All Metaphor: ReFantazio Easter Eggs and References

[@JohneAwesome]

Be honest, did you know all these?

[@Arcticanine]

I'd say I knew about 60% of it all, but that's because I've never played Ehtrian Odyssey, Catherine, or any of the older games Atlus worked upon.

[@haileeraestout5567]

Shadowclone Jutsu Goes Back To Naruto

[@EHnter]

Here's your daily dweeb for you, there's actually 2 voice lines when they shout "Persona!" with the Persona Master/Devil Summoner mask.

[@UltimaShadowX]

My favorites were some of other Holy Relics being Demonica’s helmet and Kaneshiro’s Piggytron.

[@RafaelRodriguesAxelyexNobody]

it's nice seeing strange journey getting some love, that game is amazing i love it

[@miguelspitz]

@@RafaelRodriguesAxelyexNobody wdym SJ, it's clearly a reference to SMT iv Black Samurai /s

[@hailthequeenFM]

Black Samurai is based on the Demonica​@@miguelspitz

[@theshellderinslowbrostail5422]

The bread one was really interesting. Also the "Persona!" voiceline

[@LoopyChew]

When Hulkenberg learns the Persona Master archetype, her dialogue is as follows: “Impressive. So this is the Persona Master... The time has come to transform the battlefield. Let us start the game. “'Tis hard to explain, but something about this power makes me want to scream its name...” I don’t know if it’s in the original JP dialogue, but “Let Us Start the Game” is the loading screen for P5(R? I forget). And clearly the second part is a reference to all the characters who scream “PERSONA!” in game.

[@TheJaredPunch]

Will calls himself the “Wild Card.” And Strohl says he’ll “face himself.”

[@grimvvice]

SPOILER: - Another cool fact: the protagonist of the first book of Sir Thomas More’s Utopia is named Hythlodaeus!

[@Luc1dity]

There were 0 colorfully decorated eggs within this video. DISLIKE

[@daswolffire6466]

False eggvertising 😔

[@hehehefunnyname9613]

One Easter egg I liked was the thing on the mc’s head is similar to aigises and how the first 3 party members all have the color schemes of persona 3-5 in order of getting them

[@canadianidiot1220]

I think a blue dragon would have been a better color choice for a dragon representing the Atomic bombs. For those who don't know, the Demon Core was the atomic core of the 3rd Nuclear bomb the US was going to use on Japan. Since they surrendered after the first 2, the bomb was ultimately pulled apart with its core being used in near criticality experimentation. With how dangerous these experiments and the ego of those performing them, it was described as "Tickling the tail of a sleeping dragon" The accidents that cost several men their lives due to radiation was described as the "sleeping dragon waking up.” When the demon core went critical during these accidents, it flashed the room with a pale blue light... The result of Ionizing radiation affecting the air.

[@Arcticanine]

From what I see, if these Dragons are parallel to Nuclear Bombs in our reality---then the 8 pieces of the Weapon of Apocalypse are probably pieces of the Sundial.

[@DanielPereira-ey9nt]

One could make a stretch and say that the blue dragon Sogne represents nuclear winter

[@Kaisona2017]

It’s wild seeing Atlus have such an awesome 35th anniversary after how bad Persona’s 25th anniversary was. Come to think of it. Metaphor: ReFantazio is like Disney’s Wish if it was good. A celebration of the company’s history, filled with references to the studio’s past, all coming together to tell a new story.

[@s_ds8752]

There are a couple historical references in the form of Commander weapons, two of them being nods to Sengoku-era rivals Uesugi Kenshin and Takeda Shingen.

[@danielpratt3794]

Yey metaphor lore/Easter egg vids!

[@degeneradoamigavel3302]

That final point... I didnt even thought about it, but it does make a lot of sense, might even lead to a new game too, can't wait to see what Atlus might cook

[@AlhapraGaming]

That Persona! voicelines. I also just like when equiping someone with the most opposite archetype and reading their comments xD.

[@dablazingbryan5559]

The Red Dragon theory was super cool. The moment I saw Neuras after you made the connection to all of the relics, it smacked me in the back of the head.

[@DanielPereira-ey9nt]

I believe I've got a few references from the song Junah sings in the opera "From my fingertips flies a butterfly" the butterfly being a very prominent figure in Persona 3 "Fearing in my soul what I can't control" might be a reference to the whole anxiety lore "I can't close my eyes from the sunrise" maybe a reference to the negotiationst nature of Mustari and Sanctist beliefs "Oh anguished traveler, my name is thine and thou art I" the first phrase being what the mysterious voice says for the awakenings while the second is a clear reference to persona

[@TisAHandle]

Late game you also get a mage archetype weapon called the Xilbalba rod. A Persona 2 reference

[@slothfulquagsire199]

There is also the one pretty much everyone knows about by know, that most the Human Designs come from the works of Hieronymus Bosch al0ng with heavy Vitruvian Man References (In fact the games Art Direction is very Renaissance).

