Unused Poker minigame - Persona 5

[@jackflynn412]

I love that Ryuji calls Ann dumb and she doesn't even try to refute it.

[@epicxx7699]

Funny how he out of all people says that, although he’s easily the stupidest phantom thief lmao

[@purplefairy830m]

@@epicxx7699 yep with enough hindsight to know neither he nor Ann are suitable for this. Hence why he both shot down Ann and never volunteered himself.

[@epicxx7699]

@@purplefairy830m true

[@J.Blazer]

It's a good quality, being smart enough to know you aren't smart enough. Too bad it's a quality that isn't more common.

[@diyamond]

she jus like me fr

[@ralaire]

There's so much unreleased content in this game, they could just make a Persona 5 Royal Royal with all of it

[@JustWatching4429]

No no... he's got a point. But Persona 5 Royaler Then... Persona 5 Royalest

[@phntom7312]

Persona 5 The Royal The aftermatch

[@ColeMeCrazy]

@@JustWatching4429 Was that an Emperor's New Groove reference? How about Persona 5 the Royaliest? It's like cooliest + Royal.

[@JustWatching4429]

@@ColeMeCrazy not intentionally, but I wish I had thought of it like that. I need to watch the emperors new groove again, thanks for a reminder. Edit: No No he's got a point That was

[@JazzyJac]

Ahem, nearly 200 hour game? Oh yeah

[@n4sph3re]

Ann: “THEN I’LL-“ Ryuji: “DONT!”

[@Zachattack-nu7lr]

Akechi: Are you sure you can do this? Joker: Relax, I've played at least- *Counts on fingers* -8 games of Poker Night at the Inventory! Morgana: Welp, we're screwed.

[@ceimurautumns5539]

Ryuji: Hey! I thought we were friends?! Morgana: He's playing poker by himself Skull. He doesn't have friends.

[@jaanzi4347]

Joker: Yeah shadow Sae is pretty tough, but I've played poker with Brock Samson.

[@reichtanglevictor1694]

Ann and Futaba: Yeah, it was 8 times

[@youraverageyoutuber5907]

@@ceimurautumns5539 Ryuji: "Hmm.. What would Morgana do in a situation like this?" Morgana: "WAAAHAHH! BLACKHAWK DOWN! BLACKHAWK DOWN!!" Ryuji: "..Okay, plan B."

[@TheAxeLordOfFire]

Holy shit! Someone else remembers that game!

[@Batmunk664]

Ann calling Akechi a "cheating hottie" is so iconic.

[@alchemist824]

Wonder if that made Akechi blush

[@cyschan]

i thought akechi said that and i was like “since when did he like girls”

[@frisolaxod3835]

​@@cyschan to be fair the way Ann said it reminds me so much of how girls hype up their gay besties

[@paulgentili1425]

Aketchi isn't gay

[@soulnha]

@@paulgentili1425Guess what I decided he’s gay so he is

[@peaceofyoshi]

Morgana - My hands can't reach the cards Also Morgana - Gimme a lift and the cards

[@Aperez]

Also Morgana in Tycoon: Handles cards with no problem.

[@bruuhh]

Morgana throws darts aswell somehow

[@Re.verseChaos]

I was denied Mona sitting in my lap. The world is truly cruel and unjust.

[@thatweirdgirl8466]

He sits in Jokers lap on the train in P5R

[@AtheAetheling]

Bearing in mind they all know what Akechi is at this point, I wouldn’t really read anything into Ann’s compliment beyond trying to keep up the facade of putting him at ease. Plus she has commented objectively on other boys looks before.

[@kerry687]

copium

[@zeveria7206]

I don't think anyone but Joker, Futaba, and Morgana knew until after they finished the initial palace and were in the waiting phase. Letting Ryuji or Ann know while working with Akechi would be a huge and unnecessary risk.

[@transantag]

I mean, it's not like this is the only time Ann mentions that Akechi is hot- even the pancakes scene includes her recognizing him and telling Ryuji he "doesn't get it" when he says Akechi's hair is stupid. It's also kind of a given- he's an idol, of course he's attractive. Though, I do think it's silly to pretend the thieves are never genuinely impressed by Akechi's skills. They mention more than once that he's actually pretty damn smart and good at fighting. The card gambit also surprised everyone and wasn't something the thieves thought of

[@CrimsonTy]

The thumbnail made me think Akechi was saying "You go, cheating hottie!" to Ann

[@zobozo5059]

Lmfao. They're both hot lol

[@asrielgaming57]

same lol

[@asrielgaming57]

@@zobozo5059 agreed lol

[@alleycat2297]

"unfortunately only the audio files" listen i will take ANY excuse to listen to more of robbie daymond's voice

[@konjiki8203]

I honestly like this idea. It strays away from the standard Boss Fight formula, and brings in more characteristics from the Party and Akechi. It even works as a lead-in to the actual fight. And it kinda reminds me of D’Arby. With a few revisions, it might be a great mechanic for the game, and maybe, if it was in Royal, could be used as one of the games in the Thieves Den. All those tables and just one game of Tycoon, not saying it isn’t the realest, but still.

