Well the book does confirm that Jonathon and Walter are reincarnations of Tokyo residents.
I mean, that does make sense, all things considered.
I think Jonathan and Walter are reincarnations of Kiyoharu and Kenji from the Neutral timeline.
Oh, I enjoyed most of the designs as well. With only Lucifer and Centaur, I think, being kinda grating. And all those Tokyo deities looking like Power Rangers was kind a werid, but what the hey. What theory do you mean? Share pls. you've made me curious
You know, a lot of it has actually grown on me. Barring Lucifer and the weird 3D demons, I kind of like the others. But yeah, the book has some really cool details. Apparently Navarre was a fans favorite among the staff for his butt monkey nature in the script, and there are some really intriguing details about Mikado Castle that is easy to miss, but quickly makes sense in context. I haven't even gotten to the Tokyo sections. It did help with a pet theory of mine about the game, so that made me happy, though no word of god yet.
Jealous. SMTIV had one of my favorite atmospheres in gaming, so I imagine the artbook is probably gorgeous, some questionable demon art aside.
I think Kaneko most likely got kicked upstairs like Kitase and previously Sakaguchi had for Square. He's more of an executive than an actual designer anymore, and as far as I know Strange Journey was the last game he really worked on as the main creative force. I know he worked on SMTIV's original scenario, but it also sounds like he came up with the idea and just handed it to the development team to sort out the details. Speaking of which, I picked up the artbook for SMTIV at my convention this past weekend. Udon got the rights to translate and print it over here, so their some interesting info to be found, and the storyboard artwork is pretty gorgeous.
Oh, we all know Kaneko's busy doing something else I mean, really, I can't think of another reason why he hasn't been doing art or, heck, pretty much anything other than he's got more than enough money now and wants the new kids to take over. Though personally, I would love it if he came back in one role or another. One of the funniest and most inexplicable memes on there is, to me, how everyone refers to the P4 protagonist as Chad Narukami. I have no idea why and I'm too afraid to ask but it's just the funniest thing.
Oh they have some funny memes, for sure. I think they are actually making a new team, though it could potentially have some members of other teams in it. I think it would be interesting to drag Kaneko back into the franchise, especially since I feel he could "punk" up the social link aspect.
And damn, the fanbase is terrible, but these memes (SPOILER) They're... well, they're definitely something
