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For A Cartoon Lady, Catherine Is Pretty Hot

The Persona team's next game is a... horror/love story? Animals with ties?

Famitsu has revealed the next game from Atlus--specifically the team responsible for the Persona games, which immediately makes it more interesting around these parts. It's Catherine, and it's some sort of action-adventure thing involving freaky, tie-wearing animals and a "mysterious woman" named... Catherine. It looks kind of hot, here's the first trailer:
  
 
If you're not into the whole "hey, this is in Japanese" thing, andriasang.com has dissected a bit of it, along with some of the other info to come out of Famitsu's coverage. The game's official site will launch next week, and the game is destined for release on PlayStation 3 and 360 this Winter... in Japan, anyway.    
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Is anybody else more excited for this than Persona 5?
 
I am.

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can alway count on the persona team to make something interesting, this looks awesome!
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@H2Oyea said:
" @FluxWaveZ:  Are they even making a sequel to TWEWY? "
Not that we know of, but I remain hopeful for an eventual one for the 3DS.
 
@NegativeCreep said:
" Did the Persona games actually sell well in North America? "
Yeah, they actually did quite well over here.  Persona 4 more so than Persona 3.
 
@SpiralStairs said:
" Is anybody else more excited for this than Persona 5?  I am. "
Kinda, but just because I know we won´t be hearing about Persona 5 for a long while.
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this looks absolutely weird.
 
MUST HAVE IT

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That looks FUCKING RETARDED! 
 
I  mean FUCK... Jesus christ anime is fucking stupid as shit.
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@Trifork89 said:

" That looks FUCKING RETARDED!  
I  mean FUCK... Jesus christ anime is fucking stupid as shit. "

...Alright, then.  Have fun only playing games with generic concepts.
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Anime is for jerking.

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FAP FAP FAP FAP FAP FAP FAP FAP FAP FAP FAP FAP

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@Shadow said:
" So Atlus is taking care of the Rapelay sequel? "
Looks more like demonic reverse-rapeplay to me.
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Japan LOVES typewriter fonts.

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I'm kind of glad this is staying in Japan. The drama that will ensue if it ever touches an English-speaking shore would be horrible.

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@dyong said:

" I'm kind of glad this is staying in Japan. The drama that will ensue if it ever touches an English-speaking shore would be horrible. "

I've heard this a lot but this made it over here with no trouble. 
EDIT: Also, why would they send the JRPGs on PS2, here but not the Multiplatform Action game?
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I want this...maybe...but I'm a pussy plus if Persona 5 is not in development yet I'm gonna be very disappointed

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@juice8367 said:
" I want this...maybe...but I'm a pussy plus if Persona 5 is not in development yet I'm gonna be very disappointed "
They said "Next year you may hear somethings about some RPGs" in response to "Yo what about that Persona thing?!".
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@dyong said:
" I'm kind of glad this is staying in Japan. The drama that will ensue if it ever touches an English-speaking shore would be horrible. "
It's one thing to guess it's not going to make it here, but it's another to straight out act like it's fact that it's never going to come here and will make you seem all the more stupid when it does.
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Adult characters, modern consoles, and no JRPG? I'm down with this. Hopefully it doesn't take too long for a NA release. 

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@mutha3 said:
" @PenguinDust: I assume the sheep(along with Vincent) are Catherine's victims "
I'm more of the belief that this nightmare land is a shared dreamscape and the people just look like goats to each other and like themselves to themselves. Vincent does have horns on his head after all. I think it's highly likely that Catherine is involved, the game is named after her, but I don't think we have enough information to say that she's personally putting people into the dream world after sleeping with them.
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Looks awsome! Now, just leave the japanese voice track in, and we are set!
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......I see.

