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A big update.

Posted by on March 10, 2012 No comments

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!

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Atlus Announces Persona 4 Vita Remake, Persona 5, and Persona 4 Fighter?

Posted by on August 31, 2011 2 comments

Bear-sona! Japan’s Famitsu magazine has plenty to reveal in the Shin Megami Tensei Persona series, some expected and some “WTF, I guess that’s cool, but really?”

First is Persona 4 The Golden, a Spring 2012 PS Vita remake of the genre-defining Persona 4 on PS2, which will bring a new character named Mary, new animations, and “wireless support for calling on others to help you when you’re about to die in a dungeon”. I’m not sure what that means, but I imagine that if you’re playing with someone else who’s playing Persona 5 nearby, The Protagonist can be revived by your friend when he’s down for the count (probably by some annoying instant-kill Hama or Mudo spell)

Persona 5 also seems well on its way with all the staff members in place with director Katsura Hasino, character designer Shigenori Soejima, and composer Shouji Meguro.

On the strange side, Arc System Works, known for their furious BlazBlue series, will be turning Persona 4 into a 2D fighter for Xbox 360 and PS3 called Persona 4: The Ultimate in Mayonaka Arena. Also releasing in arcades in Spring 2012 and then for consoles in Summer 2012, it takes place two years after the who-dun-it mystery in Inaba and already features Protagonist, Chie, Yosuke, and Aigis (with their default Persona forms). I expect some along the lines of a cel-shaded Bloody Roar. (Yep, I totally referenced that.)

Atlus Starting Work on Persona 5

Posted by on March 25, 2010 15 comments

It’s been a long time since we last heard anything about the followup to PS2 swan song Persona 4 – the last we heard, longtime Atlus composer Shoji Meguro had been credited with doing the soundtrack to Persona 5, but nothing concrete materialized from those rumors.

Now, however, we may have something definite, reports Kotaku. Katsura Hashino, who previously worked as producer and director on both Persona 3 and Persona 4, told Japanese game mag Dengeki PlayStation that work was beginning on the next Persona – but that things might be changing up a bit.

“We are preparing to start work on the next Persona,” said Hashino. “I want to add things that are being expected of the series,” he elaborated, but added that he also wanted “to change things that can be changed within those boundaries.”

Smart money says the next game will likely be about Japanese teenagers who have the ability to summon powerful alter egos based on their innermost selves, and who each fall into a different category of the tarot arcana. The power of said alter egos will depend as much on how much time the teenagers spend hanging out after school together as it does on how much time they spend level grinding in dungeons recreated out of the human psyche.

But that’s just a guess. He did say that he wanted to change it up, though. So maybe they’ll be… Japanese college students this time around? What would you like to see in a new Persona?

In other news, Kotaku’s Brian Ashcraft has excellent taste in pairing preferences.

Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 5 Just Around the Corner?

Posted by on September 4, 2009 4 comments

Yes, I am obsessed with the Persona games. Perhaps too obsessed. But, then I think about how great the games have been recently, and that makes me proud of my obsession. So, trust me when I say I’m all over these rumors of a new, current generation Persona title. The last two critically praised Persona games have been on the PS2, even when the current generation was in full swing. I really can’t blame Atlus for this – the PS2 is still an awesome system for niche RPGs and provides cheaper production costs. When the games were released, it proved one thing – last generation games can still best the majority of current generation titles.

Will we be seeing a Persona 5 on the PS3 or Xbox 360? Most likely. I’ll go so far as to say I’m pretty sure the game is in development as I write this. A month or so ago, there was mention of the game in a rather odd place – a Japanese pachinko site. Now, a most solid method of confirming the game’s existence has come to light – the official Japanese PlayStation site. According to Scrawl, a new “creator interview” was posted that had Shoji Meguro saying Persona 5 is in development for the PS3. The site even listed him as the producer for the title. While I wouldn’t bet on Sony exclusivity at this point, it does seem like the mention of this game is legit, whether it was intentional or not.

Here’s hoping I’m right in believing that a new Persona game is in the works. I’m anxious to see what Atlus can do with the franchise on a current generation console.

Persona 5 For Playstation 3?

Posted by on July 20, 2009 5 comments

If you’re not familiar with the Shin Megami Tensei franchise, you’re no role-playing fan. But if you’d like to become more informed, check out our reviews for Persona 3, Persona 4, and Devil Summoner 2. …pretty impressive efforts, eh?

Given that evidence alone, you should be excited to learn that the next SMT installment – Persona 5 – is in the works and may end up being exclusive to the PlayStation 3. It would be the first such entry in the series on the PS3, and it shouldn’t be all that surprising, considering that all previous installments have been exclusive to PlayStation platforms. The evidence comes from a pachinko industry publication that said “a consumer announcement of PS3 exclusive Persona 5 is scheduled.” Sankaku Complex questions the validity of the rumor, but mentions the franchise’s loyalty to PlayStation and the fact that we have yet to see a true next-gen Persona. Typically, Atlus isn’t so enamored with leaping directly into a new generation, and if you hadn’t noticed, they’ve fared rather well with some PS2 RPGs over the past few years. But they’ll have to make the jump sooner or later so it should come as no surprise that they’re currently prepping, and if the game isn’t exclusive to the PS3…well, it’d be weird. We seriously doubt any Xbox 360 loyalist has ever heard of the series in question but then again, Namco made Beautiful Katamari exclusive to the 360 after two consecutive PS2-exclusive releases, so who knows what might happen?

Anyway, we’ll let you know if Persona 5 for the PS3 receives an official confirmation in the near future. You can bet that if it does, RPG fans everywhere will be sporting ear-to-ear smiles.