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Tokyo Game Show 2019 Highlights

Editorial Team

Just two days after a typhoon ripped through the area, game developers, distributors, gamers, and otaku alike filed into the Makuhari Messe Convention Center just outside of Tokyo, to attend the Tokyo Game Show 2019. While there were slightly fewer companies attending this year, TGS 2019 did see a new record of 2,417 booths (2,338 last year) which means plenty of games to try, and things to see.

Tokyo Game Show 2019

The largest promotional event was Square Enix’s Final Fantasy VII Remake, being shown-off at both the Sony PlayStation and Square Enix booth. The original Final Fantasy VII was released on the PlayStation One in 1997, and is arguable one of the most beloved titles in the series. Visitors at the Sony booth could have their picture taken while wielding Cloud Strife’s massive sword.

Tokyo Game Show 2019

The other big title this year was Capcom’s Monster Hunter World: Iceborne expansion, which is actually a game in itself than simply an expansion. While Sony had playable demos of the game, the Capcom booth displayed life-sized monsters. Monster Hunter World: Iceborne was released last week.

Tokyo Game Show 2019

This year, SEGA combined their booth with their subsidiary Atlas, promoting the upcoming Yakuza: Like a Dragon and Persona 5 Royal, both for the PS4, as well as the Mario & Sonic at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games for the Nintendo Switch. Other titles included the Hatsune Miku: Project Diva MegaMix for the Switch, 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim for the PS4, as well as games in their SEGA Partners division including Granblue Fantasy: Versus, LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga, Shenmue III, and Star Wars Jedi: The Fallen Order.

Tokyo Game Show 2019

Konami continues to make its comeback with such upcoming titles as Contra: Rogue Corps, and Super Bomberman R. Though most of their efforts are being put into the mobile gaming market, with such playable games as Castlevania: Grimoire of Souls, Dance Dance Revolution, and Beat Mania II DX.

Tokyo Game Show 2019

Due to the lack of room, this year saw a lot less arcade-targeted VR titles, and more home oriented ones, including the dancing game Space Channel 5, and a meteor shooting game by students at Kobe Denshi College. Also, with over 4 million units sold, Sony is far from giving up on their PlayStation VR, with such playable games as Marvel’s Iron Man VR, Concrete Genie, and a new Hatsune Miku VR game.

Tokyo Game Show 2019

One of the cooler VR accessories I saw were the Cybershoes by a Kickstarter group. Resembling beach sandals, you strap them to your feet or shoes, sit in a chair, and simulate walking or running while playing your favorite VR title. Simple but effective.

Tokyo Game Show 2019

With all those extra booths this year, the Indie game area was packed tight with playable titles. Some that I played included Magical Girl’s Chronicle: Magusphere, which combined the cuteness of magical girls with the violence of blowing up tanks and enemies with guns and bazookas. And Liberated by Polish company Walkabout, where you literally play through the panels of a graphic novel. Both games will be out on the PS4 next year.

Tokyo Game Show 2019

Overall, there were no big surprises this year at the Tokyo Game Show 2019, but still had plenty to offer and gave us a peak at what’s to come.

Tokyo Game Show 2019

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Persona 5 Trophy Guide PS4

Editorial Team

Persona 5 Trophy Guide. Difficulty: ***  A role-playing game and the sixth installment in the Persona series. The Platinum is quite easy to obtain, though will require a lot of time.

Game Name Difficulty Trophies Developer Country Bronze Silver Gold Online DLC
Persona 5 *** 49 Atlus Japan 40 5 3 0 0

Persona 5

Persona 5 is a role-playing game and the sixth installment in the Persona series. Players control a high school student named Joker who, in modern-day Tokyo, interacts with other characters similar to social simulation games, partake in leisure activities, part-time jobs, and craft items for battle. The gameplay also included dungeon crawling where players explore, battle enemies, and solve puzzles. The game uses a turn-based combat system, similar to previous games in the series.

After being falsely charged with assault and expelled from school, Joker is sent to the Shujin Academy, where his Persona powers are awakened. Teaming up with other gifted students, they explore the Metaverse, a supernatural world possessed with manifestations of humanity's subconscious desires.

Persona 5 received positive reviews with an average score of 94%, praised for its style and presentation, engaging characters, interesting story, and hailed by several critics as one of the best role-playing games of all time.

Since the game can be played on Easy mode, the Platinum for Persona 5 is not difficult. However, the amount of time required is what brings this rating to a 3-star. There are quite a few missable trophies which the majority of can be obtained if you follow a guide as you play. After a full playthrough, you'll still need to start a New Game+ to mop up a few remaining trophies. Overall, the Platinum is quite easy but very time consuming.

