Thursday, June 4, 2009

Chapter One - What the Heck is Persona, Anyway?

Persona is one of the many spinoffs of the Shin Megami Tensei series.

Shin Megami Tensei is kind of like Final Fantasy, where they have a bajillion games in the franchise. It is not as widely known as Final Fantasy, because, like... 75% of their games were made in the 80's and were either only accessible in Japan or had horrible English dubs and important scenes left out in the American verison. lol.

Shin Megami Tensei basically includes a main character who can contact and control spirits or mythological figures. They use this power to save the world from other spirits who are most likely controlled by a villain.

Persona is similar to the Shin Megami Tensei series, except instead of fighting and/or "taming" these spirits, they are primarily used to help the heroes. They are referred to as "personas". In Persona 3 and 4, monsters called shadows, replace the "enemy" spirits controlled by the villain.

You're basically saving the world with a mythological being on your side.

So now you know what it is!

Just a bit of exposure for those of you who might be curious to know more.




lol. Nazis.


A clip from the beginning of the game. This game follows up on the previous one.




Just like Persona 2, Persona 3 has a sequel.



You've come a long way, Atlus. Hopefully we can do the same!

Next: Chapter 2 - Plot Development

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