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Earlier today, Atlus teased an announcement for it loyal fans in North America by sending an image of a giant black rectangle. A little PhotoShop work reveals that image to be a teaser for what looks like Persona 4 The Ultimate in Mayonaka Arena. More »
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Japanese role-playing game Persona 4 is being turned into a hardcore porno. This is not the cast of that flick. Sorry! Instead, these are the folks starring in the Persona 4 stage show. More »
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Last October, a Persona 4 figure featuring Izanagi and his crazy crotch surfaced. And now there's another one. And it comes with a friend. Oh, and a crazy crotch! More »
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Adult video star and singer Tsubomi recently uploaded this photo on her official blog, titling the post, "(To) All Otaku." Guess that means you? More »
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The last Persona figure Kotaku posted had a crazy crotch. This one does not. It has a television. More »
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Not a movie, nope! In Japan, Persona 4 is being made into a stage show called Visualive Persona 4. More »
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It's not everyday that you see a Persona 4 figure on Kotaku. It's also not everyday that you see a Persona 4 figure with a crazy crotch. More »
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Not because it looks bad. It looks great! But all that flashing, and bright lights, and flashing. Argh! More »
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Waking up to find his town enshrouded with thick fog, commenter Nimzy wonders if game developers have fully harnessed the power of the weather in today's Speak Up on Kotaku. More »
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Last week, Japanese game mag Famitsu gave us our first look at an unexpected new fighting game—Persona 4: The Ultimate in Mayonaka Arena. Based on Atlus' role-playing game series, the arcade fighter plucks characters from Persona 3 and Persona 4 for 2D fighting fun. More »
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A Persona fighting game? It's really happening, thanks to the people at Atlus and BlazBlue creators Arc System Works. This is what it looks like—lovely!—and this is who will be beating each other up in Persona 4 The Ultimate in Mayonaka Arena. More »
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Atlus is giving future PlayStation Vita owners something to get excited about: a portable port of the PlayStation 2 game Persona 4, reportedly due for release in Japan in 2012 and packing lots of enhancements. More »
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In today's slightly spoilery episode of Speak-Up on Kotaku, commenter 黒人 laments the games that require a player complete countless complicated steps in order to see their "true" endings. More »
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Just as previously hinted, role-playing game Persona 4 is getting an anime. This is it! The anime will be handled by studio Anime International Company and directed by Seiji Kishi, who's most recently helmed Angel Beats! More »
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A viral video, asking the question "Do you know mayonaka TV?", is going all, well, viral. More »
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As you thumb through dialogue trees in Mass Effect, trying to find the best lines to seduce slinky space-warrior Ashley, you're engaging in what the developers hope is an advanced form of simulated human interaction. More »
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Shocking, huh? The series, however, could have some interesting tweaks in store. More »
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Team Fortress and Persona? Not the most likely of bedfellows, we'll admit, but that's an assumption made before watching this amazing video. More »
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Twelve days - twelve fabulous prizes. Atlus keeps the holiday spirit alive well into 2010 with twelve days of random prize packages for members of the Atlus Faithful. More »
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Persona has one of the most unique core mechanics in all of gaming. But the series' finer points may be lost on newcomers, or those ignorant of its enduring appeal. For those people, then, there is this comic. More »
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Joining Teddie, former teen idol Rise Kujikawa is the latest Persona 4 character to get immortalized in PVC. The 1/8 scale figurine is priced at ¥7,140. On sale in late October. More »
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Comic relief character Teddie ("Kuma" in Japanese) from Japanese Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4 is getting his own figure. Lucky him! More »
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Why haven't you picked up Persona 4 yet? Is it because, like me, you have about 10 hours of gaming time a week max and the idea of a 40 hour-plus game scares you? More »
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Recent Persona games have become cult hits thanks largely to their gameplay framework — traditional Japanese RPG leveling mechanics reframed around personal improvement, social relationships and the concept of the self. More »
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Atlus steers away from their regular mascot Jack Frost this year in order to make way for the new face of Christmas cards, Persona 4's Teddie. More »
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Atlus adds yet another chapter to their beloved Shin Megami Tensei universe this week with the release of Persona 4 for the PlayStation 2. More »
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Persona 4 is Persona 3 with a murder mystery factored into the equation of high school dating sim plus dungeon crawler divided by Pokemon. More »
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Who would have thought that this late in the console's life cycle that a PlayStation 2 game would make the cover of a major gaming publication? The latest issue of Play magazine features Atlus' upcoming RPG Persona 4, with a whole slew of special Shin Megami Tensei-themed features packed inside. It's really an odd sight to see, especially considering the other games listed in the top-right corner of the cover - Afro Samurai, Mirror's Edge, Resistance 2, Sonic Unleashed, and Prince of Persia - all big name, current generation titles. More »