Expect roughly 100 hours, depending on whether or not you text-skip and if you are able to get all the missable trophies in one and a half playthroughs.

NOTE: The trophies on the PS4 share the same list with those on the PS3.

If you're in a rush for that Platinum, there are two things you can do. One, is to set the game on Safe difficulty, which is the easiest mode. Also, if you don't mind having the story spoiled, follow one of the walkthroughs under our Links tab to unlock most of the missable trophies through one playthrough.

You'll especially want to unlock the A New Journey trophy during this playthrough, which is for viewing the true ending in the game. We won't risk putting any spoilers here, but check out the Persona 5 trophy guide links under our Links tab for details on how to get the true ending.

Also, be sure to make plenty of different saves during your playthrough, so you can always reload and go back if you missed anything important.

By the end of your first playthrough, you should try to get all the trophies, except for the Beyond Rehabilitation, the Mask Collector, and the One Who Rebels Against God trophies. These you'll need to get in your New Game+.

Caroline and Justine are secret, optional bosses who can only be battled with in the New Game+. Defeating them will earn you the Beyond Rehabilitation trophy. Also, only the Satanael Persona can only be accessed in the New Game+, which you'll need to complete the collection of 191 Personas for the Mask Collector, as well as unlock the One Who Rebels Against God trophy.

Enjoy!

If you don't mind spoilers, here's a useful Trophy Walkthrough spreadsheet by YokA_Sun and Finn527:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1dM4MZ_CKiu_EtcSL588-I2avd040YnGfARKEk3ViBck/edit#gid=0

And a regular Walkthrough on IGN:
https://www.ign.com/wikis/persona-5/Walkthrough

And a text-based Walkthrough by Bkstunt_31:
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/ps4/835628-persona-5/faqs/74653

Here's a detailed Trophy Guide by BeforeJam and rmchiva925:
https://www.playstationtrophies.org/game/persona-5-ps4-ps3/guide/

And a great Trophy Guide by Undead_Wolf_n7, A-Brawl3r, Dragon_Archon, and Mah2c:
https://psnprofiles.com/guide/5919-persona-5-trophy-guide

And xNinjaOfChaosx has a great Trophy Guide here:
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/ps4/835628-persona-5/faqs/74625

Ishmael Romero has a simple but useful Trophy Guide here:
https://twinfinite.net/2017/04/persona-5-trophy-guide-how-to-get-all-trophies-and-the-platinum/

A useful Supplemental Guide by YokA_Sun and BeforeJam:
https://www.playstationtrophies.org/forum/persona-5-a/308349-persona-5-supplemental-guide.html

A handy Trophy Associated Checklist created by Anubit3Blad3:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1IX2FqqAzdUvKx98XoLPGUiTG_lq80J6TLOsvEIKhxZM/edit#gid=0

A video by Madness Gaming demonstrating how to get 2 Million Yen in 5 Minutes:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Er6qzIQurc8

And a video demonstration of The Ultimate Strike trophy by rubhen925:
href='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAz1K0j4FdY

Finally, here's a basic Trophy List:
https://www.exophase.com/game/persona-5-psn/trophies/

Persona 5 Trophy Guide

Editorial Team

Persona 5 Trophy Guide. Difficulty: ***  A role-playing game and the sixth installment in the Persona series. The Platinum is quite easy to obtain, though will require a lot of time.

Game Name Difficulty Trophies Developer Country Bronze Silver Gold Online DLC
Persona 5 *** 49 Atlus Japan 40 5 3 0 0

Persona 5

Persona 5 is a role-playing game and the sixth installment in the Persona series. Players control a high school student named Joker who, in modern-day Tokyo, interacts with other characters similar to social simulation games, partake in leisure activities, part-time jobs, and craft items for battle. The gameplay also included dungeon crawling where players explore, battle enemies, and solve puzzles. The game uses a turn-based combat system, similar to previous games in the series.

After being falsely charged with assault and expelled from school, Joker is sent to the Shujin Academy, where his Persona powers are awakened. Teaming up with other gifted students, they explore the Metaverse, a supernatural world possessed with manifestations of humanity's subconscious desires.

Persona 5 received positive reviews with an average score of 94%, praised for its style and presentation, engaging characters, interesting story, and hailed by several critics as one of the best role-playing games of all time.

Since the game can be played on Easy mode, the Platinum for Persona 5 is not difficult. However, the amount of time required is what brings this rating to a 3-star. There are quite a few missable trophies which the majority of can be obtained if you follow a guide as you play. After a full playthrough, you'll still need to start a New Game+ to mop up a few remaining trophies. Overall, the Platinum is quite easy but very time consuming.

