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The Official Persona PSP Thread -- The Snow Queen comes to America

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-Basic Info-

Website: Official Persona Website
Platform: PSP
Genre: RPG
Rating: T for Teen

-Story-

The rumor around St. Hermelin High is that by playing the "Persona" game, you can get a glimpse of your future self. When the protagonist and his friends try it out on a lark, nothing seems to happen. But then...
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-Features-

* Fully re-translated and featuring all new musical compositions from Shoji Meguro, famed composer of Persona 3 and 4, SMT: Persona is the perfect example of how a remake should be done. This definitive version includes content never before seen in North America

* Reformatted to take advantage of the PSP hardware, this remake includes a new widescreen aspect ratio, redone music and sound, and all new animation, presenting the story better than ever before

* Long known for its daring, often morally-charged stories, the SMT series has established itself as one of the premiere RPG series in terms of plot and characters, and SMT: Persona is no exception
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-Boxart-

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-Release Dates-

Japan: April 29th, 2009
North America Retail Release: September 22nd, 2009
North America PSN Release: October 1st, 2009
Europe: ---

-Images-

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-Videos-

Opening Movie
The Snow Queen's American Debut
Dream of a Masked Man
It all starts with a game called Persona...
Masao "Mark" Inaba
Eriko "Elly" Kirishima
Kei Nanjo
Maki Sonomura
Mastering the Formation System
Optimized Quickness for on-the-go play
Video Walkthrough

-Reviews-

RPGFan: 91/100
Digital Chumps: 9/10
GamerNode: 8.5/10.0
RPGamer: 3.5/5.0
ZT Game Domain: 8.5/10
Play Magazine: 8.5/10
Game Informer: 8/10

-F.A.Q.-

So, what are the changes from the original Persona to this version?

Well, for us non-Japan folk, we get the Snow Queen quest (not in the original release of Persona), new graphics, shorter load times, and some new gameplay things to use, like speeding up battles and being able to save almost anywhere. Gogo portables!

So will the localization be much better than the original one?

Of course! Atlus USA has come a long way since those days, and this one gets a good fixing compared to the release way back when. Don't worry, there won't be content missing or someone's race suddenly changing to another. To see some things relating to that, read the PS Blog post by Nich Maragos: Link

Wow! I loved Persona 3 and 4 I can't wait for--

Hold it! Before you jump in blindly, keep in mind that Persona 1 and 2 had some differences between the latter Persona games we've seen in the last couple years. Like, no social links! There's some noticeable differences, but remember to research so you don't expect one thing, then get something entirely different. Informed buyers are happy ones!

Why is the PSN release delayed / why does it cost the same as the UMD version?

We don't know these things, so let's not bring the thread much into posts and posts about that. It seems Sony wanted to delay the PSN release to coincide with the PSP Go launching and all that, but of course that's just my theory. Nothing is confirmed, so let's just worry about things like that if they're actually spoken about.

How's the difficulty?

I've seen some people say the encounter rate is a bit high sometimes, but generally, just take battles at a cool pace. Racing will probably get you killed. Also, Yawee has said that the difference between Easy / Hard difficulty is - / + 20% damage received, so it won't be too rough if you decide to take Hard at the onset. I never played the original, so find someone besides me to help you with that!

Does this game get a healthy dose of Atlus Spoils?

Yup yup! Each and every launch copy of the game comes with the full 2-Disc soundtrack. I loves me some Meguro, so that's pretty awesome.
 
I'm looking forward to this one! Never played it when it first came out, but I already have it preordered and I can't wait!
 
I can't wait to play some more Persona.

To me this will be an interesting experiment, as my first Persona was FES, so it might take a while to get used to the old-school first-person dungeon crawling.

In any case, I'll be playing this a lot.
 
Holding off to pick this up off PSN for my Go on Oct. 1st. Hard to wait on it, but I have plenty to tide me over (still working on MHF:U and now Wild Arms XF).

(great official thread, nice work!)
 
I'm stoked. And hopefully in a month or so after Persona has been in stores, Atlus will announce P3P being localized:P
 
I'm hyped more for the bonus OST than for the game itself, but that is simply because probably I wont be able to play the game unless I upgrade my CFW PSP.
 
Has anyone here gotten a copy early to review? Please tell me they didn't leave honorifics in the game, like "Persona" 3 and 4.
 
B.K. said:
Has anyone here gotten a copy early to review? Please tell me they didn't leave honorifics in the game, like "Persona" 3 and 4.
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From all I saw in the Quick Look on Giantbomb, there's no honorifics.
 
Will get this (my first Atlus game), although I'm currently playing Bowser's Inside Story and Scribblenauts, so who knows when I'll get around to playing it.
 
Wasn't intending on getting this but that Shoji Meguro CD bonus calls the audiophile nut in me.

Here's some sweet arse fan-art (I think the artist was commissioned to do something with it Like a print or something?) for the psp game I found

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Original 1476 x 1058 source right here

Enjoy!
 
CAN I GET A HEE-HO UP IN DIZ BITCH?!

Tamanon said:
I'm stoked. And hopefully in a month or so after Persona has been in stores, Atlus will announce P3P being localized:P
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I dunno, man, I still don't think they're going to announce it until after they announce Strange Journey for America.
 
I notice the guy in the yellow hat isn't black this time, so this is a 'true' localization, I assume, rather than the original which took some liberties.
 
Pre-to-the-ordered long ago!
Because the OP is perhaps slightly vague about it, it should be noted that the Snow Queen subplot was in the original PSOne JP game, but excised out of the US PSOne localization. One of the many blunders committed with that localization, sadly.

This one should easily be the "definitive" US release.
 
B.K. said:
Has anyone here gotten a copy early to review? Please tell me they didn't leave honorifics in the game, like "Persona" 3 and 4.
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*facepalm* Don't bring that crap in here.

