo making those damn great games. Making me rebuy games *shakes fist*
