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Endurance Run

Endurance Run: Persona 4 - Part 114

Hey Chie, when are we going to be done with the Endurance Run?

Vinny and Jeff sit down and take a crack at the latest game in the Shin Megami Tensei series. Will they make it through the entire game?

Jul. 23 2009

Cast: Jeff, Vinny

Posted by: Drew

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Is that the first direct speech from Charlie?

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@King9999 said:
" Can't wait for the guys' reaction to the Culture Festival. "
Same, and when they find out who gets kidnapped next...
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Crazy if the killer is Adachi, since Vinny/Jeff have joked about it from the beginning, as well as Naoto being a girl before that reveal.

We shall see! I don't care which ending they get, maybe not getting the perfect ending would be ideal since it would give those of us who haven't played it yet something to look forward to. Either way, I love the ER.

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We'll have to wait until the situation changes.

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@Konanda said:
"

@Turambar said:

"@Wraith1 said:
" @Mmhmm said:
" JEFF AND VINNY, Naoto's S.link appears on October 21st. You need max knowledge and courage to activate it. To start it, go to the shopping district on the 21st and find a man dressed in black, talk to him.And it's really up to you guys to decide on who you want to hang out with, but I suggest trying to max your party members social links before anyone else. Get Rise, Naoto, and Kanji to 10. Then focus on whoever you want.Oh yeah, we all hope you guys will be going for the true ending. You've put so much time into this game, don't settle for anything less or it won't be nearly as satisfying. GO BIG OR GO HOME! If you guys are willing to cheat on your mid-terms, you can do a little cheating to avoid the bad endings. I'm sure the people here will tell you how when the time arrives in a non-spoiler fashion. Good luck! "
I agree, heres hoping Jeff and Vinny will notice this "
Posting this for redundancy, because they definitely need to see it.  That said though, their lack of maxed Courage is going to make getting lv10 with Naoto...tricky.To add a bit of my own, Naoto's S.Link has a prereq for it to go the lovers path instead of just friends.  If you ever get the option, say YOU'RE GLAD SHE'S A GIRL!"


Redundancy got to love it.

"
We'll have to quote this, at least until the situation changes.
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@kirisame said:
" Sorry to go against the tide of opinion, but I'd like to suggest that Jeff and Vinny NOT use a FAQ to get the [good ending]. The whole point of the [avoid the bad ending] event is that you're supposed to pay attention to what the game has been saying for 70 hours: Don't jump to conclusions and take the easy way out; instead seek the whole truth. Unlike some RPG puzzles, it's not meant to be some sort of obstacle that you NEED a guide to solve.
That's kinda bollocks.  I didn't jump to conclusions, I did seek the whole truth, but I got one of the 6 dialogue choices wrong because the correct way to say "No" is not obvious for all of them.
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@Curufinwe:

Agreed. It isn't all that hard to get one of those questions "wrong", even if you're wanting to seek the truth and have been paying attention to the story thus far.

I myself (luckily) got the true ending on my first playthrough, but the vagueness of the answers you're presented in that part of the game threw me off a bit. If need be, I think Jeff and Vinny should FAQ the Q&A without any guilt... for the sake of a nice, fitting end to the Endurance Run :)
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I don't think they should use a FAQ for the ending either, but personally I don't believe for a minute that they'll end the game on the bad ending should they get it.  Especially if they get the worst of the bad endings, since you'd have to be a soulless monster to do that.  And who would end the 80 or so hours they'll have logged by then like that?

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@DragonofFate said:
" @Konanda said:
"

@Turambar said:

"@Wraith1 said:
" @Mmhmm said:
" JEFF AND VINNY, Naoto's S.link appears on October 21st. You need max knowledge and courage to activate it. To start it, go to the shopping district on the 21st and find a man dressed in black, talk to him.And it's really up to you guys to decide on who you want to hang out with, but I suggest trying to max your party members social links before anyone else. Get Rise, Naoto, and Kanji to 10. Then focus on whoever you want.Oh yeah, we all hope you guys will be going for the true ending. You've put so much time into this game, don't settle for anything less or it won't be nearly as satisfying. GO BIG OR GO HOME! If you guys are willing to cheat on your mid-terms, you can do a little cheating to avoid the bad endings. I'm sure the people here will tell you how when the time arrives in a non-spoiler fashion. Good luck! "
I agree, heres hoping Jeff and Vinny will notice this "
Posting this for redundancy, because they definitely need to see it.  That said though, their lack of maxed Courage is going to make getting lv10 with Naoto...tricky.To add a bit of my own, Naoto's S.Link has a prereq for it to go the lovers path instead of just friends.  If you ever get the option, say YOU'RE GLAD SHE'S A GIRL!"


Redundancy got to love it.

