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Persona Q2: New Cinema Labyrinth: The Kotaku Review

When I first started Persona Q2: New Cinema Labyrinth, I was having an absolute blast. That wasn’t surprising, because its predecessor, 2014’s Persona Q, was an excellent game, and the series these games draw from, Etrian Odyssey, is also excellent. So it was with high expectations that I jumped into a Hard mode playthrough on…

Persona Q2 Has Me In An Extremely Fun Feedback Loop

Persona Q, a 2014 turn-based role-playing game for the 3DS, put Persona 3 and 4 characters into an extended “what-if” scenario where they had to band together and navigate gigantic labyrinths to escape an abandoned high school. It’s easily one of my favorite 3DS games, so you can imagine I was pretty hype for Persona…

‘Persona 5 S’ Isn’t A Switch Port, It’s Persona 5 Scramble, A Musou Game

Following yesterday’s detailing of a cool, expanded edition of Persona 5coming to the PlayStation 4, today Atlus reveals Persona 5 Scramble: The Phantom Strikers, a musou action RPG by Dynasty Warriors developer Omega Force, coming to the Nintendo Switch and PS4. Welp. Fans of Omega Force games like Dynasty Warriors, Hyrule Warriors and Fire Emblem…

Persona 5 The Royal Adds New Phantom Thief, Comes Stateside Next Year

After way too many teases, Atlus has revealed details about Persona 5 The Royal. The upgraded edition of the 2016 RPG hit will add a new party member and expand on social elements like confidants and city exploration. The Royal was outlined in a trailer today, which dropped details on what to expect from this expanded…

Atlus will be streaming its upcoming Persona Super Live P-Sound Street 2019 concert via NicoNico and its official Twitter account, the company announced today. The concert will be held on April 24 and 25 in Tokyo. 

Smash Ultimate‘s Joker Is A True-To-Form Tightrope Act

The highly anticipated Joker from Persona 5 has finally been added to the roster of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, a platform fighter that’s rapidly reaching Wrestlemania levels of “everybody is here—even, somehow, that guy.” Thankfully, with Joker, Smash Ultimate continues to hit it out of the park with newly designed fighters who continue to be…

A Persona 5 themed air-soft gun is going on sale in Japan. Priced at 24,000 yen ($214), this Joker model has “The Phantom” and “Trickster” emblazoned next to the Phantom Thieves of Hearts logo.

Another Terrific Persona 5 Figure

Good Smile Company is back with another excellent Persona 5 figure, this time for the game’s most misunderstood asshole, Ryuji Releasing in October, he comes with three different faces, pipe, shotgun, calling card and alternative hair piece. He’s retailing for just under USD$60

What Persona 5 Would Look Like On The Game Boy Advance

As of January 2019, there is only one version of Persona 5. But if/when we get a portable version, just like Persona 3 & 4 did, it…still won’t look like this. Unless it gets in a time machine. Pixel artist Sea Handler mocked up these screenshots of a Game Boy Advance version of the game…

The good news: “Persona 5 R” is a real thing, presumably an enhanced version of the popular PS4 game (like Persona 4 Golden) The bad news: There’s no indication here that it’s coming to Switch. Yet. Developer Atlus says more news is coming in March.

As If I Wouldn’t Love Two New Persona Dancing Games

Surprise, everybody! The Kotaku writer who loves Japanese RPGs and rhythm games is completely enamored with two rhythm games starring beloved Japanese RPG characters. It’s like Atlus made a pair of games just for me. You might like them, too. Back in 2015 Atlus released Persona 4: Dancing All Night, a game that took the…

A Makoto Action Figure From Persona 5

Hey, it’s better late than never. Good Smile have finally gotten around to releasing a Figma based on Persona 5’s Makoto, as she appears in her Queen outfit. Out in July 2019 (!!), she includes three different face plates, iron knuckles, revolver and a Phantom Thieves card.

Persona 5‘s Coffee Shop Brought To Life

Cafe Leblanc isn’t only a place for serious coffee lovers, but it’s also where Tokyo Game Show visitors can play some Persona Q2 Atlus has recreated the coffee shop, turning it into a TGS demo station. There are some nice details, such as the cafe’s yellow public phone and the painting on the wall. Too…

Excellent Cosplay Of Persona 5‘s Punk Rock Doctor 

Is this the best Tae Takemi cosplay you’ve seen? It’s the best I have. This is cosplayer Kuro Akagi’s take on P5‘s punk rock doctor. As NicoNico News points out, Akagi recently uploaded some photos of her Takemi cosplay Here are some shots, which appear to be from the same shoot, that Akagi posted this…

A Very Nice Figure Of Persona 5’s Yusuke

Good Smile’sline of Persona 5 Figmas continues with their third, the wonderful Yusuke. He includes three faces, his sword, rifle and a paper fan. The good news? He looks great! The bad news? He’s not out until April 2019.

Persona Q2: New Cinema Labyrinth has a trailer and a Japanese release date of November 29, 2018. It will be for the Nintendo 3DS. There’s no information yet about a potential US release. Learn more on the official website.

A Very Good Interview With Persona’s Shigenori Soejima

Shigenori Soejima is one of the great artists working in video games, and classics like Persona and Catherine just wouldn’t have been the same without his vision. This short documentary by Archipel is a must for fans of his stuff, going into his history with Atlus, his primary inspirations and how he approaches his art.…

A Very Cute Lil’ Persona 5 Figure

Good Smile will be releasing this Nendoroid version of Persona 5’s Futaba in December. Set to cost around $40, she includes a “standard expression, a downcast expression as well as a grinning expression.” She also comes with Morgana, a keyboard, phone and cup of noodles.

Those two new Persona dancing games Atlus announced last year will be coming West in early 2019 Persona 5: Dancing in Starlight and Persona 3: Dancing in Moonlight will both be coming to PS4 and Vita. Catch me next year listening to this remix of “Last Surprise” until my ears fall off.

Watch This Good Lil’ Documentary About Big Japanese Games

This is Ebb & Flow, a 40-minute documentary about the resurgence of Japanese video games that features interviews with people like Katsura Hashino (Persona), Yoko Taro (Nier) and Toshihiro Nagoshi (Yakuza). It’s funny to think back on now, especially given Nintendo’s wild successes during the same time, but during much of the PS3/Xbox 360 generation…