[Update] Mysterious Countdown Hints at Persona 4 Anime

[Palademon]

Even before I finished reading this article my first thought was "Persona 4 Portable".

I can only hope since I'll be buying Persona 3 Portable when it comes out in the UK at the end of April, and if I like it would probably love to play Persona 4 too.

 

[SovietSecrets]

Please let it be Persona 4 on the PSP or a Persona on 360 since Catherine did come our for 360.

 

[mireko]

I think it may be a port. Persona 4 wrapped up pretty nicely.

Im hoping for Persona 4 for the PSP, I didnt finish the console version of Persona 3 so P3P was a godsend. I didnt finish Persona 4 either, I rented it multiple times and I got the the last boss where I died like a little ***** because I chose the worst possible party members for the last boss battle.

I eventually got bored and gave up.

P3P fixed the combat for P3, so I see your point.

If this does turn out to be a handheld port like P3P, I wonder if it'll have a female protagonist. Hashino did joke that we've already seen the "female protagonist". Of course, it was a joke, but does that affect the chances of there really being one?

Anyway, you need to finish P4. Best ED ever. And because I'm curious, do you mean the final boss or the final boss?

Spoiler

Or the FINAL BOSS?

 

[RedEyesBlackGamer]

Where's RedEyesBlackGamer?
He'll love this.

Speaking of Persona, I need to finish off 3 some time.

I already have the site bookmarked, and commented about it on the Forums and Facebook. Yes, I'm quite excited. Please be P4P or P5. Please.

 

[D0WNT0WN]

I think it may be a port. Persona 4 wrapped up pretty nicely.

Im hoping for Persona 4 for the PSP, I didnt finish the console version of Persona 3 so P3P was a godsend. I didnt finish Persona 4 either, I rented it multiple times and I got the the last boss where I died like a little ***** because I chose the worst possible party members for the last boss battle.

I eventually got bored and gave up.

P3P fixed the combat for P3, so I see your point.

If this does turn out to be a handheld port like P3P, I wonder if it'll have a female protagonist. Hashino did joke that we've already seen the "female protagonist". Of course, it was a joke, but does that affect the chances of there really being one?

Anyway, you need to finish P4. Best ED ever. And because I'm curious, do you mean the final boss or the final boss?

Spoiler

Or the FINAL BOSS?

I got up to the Sangiri dude and I had Naoto, Kanji and Teddie in my party and I was quite under leveled. In P3P I could grind in the dungeon for longer because I could pop my PSP into sleep mode when I got bored. I played P3P lots because it was on the PSP and I could just pick and play for a few minuted instead of sitting down for a few hours on my PS2 and getting bored.

 

[DJDarque]

I'm kinda new to the whole Persona series. I just picked up Persona 3 FES like a week ago for dirt cheap to give it a shot. I'm liking it so far. Was P3P superior in some way to FES though? Either way, I hope this is a PSP port just to give me a reason to dust that thing off and use it again.

 

[ServebotFrank]

I think it may be a port. Persona 4 wrapped up pretty nicely.

Im hoping for Persona 4 for the PSP, I didnt finish the console version of Persona 3 so P3P was a godsend. I didnt finish Persona 4 either, I rented it multiple times and I got the the last boss where I died like a little ***** because I chose the worst possible party members for the last boss battle.

I eventually got bored and gave up.

P3P fixed the combat for P3, so I see your point.

If this does turn out to be a handheld port like P3P, I wonder if it'll have a female protagonist. Hashino did joke that we've already seen the "female protagonist". Of course, it was a joke, but does that affect the chances of there really being one?

Anyway, you need to finish P4. Best ED ever. And because I'm curious, do you mean the final boss or the final boss?

Spoiler

Or the FINAL BOSS?

I got up to the Sangiri dude and I had Naoto, Kanji and Teddie in my party and I was quite under leveled. In P3P I could grind in the dungeon for longer because I could pop my PSP into sleep mode when I got bored. I played P3P lots because it was on the PSP and I could just pick and play for a few minuted instead of sitting down for a few hours on my PS2 and getting bored.

Funny thing is that I still can't tell if your talking about Kunino-Sagiri, or Ameno-Sagiri. Kunino is the bad ending final boss whereas Ameno is the "final" boss. BUT there was a boss after Ameno as well if you do the right choices after you beat the game. So you actually had about 4-7 hours worth of gameplay after that. If you though Kunino was hard the True Ending final boss will kick your ass into oblivion!

 

[AbstractStream]

P3P was superior in some ways because of the combat play and the fact that you can play as a female, which changes the dynamics a bit.

