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Golden Goat posted:If the top left picture is normal Ken (considering it's right behind his portrait) then he still has two cards. Shadows have different health bars than regular characters, that's Shadow Ken too. S-Alpha posted:That doesn't apply to any other character though, shadow mode or regular has the same amount of persona cards. There are a couple inferences you can make from him having so few cards though, he should have and interesting gimmick or two. Really? It's going to be interesting to see why that would be then.
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# ? May 21, 2014 15:28 |
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If he has a Kuro Gauge, then maybe he has so few persona cards because he basically has 'two' personas? He calls in Kuro for assists, and he calls in Kala-Nemi for assists, and they're both operating off their own meter.
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# ? May 21, 2014 15:30 |
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Golden Goat posted:It's tiny but I see it too. I'm hoping for some sort of power rangers poo poo where Ken and Koro combine into some crazy robot form with their personas. Fuuu-sion ha-arf.
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# ? May 21, 2014 15:36 |
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If Ken has a Koromaru Install, I don't even know what I'm going to do. I'm basically obligated to main him at that point.
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# ? May 21, 2014 15:37 |
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Orgia Carnaval posted:Shadows have different health bars than regular characters, that's Shadow Ken too. Ah sorry I should have noticed the health bars. As to why, i figure it's to balance out the Koromaru gauge. Still wish though I could play as just Koro.
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# ? May 21, 2014 15:40 |
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Solo Koro would be great, but this way of including him involves less hitbox tinkering.
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# ? May 21, 2014 15:48 |
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It also involves more Ken, which nobody wants.
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# ? May 21, 2014 15:52 |
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BottledBodhisvata posted:A hoodie? Well I suppose it's better than angel wings. Shadow Ken looks like a real smuggo creep. Someone pointed out that the hoodie is Ken's hoodie from P3 actually, haha.
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# ? May 21, 2014 15:53 |
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drat, that's some Maragidyne right there. Edit: And an IK shot for the hell of it. ACES CURE PLANES fucked around with this message at 16:25 on May 21, 2014 |
# ? May 21, 2014 16:22 |
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So I guess they just thought Ken's persona was terrible so Koro took his place?
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# ? May 21, 2014 16:30 |
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Arcsys did try to get a Dojima with Nanako "persona" for the first game, they're probably just using this concept with characters Atlus would actually approve this time around.
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# ? May 21, 2014 16:38 |
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Golden Goat posted:So I guess they just thought Ken's persona was terrible so Koro took his place?
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# ? May 21, 2014 16:45 |
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Endorph posted:Nah, if you look he has persona cards *and* a Koro meter. He probably has both. If I had a creative guess, it's possible hitting Koromaru while Cerberus is out also costs Ken a Persona card. Either way, he seems a bit like Carl from BB so far. I'm far more interested in what he has to offer than Rise, but considering he uses a spear I expect he's going to be really good, if his reach is anything like Mitsuru's.
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# ? May 21, 2014 16:47 |
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Clear scans of both pages
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# ? May 21, 2014 23:09 |
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I guess drinking all that milk finally paid off.
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# ? May 21, 2014 23:23 |
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How long after P3 does this take place? Is there a chance Ken has hit puberty and will have a super deep voice now? Because that would be hilarious.
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# ? May 21, 2014 23:27 |
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Persona 4 takes place about a year after P3 ends, and Arena's plot begins about two months after P4's True End. Arena 2 if I recall, begins immediately after the end of the first one. More of SEES arrive and more poo poo hits the fan with the arrival of SHO.
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# ? May 21, 2014 23:37 |
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Excels posted:Persona 4 takes place about a year after P3 ends, and Arena's plot begins about two months after P4's True End. Maybe Philemon will get off his lazy rear end and actually help out the Persona users. Or the mysterious guy capable of mimicking people and creating fake/evil Personas isn't Nyarly and this has been a big tease.
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# ? May 21, 2014 23:48 |
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ZenMasterBullshit posted:Maybe Philemon will get off his lazy rear end and actually help out the Persona users. Or the mysterious guy capable of mimicking people and creating fake/evil Personas isn't Nyarly and this has been a big tease. You act as if Philemon did much to actually help in the games he was prominently in to begin with.
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# ? May 21, 2014 23:57 |
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Philemon already fills a vital role in Persona 4. He's the save point!