[@gabe3885]

It seems to have been a lead in to the actual fight if you listen to near the end

[@Ok-vx7cb]

Well about D'arby is quite controversial in my opinion but it would be great reference if it was real.

"Go ahead, Mr. Trickster!"

[@hitagisenjougahara4677]

@ genius

[@NinjaWarotMCph]

"Wohoo! You go, chesting hottie!" WELL, ANN JUST SAID WHAT I WANTED TO TELL AKECHI.

[@jameswent48]

cheating*

[@eclecticspaghetti]

Oh man, this brings back memories. This was one of the first cut scenes ever discovered for this game. I’m willing to bet that this is why they put so much effort into the treasure room of Sae’s palace, even though you just run through it in two seconds on the heist day. I do think it was the right move, though. The main purpose of this scene seems to be to show how calculating Akechi is, but we already got scenes like that earlier, this one is just redundant and only delays the actual boss fight.

[@RohanGreyrat]

I prefer this one over the chips and the spare membership card because poker is a staple in any casino, albeit cliché but a staple nonetheless.

[@twewymuncher]

@@RohanGreyrat hence it being cliche, it’s a time waster. As cool as this alternative to a mini game instead of the game machines, it just delays the boss and doesn’t show us anything new about Akechi which was already shown elsewhere.

[@eclecticspaghetti]

@@twewymuncher Also, it wouldn’t have even been a minigame. This would be a scripted scene.

[@Lysuko]

I hope if P5R every get ported to PC someone will make a "Super Royal" mod that readds all the cut content

[@cronoz-sensei4259]

Tbh couldnt you just find a way to do that via abusing the original ps3 version and playing around w it?

[@psiryn.1135]

@@cronoz-sensei4259 Yes and no. The PS3's software is way more constricting than PC software would be. That's why only recently the Yosuke romance got modded back in. It's not a matter of being able to do it on older hardware, its just a matter of it being way more difficult. take this with a grain of salt though, I have very little experience in modding 7th gen consoles.

[@FazPersona]

I’m doing that actually!

[@psiryn.1135]

@@FazPersona oh shit nice

[@cronoz-sensei4259]

@@FazPersona plz soon port, i wanna play the true definitive persona 5 royal.

[@idea4965]

This is further proof that Akechi is very smart, although his arrogance leads him to be overconfident and make stupid mistakes

[@КириллЩербаков-т4э]

Pancakes.

[@wikidwisurdzzz49]

They should have just played Tycoon.

[@Zer0__P0int__]

An Eight stop!

[@kirbyusbwarmer]

Pass...

[@amitr24242]

I'm A BaGgEr?

[@Xiaolruc]

Morgana: "I can't reach the cards..." CAN I PLEASE GIVE THIS BOY A HUG?

[@andys2801]

“Can we ask you to do it?” Yu Narukami: “Did someone say YU?!”

[@lewsi]

lmfao

[@frisolaxod3835]

I love how cocky Akechi sounds here. He's one of the reasons Sae's palace is so fun.

[@Lysuko]

MORGANA SITS ON AKECHI'S LAP

[@alleycat2297]

unfairly cute visual

[@zobozo5059]

YES

[@zimonzieclown1633]

Really? I thought he was sitting on Joker's lap.

[@zobozo5059]

@@zimonzieclown1633 Pretty sure it was Akechi. He was talking to Akechi when he asked to sit on his lap

[@otakupower1048]

No it was Joker he sat on. Morgana said Akechi slipped Joker the good cards in his sleeve.

[@Oniriaki]

Someone can use all this unused stuff to make a persona 5 fangame

[@keok7934]

no, that would have copyright infringement and its not like it wouldn't be fair either

[@pilotsayshello1758]

@@keok7934 it would be.. doesn't mean you can't though

[@Oniriaki]

@@pilotsayshello1758 yeah someone can make one but not for profit or money at all..

[@mykull8465]

Atlus would most likely void it from existence quickly if it was made public but if that wasn't a thing we had to worry about almost definitely

[@ci7210]

I honestly feel Akechi played cards with the real Sae at one point.