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I’m pretty sure the Persona series wasn’t the first JPRG to pair off dungeon crawling with high school – but whoever first had that idea deserves a freaking medal. High school is all about routines and drudgery; why shouldn’t your RPG experience match that in length, anxiety, and tedium? More »
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Atlus fans wary of Persona 4 for fear that they'll get FES'ed like they did with the previous installment of the PS2 RPG series can stop worrying now, as Atlus issues a press release announcing...nothing, basically. More »
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Rather than spending the Sunday after BlizzCon 2008 exploring the wonders of Disneyland like a normal person, I instead made my way from Anaheim to Irvine to check in with the lovely folks at Atlus USA. While the majority of my time there was spent soaking in Persona 4 goodness, which I will discuss with you all later this week, I did get a little time to poke about the office. If you're an Atlus fan it really is a treasure trove of swag. Game art, standees, and behind the wall with the awards on it a stack of game cover art, including some from unannounced titles. I tried to thumb through them, but Atlus Aram, the hyperkinetic spokesperson for all things Atlus USA, slapped my hand away. I apologize for the blur in some of the shots; that's actually Aram speeding in front of the camera to move things. The man has far too much energy. More »
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Atlus fans are also big fans of Atlus swag, and you cannot get much more swaggy than the Persona 4 Social Link Expansion Pack. This limited edition bundle, available for pre-order now via Amazon.com or Amazon.ca for our brave Canadian Ice Spider Assault Teams, features four choice bits of Persona 4 memorabilia for the low price of $29.99. The pack includes a Teddie Plushie, an extremely sexy Konohana Sakuya t-shirt, the "Side B" soundtrack CD, and a 2009 Calendar More »
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Atlus, the company desperately trying to bring every quirky Japanese game they can to North America, wants you to join their cause. The Atlus Faithful is the Atlus fan service mailing list, that delivers news on upcoming games, special deals, screenshots, and other goodness to fans around the globe. They're really great about getting news to the fans first too. For instance, the press release announcing the "Teddie for the Faithful" sweepstakes, in which 15 randomly selected members of the list who sign up before October 23rd can win an 8.5" tall plush depicting Teddie, the odd bear creature from the upcoming Persona 4? It arrived in my inbox 15 minutes after my Atlus Faithful newsletter did. Now that's service! More »
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Persona 4 for the PS2 is still an agonizingly long 2+ months away, and the folks at Atlus have decided to make the wait just a little bit tougher by releasing character profiles for the main protagonists in the game. Chie, Yosuke, and Yukiko join the protagonist on the trail of a serial murderer who strikes in their small town of Inaba. Of course it wouldn't be a Persona game without something bizarre thrown into the mix, and that's where Teddie here comes in. It's apparently a mysterious creature that the group meets inside the TV. What exactly that means is up to us to discover, or our Japanese-fluent friends to completely spoil for us. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5053627&view=rss&microfeed=true Atlus has announced that Persona 4, the sequel to its well regarded RPG/turn-based combat/dating sim Persona 3, will hit North America for the Playstation 2 on Dec. 9. (Japan release is still July 10). The date comes at the end of the trailer above. If you have played the game and are familiar with the series, this should make sense to you. If you haven't, it won't. There's just no other way to put it. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5022349&view=rss&microfeed=true The rabid fan following Persona 3 drummed up has gotten Atlus asset crazy for the next installment of the RPG series. Here's a series of three character introduction clips meant to familiarize you with some of the new faces you'll be seeing in Persona 4. Of course it's all in Japanese but I'm sure we've got someone in the Kotakuite stable willing to translate any pertinent info for us in the comment section, if only to show us how completely awesome they are. This guy here seems to have issues with bike riding. More »
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Here's the first set of screenies for the upcoming sequel to Persona 3, the aptly named Persona 4. Between these and the trailers that popped up last week, it doesn't look like Atlus is straying too far from the formula that made P3 such a success. Just some subtle graphics tweaking and interface style changes, wrapped around a whole new story and 60-70 hours of gameplay goodness. I would have been satisfied with them simply adding bonus material to P3. Oh wait. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=371356&view=rss&microfeed=true Persona 4 was just previewed in Famitsu yesterday and already someone has ripped the promo videos that came with the magazine. (Of course they are both in Japanese) They are both pretty lengthy, one being ten minutes, the other coming in at around eight. I've only recently been inducted into the angsty, head shooting world of Persona 3 and I must admit I find it quite fascinating. Sadly there is no head shooting in the new Persona but hopefully this new game will be just as intriguing as its predecessors. More »
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This week's Famitsu magazine arrives in Japan with tons of information about Persona 4, the next installment of the quirky Atlus RPG series for the PlayStation 2. The sequel to one of the best RPG experiences on the PS2 so far moves the action from the city to the countryside, with the story taking the form of a murder mystery, chock full of twists and turns that will leave you guessing. The game includes a weather forecasting system that indicates when a murder is going to occur. Atlus is packing tons of gameplay into the new title, with 60-70 hours of gameplay and over 180 Personas (Personae?) for you to play with. Persona 4 is slated for a July 10th release in Japan, with a North American release almost a no-brainer, considering the reception of P3 in the states. Follow the link beneath the gallery to Akayuki for more scans from the latest Famitsu. More »
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