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Help us congratulate Resonance of Fate for having media gallery number 2000! Continue reading ‘Mass Media 01/28/10’ »

In one of the most unsurprising announcements ever, Atlus stated that it will be localizing Persona 3 Portable for the PSP. The game will be released sometime in July.

My opinion on balloon boy. Continue reading ‘Mass Media 10/17/09’ »

Everyone’s favorite niche-cornering company that starts with the letter ‘A’ has seen fit to throw in some freebies with the Japanese Persona 3 Portable Deluxe pack. It’s been revealed that the pack will include a t-shirt, table calendar, and PSP-sized jacket character art, and it will be available starting November 11 for 8495 yen.

The pack is available for purchase through EBTen.jp.

Translation: Adrienne Beck

Grandia III during the day, Fatal Frame II during the night. That’s what I call multitasking. Continue reading ‘Mass Media 09/24/09’ »

One of the very few gripes people seemed to have with the Playstation 2 version of Persona 3 was with its battle system.  Having to talk to each party member just to change their equipment or having to rely on the sometimes-not-very-good ally AI in battle was, to be frank, just plain irritating.  Well, Atlus has listened to the feedback.  Continue reading ‘Persona 3 Portable – Out with the Old, in With the New Battle System’ »

Tomorrow’s weather: Excessively violent with a chance of dismemberment. Tune in tomorrow for our five day forecast! Continue reading ‘Mass Media 09/06/09’ »

Hang in there Slayer, I gotcha! Right after I eat this cake that’s mysteriously lying out on the table for some reason, on which that dead guy was apparently trying to write ‘poison’ before he keeled over. There we go! Now, on to save the good man from the – gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaack! *death*

In this update: Cross Treasures, Dragon Quest IX, Dragon Age: Origins, Persona 3 Portable, Phantasy Star Portable 2, Wizardry: Dungeon of the Imprisoned Souls, Vandal hearts: Flames of Judgment, and Guild Wars 2. Continue reading ‘Mass Media 08/23/09’ »

The latest issue of Famitsu included a rather surprising article, revealing the existence of Persona 3 Portable. A PSP remake of the popular Playstation 2 RPG, Persona 3 Portable will include a new female character with a Persona that looks shockingly similar to the main character’s Persona, Orpheus. Other additions include entirely menu-based navigation outside of Tartarus, and a new male assistant for Igor.

Persona 3 Portable has a Japanese release date of November 1st.