In celebration of Persona 4's ever-nearing release date, Atlus has reprinted limited copies of Persona 2: Eternal Punishment in the original PlayStation format; rest assured that it will also play on your PlayStation 3 (or so I'm told). You can only pick up this gem at Amazon.
The cost is a bargain at $39.99, which should qualify you for free shipping if you're on a holiday budget (which should be all of you given the current state of our market economy). This may also be a good time to spend those $10 gift cards that Amazon has been giving out with preorder deals lately.
I would like to take this moment to laugh at everyone selling their copy on ebay at outrageous prices--this is $300 you will not be getting.
Everybody loves a good treat, and Atlus has definitely been known to "spoil" its hardcore fans with numerous pre-order goodies and special collections. This holiday season Atlus will be doing the following pre-order bonuses for three anticipated RPGs, including:
Persona 4 (PS2) - bonus CD soundtrack included in every copy; Persona 4 Visual Data, full color, 100 page 7''x10'' art book included in pre-orders
Luminous Arc 2 (DS) - bonus CD soundtrack included in every copy; Luminous Art book, full color, 7''x10'' featuring characters from the entire series included in pre-orders
Eternal Poison (PS2) - bonus CD soundtrack included in every copy; Librum Vespera full color, 5''x8'' art book included in pre-orders
So far the pre-order bonuses only apply to Amazon, GameStop, EB Games, and Game Crazy. Feel free to hit the link below to take a peek at the whole collection.
Hot on the heels of the release of Persona 3: FES comes some exciting news for Atlus fans: Persona 4 will be hitting the PS2 on December 9 at the low price of $39.99. Those who pick up the game will receive a complimentary soundtrack CD containing tunes from the game.
If you aren't familiar with the franchise, check out our review of Persona 3: FES and see if you're interested in jumping in.
It's not often that a game is worth buying twice, but Atlus
has made a second bite easier to swallow with Persona 3: FES.
A special edition of last year's hybrid RPG, Persona 3, FES
contains a dearth of new content and the entire original game with new elements
and all for an easy $30. While some of the new content doesn't quite live up to
the impact of the original release, FES represents a great value and is a
must-play for RPG fans who looked it over the first time.
Click here for an explanation of our review and scoring format.
The bulk of the content on the disc is the original 80+ hour
Persona 3 game, dubbed "The Journey" in FES.
You play as a transfer student who quickly discovers that his school is the
epicenter of a phenomenon known as the Dark Hour, a "25th
hour" during the day where time stops for the unaware and a huge tower
named Tartarus erupts from the school, the source of an evil plague of beings
known as Shadows. Only once you realize you harness the ability to wield the
titular entities called personas do you join a crew of your fellow
persona-wielding classmates to climb Tartarus and cleanse it of the Shadows
over the course of a school year.
Here's some good news to start the afternoon off with if you're an Atlus fan, as the company has officially confirmed that its Persona 3 FES is indeed coming to North America and will include both the regular and bonus content for the very happy price of $29.99. For those of you only mildly familiar with the Persona games, they're the ones with demons.
Here's the email confirmation Atlus sent out to its "faithful" this morning:
Ok, we give up. The rumors were true.
Persona 3 FES is coming to North America!
Months of trying to keep FES a secret are now behind us (which means all of us here can reflect on just how futile an effort that was).
So what's the big deal about Persona 3 FES? "FES" is short for "Festival," and in Japan, FES was released as a reward for gamers who picked up the original. Not only does the new FES content enhance the original game, but the new FES component is actually a game in and of itself, accessible right from the get-go. We think of it as two games on one disc. It is the definitive Persona 3 experience.
We will be releasing the stand-alone version of FES. There was of course the option of just releasing the "Append" disc (which would have required ownership of the original game), but in the end, we didn't want you to have to own anything else to enjoy the experience.
We'll have a ton more updates going out for FES soon, telling you about the extra features, content, and modes for you to enjoy. Thanks for being patient. We're glad you stuck around.
Oh, and we decided to set the suggested retail for FES at $29.99, just for the heck of it. Thanks for continuing to support us, Atlus Faithful!
Look for the game on April 22 (take that, evil ebay prices!) You can check out the Persona 3 FES website here, if you're curious, and of course you can view the fresh teaser trailer below.
Everyone's favorite shoot-yourself-in-the-head-to-summon-Satan RPG is getting a prequel in Japan... but not in a format that's been historically conducive to crossing the Pacific.
Via Siliconera it was revealed today that Atlus is prepping a prequel to Persona 3 for cell phones. Called Aigis: The First Mission, Persona 3 players will undoubtedly be already clued in on the game's subject matter just by gazing at the few screenshots released.
The game will cost about $4.50, but the chances of it seeing release in any market other than Japan are slim-to-none. Blame Western cellphone technology lagging behind Japan's and the fact that we should be begging Atlus to release Fes over here instead.