I'm actually pretty excited about the outcome of this. Whatever it maybe. Seems more P4 related though. *crosses fingers*

 

[Tanis]

SMT: Persona 4
'Swan song of the PS2'.


SMT: Persona 4 Portable
'Swan song of the PSP'.



Calling it.

 

[Akihiko]

I sort of wish it hadn't been related to Persona 4. Would have rathered a completely new Persona personally. As much as more remakes or adaptations is nice, a new game would be even better in my opinion.

 

[9NineBreaker9]

We are living our lives... abound with so much information!

OT: P4P or P5. Please. Nothing else but some new Persona. And an English localization would be dandy, too. And that teaser trailer couldn't be any more perfect.

 

[Infernoshadow211]

Please, Please, Please be Persona 5.

 

[WafflesandBacon]

I've been watching that clock for the longest now....
Live action Chie/ Persona 5....*Drool*

 

[Diablo2000]

That made my day...

 

[mireko]

I'm kinda new to the whole Persona series. I just picked up Persona 3 FES like a week ago for dirt cheap to give it a shot. I'm liking it so far. Was P3P superior in some way to FES though? Either way, I hope this is a PSP port just to give me a reason to dust that thing off and use it again.

P3P had some expanded social links (I think, it might just be more character portraits) and the option to play as a female protagonist (which changes a lot of the social links).

It also had P4-style combat, in that you can assign all your teammates to "direct command" and control them like in a normal RPG.

That does not mean it has all the features of FES and more, however. The Answer (extra chapter after the end of the main story) isn't included, the cutscenes are cut (specifically, everything in the cutscenes is redone in the same format as all the in-game conversations) and you don't navigate in the same way (there's a layout, you hover things, I don't really feel like explaining it).

You'll be happy with either version, but playing as the female protagonist is pretty interesting, and the combat is made somewhat easier (although there are additional difficulty settings).

 

[mireko]

I sort of wish it hadn't been related to Persona 4. Would have rathered a completely new Persona personally. As much as more remakes or adaptations is nice, a new game would be even better in my opinion.

If it's a port/remake/adaptation you can probably assume Hashino and the writers are working on something else now. P3P was developed alongside Catherine, and they started work on Catherine while they were at the end of P4's development cycle.

EDIT: If it's an adaptation then it's something else entirely. Something I REALLY hope it won't be.

 

[Yossarian1507]

I played P4, so I hope it's something else...

I never got to play P3, because it's incredibly hard to find in Poland (both PS2 and PSP versions)

So unless it's announcement about Persona 5 or a new game that WILL appear in eastern Europe (still dunno about Catherine), I'm not that interested.

 

[DJDarque]

I'm kinda new to the whole Persona series. I just picked up Persona 3 FES like a week ago for dirt cheap to give it a shot. I'm liking it so far. Was P3P superior in some way to FES though? Either way, I hope this is a PSP port just to give me a reason to dust that thing off and use it again.

P3P had some expanded social links (I think, it might just be more character portraits) and the option to play as a female protagonist (which changes a lot of the social links).

It also had P4-style combat, in that you can assign all your teammates to "direct command" and control them like in a normal RPG.

That does not mean it has all the features of FES and more, however. The Answer (extra chapter after the end of the main story) isn't included, the cutscenes are cut (specifically, everything in the cutscenes is redone in the same format as all the in-game conversations) and you don't navigate in the same way (there's a layout, you hover things, I don't really feel like explaining it).

You'll be happy with either version, but playing as the female protagonist is pretty interesting, and the combat is made somewhat easier (although there are additional difficulty settings).

Hm. The ability to play as a different protagonist may be fun after I've played through once. Also, while I would prefer the combat style in P3P, I haven't found the regular style to be that bad so far. It sounds like something I might pick up later, but I'm happy with FES at this point. Plus the cutscene change sounds like a major downgrade.

Thank you for the info.

 

[mireko]

Hm. The ability to play as a different protagonist may be fun after I've played through once. Also, while I would prefer the combat style in P3P, I haven't found the regular style to be that bad so far. It sounds like something I might pick up later, but I'm happy with FES at this point. Plus the cutscene change sounds like a major downgrade.

Thank you for the info.

The cutscenes are missed, yeah. They don't have all that great animation, but they're very well-directed and edited.

I guess it's something you can consider if it goes on sale or if you're going a long voyage.

In any case, I would recommend getting Persona 4 first. Unless that's what this mysterious countdown is about and they're releasing a special version.

[sub]P4 never did get a FES after all..[/sub]