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When A California Punk Song Sold Me On A Japanese Tactics RPG
1Has a song ever made you buy a video game? I might have never picked up Nippon Ichi Software’s 2003 tactics RPG Disgaea: Hour of Darkness if not for the punk rock tune Atlus decided to use for the English translation.
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Persona 5’s New Game Plus Is Great
I finished Persona 5 a few weeks ago and, unable to get my magical high school friends out of my head, decided I’d jump back in and give its New Game Plus mode a try. It’s not something I normally do with games, but I’m sure glad I did it here.
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The Gentleman Thief Who Inspired Persona 5’s Killer Look
Persona 5 stars a group of Phantom Thieves who go on heists to steal the twisted desires of targets in the land of Tokyo’s collective unconscious, the Metaverse. The main characters also get a costume change in these heists. Persona 5‘s protagonist doesn’t talk in the game, but they say everything you need to know…
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This Might Be Persona 5’s Biggest Localisation Fail
Persona 5, an otherwise wonderful game, definitely has some localisation issues. You can find many examples of clunky writing and awkward translation decisions, but this one might be the biggest flub of them all, for a variety of reasons.