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# ? May 22, 2014 00:05 |
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Dehry posted:
That said, anyone who summons Koromaru to maul a punk to death for their IK is okay in my book. Even if they were previously an annoying little poo poo. Suspicious Cook posted:How long after P3 does this take place? Is there a chance Ken has hit puberty and will have a super deep voice now? Because that would be hilarious. AradoBalanga fucked around with this message at 01:10 on May 22, 2014 |
# ? May 22, 2014 01:06 |
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AradoBalanga posted:P3 is April 2009-March 2010. Arena and Ultimax take place in early May 2012. Ken's about 13 now, just a little over a month shy of his 14th birthday (June 24th). Then again, Ken's mentors through puberty were most likely...Junpei and Akihiko. Okay, probably more Junpei than Akihiko, but the image of both dealing with this is just about as hilarious as the thought of Ken with a voice as deep as say...Jouji Nakata. Norio Wakamoto for Ken.
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# ? May 22, 2014 05:28 |
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Original VA for Ken, Norio Wakamoto voices the dog, dog as DLC navigator. E: And the DLC sales fund HnK2 Mio Bison fucked around with this message at 05:42 on May 22, 2014 |
# ? May 22, 2014 05:39 |
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Growth spurts are a real thing. There's an NBA player that went from 6'2 to 6'9 in under a year.
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# ? May 22, 2014 06:23 |
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I find it amusing that the reason why Ken was a spear fighter in the first place was because he was short.
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# ? May 22, 2014 06:26 |
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And it's not like Ken immediately sprouted up to Akihiko's size, or anything. He looks a little shorter than Rise in those in-game shots, which puts him at about 5'0''. Which is pretty reasonable for a 13 year old Japanese boy. Honestly, he's probably still a little on the short side, at least by American standards of height.
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# ? May 22, 2014 06:33 |
PunkBoy posted:I find it amusing that the reason why Ken was a spear fighter in the first place was because he was short. Yeah, the reason Ken picked up Spears in the first place was because the reach made up for being so young/small. Stick to what you know, I guess.
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# ? May 22, 2014 06:37 |
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I just suddenly realized that Koromaru is wearing Ken's old hoodie.
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# ? May 22, 2014 07:48 |
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Does this mean we're calling Koromaru's meter the doge meter .. I'm sorry
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# ? May 22, 2014 11:25 |
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Monathin posted:Yeah, the reason Ken picked up Spears in the first place was because the reach made up for being so young/small. Stick to what you know, I guess. The camera feed for Ken shows that he drinks milk constantly to the point of feeling sick because he's been waiting for this growth spurt. Then he hurts himself with his practice broom
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# ? May 22, 2014 13:23 |
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Ken looks kinda like Yukari (minus the hot pink outfit). He looks weirder to me then his Shadow self
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# ? May 22, 2014 16:02 |
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Endorph posted:And it's not like Ken immediately sprouted up to Akihiko's size, or anything. He looks a little shorter than Rise in those in-game shots, which puts him at about 5'0''. Which is pretty reasonable for a 13 year old Japanese boy. Honestly, he's probably still a little on the short side, at least by American standards of height. Yeah, I guess he looks taller to me than he actually is since he looks so lanky.
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# ? May 22, 2014 16:06 |
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The belt on the outside of his jacket makes the bottom of his jacket look like a skirt.
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# ? May 22, 2014 18:12 |
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Golden Goat posted:
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# ? May 22, 2014 21:28 |
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The only real similarity is in the hair, and even then it's styled differently. I'm not seeing it.
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# ? May 22, 2014 21:35 |
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Butt Ghost posted:Toriumi, Ken Amada, and Yukari herself. Why does everyone in P3 look like Yukari? Toriumi and Yukari really do look alike. It isn't even a stretch to say that's probably what she'll look like in ten or twenty years.
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# ? May 22, 2014 22:37 |
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Wait, Ken is thirteen in those images?
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# ? May 23, 2014 12:56 |
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Fangz posted:Wait, Ken is thirteen in those images? He should be 15 or 16 if he's a first year high school student at Gekkoukan High, which seems to be where the uniform is from.
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# ? May 23, 2014 13:30 |
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AG3 posted:He should be 15 or 16 if he's a first year high school student at Gekkoukan High, which seems to be where the uniform is from. Do first years even get to be on the disciplinary committee?
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# ? May 23, 2014 13:35 |
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He's not 15. The timeline doesn't make any sense that way. He's probably going to an attached or associated junior high, which is why the uniform is similar.
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# ? May 23, 2014 13:42 |