Metaphor coming to Switch 2 November 12th, 2026>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJv9Yud-1U4Metaphor Orchestra world tour announced for 2026 / 2027 (Asia region locations added)>https://www.ticketport.co.jp/lp/metaphor_concert/overseas.html>The manga adaptation of Metaphor: ReFantazio will be published monthly in Shueisha's V Jump magazine, with an anime reportedly in the works.>Resources and useful linkshttps://rentry.co/MetaphorRefantaziovghttps://rentry.co/scenicvista>Metaphor Manga (Chapter releases on the 19th of every month)https://mangaplus.shueisha.co.jp/viewer/1023739>How to Make an RPG With Katsura Hashino - Metaphor: ReFantazio (ENG)https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1EivtGe8xwfWrk7TXZbRqTgXmWk_iSnTW>Metaphor Digital Artbookhttps://mega.nz/file/VisTTLhB#G4epdYn-DfoS9QnkDccPaverj_LjwY35_VpCAsj8kTc>Metaphor: ReFantazio Special Soundtrackhttps://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kT8go1ScWljmvHOjpzywgsnV1fI036Ovg>MetaphorFix (adds proper ultrawide, things, etc.)https://github.com/Lyall/MetaphorFix/releases>A Metaphor in Fantasy (incl. early development footage) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-eFkMJzc6ow>Metaphor Orchestra Concerthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwXSEndmlj4>Metaphor Live Reading Eventhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sLzctQQ9h8Common Questions>"How should I build my MC?"Realistically anything works, you won't brick yourself even on Hard or Regicide. Common consensus is a hybrid STR/MAG/AGI is best.>"What is the best team comp?"Just about everything works, do whatever you like the most and it'll work on any difficulty.>"How should I manage my time?"There's more than enough time in the game to 100%, do whatever you'd like.>"Which royal virtues should I focus on?"Prioritize eloquence and tolerance and avoid courage boosts.>Royal Slash scales based on the higher of your STR or MAG.Previous thread: >>570506843
new thread made in record time, yw
First for baby Junah
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1RpWfjda348vbcQF5JBD6PD4UQSsr20f-?usp=drive_link For the anon that wanted the non-google translate version of the rpg hashino book
I feel like whenever we fall off page 10 it only just barely happens
>>571407173Always a little tricky on weekends because people are actually doing shit and aren't just diverting their attention from work or school. /smtg/ had exactly one post during that entire time too
>>571407925My honest opinion is this thread and /smtg/ shouldn't existJust one /Atlus RPG/ general, P5X can keep their own thread though fuck that
>>571411909>and /smtg/ shouldn't exist/smtg/ has been around longer than you were even born and /smtg/ had way much worse periods of inactivity than now. 2018-2020 was the worst period to be an SMT fan because there was legitimately no new game other than Nocturne HD and everyone and their dead grandparents has already played Nocturne
>>571413108eh this is worse for /smtg/ than even then was I think, when Nocturne HD was coming out there was still a lot of speculation about V
>>571411909well the thread still exist so thanks for your input desu
>>571411909I remember when there was only /smtg/ and the place was plagued by shit-slinging between SMTfags and personages. Would rather not go back. The gacha hordes might force it eventually though.
>>571417158>personagesaye caramba
Maybe someday soon atlus will make more video games
>>571432106Nah
Zorba
I do have a feeling I might get Metaphor during the Steam sale unless something unexpected shadowdrops right before it. I think it's time.
Sex the berg
It's never been so over
Give news or Maria gets it
>>571469942O_O
>>571469942
>>571469942Maria's gonna get it...
Junah and Eupha making out
>>571479274Kajita getting them to leave this up at the expedition sure was something
lol yeah
Gallica getting stuck on a store shelf
Won't someone think of the poor paripus girls? Why do people only seem to care when it's clemar girls getting SAed?!
>>571407173What a cutie
https://personacentral.com/atlus-sales-2026/Metaphor sold 500k copies in the previous fiscal year. P3R pulled ahead of it the same year by about 450k probably thanks to a combination of the switch 2 port, the marketing it was getting and very heavy discounts last holiday seasonThere is a realistic chance Metaphor retires SMT because they have to group rerelease with vanilla sales to make the single best selling SMT of all time comparable to metaphor and it's still underneath it
>>571522410Yeah, the Re-release method finally bit them in the ass. I am still mad that they are nickle and dimming us with DLC with P3 Reload.