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@dyong said:
" I'm kind of glad this is staying in Japan.
Its not.
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@OmegaChosen said:
" @mutha3 said:
" @PenguinDust: I assume the sheep(along with Vincent) are Catherine's victims "
I'm more of the belief that this nightmare land is a shared dreamscape and the people just look like goats to each other and like themselves to themselves. Vincent does have horns on his head after all. I think it's highly likely that Catherine is involved, the game is named after her, but I don't think we have enough information to say that she's personally putting people into the dream world after sleeping with them. "
Wow, I have a third even crazier theory. The dream-world is where people go when they die, the sheep are people dying normally, and Vincent is human because he got sent there by Catherine. Also, I'm not crazy, everyone else is.
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@DonutFever said:
" @OmegaChosen said:
" @mutha3 said:
" @PenguinDust: I assume the sheep(along with Vincent) are Catherine's victims "
I'm more of the belief that this nightmare land is a shared dreamscape and the people just look like goats to each other and like themselves to themselves. Vincent does have horns on his head after all. I think it's highly likely that Catherine is involved, the game is named after her, but I don't think we have enough information to say that she's personally putting people into the dream world after sleeping with them. "
Wow, I have a third even crazier theory. The dream-world is where people go when they die, the sheep are people dying normally, and Vincent is human because he got sent there by Catherine. Also, I'm not crazy, everyone else is. "
Ehh.. I dunno, man.I'm sticking with my ''Catherine is a succubus''-theory. I mean....she's even got goat horns herself(her hair).
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Yay! Another JPOP infused dating sim! 

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@Hourai said:

" Adult characters, modern consoles, and no JRPG? I'm down with this. Hopefully it doesn't take too long for a NA release.  "

The game is Japanese.. and even if it's a platformer (which I figure it might be, possibly a puzzle one) it's still an RPG you'll play as that guy, so still in the end, a JRPG. XP
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@Catolf said:
" @Hourai said:

" Adult characters, modern consoles, and no JRPG? I'm down with this. Hopefully it doesn't take too long for a NA release.  "

The game is Japanese.. and even if it's a platformer (which I figure it might be, possibly a puzzle one) it's still an RPG you'll play as that guy, so still in the end, a JRPG. XP "
How is it an RPG?
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@dyong said:
" I'm kind of glad this is staying in Japan. The drama that will ensue if it ever touches an English-speaking shore would be horrible. "
Boo that. I want it.
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@Catolf said:
" @Hourai said:

" Adult characters, modern consoles, and no JRPG? I'm down with this. Hopefully it doesn't take too long for a NA release.  "

The game is Japanese.. and even if it's a platformer (which I figure it might be, possibly a puzzle one) it's still an RPG you'll play as that guy, so still in the end, a JRPG. XP "
Nothing we've seen or received as information states that it's an RPG in any way.
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@FluxWaveZ said:

" @Catolf said:

" @Hourai said:

" Adult characters, modern consoles, and no JRPG? I'm down with this. Hopefully it doesn't take too long for a NA release.  "

The game is Japanese.. and even if it's a platformer (which I figure it might be, possibly a puzzle one) it's still an RPG you'll play as that guy, so still in the end, a JRPG. XP "
Nothing we've seen or received as information states that it's an RPG in any way. "
http://www.1up.com/news/atlus-catherine  
The devs say "Before we storm the hi-def consoles with one of our RPGs, we wanted to try making something new" 
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I NEED THIS GAME !!!

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@DonutFever said:
" @Catolf said:
" @Hourai said:

" Adult characters, modern consoles, and no JRPG? I'm down with this. Hopefully it doesn't take too long for a NA release.  "

The game is Japanese.. and even if it's a platformer (which I figure it might be, possibly a puzzle one) it's still an RPG you'll play as that guy, so still in the end, a JRPG. XP "
How is it an RPG? "
Your still playing a role to a certain extent, so still an RPG.
 
@FluxWaveZ: I know this, I'm just saying in the end your still going to be playing a role, thus Role playing game to a certain degree one could agrue. Unless it spontaneously turns into a shooter.. the vibe I get is RPG, the type however, platforming or otherwise is unknown.
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That looks awesome. 
 