[@Merunn]

...This is the first time I've seen the intended way of figuring out the real Heismay. I had no idea that I could use the shadows and instead used the camera still focusing on the real Heismay when summoning clones to figure out which one to attack... Atleast it worked!

[@BlueCrimson10]

Well now you know the first rule of all clone fights: check the shadows.

[@cornyboi932]

He forgot to mention the Soul Hacker's design is inspired by native American imagery, a reference to Soul Hackers being very Native American folklore based

[@vemiya4533]

One I noticed is that while traveling in the early part of the game before you get the gauntlet runner, the map marker indicating the player’s location on the world map looks a lot like the ones used in the mainline SMT games

[@Arcticanine]

Yes!

[@globersko1671]

Only when they traveled on foot before returning to the capital after finding informant. But yeah I saw that

[@edwardgamerx9061]

Gallica is essentially the new Demi-Fiend's Pixie.

[@Arcticanine]

Yep! I said this before during SMTV with Amanozako, I love this trend and would love to see them continue it. They did so even during P5 with the first requitable Persona being Pixie.

[@Isru709]

6:24 the worst part is that "Become the dragon legend" can actually be a reference to Like a dragon(Yakuza)

[@lifeofanerd5113]

The Lost Shinjuku fact is super cool.

[@CoconatsuNeko]

Fresh video about Atlus easter eggs from my favorite Atlus guy is my reward for a day of hard work :D

[@christopherarenas1115]

Hope everyone's doing well today

[@Arcticanine]

Hope you too are doing well today Christopher! I'm doing great myself, thank you!

[@christopherarenas1115]

@Arcticanine I'm doing great!

[@Arcticanine]

@@christopherarenas1115 Great to know that!

[@maquinlol9673]

The biggest Reference is the entire combat and archetypes, coming straight up from Digital Devil Saga.

[@anascoolcat]

And the fusion of two bodies is just Seraph again, which is kinda neat

[@FubukiTheIcyKing]

I just love the references especially to Etrian Odyssey and Strange Journey.

[@ffxiikd1426]

awesome video, and really i feel it this way screaming from the demo of the game. IDK was 🤣🤣 loved it.

[@TheLostSheep578]

Yes Johne....I would eat stale bread as long as it has no mold on it. Could make a 🔥 bread pudding out if it.

[@Seacle14]

I love how multiple things are spoiled before the spoiler warning: Dungeons, party members and their archetypes, the existence of royal archetypes, how to obtain Chronicle of The End etc...

[@PiaInTheHouse]

Basilio yelling “pahsounah” took me out lmao

[@AeirEclipseHayastin]

smh my head he went into all the item references and glossed over the obvious EO one in Ariadne's Thread or does it need to be called warp wire to count

[@JR-ik3gk]

Hey! Really enjoyed your playthrough, I had some thoughts as I was doing my own. I thought the game was similar in vibe to Skies of Arcadia, the gauntlet runners, reputation system, support characters, exploration (specifically the points of interest you get the pictures of). I dunno man, I may just miss skies that much!

[@Akaishu294]

8:09 freak me man, i was on about, "how am i hiiting him? Theres gotta be a way" The frigging shadow dude.

[@BlueCrimson10]

The Devil Summoner skill names are the names of the families of demons in SMT games, like Noght, Fallen, Megami, etc.

[@TrvisXXIII]

I might end up completing this game when they put out the rerelease, got burned out by the calendar system and was frustrated when I reached inside the ship / castle area and was hit with a puzzle layout lol

[@RosyMiranto]

What about the whole Upgrade System in the game being inspired by the Mantras in Digital Devil Saga?

[@Isaacellobo]

I had a friend who strongly hoped there would be a Last Bible reference somewhere xD

[@danielrosenberg3124]

I don't think anyone but the protagonist can find the book of apocolypse because More's study is in a space between worlds like the velvet room. So it's unlikely anyone could reverse engineer it to make another relic for it.

[@felixtran6601]

Metaphor is the Atlus Game of All Time.

[@henradwikarmawan7085]

The prerequisite of Royal Summoner archetype is Devil Summoner Soul Hacker, which I think its intentional

[@fluke7506]

And strohl is a reference to peak brotagnists and all things omega chad

[@globersko1671]

I think that these blocks which are unmovable on top of the map in a Runner represent that since they can't be moved and they are on top of the map they will hold map on table so it will not just move freely while on the road since we can see they do not remove map from table even on the road.

