had to say.

Now to wait for Persona 3 Reload to go back on sale so I can pick up from the demo.

given during the visit to Tatsumi Port Island. She ultimately felt underbaked, and I would've preferred Adachi and Ameno-sagiri be the final bosses. Thank god Yaldabaoth did this idea so much better.

Overall, while I do think I still prefer Persona 5, I rather enjoyed Persona 4 and what the game

just a continuation of what Ameno-sagiri brought up, but without revealing anything new. In that regard, it felt like the game was repeating itself in a sense, and I didn't even get an indication of her motive behind her actions. She didn't even reference the story about her and Izanagi that was

and by extension the entire last chapter of the game honestly felt dragged out and tacked on. There wasn't much build-up to the reveal that Izanami was behind everything, and it didn't have the same kind of urgency that stopping Adachi (and by extension, Ameno-sagiri) had. Izanami also felt like

to what I played of Tartarus in Persona 3 Reload's demo, they ultimately still felt somewhat samey outside of the occasional shake-up, and even then, those didn't change things enough for me to be that invested in them. It honestly makes me appreciate Persona 5's Palaces even more now.

3. Izanami

paricular, the special events such as the camping trip and beauty pageants went on a bit too long for my liking, and they kind of contributed to Yosuke and Teddie being lower on the totem pole of my rankings for the main cast.

2. While I appreciated how visually diverse the dungeons were compared

insanely misguided), while the latter came off as quite the enjoyable scumbag who was a good antithesis to the game's main theme.

6. I enjoyed the designs for the Shadow bosses and how they were symbolic of their hosts' repressed side.

Cons:

1. Not every funny sequence landed for me; in

general.

4. The game was decently funny (some exceptions aside), and when it came time for dramatic moments and themes, it knew to take things seriously.

5. Namatame and Adachi were solid antagonists; the former served as a decent red herring who ultimately came off as sympathetic (albeit

main team in particular had pretty good group chemistry.

2. The music was pretty solid overall; "I'll Face Myself" and "Reach Out to the Truth" were good standouts.

3. The gameplay loop was pretty engaging, though after playing Persona 5, I feel like that's a strength of the Persona series in

Alright, thanks for the input.

After some thought, I think I'm just gonna go ahead and finish the game as is and save the extra dungeon for either a New Game + playthrough or Persona 4 Revival when it drops on Switch 2.

to max out Marie's Social Link and access the extra dungeon content? Or am I basically locked out at this point?

For context, I'm currently at Rank 5 in her Social Link and I don't believe I have a Persona of her Arcana.

Cool. I guess I'll go ahead and pre-order the game, then.

I didn't know that was a thing.

I thought the Price Guarantee meant that if the pre-order went up in price after you already pre-ordered it, they wouldn't charge you with the higher price.

I didn't know it worked in reverse from a higher price to a lower one.

Yeah, I've been curious/concerned about how long it's taking for Walmart and Amazon to do the discount.

So, yeah, those two (alone with the Persona announcements) were pretty cool, but otherwise the Direct wasn't much to write home about for me.

HOLY CRAP, METROID RAVENOUS LOOKS AMAZING! SAMUS LOOKS AWESOME AND THEY'RE INCORPORATING HER METROID POWERS FROM THE END OF DREAD!

HOLY CRAP, KIRBY AND THE WORLD BEYOND LOOKS GORGEOUS! WE HAVE FULL OPEN 3D EXPLORATION AND THE COPY ABILITIES HAVE NEW MOVES FOR EXPLORATION! THEY LOOK SO FUN!

getting more info on Mega Man Dual Override, and ESPECIALLY Persona 4 Revival and Persona 6 being confirmed for Switch 2. I might need to check out Persona 3 Reload the next time it goes on sale.

As for Nintendo stuff, again, not much to talk about with two very big exceptions.

Yeah, I'm finally feeling excited for Kingdom Hearts IV!

Especially with the segments where you play as both Mickey and Donald/Goofy!

Either that, or my idea was exploring the emotions of one of the major Kingdom Hearts chartacters.