SMT thread. No persona allowed

Your shit series is dead LEL

>>376523985
For SMT 2?
For Aleph you want to focus on STR obviously. Speed and Vit are also good, and Luck gives you crits in this game unlike the first game, and Int improves some physical stats sightly and makes demon negotiation better, so don't neglect that. Just make sure you have at least 10 Magic, because you need it to pass a stat check.

For Hiroko you have the option of building her as a mage or fighter. Fighter should be the same as Aleph but with more Vit, to compensate for low hp growths. Mage should obviously focus on Mag and Int much more. Either works, fighter becomes a powerhouse but mage gets more utility.

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Hiroko is best girl.
Part human, part loli fairy, all momfu.

>>376525305
>Just make sure you have at least 10 Magic, because you need it to pass a stat check.
Does Aleph actually need 10 magic? I remember he needs a specific amount to win the dance-off, but you can supplement his stats with equipment (and incense, if you're willing to spend it on him instead of Hiroko). I can't remember anything that gives a huge magic boost, but I distinctly remember having something that mitigated it by quite a bit.

>>376525592
Back when I played it I used the buff from one of the drinks at the bar in the same town, but it usually ended right as I got to the disco door, so it was pretty frustrating to make it work. I'm not sure whether equipment bonuses work.

>>376526107
Yeah, I checked the drink buffs but they definitely timed out too quickly most of the time, but I'm positive equipment-based stat boosts work.
I'd also say spending Magic incense on Aleph to is probably the best use of it, it's nice to have for Hiroko but you'd be spending her levels on it regardless whilst it's an outright waste for Aleph outside of the requirement.

Let's talk about Shin Megami Tensei: Persona

Does anybody else feel like Strange Journey is the real SMT3? I'm not trying to console war or bait flames, but it's just bizarre that Nocturne is a mainline when it does so many things different from the mainlines, while SJ apparently isn't.

>First person instead of third person
>Law/Chaos/Neutral routes to pursue rather than "Reasons"
>Human allies instead of just demons
>Focus places us against a pseudo-YHVH instead of random angels and demons and other odd "things"
>Majority of worldbuilding and setting are based within an area with plentiful humans instead of primarily demons and ghosts with the periodic human of plot relevance

>>376527641
if smtiv didn't exist your argument might have some weight but unfortunately it does and clearly draws a lot more from nocturne than sj

>>376527641
You have a point. But for some reason, Atlus and the Japanese fans disagree. The sole real reason being that Nocturne takes place in Tokyo and SJ doesn't. That's the most important requirement, apparently.
>Focus places us against a pseudo-YHVH instead of random angels and demons and other odd "things"
Well "Kagutsuchi" in Nocturne is without a doubt supposed to be a YHVH stand-in.

>>376526903
Such a series doesn't exist though

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>>376526903
>>376528230
?

Is there a translation of NINE anywhere?

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>>376528382
Never ever

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>>376528230

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>>376523985
I'LL END IT THUS