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* ShoutOut: In the P4 ver. trailer, Minato and Yu make a call-back joke to the demon contracts in the main Shin Megami Tensei series.

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* ShoutOut: In the P4 ver. trailer, Minato and Yu make a call-back joke to the demon contracts in the main Shin ''Shin Megami Tensei Tensei'' series.
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* ShoutOut: In the P4 ver. trailer, Minato and Yu make a call-back joke to the demon contracts in the main Shin Megami Tensei series.

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* {{Big Brother Instinct}}: Whilst their relationship is unknown, Zen is said to act this way towards Rei, refusing to leave her side, to the point that he loses his stoic attitude when she's in danger, this is taken to a logical extreme in game as the both of them share a single character slot (much like the Ice Climbers in Smash Brothers).

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* {{Big Brother Instinct}}: Whilst their relationship is unknown, Zen is said to act this way towards Rei, refusing to leave her side, to the point that he loses his stoic attitude when she's in danger, this is taken to a logical extreme in game as the both of them share a single character slot (much like the Ice Climbers in Smash Brothers).danger.


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* TheDividual: Zen and Rei function as a single unit in gameplay, even taking up only one character slot.

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* SuddenlyVoiced: The ''Persona 3'' protagonist, identified in the trailers as "Minato Arisato".
* SuperDeformed: The entire cast appears as smaller, cuter versions of their regular appearances from ''Persona 3'' and ''Persona 4''.


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* SuddenlyVoiced: The ''Persona 3'' protagonist, identified in the trailers as "Minato Arisato".
* SuperDeformed: The entire cast appears as smaller, cuter versions of their regular appearances from ''Persona 3'' and ''Persona 4''.
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* BigEater: Rei. A [[http://static1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20131208001332/megamitensei/images/e/ee/PQ_Rei_cutscene.jpg cutscene]] shown Rei eating multiples scoops of ice cream and her picture has a corn-dog as well.

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* BigEater: Rei. A [[http://static1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20131208001332/megamitensei/images/e/ee/PQ_Rei_cutscene.jpg cutscene]] shown Rei eating multiples scoops of ice cream and her picture has a corn-dog as well.seen above.
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* BigEater: Rei. A [[http://static1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20131208001332/megamitensei/images/e/ee/PQ_Rei_cutscene.jpg cutscene]] shown Rei eating multiples scoops of ice cream and her picture has a corn-dog as well.

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Previews: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etfqRXPXbQQ Trailer 1]].

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Previews: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etfqRXPXbQQ Trailer 1]].1]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDDxBsRXp4U Trailer 2]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fv3_J9FqgD8 Trailer 3]].


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* {{Big Brother Instinct}}: Whilst their relationship is unknown, Zen is said to act this way towards Rei, refusing to leave her side, to the point that he loses his stoic attitude when she's in danger, this is taken to a logical extreme in game as the both of them share a single character slot (much like the Ice Climbers in Smash Brothers).
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* SinisterSilhouettes: The two casts first encounters their counterparts as shadowy looking figures… only for Arisato and Narukami to walk out of the shadows and introduce themselves.

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* SinisterSilhouettes: The two casts first encounters encounter their counterparts as shadowy looking figures… only for Arisato and Narukami to walk out of the shadows and introduce themselves.
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* TimeTravel: The tower allows the cast of ''Persona 3'' from 2010 and the cast of ''Persona 4'' from 2 years later to meet and team up. [[spoiler: Which is why Makoto and Shinjiro are still alive.]]

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* TimeTravel: The tower allows the cast of ''Persona 3'' from 2010 and the cast of ''Persona 4'' from 2 years later to meet and team up. [[spoiler: Which is why Makoto Minato and Shinjiro are still alive.]]
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* SuddenlyVoiced: The ''Persona 3'' protagonist, identified in the trailers as "Minato Arisato".



* SinisterSilhouettes: The ''Persona 4'' cast first encounters their ''Persona 3'' counterparts as shadowy looking figures… only for Makoto to walk out of the shadows and introduce himself.

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* SinisterSilhouettes: The ''Persona 4'' cast two casts first encounters their ''Persona 3'' counterparts as shadowy looking figures… only for Makoto Arisato and Narukami to walk out of the shadows and introduce himself.themselves.
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* SinisterSilhouettes: The ''Persona 4'' cast first encounters their ''Persona 3'' counterparts as shadowy looking figures... only for Makoto to walk out of the shadows and introduce himself.

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* SinisterSilhouettes: The ''Persona 4'' cast first encounters their ''Persona 3'' counterparts as shadowy looking figures... figures… only for Makoto to walk out of the shadows and introduce himself.



