Fans Weep as Atlus Announces First PS3/360 Persona Title
- Categories: Games, News
- Date: Aug 18, 2010 22:02 JST
- Tags: Announcements, Atlus, Persona, PS3, RPG, Shin Megami Tensei, Xbox 360
Atlus has announced the team behind the Persona series will be creating the first HD instalment of the series on both PS3 and Xbox 360 – but as always with Atlus, there is a catch…
The catch in this case is that Catherine is not an RPG, and it is most certainly not the long awaited Persona 5 – it is described instead as a horror-themed “action adventure.”
The developers explain that they are preparing for a future HD Persona title by developing Catherine first (now said to be 80% done), a wise strategy were it not so pathetically belated.
More promisingly, the developers are keen to emphasise that this is an “adult” title which has plenty of erotic elements – backwards Japanese attitudes to sexual content in mainstream games probably preclude anything more risqué than that already seen in previous instalments however.
The story revolves around protagonist 32-year-old Vincent (Koichi Yamadera) and 22-year-old heroine Catherine (Miyuki Sawashiro) as they unravel the secret of the “nightmare,” where all the action takes place – much as in the previous games.
Vincent is apparently confirmed as having had an earlier appearance in P3P:
Persona fans can be forgiven for wondering at the continuing refusal of Atlus to place this flagship RPG on a modern platform – the PS3 is not getting any younger, and if they approach a simple PS3/360 title with this much trepidation, just what they will do when the next generation comes around is a matter of some doubt.
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If it isn't a new Persona, why put the misleading title?
That's an excellent idea, I can't wait to play this game.
>>first HD instalment of the series
What is this bullshit?
it has nothing to do with persona apart from cameo
Well, even if it isn't Persona 5, it will still be good. I just hope whatever "adult" aspects there are do not get butchered by American censorship.
Multiplatform eh?
Pass.
I don't get it.
Am I the only one who hopes for a PSP version?
Yes.
No
I can't wait to fap to it!
Cool, looks like I'll finally have a reason to get a PS3.
Yay! I can't wait.
This sounds to me like a pro trolling job done by Atlus.
Who cares? Mass Effect 2 will be better.
And? when you played through mass effect? what will you do then? play again and again? stop trolling. both franchises are good and we as gamers only benefit form playing both of them.
now is not time to weep over this
i'm weeping after watch HTT
Adult?
So no chance of a NA release, eh?
Every SMT game was rated M here. I doubt that would be a hindrance on whether or not it will be localized.
Its a console title, so it won't have explicit scenes since those are pretty much reserved for PC. At worse its "adult" scenes would probably as "explicit" as Bayonetta.
People are complaining about this?
Weep? Why should I?
I, for one, welcome a new 'mature' atlus franchise(or a new SMT :p) on current gen consoles ..
The persona series are getting a bit stale.
Hell fuckin' yeah ATLUS !
ve' been waiting for this to come !
Eh, peeps can stop whining about Persona 5. Have they already forgotten how big the gap was between Persona 2 on the PS1 and Persona 3? It was 6 years. It's only been 2 years since Persona 4 (and it was only 2 years between 4 and 3, not even including FES) so there's no reason to start stressing out yet. And anyway, this sounds interesting- after all, do we REALLY want ANOTHER high school-sim RPG so soon when the Persona team seem to have a fresh idea they want to explore?
For real. People even seemed to forget P3 ever came out for a while when P4 came out. Now everyone's all over 3 and 4 and only expecting 5.
How about a college-sim! Main character as a young prodigy professor, even. The subject you teach affects which ultimate persona you can create.
There could be an alignment system for the MC along the lines of chaotic, lawful +good and evil.
Or not. I have a feeling that Atlus will be very ambitious when creating P5.
*add neutral to the alignment sys. Forgot
always up for some new games from atlus.
sorry, but it looks shit, im disappointed in atlus, never again am i waiting for something from the persona series.
*change's voice to Travis Touchdown
can't fucking wait....
on topic love the art style not to mention the girl looks sexy as hell :)
FUCK YES ATLUS! *Tears of joy*
If it's an action adventure atleast we don't have to worry about it being the same old same old in terms of RPGs.. hopefully it'll come across as a survival horror of some kind
What? Fans are weeping? I'm sorry, I couldn't hear them over me selling my fucking soul to the Persona team. Though I'm slightly irked by the idea of both erotic elements and horror themes together, I tend to have them on two different types of spoons rather than on the same one.
There's one thing to be happy about if you don't care about Catherine, its that they actually confirmed there will be a HD home console Persona, rather than just the 3DS version.
This is great! I love persona but Atlus' other games are just as great. And this game looks like it'll be awesome.
They are releasing to games the game called Cathrine the game in the main pic and they just started production on Persona 5
This isn't SMT anymore...., this something new with Persona play system(maybe). And I gonna play it~!
This Shin Megami Tensei fan is weeping... with tears of joy. I can't WAIT!!!
Wait so will the game be coming out in the U.S. or are revisions going to be made as in removing the 'adult-content' so that it can be released here?
Hope they keep everything for the US release
it's iffy
^ This. Including the voices.
I don't give a sh#t, I'd take P5 on the PS2. Just hurry up and make it already :)
Indeed :3
they need to support current generation...i don't mind PS2 but why develop a game for a old console if new one is available? it's not like it's mandatory to use full potential of PS3 (just like Trinity Universe have pretty much ps2 graphics). i will buy P5 even if graphics are dated but only on PS3. let PS2 rest in pace already.
Sounds like they you won't be able to date cute schoolgirls and lolis anymore... :<
This isn't a Persona game.
Vincent was in P3P but there's been no official statement that it takes place in the Persona universe yet.
This also is not Persona 5. That's coming after this game.
This is also not a visual novel or RPG.
Disregard Slowtaku's misinformation, read from Andriasang or Siliconera.
heh, guess we'll just have to wait
Hope they beta test it on the 360 first. (￣‿‿￣)
woot! i hope this gets released on ps3 overseas.
id hate to see atlus pull a namco on its western fans
If it has erotic elements I doubt it'll get translated... damn.
don't know if this will happen but i hope when they do make persona 5 they put i on 360 even if it is a "beta" i love persona =D
But what about storage? You'll either get a degraded version, multiple disks or nothing at all.
I'd personally prefer if Atlus kept Persona a PlayStation exclusive, this isn't the fan-boy coming out in me, just an enthusiast for consistancy... And a little bit of fan-boy...
Atlus doesn't stuff their games full of CGs, we have nothing to worry about here.
I really don't get what's so bad about multiple discs. Back in the day, Final Fantasy VIII had four freaking discs and no one thought it was a bad thing...
^ This.
Although FFVIII is some of the RPGs I've played with really short playing time(16 hours with all quests done except the one with chocobo that needed an external device), back in 1999, NO ONE COMPLAINED. Instead, my friends were all like, "One disc more than FFVII!? This is going to be great!".
Of course, we all know how that turned out though.
Some games shouldn't have multiple discs(Fear Effect also had 4 discs, but each lasts only half an hour), but they should be OK with RPGs since every disc would last over 4 hours minimum.
Or are the whiners a new generation of gamers that rose after mine...? A new generation of gamers so pampered with technology that they can't even get up their ass to change discs even only for every 4 hours of gameplay?
Fanboys GTFO
Persona is going to the 3DS so your idea was just shot in the foot.
Downgrade version ? mmm that's sound pretty much most of ps3 multiplatform games, it does everything but multiplatform