[@duellgaming12]

I think it’s obvious but Archdemon Louise design is based on Helel (the *morning star* ) from smt and persona series All so the location of the final fight is the *tyrant star*

[@duellgaming12]

You can say his character is based on helel as well An angel who had aspects similar to god He had a different view on things He thought god was too pasive in his ways He thought his way is better (even if it wasn’t ) and rebelled against god Becoming a sinner Good intentions bad solution

[@blobman7234]

I got the persona voice line on junah multiple times and never used the devil summoner mask

[@PeytonHolland-pt9hx]

We getting fan power in p6

[@BlueCrimson10]

I didn't know More gives weapons for learning 90% of a character's archetypes

[@fyiradz9744]

there's a knuckle weapon named "tekkan", surely it isnt a reference to another game, right hashino-san?

[@theotheslav]

10:00 so More's Utopia was actually the history of Slavic-Bulgarian somethings (that's the only thing I understood lol)

[@likeicareusewe]

Heh. *Raises glasses* I knew everything in this video, you can not defeat me.

[@jstar3382]

10:37 so where did you figure this one out?

[@Arcticanine]

*{Yr 2; Day 176} of been impressed by P5R and waiting for P6.* A lot of them were pretty damn obvious but Atlus has gotten better at making them less subtle so I won't be surprised if I missed a few. Definitely did, I had a feeling I knew the way Brawler's synthesis moves looked similar to something Tokusatsu xD

[@Sleepyduo38]

Can you do a Let's Play on Fate Stay Night Remastered or Trails in the Sky FC please?

[@quillelderwood6009]

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH, No, red dragon relic is a guilty gear reference since sol badguy's weapon is called the outrage and is a world ending super weapon but was divided up into multiple pieces by the US government [because sol worked with them] and Sol's strongest ability is called dragon install which is his guilty gear form, ironically looking like a black and red demon.

[@kenzakiazuma6136]

When to get the final sire skill from more? I didn't get that after getting all archetype. Is it second playthrough? 😕

[@lentinant]

Have you obtained royal archetypes on each character?

[@kenzakiazuma6136]

@lentinant yes. I think so. Is it trigger when get all each royal Achetype reach lvl 99?

[@IrfanFakhrianto]

You forgot Matadors Shoes you can get in the Charadrius dungeon btw

[@agentofcaladium2741]

Spoilers for radiant historia: perfect chronology Could the red tome for the red dragon be a reference to the red historia? The red historia in perfect chronology is used to play through multiple other possibilities and even has a new game + boss fight centered around it. This red dragon super boss fight is a what if possibility so maybe. IDK just shooting blanks.

[@rezandrean]

you forgot heismay sephiroth pose

[@Cosmos573]

Very Swag video

[@PixeIated]

Worm flesh dungeon

[@mastercnn1222]

Gauntlet runna

[@liotheeeveetrainer4305]

Take the "i just came to the persona stuff" ticket here

[@keroclow9059]

Spoooooooilers for every other game bruh 😂

[@JohnNaasz]

Also, a weird fun fact, I pieced it together and persona Q uses the same game mechanics from the game you said 5:08

[@Heyitsbecklol]

A red dragon? I’m getting some drakengard vibes

[@oliver6969]

egg

[@jstar3382]

8:52 doesn't fucking matter they MURDERED THE SKILL. Its so bad now

[@Arcticanine]

I mean, it's still the strongest base physical skill---not counting the synthesis moves.

[@vantasethatsit9903]

that god forsaken lost shinjuku's dungeon almost made me stop playing the game, it genuinely feel archaic in design that it was very annoying for no reason. now that i know it was a nod of an actual old game at least i'm not hate it that much anymore.

[@Ventus777777]

Hi im the dweeb pointing out you forgot to mention Soul Hackers 2. Edit: non meme comment now. Suprised you didnt connect Lous and the Louis of SMT

[@a_brodo3158]

Is there much of note to mention there though?

[@phillemon7664]

@@a_brodo3158 nothing really besides the Soul Hacker archetype which is more of a Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers reference. Also Louis being a deceiver that strives for a world of Chaos like Lucifer that is evident and doesn’t need to be pointed out

[@Ventus777777]

@@a_brodo3158 since I think you commented this as I edited it. It's the rapping yo.

[@Ventus777777]

@@phillemon7664 true. but I tend to think that if he is going to end with conjecture about what the dragons, then speculating on if it is a reference is also warranted.

[@jled787]

It's basically Louis being this world's Lucifer

[@jaybee4288]

It was a great homage to Atlus games in general, just a shame it was a bit bland in its own right. Roll on Persona 6.

[@vandairgaming481]

Haven’t beat the game so I can’t watch the whole video. DISLIKE 🤣🤣🤣

[@skyFxd]

First

[@brayenmorrison3199]

First.