There are few updates on the web that I savor as much when Peachi updates her Livejournal with a new Persona themed comic.  On January first, the most recent comic appeared switching from Persona 4 to Persona 3.  As you can see, this part of the story centers around Ryoji.  For those of you who have not played Persona 3 yet, I strongly recommend saving this comic until AFTER you’ve finished the game — there are some major spoilers within!

Anyway, this comic is a bit short, but surely won’t disappoint any fan of the series.  It certainly helped to brighten my day at work!  Someone really should be paying her to do this…

Related Entries:
Peachi’s Persona 4 Comic: It’s Funny Because It’s True
Peachi’s Persona 4 Comic Part 2 Available

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Peachi recently updated her LiveJournal to include part 2 of her Persona 4 parody.  It is just as hilarious as the first and a must-read for any fan of the game.  The comic goes until mid-terms or about halfway through the game, meaning we can (hopefully) expect 2 more comics.

It’s been a painful 3 months since the last comic, but it was well worth the wait!

Related Entries:
Peachi’s Persona 4 Comic: It’s Funny Because It’s True

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I didn’t get to go to Persona Music Live 2008 or 2009 and I sadly am guessing you didn’t either.  That doesn’t mean we can’t do our best to live vicariously through those that did, right?  Luckily for us Aniplex finally got around to releasing a DVD of the PML event held in Akasaka back in 2008.  There are two different versions, one standard and one limited (see below).

It should be noted that these DVDs are both region 2, meaning they most likely won’t work in a standard American player.  Europeans fans are in luck, since they fall into the same region.  There are ways to bypass this — I personally leave my laptop on region 2 just for this very reason.  Most personal laptops allow for the region flag to be changed a set number of times.

The limited edition version’s bonus CD only has four tracks, but the price difference is pretty minor.  You can check out some images of the content for that version here via Akiba total research (?????).

TRACKLISTING (DVD)

01.????????? (The Battle For Everyone’s Soul)
02.Pursuing My True Self
03.Signs Of Love
04.Heatbeat, Heatbreak
05.Your Affection
06.??????? (Unavoidable Battle)
07.Burn My Dread
08.When The Moon’s Reaching Out Stars
09.What To Be Closed
10.Mellow Dream
11.Reverse the Destiny
12.Mass Destruction
13.Deep Breath Deep Breath
14.Breakin’ through
15.SUICIDES LOVE STORY
16.The Almighty
17.Never More
18.Heartful Cry
19.Soul Drive
20.Burn My Dread -Last Battle-
21.Heaven
22.Found Me
23.Reach Out To The Truth
24.????? (Memories of You)

TRACKLISTING (Bonus CD)
1.????????? (The Battle For Everyone’s Soul)
2.Pursuing My True Self
3.Burn My Dread
4.Mass Destruction

Related Entries:
Persona Music Live 2009: Tickets Sold Out Already
Persona Music Live: Velvet Room in Akasaka BLITZ

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OK, I’m attempting to give a slightly more organized look to these chimera posts.  It’s kinda strange for me to change my ways after over a year of homogeneity, so I hope you guys don’t mind a few growing pains!  Also, thanks again to those who offered up some advice.

Persona 3 Portable:  New Video

A new video for Persona 3 Portable appeared on Famitsu last night.  It’s on the longer side and is quite a mixed bag of scenes.  Most of it we are familiar with: the significance of personae, the game’s story, yada yada.

There were a few things in the video which peaked my interest.  We do get a first look at a team attack with Mitsuru and the female main character.  I am still not sure how to trigger these but we’ll find out sooner or later.  Also the screen when initiating an all-out attack looks a bit different.

A message near the end of the video (1:41) reads “You can have a new evolution/progression in your hands.”  I am not sure if that just means this game itself is an evolution of Persona 3 or if there are new story elements.  It then shows (1:42) an area with a bunch of free standing doors, similar to what we saw in Persona 3: FES.  The name of this area is “Vision Quest Gate” and the male protagonist scans over a few different doors.  Each door appears to be for a different shop.  I also noticed that the date is January 22nd, which is pretty late into the game.

I don’t really know the significance of all this, but I feel like it has something to do with the missing person quests.  The new characters shown near the end of the video are almost certainly these rescue-able missing people.  I am glad to see that these people get their own dialog art and everything.  This leads me to believe this aspect of the game will be pretty involved.

Disgaea Infinite Website Goes Live

Today the Japanese website for Disgaea Infinite went live, unveiling a decent amount of info on the game.  I busily began translating what I could this morning.

