The Patron Poll winner of June was Shin Megami Tensei: Persona, breaking new ground into the often requested Megami Tensei series in general. I'm still mainly focused on existing series, of course, but please look forward to this series as well. I will do the main MegaTen series down the line, but like I said, this one is due to the amount of requests going for it. If you are a modern Persona fan, please enjoy and observe the roots of many systems and conventions established by the first game. I find it interesting that Persona spinoff was released in the US before any other MegaTen game and perhaps that is partly why its become arguably more popular than its main series. Either way, I chose to use the updated port due to it being more complete and cleaner than the original Revelations release. Next RECAPitation will be: Valkyrie Profile

@itsdanielvibing

4 жыл бұрын

Finally persona!

@wesleyharris1723

4 жыл бұрын

YAAAASSS! I can't wait for Persona series getting the Recapitation treatment and more so for one the best underrated franchise ever imo, Valkyrie Profile. "To my side, my noble einherjar!" Let us embark on the journey beyond death.

@lucinae8510

4 жыл бұрын

Brilliant work! Most Persona fans agree that the Persona 2 duology has the best story, though I got to admit it a LOT to follow so best of luck if you choose to do that!

@lianchalter

4 жыл бұрын

Brown got the shaft in both routes. Haha

@EverydayYounglife

4 жыл бұрын

I very much know it is nitpicking but Persona is SMI, not SMT!

Fun fact: In Persona 2, Igor reveals spending time in the Sea of Souls increases your Persona's power and implies Maki is the most powerful Persona user (of course, this was before Makoto from P3 gained his Wild Card).

@coma70se

Жыл бұрын

Never would've figured

Persona 1’s story sounds like a fever dream.

@user-xl6eq5ox2q

4 жыл бұрын

It is

@battlinjoe2592

3 жыл бұрын

it’s amazing. The PSP soundtrack sucks tho

@iker-jk2096

3 жыл бұрын

@@battlinjoe2592 i mean, it doesn't fit as much as the original. But the songs by themselves are better, well, music is subjective, but normaly most people listen more to the PSP one

@saddboye1568

3 жыл бұрын

TSGR I think certain songs fit in different situations, so i wish you could have changed between original and new

@ne0space

3 жыл бұрын

You're now just figuring that out?

Actually youre wrong about the whole "persona being the first SMT game in america" thing! The first was Jack Bros, a Virtual Boy game of all things

@Lakefront_Khan

4 жыл бұрын

You're obscure SMT knowledge has earned you nothing of substance, but I will give you a thumbs up to show that it is appreciated.

@OniBlackMage

4 жыл бұрын

For sure, and as interesting of a mascot game as it is, just like Kid Dracula is to Castlevania, it is technically part of the series but also not really part of the series :)

@Lakefront_Khan

4 жыл бұрын

@@OniBlackMage How dare you insult Kid Dracula, I challenge you to whips at dawn. We well dress in the traditional dualing gear of tiaras and skin tight leotards, I'll provide the the body oil. Do not be late.

@nekotorin

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, the ultimate SMT game Jack Bros!

@dantemustdie00

4 жыл бұрын

What's also ironic is that Jack Bros. is problemly the best game on the Virtual Boy

Boy with earrings and company beat Nyx without becoming a door as a side quest. Damn.

Tfw when almost half the video is a sidequest

@techmark3665

4 жыл бұрын

It makes sense since half the game is a side quest

@DinoBunnyStudio

3 жыл бұрын

But its still canon

Imagine not having a massive sidequest - Persona Gang

@runiqe

3 жыл бұрын

Imagine your shadow trying to kill you and not helping you. - Naoya Todou

@jokingbanana1042

3 жыл бұрын

Imagine not interacting with strangers and getting powers from them -Akira, Yu, and Minato

@jage6344

3 жыл бұрын

@@jokingbanana1042 you dont get powers from links in 3 and 4. only kinda in 3 but that's for the final boss.

@chronica6457

2 жыл бұрын

@@jage6344 You do in 4 for the Party members

@kurier1595

2 жыл бұрын

@@jage6344 also higher levels of Social Links make summoned personas of given arcanas stronger from the get go and allow you to summon them stronger already soo yeah you do get more powerful

Thank for doing the plot summaries of the early persona games, I hope to see the RECAPitation of later games

@ibilesfighter3.16

4 жыл бұрын

These games can be very confusing so I'm happy to see this, he needs to do the others.

