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Catherine: A New “Katherine” Appears

Today an update on Atlus’s upcoming HD title Catherine appeared exclusively on Famitsu.  The update introduces us to Vincent’s ex who we met at the end of the game’s trailer.  We learned a good deal about her from the Persona 3 Portable crossover, but this article does bring some new facts to light. First of [...]
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Hoshino Speaks about Catherine and the State of Atlus

Yesterday the official Catherine blog updated with a comment from the game’s director Hoshino Katsura.  This seems like quite a coincidence considering that is also the day that Index announced its merger with Atlus. Here’s what he had to say (please note this is a rough translation): Everyone, hello.  This is Atlus’s Hoshino. I am [...]
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Index and Atlus Merger: The Brand Lives On

Yesterday Index Holdings announced that Atlus Japan merged with their mobile development branch.  The company’s mobile end develops tools and programs for Japanese cellular phones.  The reason given for the merger is “to strengthen the overall management of the companies and to strengthen the value of the companies involved.” Mergers are scary.  For that reason [...]
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Catherine: Trailer Speculation Continued: Stray Sheep

**WARNING** The following post is simply me letting my imagination run concerning Catherine.  This is not essentially news in the real sense of the word, simply me recording my own conclusions.  They are probably wrong.  But they may very well be right, in which case this could be considered spoilers.  If you want to avoid [...]
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Catherine: First Trailer and Speculations

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VteHd2AoGvw[/youtube] A trailer for Atlus’s recently announced title, Catherine was released today.  It gives us an initial glimpse at what an Atlus game in high-def looks like, and I have to say that I love it.  It’s a clean and stylish translation of the anime style, one which I couldn’t really imagine being pulled off [...]
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