NIS has definitely outdone themselves this time in terms of originality.  Imagine, if you will simple game enthusiast, if Disgaea and Groundhog Day somehow fused together.  Would that not be the greatest game ever?  Maybe you’re having a difficult time imaging that, so I will elaborate.

The game takes place in Laharl’s castle after he regains his title as overlord of the underworld.  One of Etna’s Prinnies is assigned the task of cleaning Laharl’s room, where he discovers an unusual pocket-watch.  For some reason the hands don’t move at all, so the Prinny attempts  to fix it.  When he does so, he hears an unusual voice:  “User information confirmed.  Commencing soul link — please remain still.”  Soon, the Prinny falls unconscious.  When he wakes up, aside from being in trouble, he learns that he is now able to replay the past few hours in an infinite time loop.  With this immense power he can surely do something to increase his meager salary right?  But if he fails, his salary will surely be severely cut…  I guess it’s a chance he’s willing to take!

The main character Prinny is accompanied by the bizarre talking pocket-watch found in Laharl’s room named Tokiwatari-san.  In addition to being able to re-live the past few hours in a loop, the Prinny soon learns he is also able to leave his body and possess other people in the castle.

The possession system allows the Prinny to experience different conversations during different hours that normally he was not able to.  This allows him to gather information and unlock more of the story.  When possessing someone, the Prinny can also hear the characters thoughts and occasional humorous soliloquy.

The game has been confirmed to be a PSN download-able title for the PSP.  It will be released on the Japanese PSN on November 11th for a yet unknown price.  You can watch a trailer of the game here — be forewarned: you will see a lot of delicious flan.

Fallout 3 DLC Coming to PS3 FOR REAL This Time

Today Bethesda announced the definitive release dates for each item of DLC for Fallout 3 for us PS3 owners.  I have been waiting for this forever it seems, since the dates have been pushed back multiple times.  Anyway, here they are:

• Broken Steel — September 24th
• Operation:  Anchorage — Oct 1st
• The Pitt — Oct 1st
• Point Lookout — October 8th
• Mothership Zeta — October 8th

The release date for Fallout 3: Game of the Year Edition will be October 13th.  Most people will probably wait and just purchase this version since it includes all DLC as well as the game itself which makes it the most economical option.  All I know is I gotta bring my character out of retirement.  He’s a low INT build which I guess works better with the new level cap.  I cant wait to find out!

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So what news have I uncovered since yesterday?  Just that bizarre creatures are being found all over earth (1,2).  What does it mean?  What of our fragile 3rd dimension?  I guess I will just move on to video game news.

Today Sega announced that they will be bringing Valkyria Chronicles 2 over to the states.  Their estimated release date is Summer of 2010, which would require some pretty aggressive localization considering a Winter release is planned in Japan.  In their blog entry concerning the announcement Sega credits their decision to bring the game over to their fans.  You know who you are.  I am really happy to hear this news and certainly look forward to playing Valkyria Chronicles 2.

In other news, an append disc was released for Disgaea 3 which contains the bonus Raspberyl Mode.  Those who purchase the append disc in Japan can download a special bonus from the Playstation Network:  a winter school uniform for Raspberyl:

It looks like the white trim on her skirt has been changed to black, she also has long sleeves, and I believe her skull thing may be gone.  I appreciate the attention to sprite detail that NIS is putting into this feature, but it still feels like it should have more applications.  Maybe we can look forward to more costume options in the upcoming Disgaea Infinite?

The date of Persona Music Live in Tokyo is drawing closer.  The official site for the event updated to include a list of goods which will be available at the concert.  Some of the ones I am most interested in are:

Persona Music Live Shirt	Persona Music Live Towel-Scarf
PML LED Pen Light	PML Poster

You can find a complete list of the goods here.  It looks like they are expecting some pretty heavy demand for these items since a regimented ordering process is being put into place.  Rather than pointing and throwing your money at some guy, you need to fill out this form, bring it with you,  and then throw your money at some guy.  On the off chance that anyone reading this is attending, please pick me up the scarf?  I will pay you back!

In addition to the announcement that Final Fantasy XIII will be released in Japan on Decemeber 17th, a new character was also revealed.  Her name is Serah Farron (pictured above).  She is Lightning’s little sister and also engaged to Snow.  This may explain why Snow refers to Lightning as “nee-san”, or older sister.  Serah is also a l’Cie and has a tattoo to prove it.  No word on if she is a permanent character, playable, or what.  I am going to go ahead and call it:  Serah is gonna die.  Boo-ya.

Well, I believe that taps today’s resources and/or interests dry.  What do you guys think of these multi-subject posts?  Are they annoying?  Should I just divide things?  Feedback helps!

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