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    For the most part, all the plotlines in this game eventually come back around and end up with a full resolution. Trust me, it'll be back. (Though, a couple things aren't explained in the portable version. They're reserved for the FES epilogue "The Answer".) Except for exactly why Yukari acts so troutty all the time. That's never explained. My guess it... She IS a trout, and that's it.

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    Hey, you lay off Yukari She's just a realistic teenage character, is all. Teenagers tend to have attitude problems.

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    Is 'The Answer' the epilogue to the Male Protagonist's storyline? Is the Female Protagonist's storyline technically non-canon?


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    That is correct. Though, I like to believe that both storylines are equally true, even though some events of one have the potential to directly contradict the events of the other...

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    There is no "canon" or "non-canon", IMO. Atlus created both routes as alternative timelines to each other, and really, aside from cameos in some P4 games, P3 is totally standalone, so who cares what's defined as canon? The Answer may be gone, but trust me - though it ties up a loose end, it runs on incredibly forced conflict, and the gameplay is a grindfest and nothing more, so you're really not missing out.

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    Don't say things like that, fynn. You'll attract bright shield and skyblade
    everything is wrapped in gray
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mirage View Post
    Don't say things like that, fynn. You'll attract bright shield and skyblade
    Let them come, then

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    Now, while all the personas do have their own standalone stories (other than the 2s, which go together), I do believe that they will all reach a head at some point and combine together. So it IS important to note that the male's version is canon... especially considering the effects it has on the entire cast of the game, not going into spoilers.

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    I might end up just watching 'The Answer' after I complete the Male MC story-line. Anyway, an update on my Female MC: we're nearly out of summer vacation. I take it I'm now just over halfway through the game? The summer seems to demarcate the two terms rather neatly. I also sense that the story is going to get a lot more intense as we near Winter.

    I'm really hooked, I'm so glad I saw Pumpkin's thread on it. I'm definitely going to go play Persona 4 as well. I take it 'Golden' is the updated version?

    Also, Mr. Carny has expressed keen interest in the series as well from watching me play. Woo!


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    Everyone in the world needs to play this game. Really, there's no excuse.

    And yeah, Golden is the updated version, and it adds a lot of new stuff, but none of it is really as necessary as the changes made to FES/P3P. So while you'll get a slightly bit more wholesome package with Golden, you'll be fine just playing regular P4 too.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Fynn View Post
    Everyone in the world needs to play this game. Really, there's no excuse.

    And yeah, Golden is the updated version, and it adds a lot of new stuff, but none of it is really as necessary as the changes made to FES/P3P. So while you'll get a slightly bit more wholesome package with Golden, you'll be fine just playing regular P4 too.
    What do you think of Choco Boy's theory that all the stories will converge into one?


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    Doubt it. They converged some in Arena, but honestly, they want the new installments to be interesting to newcomers, and not convolute them by forcibly linking them to previous titles. While I personally believe everything wrong in the whole series is Nyarlathotep's doing, I don't think there's a need to really bring that into the forefront of the story. P5 doesn't look like anything we;ve seen yet, and I expect it will be as seperate from 3 and 4 as 3 and 4 are from 1 and 2.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Fynn View Post
    Doubt it. They converged some in Arena, but honestly, they want the new installments to be interesting to newcomers, and not convolute them by forcibly linking them to previous titles. While I personally believe everything wrong in the whole series is Nyarlathotep's doing, I don't think there's a need to really bring that into the forefront of the story. P5 doesn't look like anything we;ve seen yet, and I expect it will be as seperate from 3 and 4 as 3 and 4 are from 1 and 2.
    Nyarla- who?


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    Not familiar with Lovecraft, are ya?

    This guy (?)



    Or, in Persona, this guy (?)






    Essentially, the dark side of the collective unconscious. He wants nothing more than for people to just screw themselves over.

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