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Shin Megami Tensei IV Is as Deep and Interesting as It Is Hard

In recent years, the Shin Megami Tensei series has found new life in the West thanks to the popularity of spinoff titles Persona 3 and Persona 4. But now, after a decade since the release of the third game in the core series, comes Shin Megami Tensei IV And while it is a game that…

By Richard Eisenbeis Published June 11, 2013

Kotaku East

This Game’s DLC Lets You Hit Level 99 In An Hour

I’ve already talked a bit about how hard Shin Megami Tensei IV was on the default difficulty—and how the game makes you humiliate yourself in order to switch to easy mode. But if even easy mode is still too much for you, you can always download the first DLC dungeon. It completely breaks the game.…

By Richard Eisenbeis Published June 11, 2013

What Time Does The Xbox One Actually Check To See If You’re Online?

Persona fans know the answer. Everyone else: you’ll want to be asleep when it happens

By Luke Plunkett Published June 7, 2013

Kotaku East

How Shin Megami Tensei IV Stripped Me of My “Gamer Pride”

Like a lot of gamers out there, I take a lot of pride in my skill at video games—perhaps too much. At this point in my life, I’ve been playing video games for close to two-and-a-half decades. Somewhere in my late teens, I decided that I had to master the games I played, not just…

By Richard Eisenbeis Published June 4, 2013

The Games That Make It Hardest To Say Goodbye

There haven’t been a ton of new games out lately, so maybe you’ve had time to finish one or two that had been sitting on your backburner. And maybe, if you were lucky, one of those games was good enough that you had a hard time letting go. It’s a unique and lovely thing, the…

By Kirk Hamilton Published May 27, 2013

Persona 4 Arena: Official Design Works Now Comes In English

Earlier this week, Luke Plunkettcelebrated the work of Atlus art director Shigenori Soejima, the man behind eye-catching style of the Persona series. He recommended Soejima’s art book, available for shipping in 1-3 months from Amazon — just in time for the English release of Persona 4 Arena: Official Design Works from UDON. Let’s take a…

By Mike Fahey Published April 26, 2013

Culture

Kazuma Kaneko’s Art Is Summoning Devils Into Your Eyeballs

Earlier this week, I showcased the works of one of my favourite video game artists, Atlus’ Shigenori Soejima. It’s only fair, then, that I close out the week doing the same for the other half of the studio’s artistic engine room. Where Soejima is mostly responsible for the more recent entries in the Persona series,…

By Luke Plunkett Published April 26, 2013

CultureFine Art

Persona! The Art Of Shigenori Soejima

The series just wouldn't be the same without his iconic style

By Luke Plunkett Published April 22, 2013

This Almost Makes Up for Europe Waiting Over a Year for Persona 4 Arena

Japan was playing the Persona fighting game in March of 2012. In North America we got our chance in August. Europe has to wait until May 10, but if they preorder at Game they’ll score this awesome 12-inch vinyl copy of the arrange soundtrack for their troubles. Man, I would have totally waited until May…

By Mike Fahey Published March 27, 2013

Turn-Based Combat Is The Best Kind Of Combat

Editor’s Note: I’m on vacation today, but since I know you’re all craving your regular dose of JRPG goodness, I’ve enlisted the wonderful Kirk Hamilton to jazz up Random Encounters this week. Be nice! —Jason Schreier Oh boy, here we go. If I’m gonna take over Jason’s column for a week, that means I’m gonna…

By Kirk Hamilton Published March 15, 2013

Oh Yes, Persona Cosplay Is Pure Magic

Megami Tensei spin-off series Persona looks great. Its characters are cool. Their clothes are cool. Persona is cool. So, it’s pretty easy to see why fans love cosplaying as characters from the Persona games—especially Persona 3 and Persona 4. As we do every Wednesday, here’s a round-up of some—not all—of the best Persona cosplay the…

By Brian Ashcraft Published February 27, 2013

Persona 2: Eternal Punishment Is Out On PSN Today

Persona 2: Eternal Punishment, the second-second game in Atlus’s twisted demonic series, is out on the PlayStation Network today. A brief explanation: Persona 2 is actually two games: Innocent Sin and Eternal Punishment. Both were released on PlayStation, then re-released for the PSP. While the PSP remake of Innocent Sin was brought to North America,…

By Jason Schreier Published February 26, 2013

Persona 4’s Chie Is High-Kicking Onto Your Desktop

Oh look. Just in time for my delayed-thanks-to-a-late-PAL-release playthrough of Persona 4 Golden. It’s a terrific figure of Chie, the game’s loud-mouthed ass kicker. She comes with two outfits and glasses, but also a strangely absurd pricetag; ¥9,400 (USD$100) is a lot for a 1/8 scale figure that doesn’t really do anything.

By Luke Plunkett Published February 25, 2013

There’s No Shame In Liking A Game For Your Own Reasons (No Matter How “Stupid”)

This weekend, I came upon a curious conversation: a stranger telling a friend of mine if they wanted to play Fire Emblem: Awakening for the “throwaway romantic skits,” that they were doing it wrong. And all I could think was: those “throwaway” skits are the only reason I care about that game! The reasons we…

By Patricia Hernandez Published February 18, 2013

Demons, High Schools, And Sex: Just Another Day At Atlus Games

Sex sells. Except when it doesn’t. Two years ago, when the people at Atlus tried to convince big-box stores to distribute their newest game, Catherine, they found that companies like Walmart and Target weren’t interested in selling sex. Store reps were turned off by the game’s box art, which features a shirtless man trapped inside…

By Jason Schreier Published February 7, 2013

JRPG Combat Is The Best Kind Of Combat

“Oh, I don’t really like battles. I just play JRPGs for the story.” You’ve probably heard something like that before, or wrote it, or thought it. There seems to be a general consensus, for better or for worse, that a Japanese RPG’s merits, if they exist at all, lie in its story and characters and…

By Jason Schreier Published January 11, 2013

Oh My God, Someone Is Actually Making A Persona 4 Musical

A fan-made Persona 4 musical. You knew it was going to happen. The popular role-playing game has already gotten a stage production, so it seemed only a matter of time before it also got a musical. Brother/sister writing team Jake and Gina Smith have recently unveiled their Persona 4 musical project, which they first undertook…

By Kirk Hamilton Published December 28, 2012

Learning To Love Easy Mode

A couple of months ago, if I started a new game—no matter what it was—I’d start off on a high difficulty. At the very least, I’d go for normal, but only if it was clear that normal would provide a challenge. I reasoned that nowadays ‘normal’ is geared toward a more general audience which may…

By Patricia Hernandez Published December 27, 2012

This Persona 4 Arena Figure Forges A Bond That Cannot Be Broken

I don’t own too many video game figures. Thanks to my newfound fascination with Persona, that may have to change. For example: I would gladly put this garage kit figure of Elizabeth and her persona Thanatos pretty much anywhere in my house. The figure is the work of “Mr. Etsuo,” and you can see more…

By Kirk Hamilton Published December 20, 2012

The Best Video Game Music of 2012

You press a button, and the beat drops. Forward you fly, straight into the perilous unknown, beats pushing against your eardrums as you push back against the controller. Tempo and harmony swim together, and you lose yourself in the rhythm of play. 2012 has been a fine year for video game music. The finest in…

By Kirk Hamilton Published December 13, 2012