[@zobozo5059]

That's cool if he did

[@TheUncleDaddy]

Ryuji didn’t have to go after Ann this way

[@poou4460]

true, but I think he was also saying that being self-aware

[@zobozo5059]

He really just roasted Ann lol

[@nocebo5792]

Entire team shits on him (even MC usually have 2 out of 3 dialogue options making fun of him, 3rd one being neutral instead of defending him/taking his side). Everyone calls him moron, idiot (maybe except for haru, though she still makes fun of him just with more gentle words), when at least half of the problems that he gets blamed for are 100% not his fault no one every apologize to him. If you would cut out Morgana lines that insult in some way Ryuji, the cat would've had less dialogue than flower shopkeep npc, he literally got beat down and left alone after risking his life to save everyone, Strikers cover had him getting punched in the face (though for the new release I think they changed it), but when he calls someone else dumb (and it's Ann who is about as "smart" as he is, the only thing she got going for her in terms of "intelligence" is the fact she knows english because she's foreigner), it's too far, he shouldn't do that... Stop white knighting, we already had "comedy" show where MC is constantly raped and blackmailed but it's funny because he's a guy (Peter Grill, it's bad, don't watch it, but plot is pretty much "haha look, the girls blackmail him, hehe", kind of like Bolin in LoK except with abusive water tribe chick, except it's stretched for entire season).

[@enzoqueijao]

@@nocebo5792 What was it about those 9 words that prompted you to write and essay in response?

[@Creature_of_the_Land]

@@nocebo5792 bro, was the essay really necessary

[@affsteak3530]

This is so much more fun than the spare members card scene we got!

[@happylilguy1827]

I really wish they kept this in. It adds really nice character to everyone and it would be nice for our crew to have a moment where they're not radiating pure light of no wrongdoing. The phantom thieves cheating to win is kind of an amazing idea and I wish they stuck with it. I also really like that we'd be giving the other members (Mona and Crow) time to shine instead of being the chosen one for literally everything

[@eclecticspaghetti]

They... already cheated in the palace, you know. That’s kind of the whole point. Futaba rigs the dice game, and they mess with the slot machine so that it’s possible to win. Not to mention all the bullshit Akechi pulls at the bridge of judgement.

[@happylilguy1827]

@@eclecticspaghetti Ah shit you right. I guess in my head that felt more like undoing Sae's cheating rather than them actually blatantly cheating (like in this) but nah you're right

[@eclecticspaghetti]

@@happylilguy1827 Well, it’s highly probably that Sae is cheating in this instance as well. Why wouldn’t she? She cheats everywhere else.

[@happylilguy1827]

@@eclecticspaghetti I mean yeah I figured. But fixing a machine so you have a chance at winning vs actively putting cards into your sleeve to force a win feels like they're on different levels imo. Even if she was cheating during this poker game.

[@alleycat2297]

I absolutely agree! Also I'd put this in the game for the "cheating hottie" line alone. It straight up had me cackling. That, and Ryuji's panicked "DON'T!" when Ann tries to suggest she'll give it a try.

[@alexinator-hh5fe]

We need P5R but with ALL of the cut content included and permanent Akechi Nav for the final palace

[@mcl4549]

Even if he was planning to betray them, and they all knew. I do not think the Phantom Thieves would have gotten past Sae's palace without Akechi

[@Thesis_And_Antithesis]

You couldn't have said it better, Akechi was crucial in getting past Sae's palace, come on, he even surpassed Futaba in long-term intelligence by not throwing Taro Tanaka's card.

[@soulous6001]

VA is God tier

[@cyokoh]

that Futaba “Same” line is pure gold

[@pseudohippie55]

Ryuji: Don't! This game uses a lot of brains! Pot, meet kettle.

[@souldragon9130]

SS (Shadow Sae): "Four of a Kind. I win." Akechi: "We'll See about that." Morgana: Chuckles, then Stars in his eyes: *"ROYAL FLUSH"* (This is my favorite part.)

[@toastydanny9136]

2:31 How did Morgana not ask Ann to sit on her lap lol?

[@sergiosalazar8702]

Miss opportunity

[@cayakdawson2020]

I love this. We get a cute bonding moment with Akechi and Mona^^

[@BLAZER_VA]

Meanwhile in all their heads: We all know what your really planning Akechi

[@sampowell6874]

In situations like these you can just feel Joker's eyes narrowing as everyone explains why they can't take part.

