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PQ Zeus

A recent anon added new bio info for the PQ version of Zeus tying him to the Etrian Odyssey universe and claiming that it came from a Persona Q Guide (which one?), but does anyone have anything to back this up? The in game bios for Zeus refer to him as the Greek god with no embellishing; if he was meant to be something else, I'd think the game would at least allude to it.--Otherarrow (talk) 16:54, December 1, 2016 (UTC)

It's noted in file:Warrior Zeus PQ.jpg that PQ's Zeus is indeed based on Yggdroid/Andro (アンドロ) from EO3. -- Inpursuit (talk) 02:12, December 2, 2016 (UTC)
For clarification, do you mean based on as in "visually inspired by" or "meant to be"? That's what I'm asking here.--Otherarrow (talk) 14:35, December 2, 2016 (UTC)
A quick check of EO Wikia it seems Zeus isn't in any entry of that series, so it's just an allusion of the design of Yggdroid. -- Inpursuit (talk) 15:28, December 2, 2016 (UTC)
I did a quick check. It mentions that there were 12 Superior Yggdroids(Likely a nod to the twelve major Gods of the Greek pantheon) one of whom is named "Zeus", and the NPC Yggdroid Olympia is also named after Olympus, combine this with both Zeus and his father Chronos being mechanical and it's likely Zeus does come from said world. He even mentions Yggdrasil upon defeat. But since it's never stated idirectly it's implied rather than fact.JupiterKnight (talk) 00:06, December 4, 2016 (UTC)
I think Chronos being mechanical doesn't mean much, since he is explicitly a entity from within the Persona universe (Also, Zeus's father is Cronos...but this wouldn't be the first time Persona has purposely conflated the two). The info in the EO wiki on Zeus was added by the same anon (now citing the fanbook instead of a guide), so take it with a grain of salt. I think we should note somewhere Zeus's resemblance to the Yggdroids (though looking at the EO Wiki, Zeus doesn't resemble them outside of both being humanoid robots; but the infobook does explicitly point out the reference) and mention of Yggdrasil as EO references, and wait until someone can properly verify the rest.--Otherarrow (talk) 15:50, December 4, 2016 (UTC)
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