I’ve known about this game for about a month or so already, but this is the official IBNttT Persona 4 exists (!) post.
Details are still a bit light stateside, but here’s a breakdown on what I do know:
The Persona 3 engine is being recycled for use in this new game (this will be very obvious once you see the embedded videos), which also means that the latest Persona game will be on the PS2.
Persona 4 does not take place in the same city as Persona 3. In fact, it takes place in rural Japan instead and might not even be related to Persona 3 at all. This wouldn’t be the first unrelated Persona game, as Persona 3 (correct me if I’m wrong) is entirely unrelated to the previous three games (yes, that’s an accurate count). There are no evokers (the guns that the students use to blast the Persona out of their psyche), but I’ve noticed from the trailers that the students all seem to be wearing glasses when in the shadow world. Whether or not these are needed to summon Persona or even what their purpose is, I have no clue.
The Wikipedia page for P4 states that the story is a murder mystery with the victims of a killing spree appearing on a mysterious midnight TV show that you can enter (maybe using the glasses?). There also appears to be a school day aesthetic, rather like P3 and, if the trailers are any indication, an equally cool soundtrack to P3.
I look forward to the day later on this month that I will once again be able to hold a video game controller within my hands, as I will finally be able to finish P3: FES (not to mention MGS4). It’s good to know that I’ll have something brewing in Japan, waiting for me when I finish. Well…it’ll probably be a while before it’s localized, but still. I can’t wait.
Enjoy the embedded opening and trailer of Persona 4!
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