Yeah, exactly. It's not like any of these are in any danger of not coming over.
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Yeah, exactly. It's not like any of these are in any danger of not coming over.
BLACK AMERICAN PSYCHO
Junior Member
I think they will be released very close to the japanese release dates.
Yup. P4D definitely could too depending on what the actual release date is.
Actually, it does kinda seem like something was going to happen pretty soon. The p_kouhou Twitter account updated today with a message that is not related to any announced Persona product which is kinda unusual considering its mainly used for marketing purposes. Instead, Teddie wanted to know whether everyone was safe (because of the snow storm in Japan).
I guess we'll just have to wait and see.
I guess we'll just have to wait and see.
Oh totally. For PQ I expect a repeat of how SMTIV for released. For P4A2 I really think they could put it out the same week.
Yeah, for sure. I wouldn't be surprised if they pushed P4D into 2015 for us, so we could get P5 this year with Japan.
Green Mamba
Member
Shadow Yumi:
That would be an interesting choice. Wouldn't even be mad if it meant getting P5 this year.
animaSerah
Member
Shadow Yumi:
For this one, I imagine each of the faces representing different attacks types, and she "wears" a different one each turn to deal damage. Very nice design as always!
Shadow Yumi:
Awesome, I could totally see this one showing up in-game.
need to find Jester andnow...Hunger
:O Awesome! How much did these cost?
Red The Hunter
Member
GLORY TO THE ALMIGHTY GUNTIARS
As for ATLUS, I'm positive that it's going to be about them announcing localization. PQ will most likely come around late June or early July at best. While P4U2 will most likely be around a week or two after the JP launch of the game. The only ones I still don't know when they would come out are P4D and P5. Since I can see going it either way for these two.
Unless they want another fiasco on their hands, I don't think that's happening.
Shadow Yumi:
Is it wrong that I found the neck rings hilariously appropriate to explain 'Long Neck Syndrome'? Although it's not like she's the only character to have that. Great picture.
Why would their be a fiasco? If they're going to region lock it, they're going to region lock it. It's not going to be a matter of "Well, we can launch simultaneously and lock it" or "We won't lock it, but we'll delay the western release by three months".
Phantasmal Repose
Member
Shadow Yumi:
Looks great. Who are you going to do next?
SloaneRisette
Member
Shadow Yumi:
Looks great. Design with the multiple faces sort of reminds me of Reliquary of Souls from Black Temple.
Green Mamba
Member
Thanks for the comments again, guys.
Hm, not sure. I've had an idea for Kashiwagi for a while, maybe her.
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If Atlus had went through a normal localization cycle the game probably wouldn't of been region locked.
They're not going to mirror this situation again (unless they region lock the game).
Very possible.
P4G came out six months after Japan so that Arena could release within two weeks of the JP release date.
XiaNaphryz
LATIN, MATRIPEDICABUS, DO YOU SPEAK IT
Bravely Default is so good.
dat mrgrgrgrgrgr
dat mrgrgrgrgrgr
I'm mad that I can't afford it atm
Playing through a game long after GAF's moved on isn't as fun
It's really not. :/
Still trying to find a copy in my area. Really wish I preordered...
XiaNaphryz
LATIN, MATRIPEDICABUS, DO YOU SPEAK IT
Since BD has random battles, I really like how you can adjust the encounter rate by -100% to +100%. If I'm a few job points away from leveling up I can turn that to max, take a few steps and hit a battle, get my points, then turn it back down again. If I'm returning to an area I know I'm way overleveled in, I can turn it all the way down and focus on getting my shit done if I don't want to be interrupted.
Ah, I see what you're saying. That's basically what I posted on the previous page.
For P4A2 since I don't have a lot of time, I'm sticking with Yu. He's still dumb and strong so why not.
If I have time for it, I'll learn Junpei and Labrys again.
I actually haven't been checking out PQ news. Trying to keep the game somewhat fresh I guess.
I'm only an hour or so in with 3 party members. Loving it but I just need more free time.
Danganronpa comes out tomorrow. I beaten the patched ver already but I still want to buy this. I wish February and March weren't packed with so many games.
If I have time for it, I'll learn Junpei and Labrys again.
I actually haven't been checking out PQ news. Trying to keep the game somewhat fresh I guess.
I'm only an hour or so in with 3 party members. Loving it but I just need more free time.
Danganronpa comes out tomorrow. I beaten the patched ver already but I still want to buy this. I wish February and March weren't packed with so many games.
XiaNaphryz
LATIN, MATRIPEDICABUS, DO YOU SPEAK IT
I know it sounds silly, but I actually dislike this.