I wish Amazon was offering Release-Day delivery for this. :\
 
SHAMELESS PLUG!

Here's the review I did for the upcoming issue of Play. I'm plugging it not because you should all read my review (which, I mean, you should, and if you'd like to do so, it's up over on our website), but because I put a lot of work into making a layout design that complimented the new visual style Atlus gave the game for the PSP reworking. Even though most of the background elements ended up being kind of hidden in the end, I still think it turned out nice.

As far as reviews, a number are already up, so if you hit Metacritic you can link to some of them at this point (so long as you promise mine is one of the ones put in the OP).

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Urban Scholar said:
Wasn't intending on getting this but that Shoji Meguro CD bonus calls the audiophile nut in me.

Here's some sweet arse fan-art (I think the artist was commissioned to do something with it Like a print or something?) for the psp game I found

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Original 1476 x 1058 source right here

Enjoy!
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That's really awesome. Thanks.
 
Volcynika said:
I like the running people at the bottom of that review layout thing, Shidoshi.
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I had our artist do those for me. My initial thought was that I wanted silhouettes that were both a bit simpler and all were in the same pose, but what he put together turned out pretty nice so I went that direction instead.
 
B.K. said:
Has anyone here gotten a copy early to review? Please tell me they didn't leave honorifics in the game, like "Persona" 3 and 4.
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Uh, the game is set in Japan. Why wouldn't they leave the Honorifics in? It fits the "English but really speaking Japanese" style.

It's like Big Boss in MGS3 speaking Russian/English.

If it bothers you that much, you're probably playing the wrong series (and should stick to the main SMT, though those may get honorifics later on).
 
So, is it confirmed that Persona PSP requires 5.55 or higher?

I'm sitting here waiting to buy Disgaea 2 and Persona PSP off PSN (through my PS3 since Sony haet CFW) and play them on my PSP (which has Policenauts/Persona 2 fan translations on it to play) and yet Sony doesn't want my money because they want a higher firmware. :|
 
TheSeks said:
So, is it confirmed that Persona PSP requires 5.55 or higher?

I'm sitting here waiting to buy Disgaea 2 and Persona PSP off PSN (through my PS3 since Sony haet CFW) and play them on my PSP (which has Policenauts/Persona 2 fan translations on it to play) and yet Sony doesn't want my money because they want a higher firmware. :|
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*gives a pat on the back for encouragement*
 
TheSeks said:
So, is it confirmed that Persona PSP requires 5.55 or higher?

I'm sitting here waiting to buy Disgaea 2 and Persona PSP off PSN (through my PS3 since Sony haet CFW) and play them on my PSP (which has Policenauts/Persona 2 fan translations on it to play) and yet Sony doesn't want my money because they want a higher firmware. :|
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Pretty sure it's confirmed. Some 5.55 games have been cracked. There's hope that Disgaea 2 might be next. Still, a 6.00 CFW can't be TOO far off.
 
TheSeks said:
Uh, the game is set in Japan. Why wouldn't they leave the Honorifics in? It fits the "English but really speaking Japanese" style.

It's like Big Boss in MGS3 speaking Russian/English.

If it bothers you that much, you're probably playing the wrong series (and should stick to the main SMT, though those may get honorifics later on).
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QFT. P3 and P4 worked well using honorifics, so there's no need for Atlus to change.
 
Curufinwe said:
QFT. P3 and P4 worked well using honorifics, so there's no need for Atlus to change.
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Well, I can understand them being grating, but dropping them because you don't like them? Uh... no. They should leave them in to fit the Japanese school life/speaking style.
 
Curufinwe said:
QFT. P3 and P4 worked well using honorifics, so there's no need for Atlus to change.
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Change we did, though! Since P1 is a different type of game and has less emphasis on the ins and outs of Japanese life, a la the Raidou games and Devil Survivor, they're not used in this project.
 
Urban Scholar said:
Wasn't intending on getting this but that Shoji Meguro CD bonus calls the audiophile nut in me.

Here's some sweet arse fan-art (I think the artist was commissioned to do something with it Like a print or something?) for the psp game I found

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Original 1476 x 1058 source right here

Enjoy!
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Artist is Miwa Shirow, creator of action manga Dogs. He also did illustrations for Devil Summoner and Devil Survivor. Here is Pixiv account.
 
NichM said:
Change we did, though! Since P1 is a different type of game and has less emphasis on the ins and outs of Japanese life, a la the Raidou games and Devil Survivor, they're not used in this project.
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Ok, so there we go. Let's stop discussing the honorifics since they're not used in this game.
 
NichM said:
Change we did, though! Since P1 is a different type of game and has less emphasis on the ins and outs of Japanese life, a la the Raidou games and Devil Survivor, they're not used in this project.
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Oh alright... just so long as they don't say "Yew". :D
I didn't actually mind all the country bumpkin-accent stuff in Devil Summoner 2, but I know some people did

Were the honorifics dropped on Devil Survivor partly for space reasons?
 
Curufinwe said:
Oh alright... just so long as they don't say "Yew". :D
I didn't actually mind all the country bumpkin-accent stuff in Devil Summoner 2, but I know some people did

Were the honorifics dropped on Devil Survivor partly for space reasons?
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No, it was for the same reason they're not used on most Atlus games that aren't P3 and P4. Most of the time, they're not necessary, but we felt they added enough to that type of game that it was worth including them.
 
Kadey said:
I cannot wait! Also bring P2 in full complete form.
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I'll hope for a dual disc PSP release or something of both the Persona 2 games...one day...

Boo to them skipping over it for P3P
 
Wow, this snuck up on me. Just finishing up Dissidia, so perfect timing. Really looking forward to playing this finally, and at a reasonable price!
 
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