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

Posted on Tuesday, August 30 @ 18:03:06 Eastern by


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.)
Tags:   Atlus, Persona


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  • Heath_Hindman
    Heath_Hindman - Joined: May 25, 2011
    Bloody Roar was a great game.
    Persona on Vita combined with the fact we have already confirmed Disgaea? PSV is practically going to sell itself in Japan.
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    Posted: Aug 30th, 2011 at 7:59 pm
  • Longo_2_guns
    Longo_2_guns - Joined: Jun 30, 2003
    Welp, this is awesome as ****.
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    Posted: Aug 30th, 2011 at 8:02 pm
  • Longo_2_guns
    Longo_2_guns - Joined: Jun 30, 2003
    Oh, except for one thing. It's a Persona fighter. Why not make it an SMT fighter? Christ nigga, I wanna kick some ass as Aleph.
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    Posted: Aug 30th, 2011 at 8:04 pm
  • Eduardo_Reboucas
    Eduardo_Reboucas - Joined: Dec 9, 2008
    Persona 4 is one heck of a game, it deserves to be re-released so more people will play it.
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    Posted: Aug 31st, 2011 at 9:36 am
  • DaVillain
    DaVillain - Joined: Apr 19, 2011
    Bloody Roar ruled!!! Side note.....Bloody Roar ruled!!!
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    Posted: Sep 1st, 2011 at 7:15 am

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