This week on Axe of the Blood God, we're spoiling for a fight. That's why we pushed Kat off her chair this week and offered it to Michael Higham, Fanbyte's fighting game expert extraordinaire. What do fighting games have to do with RPGs? Well heck, a good fighting game character can have a backstory to rival any RPG hero's tale—and anyway, now's a great time to talk about Persona 4 Arena Ultramax. So that's what we do.  Also in this episode:
  Our hero-themed March Madness continues to be madness.
 We're here to talk about Stranger of Paradise and Chaos. That's our mission.
 Nadia's been fully absorbed by Elden Ring, RIP.
 Nadia also forgot to add music for her segment. It's all Blaidd's fault, somehow.
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Stranger of Paradise and Persona 4 Arena Ultimax w/ Michael Higham

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It's letter tiiime, it's letter tiiime!~ Axe of the Blood God's May mailbag is here, and it is loaded with some excellent questions from our listeners. The topics of discussion are, but not limited to:

What stops so many of us from finishing RPGs?

PS5 RPG ports we want to see on Switch 2

Do Dragon Quest Slimes taste sweet or savoury?

Where's Axe of the Blood God's "Best RPG Soundtrack" segment? Huh? Huh??


Also in this episode:

Sony has a new CEO, Rest in Pizza Jim Ryan.

Nier's devs are working on a project that might be Nier, but we don't have Nier-ly enough information yet.

Jabroni Chocobos

Childhood cats, bitten and non.


Timestamps:

00:00 - Intro

04:48 - Letter Time

1:07:01 - Random Encounters

1:12:09 - The Tavern

1:25:57 - Nostalgia Nook

Music used in this episode:

Do Your Best! - [Breath of Fire III]

Patty's Pub - [Dragon Quest IX]

A Curious Tale - [Secret of Mana]

Lab 16 Ruins - [Chrono Trigger]


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Mailbag! Why Persona 5 Got Mad Popular in the West, and Does Kiryu Make Sweet Love?

Capitalism continues to function as intended with the closure of several studios by Microsoft. What's the future of Game Pass? What will RPGs on Microsoft platforms look like going forward? And how many lives need to be ruined by rich people before we bring back the thing that rhymes with "creatine'? Kat, Nadia, and Eric discuss this and so much more on this episode of Axe of the Blood God! Tune in to live recordings of the show every Saturday morning at https://www.twitch.tv/bloodgodpod
Also in this episode:

Animal Well

Hades 2

Kat holds her FFXIV playthrough for a $20,000 ransom

Timestamps:

00:00 - Intro

03:52 - Main Topic - Microsoft

47:28 - Random Encounters

1:0:0 - The Tavern, More or Less

1:32:32 - Nadia's Nostalgia Nook

Music Used in this Episode:

Do Your Best - [Breath of Fire III]

A Curious Tale - [Secret of Mana]

Human - [The Killers]


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We're Very Worried About Xbox RPGs Now

A slew of un-announced titles from Square Enix have just been skewered by the masamune in a grand restructuring. In the wake of Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth's sales, where does our beloved JRPG machine go from here? The odds of getting a Various Daylife 2 seem slimmer than ever. Kat, Nadia, and Eric discuss the future of the house that Final Fantasy built and more on this week's episode!
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Also in this Episode:

Starfield Update!

9S' Therapist

Knock-knock it's Knuckles!

This Week in Gekkoukan continues!

Stay off the Jibanyan couch

Timestamps:
00:00 - Intro
04:16 - Main Topic
55:52 - Random Encounters
1:02:56 - The Tavern
1:32:48 - Nadia's Nostalgia Nook
Music Used in this Episode:
Do Your Best! - [Breath of Fire III]
A Curious Tale - [Secret of Mana]
Wait for Truth - [Live-A-Live]
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Can Square Enix Be Saved and Does It Need Saving?

Let's re-litigate like it 2015! Does Fallout 4 deserve the hate that it gets in certain circles? With the current-gen update and the TV series bringing Fore-out back to the Fall-front it's time for Kat and Eric to go head-to-head and determine if Fallout 4 is one of the greats of the genre or deserves to be cast into the Pandaemonium pit.
Also in this episode:

Eiyuden Chronicles' bumpy patches

Metaphor ReFantazio

Kat rides a rollercoaster and finishes Unicorn Overlord in that order

This Week in Gekkoukan Reload continues!

Hades 2 tech test impressions

Timestamps:

00:00 - Intro

08:16 - Main Topic - Fallout 4

42:04 - Random Encounters

1:02:24 - The Tavern

1:26:24 - Nadia's Nostalgia Nook

Music Used in this Episode:

Do Your Best - [Breath of Fire III]

A Curious Tale - [Secret of Mana]

Crawl Out Through the Fallout - [Sheldon Allman]


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Fallout 4 Mini-Pantheon, Metaphor GOTY '24?

When you consider inflation that's really only gonna get you as far as seventy-ish heroes.
Either way the spiritual successor of Suikoden has arrived! Is it worth the wait? Did they manage to fit all them heroes into the Switch version? Eric, Nadia, and special guest Lucas White discuss this much-anticipated crowd-funded torch-bearer of the late Yoshitaka Murayama's legacy.
Also in this episode:

Class of Heroes

Nier: AutoNadia

Hades 2

Turtle Power

Timestamps:

00:00 - Intro

05:52 - Main Topic

56:32 - Random Encounters

57:36 - The Tavern

1:26:24 - Nadia's Nostalgia Nook

Music Used in this Episode:

Do Your Best - [Breath of Fire III]

A Curious Tale - [Secret of Mana]

MEGALOMANIA (RF Remix) - [RF]


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Stranger of Paradise and Persona 4 Arena Ultimax w/ Michael Higham

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