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Persona 4 Arena Ultimax Americas Release Date Announced, Margaret Not Yet Confirmed

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The release date for Persona 4 Arena Ultimax in the Americas was recently revealed. Siliconera writes that the game will be out on September 30 for Playstation 3 and Xbox 360. Rise (Persona 4) and Ken+Koromaru (Persona 3, as one unit) are new characters added to this iteration, and Marie and Adachi, both from Persona 4, will be available as free downloads within the first week after the game’s release.

Interestingly, Margaret from Persona 4 was also revealed as an addition to Persona 4 Arena Ultimax’s roster, but thus far we are only aware that she is going to be available in Japan as post-launch DLC. No word yet on Margaret’s addition to the game outside of Japan. In battle, Margaret will use multiple Persona’s in battle; you can check out this Gematsu posting for some screenshots previewing Margaret in-game.

No word yet on the Madcatz-developed and PS3/PS4 dual-compatible Persona 4 Arena Ultimax arcade stick’s release date yet either, for those wondering.

Atlus CEO Hints at Company’s Next Plans, Talks of Relationship with Sega

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This week’s issue of Famitsu contains an interesting interview with Atlus CEO Naoto Hiraoka teasing some of the company’s future projects. After some talk about Atlus’ recent focus on the Persona series with Persona 5, Q, and Dancing All Night (alongside other media highlighting the franchise’s presence like Persona 4: The Golden Animation and Arc System Works’ expansion title Persona 4 Arena Ultimax), Hiraoka mentions that Atlus will perhaps be ready to announce “that title” soon, and in addition also have a stand-alone new IP in the vein of Catherine or Dragon’s Crown in the works.
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EU Preorder for Persona Q Premium Edition Revealed, Fans Criticize NISA Store Pricing

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NIS America recently launched their new European store, allowing fans in Europe to buy Limited Editions of their games directly, without having to import them from the US store. Of course, this includes the upcoming Atlus game, Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth: The Wild Cards Premium Edition. However, while this should have been good news, the fans were quick to realize that the prices were a lot higher in the European store than in the US one.

Yesterday NISA opened up pre-orders for the Persona Q EU Premium Edition, but unfortunately the price for the game is also a lot a higher than its US counterpart. I’d personally have to pay $138 (game + shipping) to get the EU Premium Edition of the game, compared to the $80 + free shipping price of the US version. While we’re used to seeing higher prices for our games in the EU compared to the US, the steep 73% price increase is difficult to accept for the European Persona fans. NISA also announced (cheaper) standard shipping options for the majority of countries outside of the UK, although it’s not clear which countries actually get this option. In any case, it did little to stop the complaints. Fans are still asking NISA to lower the price of the games themselves, but at the moment it seems NISA is not planning to do so.

On NISA’s Facebook page some users have noted that there are local retailers in the EU that are now also accepting pre-orders for the Premium Edition for as low as €70. Despite these reports, NISA claims the Premium Edition is only available from the NISA EU Store. We’ll try to get more details on this, as an alternative to the NISA store would be a welcome thing indeed.

Persona 4: Arena Ultimax Not Region Locked for North and South America

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We reported earlier on about the fact that the original Persona 4: Arena was the only PS3 game in existence to be region locked. Thankfully, Atlus have confirmed that the sequel that will be region free for the Americas. Along with that news, we got to learn more about the pre-order bonuses for the game. Atlus stated the following on their official website:

Persona®4 Arena Ultimax, the upcoming fighting game from ATLUS will not be region locked for the Americas and will be available this fall for the PlayStation®3 and Xbox 360®; pre-orders and all first-run editions will include a collectible Teddie bop bag and Set #1 of the iconic Persona Tarot cards. (Set #2 will be included with Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth.) This follows the recent announcement that playable DLC character Tohru Adachi will be offered for free the first week after the game’s launch. Full details are available here:

http://www.atlus.com/p4au/purchase.html

We’re still waiting for news on a European release of the game, but at least importing the US version will actually be an option now.