@otakudoctor8423

4 жыл бұрын

I double this sentiment

@jage6344

3 жыл бұрын

@@ibilesfighter3.16 the games arent that confusing. try playing them.

Reminder that the manga is worth reading and Naoya Todou is great

8:41 Greek god of NON-VIOLENT DEATH, THANATOS?! I learn this after P3P and BBtag Elizabeth?! Wow...

It seems like there's a lot of connections between this game and 3, especially from the Snow Queen quest. It's really cool to see the connections between Persona games since it helps connect the overall lore. Even if they're separate stories, you can see the similarities and through lines with characters like Igor and Philemon.

@persona3rulez

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, but P3 is a parallel universe created in P2 ending...

@phantomzack9842

3 жыл бұрын

@@persona3rulez yup, but the only events that didn’t happen in that world are the Innocent Sin ones. P1 and Eternal Punishment still happen.

@persona3rulez

3 жыл бұрын

@@phantomzack9842 yeah, I forgot about P1 cast in EP.

@moraeza

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah but the thing is Igor serves Philemon and was created by Philemon so it would make sense that they would seem similar

@alexsanders690

2 жыл бұрын

Well I believe that P3 Nyx and the Snow Queen are different entities, because the way that they relate with the heroes and their methods are not the same

Nanjo is the 🐐

All throughout this video I was just like: wat?

@Ramsey276one

4 жыл бұрын

The Helltaker angel just seals the deal with your comment. XD

It was about time Megami Ibunroku Persona finally got the light spotlight it so desperately needed. Also this is my favorite in the series

@iker-jk2096

4 жыл бұрын

Same

@Samm815

3 жыл бұрын

I'd probably like it a lot more if the placement was such a drag in this game.

@LatchinOn

2 жыл бұрын

AYYYY Fellow P1 enjoyer

Time for the Persona fans who don't play Persona games to check this out.

@user-xl6eq5ox2q

4 жыл бұрын

It'll be a real shock

@2phonebabykeem913

3 жыл бұрын

I’m sure a lot more fans would play the older personas if they were on current hardware

@looney1023

3 жыл бұрын

@@2phonebabykeem913 You can play Persona 1-4 on Vita. I get that it's not really "current" hardware, but they're pretty cheap these days. My Vita is essentially my PS1 classic + Persona machine lol

@funnysillycat2355

3 жыл бұрын

@@2phonebabykeem913 they would try, but you might need a brain to play fr fr. (I mean this as in Persona 3-5 combat isnt realy hard because you dont really need strategy, compared to P1 and P2 and other SMT games.)

@ballaaaaaa

3 жыл бұрын

You people are fucking toxic, let people enjoy what they want instead of insulting them because they dont wanna play a game that was created 20 years ago.

Wow, nanjo is basically the protagonist.

@BananaDangoGreyrat

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, that is the only weak point in Persona 1. The main character is only there to perform self-insertion and accompany the characters on their journey. The real protagonist is Nanjo.

@iker-jk2096

3 жыл бұрын

@@BananaDangoGreyrat technically the real protagonists are Maki and Reiji in SEBEC and Yukino and Ayase in SQQ. They are the ones that carry the story. Nanjo is important, but taking in account that you can just do the SQQ without him nerf his protagonism

@jeremyargha9086

3 жыл бұрын

@@iker-jk2096 In the manga the protagonist gets a lot of depth.

@iker-jk2096

3 жыл бұрын

@@jeremyargha9086 yep. But even then, Maki is more of a protagonist in the story

@edd4946

3 жыл бұрын

How can Nanjo be the protagonist? It's obviously Maki

3:23 Lone Prayer slapsss..

@user-xl6eq5ox2q

4 жыл бұрын

Both hands

in technicality this is the only game where the answer to wether it was all real or all a dream is yes

@BitchChill

3 жыл бұрын

Weeb

Hopefully we can see a recap for Persona 2 IS & EP the best narratively written game in the series

@SerifSansSerif

4 жыл бұрын

I still have my copy of EP. It was my second game purchased after FF7 for the PS1

@looney1023

3 жыл бұрын

@@SerifSansSerif Out of curiousity, did the game make any sense to you when you played it back then without IS being localized?

