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    Image of Agumen Agumen
    04/22/09

    In reply to Atlus Online Now Open For Business
    Can never tell what games they publish and which they actually develop, but I'm playing Etrian Odyssey II right now and am loving it.


    They seem like a really solid old-skool developer / publisher, and I approve. Still, Jack Frost? That thing looks terrible, and doesn't even seem like IP. I mean, everyone knows Jack Frost, he's not Atlus's. They could've used an impressive character portrait from one of their RPGs. The female protector from EO2 is awesome, for instance.

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    Image of MrGone1980 MrGone1980
    04/22/09

    @Agumen: I always thought Jack Frost actually was Atlus'...do you mean like the concept of Jack Frost is more of a public, widely understood notion?
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    Image of Turambar: B> Selvaria Body Pillow Turambar: B> Selvaria Body Pillow
    04/22/09

    @MrGone1980: Jack Frost the name is by no means Atlus'. However, Jack Frost the blue and white figure that you see above is Atlus' mascot, and is thus associated with them.
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    Image of Gaff Gaff
    04/22/09

    @Turambar: B> Selvaria Body Pillow: <3 Jack Frost Emblem in Steambot Chronicles.
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    Image of Yonderboy Yonderboy
    04/22/09

    In reply to Atlus Online Now Open For Business
    Popularity leads to intimacy.
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    Image of Varone Varone
    04/22/09

    @Yonderboy: +1 for any mention of GB Endurance Runs.
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    04/22/09

    *yip*
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    Image of KirbyMorph KirbyMorph
    02/03/09

    In reply to Atlus Launching Online Gaming Portal Atlus Online
    WTB Ogre Battle, PST.
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    Image of Gaff Gaff
    02/03/09

    @KirbyMorph: [en.wikipedia.org]

    Ask Squeenix.
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    Image of The Cap'n The Cap'n
    02/03/09

    In reply to Atlus Launching Online Gaming Portal Atlus Online
    My only disappointment about this is that it quashes my secret hope for Atlus WiiWare titles.
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    Image of GHNeko GHNeko
    02/03/09

    In reply to Atlus Launching Online Gaming Portal Atlus Online
    I <3 Atlus. It's one of the companies I look for on gaming boxes when I go to game stores. I generally ignore most games unless I see recognizable companies on the box, ie Atlus, Sega, Squeenix. Atlus is one of those companies that make me good, "Oh. This is an Atlus game, I know Ill probably enjoy it." before I even read the box itself. They're that good.
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    Image of Bizariko Bizariko
    02/03/09

    @GHNeko: They decided to address a market that is sometimes ignored in this continent, which is the J-games market.


    Personally, I have bought a couple of Atlus games, mainly because of the good reviews. Though the games turned out to be crap. Persona 3? It's just a social sim with a randomly generated dungeon and a battle system that was lacking, but I guess some people are suckers for animu. To each it's own.

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    02/03/09

    @Bizariko: animu? I didn't know there was a market for truncated animus in this country.


    That aside, we all have games that we don't get, and don't get the love towards. I'd probably be drawn and quartered if I listed the AAA titles that make me say "why do people care about this??". Your analysis of persona is not objectively wrong, but it's kinda like a quote Joss Whedon made about Buffy the Vampire Slayer: those games are built to be loved intensely and connected with. I agree with your analysis of the game's faults, but I still love them (though 4 goes a great distance towards fixing them, even). It's not merely an anime thing, though. It's a different kind of cult thing, more like Buffy than Naruto.

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    Image of KamikazeSailor KamikazeSailor
    02/03/09

    In reply to Atlus Launching Online Gaming Portal Atlus Online
    What kind of games are we talking about here? Is this like the Amazon thing where it's just casual games?


    I guess what I'm getting at is this,


    Will we be looking at a Persona 5 available for digital download or Amazing Tater 2: The Revenge of the Tater?

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    Image of liquidnumb liquidnumb
    02/03/09

    @KamikazeSailor: Atlus games have never, ever striked me as casual. Maybe there's one I'm missing?
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    02/03/09

    @liquidnumb: struck.
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    02/03/09

    @liquidnumb: Stricken.
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