Expect roughly 100 hours, depending on whether or not you text-skip and if you are able to get all the missable trophies in one and a half playthroughs.

NOTE: The trophies on the PS4 share the same list with those on the PS3.

If you're in a rush for that Platinum, there are two things you can do. One, is to set the game on Safe difficulty, which is the easiest mode. Also, if you don't mind having the story spoiled, follow one of the walkthroughs under our Links tab to unlock most of the missable trophies through one playthrough.

You'll especially want to unlock the A New Journey trophy during this playthrough, which is for viewing the true ending in the game. We won't risk putting any spoilers here, but check out the Persona 5 trophy guide links under our Links tab for details on how to get the true ending.

Also, be sure to make plenty of different saves during your playthrough, so you can always reload and go back if you missed anything important.

By the end of your first playthrough, you should try to get all the trophies, except for the Beyond Rehabilitation, the Mask Collector, and the One Who Rebels Against God trophies. These you'll need to get in your New Game+.

Caroline and Justine are secret, optional bosses who can only be battled with in the New Game+. Defeating them will earn you the Beyond Rehabilitation trophy. Also, only the Satanael Persona can only be accessed in the New Game+, which you'll need to complete the collection of 191 Personas for the Mask Collector, as well as unlock the One Who Rebels Against God trophy.

Enjoy!

If you don't mind spoilers, here's a useful Trophy Walkthrough spreadsheet by YokA_Sun and Finn527:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1dM4MZ_CKiu_EtcSL588-I2avd040YnGfARKEk3ViBck/edit#gid=0

And a regular Walkthrough on IGN:
https://www.ign.com/wikis/persona-5/Walkthrough

And a text-based Walkthrough by Bkstunt_31:
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/ps4/835628-persona-5/faqs/74653

Here's a detailed Trophy Guide by BeforeJam and rmchiva925:
https://www.playstationtrophies.org/game/persona-5-ps4-ps3/guide/

And a great Trophy Guide by Undead_Wolf_n7, A-Brawl3r, Dragon_Archon, and Mah2c:
https://psnprofiles.com/guide/5919-persona-5-trophy-guide

And xNinjaOfChaosx has a great Trophy Guide here:
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/ps4/835628-persona-5/faqs/74625

Ishmael Romero has a simple but useful Trophy Guide here:
https://twinfinite.net/2017/04/persona-5-trophy-guide-how-to-get-all-trophies-and-the-platinum/

A useful Supplemental Guide by YokA_Sun and BeforeJam:
https://www.playstationtrophies.org/forum/persona-5-a/308349-persona-5-supplemental-guide.html

A handy Trophy Associated Checklist created by Anubit3Blad3:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1IX2FqqAzdUvKx98XoLPGUiTG_lq80J6TLOsvEIKhxZM/edit#gid=0

A video by Madness Gaming demonstrating how to get 2 Million Yen in 5 Minutes:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Er6qzIQurc8

And a video demonstration of The Ultimate Strike trophy by rubhen925:
href='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAz1K0j4FdY

Finally, here's a basic Trophy List:
https://www.exophase.com/game/persona-5-psn/trophies/

Utawarerumono: Mask of Truth Heading to West

Editorial Team

Atlus just announced today that the third title in the Utawarerumono trilogy, Utawarerumono: Mask of Truth, will be getting a Western release on September 5, this year. The game was originally released in Japan on September 21, 2016. Utawarerumono: Mask of Truth will be available in both physical and digital formats on the PS4, PS3, and PS Vita in North America, while only the PS4 version will have a physical format available in Europe.

 

Atlus is also taking pre-orders of an Utawarerumono: Mask of Truth Limited Edition version, which includes a collector’s box, a physical copy of the game, and a pillowcase that features the characters Uruuru and Saraana.

 

Utawarerumono, which translates literally as “The Person Being Sung,” is a visual-novel which includes tactical RPG elements, developed by Leaf and published by Aquaplus in Japan. The original Utawarerumono was released for the PlayStation 2 and PlayStation Portable in April 2002. The sequel, Utawarerumono: Mask of Deception, was released in Japan in September 2015, and will have its world-wide release next week, on May 23. Utawarerumono: Mask of Truth, is the third and final chapter, in a story surrounding a masked protagonist named Hakuoro who, after leading a rebellion and becoming emperor, must maintain peace within his country.

 

Characters from Utawarerumono also made an appearance in the 2D fighting game, AquaPazza: AquaPlus Dream Match on the PlayStation 3.