I'd rather they balanced the difficulty and encounter rate and whatnot to what they felt was best, and then left it at that. Kinda feels like they're throwing their hands up and saying "Do it yourself!".
SloaneRisette
Member
Sounds nice. I think I still prefer the Earthbound method though. Don't have to adjust anything.
XiaNaphryz
LATIN, MATRIPEDICABUS, DO YOU SPEAK IT
It's just S-E making things more accessible again. For people who play on Easy and want to not fight as much, they can turn things down. For people like me who want to play on Hard and turn up the encounter rate simply because they want to OCD grind and be way OP, we can do that too.
From what I understand, leaving things on Normal and not messing with the encounter rate the game is perfectly playable.
Just considering Atlus' internal games, they actually kinda do. At least, Catherine, P4A and SMT IV were.
Here's a list of some localization announcement dates. I'd consider P3FES and P3P outliers:
Persona 3 FES = February 25, 2008 (Monday)
Persona 4 = July 2, 2008 (Wednesday)
Persona 3 Portable = January 20, 2010 (Wednesday)
Catherine = March 1, 2011 (Tuesday)
Persona 4 Arena = February 21, 2012 (Tuesday)
Persona 4 Golden = May 2, 2012 (Wednesday)
Shin Megami Tensei IV = April 2, 2013 (Tuesday)
I'm considering the games I mentioned outliers because of some data I gathered which put them apart from the others. The average amount of time between a localization announcement date and the NA release date is about 5 months. The delay between P3FES' localization announcement and NA release was 1 month and 4 weeks
Also, it's not an internal Atlus project, but Conception II's localization was officially announced by Atlus on November 19, 2013. A Tuesday.
So I'd actually say that, for their more recent games, Tuesday seems to be the standard localization announcement day of the week.
I had predicted that Persona Q's localization announcement was going to be in May because that's the time frame when their localizations tend to be announced compared to the JPN release (average of about 40 days before the Japanese release date with the big outlier of P4A with 153 days before the JPN console release, but I'm going to be technical and say that it was announced 9 days before the JPN release in arcades), but I guess I'm starting to question that now.
XiaNaphryz
LATIN, MATRIPEDICABUS, DO YOU SPEAK IT
Hell, you can actually disable gaining XP, money, and job point rewards from battles if you want, lol.
Phantasmal Repose
Member
I agree. The ability to set the encounter rate kind of breaks the game for me. I just put encounter rate 100%, set it on auto, and began grinding job points. Once I ran out of mp and couldn't heal, I just set the encounter rate to -100% and went back to town to rest.
XiaNaphryz
LATIN, MATRIPEDICABUS, DO YOU SPEAK IT
Of course it breaks the game, you're choosing to do so.
You can also make it insanely difficult by disabling XP/JP gain. ;P
Progressing on Hard with everything on normal settings feels appropriately challenging though.
Lord Scrambles
Member
Shadow Yumi:
Proving once again that you are a master
maaaan I wish I were as half as talented as you.
What a genius and thoughtful addition.
Nice, I figured you'd be prepared. Thanks.
Looks like there's definitely a chance they announce something tomorrow. I should say Erin is pretty well aware her biggest fans are Persona fans.
Man, I hope they announce P4U2 for Vita. I'd love to be able to play it on the go...
Gorgeous Shadow
Love, love LOVE the mask conceptShadow Yumi:
Gorgeous Shadow
Phantasmal Repose
Member
Of course it breaks the game, you're choosing to do so.
You can also make it insanely difficult by disabling XP/JP gain. ;P
Progressing on Hard with everything on normal settings feels appropriately challenging though.
True, but if the game allows for such a thing then I'm going to utilize it. I'm sure other people did the same thing. That's why it would have been better to just leave it at a set encounter rate.
I turn it down whenever I just want to go back to the damn town. It's a solid feature.
Shadow Yumi:
This one reminds me of that one Yu-Gi-Oh monster with its face as multiple masks, as depicted here. It's nice; kind of an explicit representation of "persona."
Read a comment concerning P4A2's story which could be interesting. It's not gonna happen but, basically, to subvert the restriction of canon that P4G and P4Dto a lesser extentput in place, P4A2 could end ala P2:IS.
Heh, I guess for us and Persona it might... rarely.
I still need to actually get a 3DS so I can play PQ.
I think this one is actually pretty cool. I get the idea of the masks, but is there any particular logic behind the shape of the body?
Shadow Yumi:
I think this one is actually pretty cool. I get the idea of the masks, but is there any particular logic behind the shape of the body?