@SerifSansSerif

3 жыл бұрын

@@looney1023 it's fairly self contained. There's talk of another version of themselves, and being friends, but it's not such apresenceyou can't enjoy the story and game.

@InklingRacer456

3 жыл бұрын

One of the best.

He finally did it! I’ve been wanting a Recapitation of the Persona series for so long. Thank you so much!

Is it just me, or are Kumi’s dream world motivations similar to the final boss of P5R? As in, reality is harsh and would never be as good as it is in a dream world/false reality.

@nekotorin

4 жыл бұрын

P5 was always an amalgation of P1 to P4. Which is why P5 managed to pull the P1-P2 crowd and P3-P4 crowd easily.

@-zzz3838

4 жыл бұрын

Yup! That's exactly what I thought too. Not to mention the obvious link between P1 and P3 (Kirijo Group formerly being a Nanjo subsidiary, Nyx returning)

@valentinecure329

4 жыл бұрын

her haircut and glasses were what tipped me off

@boohoo723

2 жыл бұрын

P5 borrows from all Persona games. It borrows the most from Persona 2, but it calls back to very game before it because it was Hashino's last Persona game.

I can't wait for the Persona 2 RECAPitation. You better use Maya's theme through the video :)!

I *love* that you talk trivia about the inspiration of each Persona that is manifested by the characters. When I first played Persona 3 a lifetime ago, I was also studying theology as a hobby. That enhanced my enjoyment of Persona (As it was my first experience with the series) because of my limited knowledge. I'm pleased it has been a series staple since the beginning, as you elegantly show. As is common for Persona games, the enemies you face here all have cautionary tales of dangerous escapism: Kumi, Yuriko, Kandori, and Maki are all the staples of this. I'm sensing a stronger sci-fi element in this installment compared to Personas 3, 4, and 5. I wonder if it wasn't received too well in this version (Botched PlayStation version aside). This was a pretty awesome RECAP, and I would love to play this myself someday. Be safe, and I'll meet you on the next battlefield. Reference I found: Unnecessary roughness.

@hexenvexen

3 жыл бұрын

Theology can be found in every Shin Megami Tensei game, I highly recommend checking the mainline games out as well.

Philemon's saga will not be forgotten...

Omg I thought Persona started at Persona 3??? Memes aside, very nice job. Can't wait for you to cover Persona 2, which has in my opinion the best story of the series!

fun fact: persona was inspired by shin megami tensei: if, as a groundwork and also for the highschool setting

@DylJax

4 жыл бұрын

And for another, the female protaganist from smt: if is a student at Hermelin High and can be found there

@bobincognito

4 жыл бұрын

We need an if port for the west

@rossman8919

4 жыл бұрын

@@DylJax she also appears again in persona 2

@ci7210

4 жыл бұрын

Imagine if they named it Shin Megami Tensei If: Persona 0

@techmark3665

4 жыл бұрын

Bob Barker there is an English fan translation patch for the super famicom version

man there was a lot of Dick Demons in the earlier personas... P3 recap when??

@iker-jk2096

4 жыл бұрын

You would be surprised about how much more there are in Megaten as a whole

@krastyantheparamount

3 жыл бұрын

You should check out stuff like Cthulhu and Diana LOL

Oh my word, I never expected this. Awesome video. I love the first two Persona games sooo much

@user-xl6eq5ox2q

4 жыл бұрын

Only the first on most of my respect

Wow, thanks for the video. It's always good to see content about my favorite Megaten game

Ngl. I really like how you integrate the route exclusive content into a a singular narrative in each of your recaps! Great stuff!

Been waiting for this one for forever! Love your stuff, gonna be happy to watch this series!

I remember playing like halfway thru this game but didn't remember almost anything about the story lol. I found this video pretty useful, thanks.

Always look forward to your summaries! Keep doing such great work

Excellent summary as always. I knew little to nothing about OG Persona. So that was a crazy journey, took a while to recognize the names, but half way to the video i understood easier what was going on. Lol

WRONG, everyone makes this mistake when talking about smt/persona, the first smt game released in America was Jack Bros

Was looking for a summary of each game before playing Persona 5: Striker's, thank u for making these videos, u rock, just subbed! 🙌😃

Great work once again. Love your vids!

