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Catherine delayed until February in Japan

Posted by on October 22, 2010 No comments

Though it was originally announced as a Winter 2010 release, Catherine, the surreal action-adventure game from Atlus’s Persona team, will be released in Japan on February 17. We’d be more concerned about the delay, but Atlus hasn’t even announced a Western release for the PS3/Xbox 360 game yet — so this is just more time for Atlus USA to draft that press release.

It’s also more time for us to figure out exactly how the game works. We know protagonist Vincent spends much of his time trapped in a dream-world, attempting to climb a tower as a sheep-man. In his waking life, he appears to be surrounded by women who make him nervous.

Atlus expects strong sales for Catherine

Posted by on October 22, 2010 No comments

Releasing on the PS3 and Xbox 360 later this year will be Atlus’ first HD title with the release of their provocative title, Catherine. Details have slowly been coming out on the new title, but Atlus is still holding a lot back about the gameplay and other finer specifics. Sales wise, Atlus has revealed their expectations for the game and they are expecting the game to do fairly well.

New IPs can be enigmas of sorts when it comes to predicting sales. Many of Atlus’ creations crater to a niche audience and Catherine will likely do just that. Atlus plans to sell 150,000 copies of the game this winter when the game releases on the PS3 and Xbox 360. It may not be an extravagant amount, but that’s pretty strong for such an ambitious and mysterious title like Catherine.

No plans for a North American release have been revealed this time.

Atlus Announces Catherine for the PS3 and Xbox 360

Posted by on August 18, 2010 No comments

In the latest issue of Famitsu, Atlus has announced a brand new title for the PS3 and Xbox 360 called Catherine. The game is an adult/horror action adventure title. Key staff from the Persona series are working on this project including Katsura Hashino as the producer, Shigenori Soejima as the character designer, and Shouji Meguro will serve as the composer.

The game follows 32-year-old Vincent, who has no ambition either in work or love. The other character, Catherine, is a stylish 22-year-old with the charms of a young girl. One day, VIncent runs into Catherine and then he ends up having nightmares. The nightmares will serve as the action/progress component throughout the game featuring an unending stairway. Vincent will have to make it to the top of the stairs in his nightmares or he won’t awaken.

Producer Katsura Hashino spoke in a staff interview saying since this was the team’s first HD title they were excited to try something new instead of an RPG. He says this game will be more adult oriented than the team’s past titles, and that there will be plenty of gameplay as well as some shockingly adult scenes. Composer Shouji Meguro pointed out that the game’s music can be summarized in three key words: “classic,” “adult oriented” and “erotic.”

One last interesting tidbit was a possible Persona 5 hint from Meguro. He says due to Catherine, the team can’t be asked about their next title. Fortunately, some time next year he’ll be able to respond “Regarding the RPG, Hashino and I are…”