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# Persona Q makes us wonder if there’s any genre these millennials couldn’t improve
- URL: https://www.killscreen.com/persona-q/
- Published: 2013-12-23T17:11:56.000Z
- Updated: 2015-11-17T16:22:04.000Z
- Description: Over the weekend we got our first peek at Persona Q, the spin-off of the RPG series about battling demons and going dutch. The game, as expected, looks great, with a so-cute-it-has-to-be-Japanese art direction, and health meters you can gleam for a second that look suspiciously like those from the d
- Author: Jason Johnson
- Tags: News, Persona, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-26 09:39

Over the weekend we got our first peek at *Persona Q*, the spin-off of the RPG series about battling demons and going dutch. The game, as expected, looks great, with a so-cute-it-has-to-be-Japanese art direction, and health meters you can gleam for a second that look suspiciously like those from the dungeon-crawl *Etrian Odyssey*.

*Q*, as you may remember, was announced as part of [a deluge of *Persona*\-related gaming news](http://killscreendaily.com/articles/news/persona-5-announced-insane-french-new-wave-teaser/?ref=killscreen.com), including *Persona 4: Dancing All Night*, the tongue-and-torso-twisting *Persona 4: The Ultimax Ultra Suplex Hold*, and, of course, *Persona 5*. The question is: is this too much of a good thing?

This buckshot approach to franchises is something we’ve seen a lot of lately coming from the land of the rising sun. You can think of Nintendo’s recent junket, where they showed [Link retrofitted in the unfamiliar feudal territory of *Dynasty Warriors*](http://killscreendaily.com/articles/news/new-zelda-crossover-japan-one-step-closer-becoming-statewide-game-dev/?ref=killscreen.com). The idea seems to be that beloved characters positioned in different scenery and new types of games can make up for a dearth of brilliance.

The cynical way to look at it is that this seems like a safe way for publishers to hedge their bets on financing games. But then you realize that *Persona* games have excellent soundtracks that will lend themselves well to a music game; that summoning fallen angels is actually a pretty cool addition to a fighting game; and that Koromaru will look simply adorable as a cutesy puppy. It’s just playing to its strengths.