Thanks for this well informed video. I enjoyed watching it. Person for me really hits home with all it's meaning and world views. Thanks.

My God why did I miss it! Thank you so much for this vid man!

Any SMT RECAPitation would be great just to hear this man's beautiful voice from my favorite franchise.

Can't wait for you to cover more SMT and Persona recaps, esp P2 since it has a great story.

Who else can't believe Mara was allowed to stay in the games when brought to North America

@iker-jk2096

4 жыл бұрын

I mean, not really in this one, because when the game first came out here it didn't have the Snow Queen Quest, so you didn't fight Toro and Mara. But you still fight Pandora in the end of the SEBEC route so we still had some interesting designs there.

Thanks for the video!

Thanks for the video, I always wanted the learn story of this game.

So glad for this channel

Hey nice work on the recap.

“Finally, reiji would calm down” I just love that line.

The Protagonist of Shin Megami Tensei: If... appears in Persona 1 and 2 so really is Persona 1 basically Persona 2? Since they share the same reality?

@iker-jk2096

4 жыл бұрын

I mean, with that logic we should also include all the Devil Summoner games, because they also happen in the same timeline

@stale_cheeto

3 жыл бұрын

Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner is Persona 3

@TheEmperorRaidou

3 жыл бұрын

@@iker-jk2096 ....yes u can use that logic tf? lol

The Persona 5 review will be surprising. We'll never see it coming

@Lakefront_Khan

4 жыл бұрын

No, no, bad frog, go back to your doujinshi.

@luminocuratoria1335

4 жыл бұрын

How dare you Persona 5ag! That entry of the spin-off series is nothing more of than a false messiah.

I really hope you do all of the Persona series including the ones with the second releases and extra content like P4G and P5R

@M_A_L-ve6zd

4 жыл бұрын

Don't forget about Persona 3 FES with The Answer

@winfrey2015

4 жыл бұрын

@@M_A_L-ve6zd oh but of course

I guess you say that game gives new meaning to the Butterfly Effect.

So p3 is just one big reference to the cut content in the original western version of p1

Thanks for the smt recaps sir.

NICE! I had started playing this but it's just too clunky for me and i can only play an emulated version. So now i finally know what happened and boy. I totally missed the whole ice queen thing oO

@Z3DT

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah me too. I was hella confused. The entire questline must be optional.

@Kekorock1

3 жыл бұрын

@@Z3DT I played until a bit past the part where maki joins the party. And watching this video I was like wtf, when the hell did all that ice queen stuff happen?? Seemed like a huge part of the game how could I've missed that?

@itslikeameatyexplosion

3 жыл бұрын

@@Z3DT it is optional. its an alternate story route

@itslikeameatyexplosion

3 жыл бұрын

@@Kekorock1 you missed it because you have to go through about 5-8 steps to activate it. its understandable

Yeah, if you have never studied Buddhism, this all sounds insane, but I immediately recognized the butterfly story. There is a tale of a monk who, when he awoke from a dream that he was a butterfly, realized that he wasn’t sure if he was the man dreaming the butterfly or the other way around. Although the game is focused primarily on Jungian psychology, it also incorporates just as much Buddhist mythos

long time shin megami fan, only got into persona at 5 (and recently back to 3 and 4 with the recent release). I didn't have the opportunity to play 1 and 2, and I don't even know at this point in time if i'll be able to. So, thank you for the recaps :)

im really waiting for the SMT 1 and 2 recap!

This is where the fun begins!

I really can't get it why maki (both version) fall for naoya instead give masao a damn. Dude taking care of her that long when everyone else doesn't, even naoya himself

Finally, Persona! Can't wait for the other Persona series

im enjoying the idea that 3, 4, and 5 fans are excited that there would only be one more entry till they get to the modern personas... foolish mortals :P

@pmintertek

4 жыл бұрын

It still may be one big video since stories are very connected

@Anna_Leviant

4 жыл бұрын

@@pmintertek I dunno, both IS and EP are HUGE and discussing the differences(and the failure to port the PSP ver of EP) could take too long for one video.

Wow I played it... and not remember much. This is a joy.

A surprising amount of foreshadowing to other games or commitment to one off comments, you decide.

I’m going to be patiently waiting for Devil Survivor 1 and 2 to be covered on RECAPitation. Mainly because their my favorite SMT games and Persona has a very “unique” fanbase that constantly forgets Persona is part of Megaten.

