Quote Originally Posted by Wolf Kanno View Post
The Arena games are not bad. I feel the first game has the better plot but Ultimax did a better job telling the story since the first game's stories get a bit redundant as you play through each character's arc. I think my real issue with them is that I was hoping for the big bad to be someone else who could really twist a knife into the franchise and instead it was nothing really special. Labrys was also a better character than Sho with a significantly better backstory.

The other issue with them is that I felt the games Flanderized the characters a bit too much. The P3 cast became incredibly eccentric and the P4 cast sounded like Care Bears. Overall, they are not bad games and I still recommend playing them, but they don't measure up as the "sequel" either game deserved. They're still really fun fighting games though.
It's probably a case of importing the P3 characters into a P4 series entry. I've yet to play it, so I'll report back on that front. I imagine P4: Dancing All Night may also end up making the P4 cast slightly more diabetic than they were before. Then again, I love diabetes, so I'd probably end up enjoying both games regardless.

So is the Arena duology and Dancing All Night canon? What about Persona Q? That mashed up both casts, is that canon too?