[@colerosenbaum3974]

It’s always annoying and comedic how they have roundabout ways of making the player do stuff in games like this

[@Jackhunter19870]

If this was in the game, Joker would almost be raged from the cheats during the game and say this when he's about to win: "C'MON, YOU WANNA CALL THE CARDS OR FOLD?! YOU HOST THE GAME YOU BETTER MAKE THIS FAST, SAE!!!"

[@raezor6941]

Damn, pre-plan Akechi be a big thonker. If this was added to the game, and I didn't initially catch his mistake (of course, from an outside view- I've only ever played Strikers and started P4 not to long ago), then it would've been a pleasent surprise to see the big reveal.

[@NotKoree]

Endless unused Events!

[@Blackplague689]

Ann: You go cheating hottie Me and the fandom: To ship or not to ship, tis be the question.

[@alchemist824]

This IS in fact a JoJo reference

[@Comic3665]

yeah but sae didnt almost explode after losing like d'arby did unfortunately

[@adlazmdegil-2933]

Yaayyyy he is tasting power of friendship and love

[@Grid433]

It’s like D’arby for persona

[@ShadowOrochi1377]

IS THAT A JOJO REFRENCE?

[@premonitiative]

GO AHEAD, MR JOESTUR

[@danielriver6206]

Shadow Sae:"We'll play Poker!" Joker:"Very well. However, I request one change to be made to this game." Shadow Sae:"Very well, I agree. What is your change?" Joker:"We will play *Strip* Poker!" Shadow Sae:"..." Phantom Thieves:"..."

[@JohnLee-dp8ey]

Imagine playing both Makoto & Sae in this

[@ICNHH]

i wonder how akechi would react to this

[@amitr24242]

@@ICNHH he would be fine seeing joker naked lol!

[@survivorofthecurse717]

Mwehehe...

[@thatweirdgirl8466]

All I can think is how Shadow Sae would struggle with both wanting to win and seeing a underaged teenage boy strip

[@WarmLillie]

I can’t lie, I think cat’s are good luck.

[@Emu-]

But isn't Morgana a black cat?

[@EmaSkyeRealForensicScientist]

@@Emu- yes...

[@Househoppper]

Ann: Cheating Hotty Morgana: NO IT CAN’T BE

[@cardboardbox4093]

man i love poker this would’ve been amazing to see in p5

[@reviewer945]

I REALLY wish this wasn't unused.

[@ghifari77]

I'm sure this is an unused scene from P5 Vanilla. It's really seem familiar.

[@steam-powereddolphin5449]

At least this "cheating hottie" still manages to out-math Shadow Sae's insanely ramped-up paywall for the bridge... ;)

[@adrianarballo179]

Technical Mona is a black and white cat so I'm sure he did get good luck but from also his white color too.

[@adaalonso]

I would like that in Phantom Thieves guard you could play Poker instead of Tycoon. In Read dead redemption 2 I really spent a lot of time playing that. And in The Witcher 3 playing Gwynt

[@M_Riolu]

Ryuji calls himself and Ann stupid because he didn’t even want to try

[@stefanocrinodellonte1645]

Akechi is savage and genius my god

[@marcusbullock2753]

I’m never going to let that Ann dialogue go now.

[@TheMANGADUDE2]

It's weird that the dub team recorded this even though the dub was done after the game released in Japan. Why would they localise and dub already cut content??

[@kirby1781]

Because for the most part, the localizing team isn't told what was kept and what wasn't, just what was in the code/script, so unless it is specifically marked as unused, they make them do everything. It is why most of these have English dubbing but not Japanese, because the original/Japanese crew knew what stayed and what didn't.

[@TheMANGADUDE2]

@@kirby1781 Ohhhhhhh That makes a lot of sense actually. Thanks

[@cayakdawson2020]

Cut content doesn't mean completely remove from the game. The codes usually have to stay so that the game doesn't bug out.

[@CyberLink70]

Imagine Poker Night by Telltale but it's Persona. Not just Persona 5, either. Each character could have their own poker strategy, their own tells, etc.

[@WarmLillie]

Lillie: “I’ll do it. Here... Check this.” “Royal Flush!!!” *Lillie wins and soon wears Shadow Sae outfit*

[@Ikcatcher]

Ann sounds like the kind of person who would go All In every round

[@Blueglitter73]

Damn Goro, he is indeed a cheating hottie

[@rebekahwolkiewicz449]

Of course Makoto was the idol who had no qualms while everyone else was bashed. Ugh.

[@DarkshadowXD63]

If I had known all this stuff would have been cut I would have gladly waited another couple months for Royal

[@Alexia24-i8f]

Wow😍😍 Akechi e Sae stanno flirtando ❤❤

[@Le_Dom]

0:18 you could always play without looking at your hand. I hear it works

[@Tay-xj5ud]

Mona: Ch- Cheating Hottie!? Ryuji: Nu-uh! No! I'm going to wipe that from my brain... Futaba: So those are the type of men Ann likes?

