Hello, I’m Snowley and I’ll be posting news on this site form now on. And, oh my, there’s really a lot to report since the last update! I’m not even sure where to start, but as they say, the beginning is always the hardest part. So, here we go!

Devil Survivor 2 première in US .

Yeah, we finally got what many waited for – English version of DS2 for Nintendo DS is out in US. After Devil Survivor received many positive reviews from both fans and game critics, its continuation was something many looked up for. And since Atlus is Atlus, we could be sure that Devil Survivor 2 ain’t gonna be some half-assed poor remake; by looking at first impressions, we were right. DS2 introduce a whole new story and characters, more skills and demons,  plus some convenient improvements not present in first installment, like Demonic Compendium or Fate System, equivalent to Persona’s Social Links. The game still consist of its great, chess-like/turn based gameplay and art made Suzuhito Yasuda. Definitely a must-have.
Introducing beautiful ladies who want to poke your eyes out with their breasts .

 Persona 4: The Ultimate in Mayonaka Arena is out on arcades, new trailer of Persona 4: Golden, Persona 4: The Animation.

Persona 4 universe is spreading furiously on every known media and in many different forms: first, the anime version, made by Aniplex, AIC A.S.T.A. and Sentai Filmworks came up (we can hear Namikawa Daisuke in a lead role of MC, called here Yu Narukami). The anime sticks to the game plot really tightly, and provides some well done demon fighting scenes. I can’t say it’s the best anime in the world due to animation jumping from decent to awfully bad every ten seconds and poor voice acting choices, but some fans are more than satisfied. P4 is also getting released on PS Vita, like all it’s older brothers. The producers want to encourage us to buy it by adding some new arcs like Beach Arc and Winter Camp Arc and… scooters. Just check it out by yourself.

On 1^st of March Atlus released P4: Arena, which is a fighting game, where all your lovable characters from P4 fight one another! Also some P3 characters make a cameo! Give us all your money! As you can see, they want to suck as much as they can out of the franchise. Which is kinda sad to me, because I bearly consider P4 a Shin Megami Tensei game. But, hey, I’m not telling Atlus not to earn money.

Persona 2: Eternal Punishment is getting released on PSP

There isn’t much more to say, there is still not much info on what the remake will be, but there are gossips about some new storyline, and new graphics look sweet. Atlus recently launched a website, check it out. The premiere is set up on May the 17^th.

 New facts about Persona 5

New Persona game is still a grand mystery, but there are scraps of info to keep us interested. First, Atlus website subscribers received a strange message from the former – something that looked like a blank black picture. However, when you turned up the contrast, you could see the hidden message – “stay tuned”.

No, not creepy at all.

What exactly did they try to tell us with their cryptic message? Some say it’s P4: Arena advert, others say they want us to “stay tuned” for something else.

Also another news: Shouji Meguro said he wants to collaborate with dubstep musician Skrillex on P5 soundtrack:

“I think this soundtrack is going to be very promising, and very emotional,” says the composer of the booming Persona franchise. “I am very interested in Skrillex’s work and thought his hand would boost the popularity and style of the Persona series.”

I won’t say anything before I hear the actual piece, but probably this is going to make your mind blow or your ears bleed.

From IGN.com:

If you’re new to the Persona series, getting into the swing of things can be pretty intimidating. The Persona games belong to the Shin Megami Tensei franchise of videogames, and the original Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 came out on the PlayStation 2 back in 2007. In 2008, publisher Atlus released an enhanced version of the game titled Persona 3: FES, which not only featured a handful of notable improvements but it also boasted an entirely new chapter of the story known as the Answer. Both titles were fantastic Japanese role-playing games which balanced social interaction and classical sim elements with traditional dungeon crawling and turn-based battles.

Now, the Persona 3 experience has almost arrived on Sony’s little black (or white… or silver…) handheld in the form of Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 Portable. The game takes almost all the content from the original Persona 3 and comes with a few of the tweaks from FES (though it doesn’t pack in the Answer chapter). With only a few omissions made, the developers have squeezed an awful lot of the PS2 experience onto one UMD.

As was the case with the original, Persona 3 Portable is set in modern day Japan. You’ll balance out living life as a student in high school while spending nights vanquishing the forces of evil. Yes, there are ample evil forces to vanquish, as every night at midnight the world enters a strange phase called the Dark Hour. During this time in between one day and the next, normal people are unknowingly entombed in coffins and dangerous Shadows roam the streets. The heroes of Persona 3 Portable are special, though; they do not transform into coffins and instead use the power of the Persona to fight the Shadows and unravel the intrigue of the Dark Hour.

The biggest addition in Persona 3 Portable is an entirely new playable female character. Although the story and gameplay will remain fairly unchanged, the female character will give players a different perspective on the events of Persona 3, which is an enticing reason for gamers that finished the first Persona 3 to go back and play through it again.

After choosing your character, you’ll soon find that Persona 3 Portable is a bit different from its older brother/sister. Instead of anime cutscenes, there are more in-engine cutscenes, as well as still pictures. These changes make sense, considering the size of the original Persona 3 and the addition of the new main character, but it was still a little disappointing.

Another notable change is that certain exploration segments, like wandering the high school and dorms, is now done on a static screen with points of interest marked by icons. Some players might lament the loss of free movement here, but on the other hand it’s a lot easier to move from one place to another and all the dialogue is still there.

Dialogue is an extremely important part of Persona 3 Portable. By building your character’s Social Links (a fancy way of saying “makin’ friends”), the power of your character’s Persona will grow. These Personas are physical manifestations of a character’s mind and give the character abilities that they wouldn’t normally have access to in battle. So during the day, players need to build social relationships, attend school and lead a normal life. But come night time, the members of your party will head to Tartarus.

During the Dark Hour, a massive, haunting tower called Tartarus erupts from underneath the party’s high school. By exploring Tartarus every night, players will experience the dungeon crawling portion of Persona 3 Portable. Players must take a group of three students up the tower, floor by floor, and conquer the increasingly resilient Shadows that occupy the tower’s blood-stained halls.
The tower of Tartarus will challenge you.
Participating in a battle is fairly straight-forward, though there’s a lot of strategy in combat. But at its most basic, Persona 3 Portable battles are turn-based affairs where you directly control your main character and AI patterns handle control of the other two. By attacking with your currently equipped weapon and using your Persona to cast spells, you can defeat all the super creepy-looking Shadows that want you dead.

One of the best parts about Persona 3 Portable is the collecting of Personas, which have some of the coolest designs around. By collecting (and subsequently fusing) Personas together, players can give their characters a whole boatload of different abilities. And with an entire school year to play through and a dark tower to thoroughly explore, this has to be one of the most robust PSP games yet.

Persona 3 Portable hits store shelves and the PlayStation Network early next month.

More Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 Portable Videos

Atlus U.S.A., revealed that a PlayStation Portable version of its insanely popular RPG game, Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3, is in development. Aptly titled Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 Portable, the handheld adaptation of one of the company’s highest-rated role-playing games of all time, will be released in North America in July.

The “Portable” version of game promises a new player-controlled female protagonist, dozens of additional hours of content – in addition to the 100 hours of total play time found in the original game, various improvements and enhancements to streamline play on the PSP, and a whole lot more to be announced.

SMT: Persona 3 Portable is currently scheduled for release on July 6. For more information, visit the official Persona 3 Portable website at www.atlus.com/p3p.