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Know Your Video Game History: Persona

Persona 3’s immense success has convinced Atlus to release it in it’s entirety in America. This means no changes were made to any major elements of the game.  The Persona series however, has not always been treated so kindly during the transition from Japanese to English: Revelations: Persona (?????????) Whoever was in charge of the localization of [...]
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PSP Patapon English Release

I stumbled upon Patapon the other day here in Japan and realized, after a bit of research, that it is being released in North America for the PSP (Playstation Portable). I can only describe it as some insane combination of Loco Roco, Pikmin, and Taiko Drum Master. If that doesn’t have you running out of [...]
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More Content on Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 FES English Release

I found a few screenshots of some of the new content of Persona 3 FES. A new Persona A new area called “Empyrean“, notice the team is being led by Aigis. This may be the area in the exclusive artwork, as they are both a desert. Mitsuru possibly in Junpei’s room Probably has something to do with changing [...]
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Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 Merchandise: Headphones and Cell Phone Strap

To celebrate the end of the countdown of Persona 3 FES, I decided to make a post about some cool Persona 3 merchandise. Over here in Japan, Atlus released a slew of overpriced Persona 3 related goods shortly after the games release. All of which I would murder several orphans to get, but thats a [...]
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Shin Megami Tensei: Persona FES Countdown Over — Follow Up

So I realized the countdown was intended for American readers.  Obviously being from the future doesn’t count, I have to wait until 8pm tonight (6am for those of you on the East Coast in America) to see the news.  Expect a follow up on this follow up later…
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