Producer Kazuhisa Wada has shared new information about Persona 4: Dancing All Night by answering fan questions on the official website. It’s in Japanese, but Siliconera has translated the Q&A for English readers. Regarding the game’s release, the game will released both in physical and digital copies as well as music and costume DLC. There are no plans for a demo on the PlayStation Store but one may show up …read more
Gematsu reports that a trademark Sega filed “Shining Seed” recently went public. Although the trademark itself was originally filed on the 28th of January, the trademark went public on the 10th of February, so now the name Shining Seed is protected for Sega’s use. Shining Resonance for the Playstation 3 was released last December. It’s been regularly supported by DLC since its release. There’s been no word on localization prospects …read more
Devil Survivor 2: Record Breaker’s Shinjiro Takada (game director) and art director (Akiko Kotoh) took to the official blog of the Japanese Devil Survivor 2: Record Breaker website to participate in an interview about the Devil Survivor 2 series of games. Siliconera provided a translation with some notable insights in this article. The first topic addressed is the special subtitle for the game: “Record Breaker”. The developers aren’t willing to …read more
Atlus USA’s weekly Etrian Mystery Dungeon character class video series continues with the Gunner class. The Gunners specialize in ranged combat, as you might expect, but what some may not know about them are their special skills that allow Gunners to bind the limbs of their enemies. This allows Gunners to bind enemies’ arms to prevent them from attacking, or bind enemies’ legs to hamper their mobility. Beyond that, Gunners …read more
The biannual Tokyo Wonder Festival saw some interesting figma announcements related to Sega and Atlus franchises. For those unaware, twice a year Wonder Festival shows off a variety of “garage kits” or figurines of anime and video game characters. Sometimes, announcements are made of figurines to be made in the future. These garage kits are often produced through licensing agreements with the I.P. holder of a certain character (Sega, Atlus, …read more
Atlus released their next character class video for this week. The trailer shines a spotlight on the Medic, a specialized healer class and a staple archetype in class-based RPG’s. The #EMDmysterybox promotion also continues with the Medic video so be sure to share the video on Facebook or Twitter if you want to participate. There’s no mention of the end of the promotion for sharing the Medic video but based …read more
The recently-finished Persona series livestream hosted by Atlus has proven to be eventful especially for those awaiting Persona 5 news, treating fans not only to more footage of animated cutscenes, but also first looks at main characters and gameplay. Bolstering the Persona 5 preview momentum is an article from Siliconera announcing that first print copies of Persona 4: Dancing All Night for the Vita will include a Blu-Ray disc with …read more
In the midst of Persona 5’s big debut, Atlus have not forgotten about its other Persona title coming to Vita: Persona 4: Dancing All Night. During the 30+ hour Persona Channel stream, Atlus shared new information about the game’s release date and limited editions. Also, Atlus put out a new trailer showing off new music and characters who will appear, which you can watch below.
The wait is over! Atlus finally shared the first big trailer for Persona 5, which debuted after the Persona Super Live concert. You can watch the new trailer below.
Anime licensing and publishing company Discotek Media teased on Facebook back in December about the many series they will license next. After much waiting, they did not disappoint. Anime fans can look forward to home releases for titles such as Free!, the much anticipated return of Robot Carnival and Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust. Discotek have even picked up video game adaptations such as Night Warriors (Darkstalkers), Street Fighter II the …read more