"
We'll have to quote this, at least until the situation changes. "
Would love to see the true ending. Make it happen GB!
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@FrankCanada97 said:
" @Metroid545: Spoiler warning much? "
not a spoiler. Namatame hangs out in the market square dude
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Nooooooo, don't use the FAQ. This is the endurance run...not some.....follow the rules and be a total pussy run.

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@Curufinwe: After going back and looking at the event on YouTube, you've definitely got a point. Most of the questions you have to answer make enough sense, but the second-to-last question is kind of.. yeah. If it were just that question, I think it would be okay for us to give them hints or something. It's just that straight-up looking at a FAQ is what would bug me. Sorry. I'm a bit too opinionated about it, hahaha. It just feels like reducing the story-roleplaying part of the game into another test question that you google.
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Yeah on the Good ending dialogue choices, I REALLY dislike how 2 of them are exactly the same, just at different points in the conversation. So a lot of players are going to say "why would I say the same thing again, that might annoy the person?" At least that was my reaction.

It's kind of a cheap shot, but I guess the idea is that if you're persistent and really want a certain resolution you can get in on the first try.

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"We'll have to wait until the situation changes" would make a great bumper sticker.

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great vid

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@kirisame said:
" Sorry to go against the tide of opinion, but I'd like to suggest that Jeff and Vinny NOT use a FAQ to get the [good ending]. The whole point of the [avoid the bad ending] event is that you're supposed to pay attention to what the game has been saying for 70 hours: Don't jump to conclusions and take the easy way out; instead seek the whole truth. Unlike some RPG puzzles, it's not meant to be some sort of obstacle that you NEED a guide to solve.["I want to see Vinny and Jeff get the good ending!"] is perfectly fine, but in an RPG centered around solving a mystery, the whole point of having a [Good Ending] is that you're supposed to EARN it. "
No, I agree with you, although for different reasons. They've been spoiled enough on plot points and twists, I think they should attempt the good ending on their own first. The fun thing about the run is seeing them figure out stuff on their own, despite the outcome. If they still mess up then it's not that hard to go back.

Getting the best ending...well that's a lot harder. Maybe they'll need help with that-although it would be awesome if they figured it out themselves.
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You know the dungeons are cool and everything but the more I've watched of this the more I've enjoyed watching Jeff and Vinny explore the world outside of the dungeons and interact with the other characters instead of just repetitively fighting the same monsters over and over. The games story and characters definitely hold up.

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At the anime sequence at 22 minutes I almost thought that Persona 4 had become Death Note. Alas, it was not to be.

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Come on guys, Fox needs the love! Just catch a Red Goldfish!!

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another good episode

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Aha! Has the situation changed?

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I know this vid is old, but this is fucking awesome.
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@DystopiaX: "Oh hey wanna come to our WiiSports party? We'll have some drinks and stuff and play a little bowling and tennis..."
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"It's not racism, it's just my socks."
- Jeff Gerstmann

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Look's like someone got their hands on a Death Note
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@IrishCoffee said:
" @DystopiaX: "Oh hey wanna come to our WiiSports party? We'll have some drinks and stuff and play a little bowling and tennis..." "
NNN-EEE-V-EEEE-R!!!
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I love it whenever Vinny drops some DBZ knowledge and anyone, not just Jeff, basically ignores it.

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I've actually sent several T-shirts to the dry cleaners.

I didn't want the decals to get jacked up by my washing machine.

To be fair, this dry cleaning place was pretty cheap.

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Sounds like vinny watched American History X

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The fact that I thought as soon as I saw the principal in the hallway...when did dumbeldore step into persona....right before Vinny said it....almost...want no..definitely does...scare me...

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Watching this for the third time I noticed Vinny references a K-hole haha.

Oh ketamine

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Kanji was jettin to the building lobby. Was full of children probably, couldn't see as high as he be.

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@Flacracker said:

Kanji was jettin to the building lobby. Was full of children probably, couldn't see as high as he be.

So watchu tryin to say?

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I realize that any advice given four years after the completion of the endurance run will probably not be taken full advantage of before the completion of the endurance run, but, Vinny is misinformed, the cute fish needed for the fox quest can be gotten any time by fishing on a clear day.

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"The voice of Kanji is the guy from Red Faction." Lol- and soon, the voice of every game!

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Little did they know......that they would be bitching about him on GOTY 2014 podcast lol

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Vinny: "Just found out the voice of Kanji is the guy from Red Faction"

Remember a time before Troy Baker was a big name.

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Best part about this video is that you find out in The Golden that the principle's favourite Arcana is Chariot (i.e. Chie's Arcana).

E: IIRC in the Japanese version the warning letter was written in katakana (or hiragana, it's been a while), which doesn't really translate to English very well, hence the "no punctuation or capitalisation".

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@kollay said:

I love it whenever Vinny drops some DBZ knowledge and anyone, not just Jeff, basically ignores it.

I love this comment, given where we are 7 years later. I thought it earlier when Jeff jokingly said "Love that stuff!".