* TimeTravel: The tower allows the cast of ''Persona 3'' from 2010 and the cast of ''Persona 4'' from 2 years later to meet and team up. [[spoiler: Which is why Makoto and Shinjiro are still alive]]

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* TimeTravel: The tower allows the cast of ''Persona 3'' from 2010 and the cast of ''Persona 4'' from 2 years later to meet and team up. [[spoiler: Which is why Makoto and Shinjiro are still alive]]alive.]]
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* GunsAkimbo: ''Crossbows'', actually. How does Zen reload them anyways?
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* TimeTravel: The tower allows the cast of ''Persona 3'' from 2010 and the cast of ''Persona 4'' from 2 years later to meet and team up.

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* TimeTravel: The tower allows the cast of ''Persona 3'' from 2010 and the cast of ''Persona 4'' from 2 years later to meet and team up. [[spoiler: Which is why Makoto and Shinjiro are still alive]]
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That is not what that trope means. They aren\'t currently dead or \"dead and brought back to life\" anyway. Also, what basis do we have to call Zen \"antagonistic\" again?


* DeadToBeginWith: From the ''P4'' cast's point of view, in 2012, [[spoiler:Makoto and Shinji]] are already dead.



* SpikesOfVillainy: The antagonistic Zen wears a spiked dog collar.
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* DeadToBeginWith: From the ''P4'' casts' point of view, in 2012, [[spoiler:Makoto and Shinji]] are already dead.

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* DeadToBeginWith: From the ''P4'' casts' cast's point of view, in 2012, [[spoiler:Makoto and Shinji]] are already dead.

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Etrian Odyssey gameplay, so none of the standard social elements


The story revolves around a mysterious tower that is said to bring death to whoever hears its bell. When the tower appears at both Gekkoukan High School in the past and Yasogami High School in the future, the casts of ''VideoGame/{{Persona 3}}'' and ''VideoGame/{{Persona 4}}'' team up across time to investigate the tower's labyrinth. All while dealing with their lives as {{Ordinary High School Student}}s. Along the way, they meet two brand new characters, Zen and Rei, who are connected to the tower.

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The story revolves around a mysterious tower that is said to bring death to whoever hears its bell. When the tower appears at both Gekkoukan High School in the past and Yasogami High School in the future, the casts of ''VideoGame/{{Persona 3}}'' and ''VideoGame/{{Persona 4}}'' team up across time to investigate the tower's labyrinth. All while dealing with their lives as {{Ordinary High School Student}}s. Along the way, they meet two brand new characters, Zen and Rei, who are connected to the tower.
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Previews: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etfqRXPXbQQ Trailer 1]].


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* DeadToBeginWith: From the ''P4'' casts' point of view, in 2012, [[spoiler:Makoto and Shinji]] are already dead.


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* TheNoseless: The SuperDeformed art style makes most of the characters appear to not have noses.


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* SpikesOfVillainy: The antagonistic Zen wears a spiked dog collar.
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* AnotherSideAnotherStory: Elements of the story will change depending on if you choose to start with the ''Persona 3'' or the ''Persona 4'' cast.
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* CrossOver: the full casts of ''Persona 3'' and ''Persona 4'' end up becoming involved in the mystery of the Labyrinth.

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* CrossOver: the The full casts of ''Persona 3'' and ''Persona 4'' end up becoming involved in the mystery of the Labyrinth.



* SuperDeformed: The entire cast appears as smaller, cuter versions of their regular appearances from ''P3'' and ''P4''.

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* SuperDeformed: The entire cast appears as smaller, cuter versions of their regular appearances from ''P3'' ''Persona 3'' and ''P4''.''Persona 4''.



* SinisterSilhouettes: The ''P4'' cast first encounters their ''P3'' counterparts as shadowy looking figures... only for Makoto to walk out of the shadows and introduce himself.

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* SinisterSilhouettes: The ''P4'' ''Persona 4'' cast first encounters their ''P3'' ''Persona 3'' counterparts as shadowy looking figures... only for Makoto to walk out of the shadows and introduce himself.
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* HugeGuyTinyGirl: Zen is large and imposing, while Rei is petite and disarming.
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The story revolves around a mysterious tower that is said to bring death to whoever hears its bell. When the tower appears in both Gekkoukan High School in the past and Yasogami High School in the future, the casts of ''VideoGame/{{Persona 3}}'' and ''VideoGame/{{Persona 4}}'' team up across time to investigate the tower's labyrinth. All while dealing with their lives as {{Ordinary High School Student}}s. Along the way, they meet two brand new characters, Zen and Rei, who are connected to the tower.