Atlus and Sega Games at Anime Expo

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Both Sega and Atlus will be present at the upcoming Anime Expo (this week, July 3-6 at the Los Angeles Convention Center), with Atlus showing their upcoming Persona games and Sega showing Project DIVA F 2nd. Although Aaron Webber’s departure from Sega means he won’t be at the expo, Sam Mullen confirmed he will be there to welcome the fans. Earlier on, Aaron Webber did hint they may have a special surprise regarding Project DIVA F 2nd at the expo. It seems that surprise might be the following announcement for a Project Diva F tournament at the Sega booth where you can win tickets for the Hatsune Miku Expo in LA. Continue reading »

Persona Q Preorder Bonuses

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We’ve already reported on the preorder bonuses for Persona 4 Arena Ultimax earlier on, but during E3 Atlus also revealed a new trailer and the preorder bonuses for Persona Q. The first run of copies will include 11 Tarot Cards, which complement the other set of Tarot Cards that will be included in the preorder bonuses for Persona 4 Arena Ultimax. The regular edition of the game will cost $49.99. Atlus will also be releasing a “Wild Cards” premium edition of the game, which includes the Tarot Cards but also an art book, soundtrack CD and a Deluxe Hard Case for the 3DS XL for the price of $79.99.

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Persona Q Premium Edition

For those interested in preordering, you can find a list of retailers on the official website for the game.

Aside from the preorder bonuses, there’s also the Persona Q E3 trailer which we haven’t posted yet. That one can be seen here:

Nintendo 3DS - Persona Q E3 Trailer

The game sold well in its first week in Japan, which is a certainly good sign for the future of the franchise, given how it’s the first Persona game to be released on a Nintendo platform. Nintendo have also revealed that Persona Q will be released in Europe by NIS America later this year, and although they can’t release an official announcement yet, both employees of NIS America and Atlus dropped by on Reddit to confirm the news. It seems Persona Q is shaping up to be another success for Atlus, which in turn is good news for Sega and also the fans looking forward to seeing more games localized from Japan (both from Sega and Atlus).

Sega & Atlus Games Lineup at E3

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E3 is about to begin, so we thought it would be worth taking a look at what games Sega and Atlus will be showing there. First off, here’s Sega’s lineup:

  • Alien Isolation (PC, PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, Xbox One)
  • Sonic Boom (Wii U, 3DS)
  • Hatsune Miku Project Diva 2nd (PS3, PS Vita)

Although it’s a small lineup, the games featured there aren’t exactly small titles. Alien Isolation and Sonic Boom are both big-budget AAA games, which we hope will turn out to be a success for Sega. After the disappointing reviews for Aliens: Colonial Marines and Sonic Lost World, the fans of both franchises will be looking closely to see if The Creative Assembly, Sanzaru and Big Red Button Entertainment can do better than the studios that worked on the previous games. Continue reading »

Persona 4 Arena Ultimax Preorders up for North America

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Atlus has announced that you can now preorder Persona 4 Arena Ultimax, the sequel to Persona 4 Arena, for North America on PS3 and Xbox 360. The 2D fighting game will cost $59.99 and will be released on September 30th. Its predecessor had a Story Mode that lasted about 30 hours and directly followed the events of Persona 4, and aside from the main cast of Persona 4, it also featured the return of key characters from Persona 3. Persona 4 Arena Ultimax will continue the story of the previous game, and also feature more returning characters from Persona 3 and 4.

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Persona 4 Golden Discounted on PSN, New Anime Announced

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While we haven’t reported news on games from Atlus before, the fact that Sega has acquired them does make their games part of Sega’s offering now. With that in mind, we thought it’s worth letting people know that Persona 4 Golden for the PS Vita (in my opinion one of the best JRPG’s out there), is now available at a discount on both the US and EU PlayStation Network.

On the US PlayStation Network, the sale is part of a bigger “Golden Week” sale featuring discounts on a large selection of Japanese games. The US digital version for Persona 4 Golden now costs $19.49, or $14.62 if you have a PSN Plus subscription. The sales will end on May 5th. On the EU side, there’s no Golden Week sale but despite that Persona 4 Golden is also getting a discount there. The price is slightly higher than the US Version, with the game now costing €19.99 (with an additional 10% discount for PS Plus members). The EU sales will run for two weeks, starting from April 30th. You can follow the links below to see what other games are being discounted:

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