Well SMT is kind of the JRPG poster child for Crapsack world so it would need to be more Nietzsche. The funny thing is that the Persona team isn't working on this one, it's actually the Devil Survivor team and they certainly followed the newer Persona games influence in adding a much bigger anime influence on the series mythology for their games. I'm honestly tired of the newer Persona/Devil Survivor series feel, which is partly why I'm happy that P5 looks to be bringing back the darker elements while retaining the goofy absurdness of the series.

I was hoping for more of an actual mash-up as opposed to an original project being co-developed but the game may surprise me in the end. Unfortunately the bait and switch did largely curb my need to pick up the game immediately. The idol angle kind of irks me a bit too as it's a side of Japanese culture I never could grasp and find kind of stupid.