Atlus has uploaded 10-minutes worth of music previews from Persona 5 to their Japanese YouTube channel. The game has already been released in Japan, but the Western releases for the next mainline entry into the Persona series are still due for April 4. The tracks that can be heard in Atlus’s preview video are as follows:
An English trophy list for Puyo Puyo Tetris on the Playstation 4 has been circulating lately. Exophase has the exceedingly long list of trophies for Puyo Puyo Tetris. Should we expect to see this “Frantic Four-Player Puzzle Mashup” in the West? Let us hope so!
Puyo Puyo Tetris is a crossover project between two of the most prominent (and oldest) puzzle game franchises in existence. It was notable not just for the uniqueness of the crossover concept, but also for its release across six platforms – Playstation 3 and Playstation 4, Playstation Vita, Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo Wii U, and Xbox One. While it didn’t yield particularly large sales on its own in Japan, it did prompt a unique gummi candy promotion for a limited time.
Initially releasing in Japan during February of 2014, it has been quite some time since any sort of word describing the prospects of Puyo Puyo Tetris‘s localization have been noted. To begin with, the game’s potential for localization hasn’t often been publicly discussed, and Puyo Puyo games are for the most part not localized outside of Puyo Puyo Fever or the Puyo Puyo titles released as SEGA 3D Classics for the Nintendo 3DS.
Should this game be localized, one has to wonder what the choice of platforms would be. Certainly, Playstation 4 would already be a lock. Perhaps the 3DS and the Vita are under consideration? And since Valkyria Revolution is uniquely receiving an Xbox One release, maybe the Xbox One version will be brought over as well.
Update: A recent tweet from Sam Mullen possibly alludes to surprise over recent news about the English trophy list for Puyo Puyo Tetris. Assuming that Puyo Puyo Tetris is indeed being localized (which is not completely certain, at the moment, although still possible), this might suggest that localization is being handled outside of SEGA itself.
In any case, the news of a trophy list is cause for optimism!
Atlus U.S.A. has released three new videos for Persona 5, introducing the confidants Hifumi Togo, Sadayo Kawakami and Toranosuke Yoshida. Earlier on we talked about how these confidants can help you learn valuable skills. The same goes for these newly revealed characters, and you can learn more about them in the descriptions and introduction videos below!
Atlus has released another character trailer for the English version of Persona 5, this time featuring Haru Okumura, one of the members of the Phantom Thieves. You can view the trailer below, as well as an interview with her voice actress Xanthe Huynh. We also included the introduction from the official press release.
Atlus U.S.A. has released a couple of new trailers for the English version of Persona 5, which introduce several of the games’ characters. One of them is Futaba Sakura, one of the members of the Phantom Thieves. She’s the group’s resident hacker who offers moral support during battle, which translates into buffs to your team’s stats. We also get a new interview with her voice actress Erica Lindbeck.
Deep Silver has released a new English story trailer for Persona 5, introducing the characters and the concept of “Persona”. You can view it below, along with the description from Deep Silver for the trailer!
The list of nominees for The Game Awards 2016 has been revealed, and while there’s no game developed by SEGA or Atlus on the list, there are still two games that have some link to the companies. First of all, Enhanced Games’ Rez Infinite, the enhanced port of the original Dreamcast game, is nominated in two categories: “Best VR game” and “Best Music / Sound Design”. The VR port of the game has received very positive reactions, particularly for its new Area X, a new mode specifically designed to take advantage of the PS4 hardware. Having played the game, I can say that it certainly deserves the nominations.
Sony has recently announced 25 games that will be joining the PlayStation Now service, and the list includes the puzzle platform game Catherine from Atlus. Catherine is a rather unique game, and was one of the rare games that was oriented towards adults not just because of its (ultimately tame) suggestive themes. but rather its characters and setting. The game was arguably somewhat of a social experiment, exploring where the players stands on topics regarding marriage and commitment, which are rarely explored in video games. If you haven’t played the game yet, I recommend giving it a try if you get the chance.
If you’re wondering what PlayStation Now actually is, it’s comparable to streaming services like Netflix, but for PS3 games. Instead of using a local console, the actual game is being processed on a remote server. All you need is a fast Internet connection, a Dualshock controller, and a device compatible with the service. Subscribing to PlayStation Now, or paying on a per-game basis, allows you to stream PS3 games to various devices, including the PlayStation Vita, PlayStation TV, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Windows PC, and Samsung and Sony TVs. Aside from Catherine from Atlus, a number of SEGA games are also available on the service. We compiled the list of games for the US here:
Atlus (Japan) has uploaded a new set of trailers to their YouTube channel, featuring all of the upcoming Costume and BGM Set DLC that they have released for Persona 5 in Japan. While the DLC featuring the first Persona games’ costumes is available for free, the other DLC costs 800 yen ($7.64 / €6.95). While there’s no trailer for it, the game previously received swimsuit DLC as well, also made available for free to celebrate the fact that the game shipped 550.000 copies in Japan. You can view all of the ten DLC videos below!
Persona 5 is scheduled to be released in North America and Europe on February 14 for the Playstation 3 and Playstation 4. In Japan, the game was released on September 15, 2016.
The latest Media Create sales chart in Japan has been released, and it’s probably no surprise to see Persona 5 take the top two spots with respectively its PS4 version (264,793 copies sold) and PS3 version (72,794 copies sold). With a combined total of 337,767 copies, this makes it the strongest first week of sales for a Persona game yet, as the series’ previous record was owned by the original Persona on PlayStation 1 (201,147 copies sold).