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The story revolves around a mysterious tower that is said to bring death to whoever hears its bell. When the tower appears in at both Gekkoukan High School in the past and Yasogami High School in the future, the casts of ''VideoGame/{{Persona 3}}'' and ''VideoGame/{{Persona 4}}'' team up across time to investigate the tower's labyrinth. All while dealing with their lives as {{Ordinary High School Student}}s. Along the way, they meet two brand new characters, Zen and Rei, who are connected to the tower.
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* SinisterSilhouettes: The ''P4'' cast first encounters their ''P3'' counterparts as shadowy looking figures... only for Makoto to walk out of the shadows and introduce himself.
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* ColourCodedForYourConvenience: The game uses a lot of purple in its interface and art, to differentiate it from P3's blue and P4's yellow.
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* XMeetsY: ''VideoGame/EtrianOdyssey'''s mechanics with ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTenseiPersona'''s plot and characters

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* XMeetsY: ''VideoGame/EtrianOdyssey'''s the mechanics of ''VideoGame/EtrianOdyssey'' with ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTenseiPersona'''s the plot and characterscharacters of ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTenseiPersona''.

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The plot of the story involves a mysterious tower that appears in Yasogami High School from ''VideoGame/{{Persona 4}}'', where it is told that whoever hears the bell will face death. All characters from ''VideoGame/{{Persona 3}}'' and ''VideoGame/{{Persona 4}}'' team up to investigate the tower's labyrinth while also dealing with their lives as [[OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent ordinary high school students.]] The plot also shows two brand new characters, Zen and Rei, related to the case.

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The plot of the story involves revolves around a mysterious tower that is said to bring death to whoever hears its bell. When the tower appears in both Gekkoukan High School in the past and Yasogami High School from ''VideoGame/{{Persona 4}}'', where it is told that whoever hears in the bell will face death. All characters from future, the casts of ''VideoGame/{{Persona 3}}'' and ''VideoGame/{{Persona 4}}'' team up across time to investigate the tower's labyrinth labyrinth. All while also dealing with their lives as [[OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent ordinary high school students.]] The plot also shows {{Ordinary High School Student}}s. Along the way, they meet two brand new characters, Zen and Rei, related who are connected to the case.
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* BadassAdorable: ''Everyone'' is turned into a chibi model, which is saying something for a series with plenty DarkerAndEdgier moments.
* DreamTeam: It's virtually possible to make up a team of people from both games into a FiveManBand of your choice. That also includes [[spoiler:Shinji and Minato[=/=]Makoto]].

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* BadassAdorable: ''Everyone'' is turned into a chibi SuperDeformed model, which is saying something for a series with plenty DarkerAndEdgier moments.
* ClockPunk: The mysterious tower is filled with fantastical clockwork and gears.
* CrossOver: the full casts of ''Persona 3'' and ''Persona 4'' end up becoming involved in the mystery of the Labyrinth.
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DreamTeam: It's virtually possible to make up a any team of people five from both games into a FiveManBand the party members from ''P3'' or ''P4''.
* EldritchLocation: The Labyrinth
of your choice. That also includes [[spoiler:Shinji the Tower is a location outside reality, filled with manifestations of the collective unconscious where past and Minato[=/=]Makoto]].future can meet.
* OriginalGeneration: Despite most of the cast being from ''Persona 3'' and ''Persona 4'', Zen and Rei are brand new character who debuted in ''Q''.
* SuperDeformed: The entire cast appears as smaller, cuter versions of their regular appearances from ''P3'' and ''P4''.
* SiblingTeam: All 3 of the Velvet Siblings (Elizabeth, Theodore and Margaret) appear in this game to help the heroes.



* XMeetsY: Put VideoGame/EtrianOdyssey's mechanics with Franchise/ShinMegamiTenseiPersona's plot and characters into a blender. You get this.

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* TimeTravel: The tower allows the cast of ''Persona 3'' from 2010 and the cast of ''Persona 4'' from 2 years later to meet and team up.
* XMeetsY: Put VideoGame/EtrianOdyssey's ''VideoGame/EtrianOdyssey'''s mechanics with Franchise/ShinMegamiTenseiPersona's ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTenseiPersona'''s plot and characters into a blender. You get this.characters
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I admit, I haven\'t seen anyone translate the trailer, but the implication is time travel. Note how all the P3 guys are as they were in P3, despite around P4 they\'d be closer to how they were in Arena.


* CanonDiscontinuity: Just watching the trailer alone for fans of either games will reveal that [[spoiler:you can go out of your way and make a party with Shinji and Minato[=/=]Makoto in there, despite the fact the Persona 4 cast is there and that it would mean these two aren't dead]]. A less spoilery example is Ken who doesn't look any older like his S.E.E.S peers.
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''Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth'' is a Nintendo3DS title, a spin-off of the popular Franchise/ShinMegamiTenseiPersona series, developed by {{Atlus}} with the head director of VideoGame/EtrianOdyssey. The game is set to release in Japan on June 5th, 2014.