[@angy-x7]

Sae e akechi😍

[@plvto1]

I wonder if she still would have said "cheating hottie" even if you were dating her, that'd be funny.

[@xiangying7975]

It’s true in the first idea of the fight against Sae the first idea was poker not roulette, and she suppose to be the guardian of the protagonist instead of Sojiro, but i still love Sojiro like character for what him do for Futaba.

[@meowdolfkitler1095]

God fucking damn it, they really had to cut the poker mini game

[@Gestrid]

Cheating hottie...? I'll be honest, that sounds a bit out of character for Ann.

[@Iord]

Agreed

[@idea4965]

They already knew that Akechi was going to betray them, she was acting so that he does not suspect anything

[@Gestrid]

@@idea4965 Yeah, but, even then, it's out of character for her. Not to mention it'd sound odd to the player. Which it shouldn't since the player isn't supposed to know yet. The other scenes with characters acting odd (like Futaba taking Akechi's phone) were still in-character and were actually needed for the plot. This is just a weird comment by Ann that doesn't really add anything.

[@lucasdeleon8344]

It would be better if Ryuji was the one who said that even. He has experience with men

[@TheMANGADUDE2]

But Ann literally implies that she finds Akechi hot when they first meet him in the pancake scene

[@bretdeshotel7598]

Ugh what coulda been. They removed so much flavor dialogue too, stuff that referenced other games

[@MistyShnekin]

This is s o c u t e oh my god I want this reimplemented

[@dovlatibragimov6093]

Jotaro: "Pathetic"

[@zenbusuchan]

Persona 5 Royal™ Flush

[@DYLau0823]

"by the same *penchant*", not pension :P

[@marcusbullock2753]

Who did Ann say that too? Akechi? I wasn’t expecting that lmfao.

[@wesleyjones4036]

Blackjack would also have been a 10/10

[@infinitymink824]

jeez this would've made her palace even cooler

[@Emu-]

Go ahead mister joster.

[@lucabradley4304]

sae’s place is so cool!

[@timelymirror7826]

🙃morgana's too short to play poker

[@coolguy7461]

akechi be killin joker though

[@taxevaderyoshi5795]

God damnit I wish this was in the game

[@featherrwbyrnjr]

Tfw I discovered this and uploaded a video of it back in 2018 🙃

[@mimikyu__-]

0:24 😭😭😭

[@MarkerInTheSand]

Ann calling Akechi a "hottie" made me wanna puke 🤮

[@DoccyStars]

literal Del Boy

[@jaleelguimba8571]

Ann calls Akechi a cheating hottie?????? New OTP

[@Killawhale244]

Can someone, please, explain me why an unused event was translated and voiced by localizations?

[@FazPersona]

because Atlus most of the time don't know what is used and unused!

[@kisame_007]

@@FazPersona so they recording phase for BOTH NA and JP happens around the same time while the game is on the works? Or do they record the NA lines after the game releases on JP? Cuz it wouldnt make sense giving the NA VA a script with the cutcontent even after the game released.

[@alleycat2297]

did ann seriously call akechi a hottie i. ok

[@fuutarouuesugi8404]

If only...

[@Raddkann]

well

[@Raddkann]

this game has so much cut content it’s insane

[@zobozo5059]

@@Raddkann And most of the content has no reason to be cut either

[@jameswent48]

“Your wits”*

[@replaytsl4591]

R-R-R-R-R-Raise?

[@verylargemandarinslice8965]

0:23

[@ssj4galactus]

Why did the english VA dubbed over cut content?

[@mikebliss3153]

I kinda dislike this. Sae is the one that's supposed to be cheating. With the Roulette Wheel as shown in the game, all they do is force her to actually play fair. This is just more like cheating back against a cheater. Not as compelling.

[@twewymuncher]

Is this an alternative boss fight gimmick or instead of doing the cards and slots games you had to beat Shadow Sae in this poker game? As cool as is is it’s also really unnecessary and just delays the boss fight.

[@hannah4588]

CHEATING HOTTIE OML

[@abslzero]

Joker lost the poker game, and sae cut joker's finger and as his fingers disconnect from his hand, he and sae was teleported into an arena where a quick time event occurs. Joker plunges his dagger into sae's neck, and ends the quick time event. After that, he wakes up from his hallucination, and sees everyone in the room dead. On the top right corner of the screen, you get the achievement "Poker Night"

[@mobileempire5446]

Cool