Awesome, one of my favorite PS1 games

Nice gonna watch this before I play Innocent Sin

Thank you! Persona 5 is hands down my favourite game I've ever played, just got finished with the platinum trophy on Royal and the original and bought a PC to play P4G now that it's on Steam and I've been looking for videos on what happens in 1-3 and how the series came about. I know a little of SMT but wasn't sure exactly how it branched out into Persona, and bam here's your video to get me up to date.

good show!

You've gotta do all the persona and shin megrim tense games your really good

Oooh thanks for this, this game smacks of old game design and I lost my save file so don't wanna start from scratch

DAMN Epic story!,😍 i can't wait to see Persona 2 video😛

Persona 1 is very fucking bizarre

We’ve done it, we now get quality content with one of the best JRPG franchises, 2020 just got a little better, at least for me.

Maybe it's just me, but I can't help but feel like Kumi, the master of the Hypnos tower, looks an awful lot like Maruki in Persona 5 Royal. Even the "Everyone is happiest in their dreams" and "the real world will never be as good" feels very similar.

@CelestiaLily

11 ай бұрын

I thought I was going insane with the similar vibes!! It's wild to see just how much inspiration Royal took from P1 (Kandori & Kumi for Maruki, Maki & Manga-Naoya for Sumire) and gave it a spin inside P5's phantom-thief aesthetic. Also hilarious Maki goes onto work at a therapy clinic in P2 specifically _because_ of the lessons she learned. Way to get better coping mechanisms girl 10/10

The actual title is Megami Ibunroku Persona, not SMT despite being part of the franchise. The SMT label was put on the international releases, probably for the sake of brand recognition.

@OniBlackMage

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, it was a very "Final Fantasy Adventure vs Mystic Quest vs Seiken Densetsu" situation again

Would be really cool if you jumped right into shin megami tensei as the next megaten RECAPITULATION

More Persona Recapitaions please!

So like. I'm actually in love with you and am so happy you are back

Hyped for the Other Persona games

Please complete these series of persona 2: revelation and eternal punishment , persona 3 , p3 answer , p4g , p5 and p5r

I can't WAIT until u do FIVE!!!

I've finally got ps1 classic and starting playing it

So I’m like 5 minutes in and this game feels more like Silent Hill 2 than what I had thought Persona 1 would be like lol.

Interesting. I never played through the snow queen route

DUDE! I’m in the middle of playing this game & the grind is real af. I was just thinking about how it’d be so much better to experience the story through your words & here it is! Thanks a bunch

@neroultimate1

4 жыл бұрын

I’m 20hrs in the game & with this you saved me about another 40. I seriously can’t thank you enough

Something is............ Awfully suspicious!! 😂 Love it!!

I love the Persona series!. from the "old style" ones I think Persona 2 "duology" Innocent Sin and Eternal Punishment are the best. from the "modern" ones, I think 4 is the best, then 3, then 5.

@isaacgraff8288

4 жыл бұрын

Personally disagree with you as to the ranking, but I haven't gotten around to Persona 2's Duology.

@nekotorin

4 жыл бұрын

Agreed. Persona 2 is still imo the best in terms of story. Persona 5 though has the best gameplay.

@steel5897

4 жыл бұрын

Persona 5 is probably the best of them all... but nothing can beat the P2 games in story and setting.

I really hate it that they didn't keep philemon in the future games

Someone needs to make a fan translation patch for Megami Ibunroku Persona on ps1

Nice.

I emulated this game on my laptop until my laptop broke... i wasn't able to finish the story. Thanks man! Broody DISTINIIIII.

amazing , please do the other games as well , no only the personas the other shin megrim tense ones'

ooooooooh Yes! Can't wait for Recap of 3, 4, and 5 !

@hiimizuru7765

4 жыл бұрын

What about 2....and 2?

Thanks! I started at Persona 3 Portable so it’s nice to know its predecessor

Ah some smt well here's hoping for a strange journey or soul hackers since idk much about those

YESSSSSSSSS

Wow I didn’t realize it came out the year I was born - 1996!

Been looking for persona 1 umd freakin no luck. The game is super rare damn it

"It would be the first entry released in the US" What about Jack Bros. for the Virtual Boy?

Anyone else hear nacho when he says Nanjo.