The plot of the story involves a mysterious tower that appears in Yasogami High School from VideoGame/{{Persona 4}}, where it is told that whoever hears the bell will face death. All characters from VideoGame/{{Persona 3}} and VideoGame/{{Persona 4}} team up to investigate the tower's labyrinth while also dealing with their lives as [[OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent ordinary high school students.]] The plot also shows two brand new characters related to the case.

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''Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth'' is a Nintendo3DS title, a spin-off of the popular Franchise/ShinMegamiTenseiPersona ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTenseiPersona'' series, developed by {{Atlus}} with the head director of VideoGame/EtrianOdyssey.''VideoGame/EtrianOdyssey''. The game is set to release in Japan on June 5th, 2014.

The plot of the story involves a mysterious tower that appears in Yasogami High School from VideoGame/{{Persona 4}}, ''VideoGame/{{Persona 4}}'', where it is told that whoever hears the bell will face death. All characters from VideoGame/{{Persona 3}} ''VideoGame/{{Persona 3}}'' and VideoGame/{{Persona 4}} ''VideoGame/{{Persona 4}}'' team up to investigate the tower's labyrinth while also dealing with their lives as [[OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent ordinary high school students.]] The plot also shows two brand new characters characters, Zen and Rei, related to the case.



* CanonDiscontinuity: Just watching the trailer alone for fans of either games will reveal that [[spoiler:you can go out of your way and make a party with Shinji and Minato in there, despite the fact the Persona 4 cast is there and that it would mean these two aren't dead]]. A more less spoilery example is Ken who doesn't look any older like his S.E.E.S peers.
* DreamTeam: It's virtually possible to make up a team of people from both games into a FiveManBand of your choice. That also includes [[spoiler:Shinji and Minato]].

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* CanonDiscontinuity: Just watching the trailer alone for fans of either games will reveal that [[spoiler:you can go out of your way and make a party with Shinji and Minato Minato[=/=]Makoto in there, despite the fact the Persona 4 cast is there and that it would mean these two aren't dead]]. A more less spoilery example is Ken who doesn't look any older like his S.E.E.S peers.
* DreamTeam: It's virtually possible to make up a team of people from both games into a FiveManBand of your choice. That also includes [[spoiler:Shinji and Minato]].Minato[=/=]Makoto]].
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The plot of the story involves a mysterious tower that appears in Yasogami High School from VideoGame/Persona4, where it is told that whoever hears the bell will face death. All characters from VideoGame/Persona3 and VideoGame/Persona4 team up to investigate the tower's labyrinth while also dealing with their lives as [[OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent ordinary high school students.]] The plot also shows two brand new characters related to the case.

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The plot of the story involves a mysterious tower that appears in Yasogami High School from VideoGame/Persona4, VideoGame/{{Persona 4}}, where it is told that whoever hears the bell will face death. All characters from VideoGame/Persona3 VideoGame/{{Persona 3}} and VideoGame/Persona4 VideoGame/{{Persona 4}} team up to investigate the tower's labyrinth while also dealing with their lives as [[OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent ordinary high school students.]] The plot also shows two brand new characters related to the case.


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* StealthPun: That "Q" letter in the title can be loosely translated to the word "cute" to reflect the characters' appearances.
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''Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth'' is a Nintendo3DS title, a spin-off of the popular Franchise/ShinMegamiTenseiPersona series, developed by {{Atlus}} with the head director of VideoGame/EtrianOdyssey. The game is set to release in Japan on June 5th, 2014.

The plot of the story involves a mysterious tower that appears in Yasogami High School from VideoGame/Persona4, where it is told that whoever hears the bell will face death. All characters from VideoGame/Persona3 and VideoGame/Persona4 team up to investigate the tower's labyrinth while also dealing with their lives as [[OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent ordinary high school students.]] The plot also shows two brand new characters related to the case.

!!This game provides examples of:

* BadassAdorable: ''Everyone'' is turned into a chibi model, which is saying something for a series with plenty DarkerAndEdgier moments.
* CanonDiscontinuity: Just watching the trailer alone for fans of either games will reveal that [[spoiler:you can go out of your way and make a party with Shinji and Minato in there, despite the fact the Persona 4 cast is there and that it would mean these two aren't dead]]. A more less spoilery example is Ken who doesn't look any older like his S.E.E.S peers.
* DreamTeam: It's virtually possible to make up a team of people from both games into a FiveManBand of your choice. That also includes [[spoiler:Shinji and Minato]].
* XMeetsY: Put VideoGame/EtrianOdyssey's mechanics with Franchise/ShinMegamiTenseiPersona's plot and characters into a blender. You get this.

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