Persona!

[Skyblade]

Persona 4 The Golden Official English Site

Finally, one of the games I have been most looking forward to this past year has been officially given a US release. The site isn't fully functional yet, but I am just so psyched about this game.

Persona 3 Portable is easily one of my favorite Atlus games of all time, even though it is not as technically adept as its Playstation 2 predecessors. The gameplay improvements and new social links just got me really invested in the game, and I have dropped an insane amount of time in it working to create a perfect save file (not quite there yet, I still need to gather 5 more Omnipotent Orbs, and fuse about a dozen more Personas perfectly).

Persona 4 The Golden, however, is going to be an enhanced port of a PS2 game. One and a half times the voice acting, a new character, new chapters, probably a new Persona or two. And it will be portable, so I can play it anywhere. In my room, in my living room, on break at work, with a cat draped over my lap, anywhere! It is going to be awesome!

Persona 4 The Ultimate In Mayonaka Arena Official Site

In other news, Persona 4's fighting game incarnation is looking really, really dang spiffy as well. With a cast expanding out into Persona 3 to include Mitsuru, Akihiko, and Aegis, the game has been looking sweet for a while. However, a quick study of the official website shows an expanded cast list from the last announcement I remember. Elizabeth, Igor's assitant from Persona 3 and sister to Margaret from Persona 4, is there (and carrying Thanatos as her Persona), as well as a character new to the game. She's an Aegis-style mechanical girl, who apparently has two forms, the regular form, and a Shadow form, complete with yellow glowing eyes.

Now we just need Atlus to start releasing info on Persona 5, and everything will be good.