Review: Tokyo Mirage Sessions ♯FE Encore (Nintendo Switch)

Review by Matt S.

It is my pet theory that Nintendo, desperate for content on the ailing Wii U, went and had a meeting with Atlus. There, Atlus showed some clips of a discarded Persona game... or perhaps an internal concept demo. Nintendo then said "we'll give you some money. Can you finish this, and pretend this is a cross-over with Fire Emblem?" To which Atlus replied "here's our bank details," and Tokyo Mirage Sessions was born. Of course I have no way of proving this theory, but TMS is a Persona title in every which way, with only the most mild Fire Emblem references. It also happens to be quite brilliant and, as one of the best things that the Wii U saw through its life, it is great to see it get a second run at life on a console that people actually play.

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