This weekend I was exploring den den town when I came across a figure of one of the cleric girls from Etrian Odyssey. The figure was about 10 inches tall, and very high quality, with great attention to detail. I didn’t even realize that Wave was producing figures from Sekaiju no Meikyu, so I did [...]

Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4, Closer Than You Think
Given the time between Persona 2 and Persona 3, I was pretty shocked to learn Atlus already has number 4 in the works, and there is already a bit of info floating around about it. The game will be for the Playstation 2, so it seems Persona [...]

Job class: Main Character?
Evilities: Heroine Dream (ヒロインドリーム)
Evility Effect: All allied male units on the map receive a 5% stat bonus
Prerequisite: Defeat her after the main story
Suggested weapons: Gun, Bow
Move: 5
Jump: 30
Counter: 2
Throw: 3
Stats

Rank
Lvl
HP
SP
ATK
DEF
INT
RES
HIT
SPD

Main Character?
0
110%
28
100%
14
100%
12
120%
16
120%
16
130%
20
140%
26
140%
24

Evilities

Rank
Ability
Effect

1
Sky High
Asagi’s now flies when moving

1
Dead on arrival
All of Asagi’s normal physical attacks hit critical, and all normal physical attacks she [...]

Well our patience has paid off, and Atlus has decided to bring the second installment of Etrian Odyssey to North America. It is slated for a June 7th release. Atlus had the following to say about the game:
Atlus is proud to announce Etrian Odyssey II: Heroes of Lagaard for Nintendo DS™. New [...]

DISCLAIMER

The following are conclusions I have reached after spending much too much time with the Persona 4 PV DVD included with this weeks Famitsu magazine. I do not intend for any of this to be taken as absolute fact since no one can either confirm nor deny my predictions. With that said, read on:

Murders

You may [...]

In February this image was posted in the career section of SCEA’s website. Around the same time, this advertisement was posted in Famitsu weekly magazine:

it reads:
『ICO』、
『ワンダと巨像』制作チームによる
PS3タイトルの
新プheェクトスタッフ募集
いまさら募集ですかｗ
出来上がるころには
PS3はどうなってる？
おせーよハゲ
image credits:jeux-france
Basically the ad is saying that the team who produced Ico and Shadows of the Colossus(ワンダと巨像) is working on a new title for the PS3. Team ICO [...]

DISCLAIMER

The following are conclusions I have reached after spending much too much time with the Persona 4 PV DVD included with this week’s Famitsu magazine. I do not intend for any of this to be taken as absolute fact since no one can either confirm nor deny my predictions. With that said, read on:

The glasses

That’s [...]

So Crisis Core comes out for the PSP today in the states. I gotta say, I have mixed feelings about it. I keep hearing that is has an outstanding story, which accents Final Fantasy VII. For this reason I am very excited. However, I don’t know how I feel about [...]

Hey all,
We’ve been really happy to see an influx of visitors to Kotowari who are as enthustiastic about games as we are.  Roy puts a lot of hours into making sure you get the latest in Atlus news and translates a lot of stuff that isn’t out there for English-speakers yet.  The stuff on this [...]

Atlus has officially unveiled the Japanese website for Persona 4. It’s pretty sparce right now, but you can check it out here. The site has a TV theme to it, playing off of mayonaka TV. Right now there are only 2 active links, both go to short articles concerning Persona 4. [...]