Not a baseball cap* this time. There are sample pages from the artbook here if anyone's interested.

*Persona 3 Portable's preorder bonus was a replica of Junpei's baseball cap. I mean, it seems like a pretty sturdy baseball cap and all, but... yeah.

I cannot wait to play this.

You know, if I wasn't already sold on Strange Journey, this trailer would probably have done it. I mean, yeah, it does evoke Aliens to an extent, but I liked Aliens so I don't really care. Also, the background music fits perfectly ( Read more... )

Persona 3 Portable is due out in North America in July.

Just a couple of things:

Atlus USA apparently announced Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey's localization today. (I only say "apparently" because I can't get to Atlus' site at the moment.)

Hideo Kojima and Yoshiyuki Sadamoto are helping to judge a Twilight art contest, along with Ryuji Gotsubo (who, among other things, illustrated the Japanese ( Read more... )

Persona 3 PSP Upgrades and DowngradesTo be honest, I would have been very surprised if some things hadn't been downgraded, considering they're adding the female MC and apparently redoing the social links, at least for her. I'm not really too bent out of shape about it right now. It depends on the final product, really. I'm just happy they're adding ( Read more... )

Persona PSP has a US release date: 22 September.

And Muramasa: The Demon Blade will evidently NOT have an English-language voice track. Subtitled Japanese voices only. Which is interesting, but kind of has me thinking it's a cost-cutting thing rather than an aesthetic choice... which would not seem to bode well for the game.

RAIHO PLUSHIE

And also a game.

That there is some nice packaging. Probably a pain to display, though.

In other news, Photoshop hates me. This feeling is entirely mutual. *mutter grumble stupid lack of icon-making skill gripe*

The PSP version of the first Persona game is coming to North America this fall. Presumably they'll be leaving the Snow Queen quest in and leaving the character race changes out this time.

(Also, Devil Survivor is due out on the DS in May. The gameplay looks interesting - it's apparently a combination strategy game/turn-based RPG - but the ( Read more... )