>>571522681In what way? Because the rerelease of V and the vanilla V sold pretty much about the same and vanilla metaphor outsold both of them together
>>571523503Metaphor lost its legs because the word of mouth was "Game is good but it's going to be better with the King/Crown Edition, so wait on it"
>>571523885Then why do we have rereleases falling off way faster? We already knew repeat sales were down across the board and metaphor's are where they are probably because they did literally 0 marketing for it between April 2025 and April 2026It was a huge mistake to put the game out with no plan and if it would be much worse off right now if it wasn't metaphor
>>571525383>because they did literally 0 marketing for it between April 2025 and April 2026They did, they released an Anniversary event and even some Updates/QoL bits with the Guidebook edition. They had a plan, it was a bad plan, but a plan anyway.
>>571525798Why are you lying? There weren't any updates to the game released with the Guidebook edition, they put out a bundle of two existing things for the anniversary
>>571522410well that isn't bad for how much people are dooming at times, I doubt SMT will be retired but maybe they will give more resources rather to studio zero in general. The switch port will put more behind it and any future plan will boost sales. Still crazy how much P5R sells though, for P6 I really hope they are smart and just announce a dlc schedule right away so re-release niggers can shut up.
>>571525798the guidebook was a desperate attempt at pulling something fast since they need more time to actually make dlc or a re-release, again after Soul Hackers 2 I doubt they were confidant just to greenlight a new franchis before seeing if it lands. It sure did and now Sega must have given their okay to expand.
>thinking that SMT will be retired as a franchise because it sold 200k less copies than metaphor>the literal foundation of atlusmetanigger hubris is really somethingthat's like saying all of SEGA should retire everything that's not metaphor, look at how bad infinite wealth sold. Maybe yakuza should be dropped too.
>>571527150I don't think P6 is ever going to get to P5's lifetime sales desu, but metaphor at least will pass P3R again once it gets ported and new content actually comes out You very rarely get a perfect storm of good video game that chinks also subsume into their video game culture
>>571527509>Look at how bad infinite wealth soldRGG really, really, really needs to let Kiryu go.
>>571527509>it sold 200k lesseach release of V sold half as much This is a personakek tactic of adding up every release your game ever had to make it look better, be better than that at least
V is not a good game to begin with. But SMT has far more problems than simply not selling.
>>571527509V is literally the peak of SMT as a franchise though from a unit sales perspective And surely you've noticed how hard RGG is pivoting from Ichiban
>>571528237maybe they should just take a proper risk, SMT V picking some dumb teenagers was a bad idea in itself
>>571528615Stranger than heaven looks alright but who knowsthat Tupac reveal was horrible, gave me the ick...
>>571528660doifags will never acknowledge it but so much of SMT's identity still relies on the ghost of kaneko and doi isn't quite cutting it so SMT is really not gonna take off until they get a better proper artist
>>571527509You will pretend to be an smtfag when everyone can tell instantly you're just a spiteful personafag but SMTfags are also happy metaphor is doing better than SMT as a whole because they don't like V either lol
If metaphor can casually move 500k copies while Sega is fucking up constantly imagine what would happen if they didn't fuck up constantly
>>571529629I don't think the artstyle or new demons are a problem at all, the story direction is. The actual battle system and demon interactions were the only good thing about V. The open world was also rather boring mostly
yeah I knew there'd be salesposting in here kek All Sega really has to do is find some evergreen marketing plan for Metaphor, being about 200k under P3R's second year (while also having a much stronger first 6 months and at a higher price point) with no DLC news or literally anything shows that there's no struggle to get repeat sales out of the game at all A little disappointed that VV is doomed to the same trajectory of the original vanilla release but it is what it isGames that performed far worse with way longer dev times like Digimon already have their long term plans laid out, but that's also because they have way more competent publishers like namco behind them
choose
>>5715458509 ez
>>5715458506and strohl better move to the back because her legs are gonna be smacking him the entire flight
>>5715458505 is the obvious answer
What is the maximum of free days you can havoe on the last month? I have seen some guys say 21 days and I think it's too much, I had 7 days free (I didn't realize how free Courage was).
>>571553649Most I ever saw across 4 different playthroughs was 18
>>571554028Yeah, I realized with my very obvious fuckups that 14-15 would have been possible. I can't remember how I lost another 3 days.
I'm glad sega actually put their unit sales out for once, they practically never do this. Maybe it's because they're getting pressured by the shareholders or something? Still didn't release the cross worlds sales kek