Come on Atlus! Don't let me down like you did with P3P.

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@Catolf said:
" @DonutFever said:
" @Catolf said:
" @Hourai said:

" Adult characters, modern consoles, and no JRPG? I'm down with this. Hopefully it doesn't take too long for a NA release.  "

The game is Japanese.. and even if it's a platformer (which I figure it might be, possibly a puzzle one) it's still an RPG you'll play as that guy, so still in the end, a JRPG. XP "
How is it an RPG? "
Your still playing a role to a certain extent, so still an RPG.
 
@FluxWaveZ: I know this, I'm just saying in the end your still going to be playing a role, thus Role playing game to a certain degree one could agrue. Unless it spontaneously turns into a shooter.. the vibe I get is RPG, the type however, platforming or otherwise is unknown. "
I feel that in most games you're playing a role. In Modern Warfare, I'm playing the role of Soap, but MW is still an FPS.
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This does look sweet and if this is sort of a sneak peek tease at what a future Persona game may look like then im all kinds of HYPED,

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@Doubt said:

" This does look sweet and if this is sort of a sneak peek rease at what a future Persona game may look like then im all kinds of HYPED, "

Agreed. P5 needs this game's style.
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Also:
 
Endurance Run

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Man, I really want to try this. It's like the Inception of the gaming world, mixed with Persona.

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@DonutFever said:
" @juice8367 said:
" I want this...maybe...but I'm a pussy plus if Persona 5 is not in development yet I'm gonna be very disappointed "
They said "Next year you may hear somethings about some RPGs" in response to "Yo what about that Persona thing?!". "
Damn & I was hoping there would be something at TGS this year
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@LiquidPrince said:
" Man, I really want to try this. It's like the Inception of the gaming world, mixed with Persona. "
Ya, just add "Erotic".
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@DonutFever said:
" @LiquidPrince said:
" Man, I really want to try this. It's like the Inception of the gaming world, mixed with Persona. "
Ya, just add "Erotic". "
Which is a huge plus in my book. Persona + Hentai + Inception seems like a potent game formula to me.
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@Catolf:  "Role-playing game" is a misnomer. It's not the fact that you're role playing as a character that makes an RPG, otherwise effectively every game outside of stuff like Puzzle games would be RPGs.
 
@Trikork89 - I've never seen any "Jesus Christ anime's" before, so I'll take your word for it. Not sure what it has to do with this game though.
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@juice8367 said:
" @DonutFever said:
" @juice8367 said:
" I want this...maybe...but I'm a pussy plus if Persona 5 is not in development yet I'm gonna be very disappointed "
They said "Next year you may hear somethings about some RPGs" in response to "Yo what about that Persona thing?!". "
Damn & I was hoping there would be something at TGS this year "
Oh, there will be. Just for this, as opposed to Persona.
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so yeah.... endurance run?

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@DonutFever: From what I've read on it, Vincent sees a television report where a person died randomly. Seeing as they saw fit to mention it at all, I think that it has to do the dream world. Vincent does say if you fall in the dream world, you die so I'm guessing the guy who dies in the report was one of the other sheep. Don't worry about craziness though; Catherine threw sanity out the window when it had sheeple show up.  

@mutha3:  I never said you can't have your theory, just as I have mine. I do think Catherine is involved, just not as malevolently as in your theory. At this point, either one of us can be right. Hell, finding out how Catherine fits into this whole thing may be a key plot element in the game itself. I look forward to finding out when the game comes out in America. :D
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@OmegaChosen said:
" @DonutFever: From what I've read on it, Vincent sees a television report where a person died randomly. Seeing as they saw fit to mention it at all, I think that it has to do the dream world. Vincent does say if you fall in the dream world, you die so I'm guessing the guy who dies in the report was one of the other sheep. Don't worry about craziness though; Catherine threw sanity out the window when it had sheeple show up.  

@mutha3:  I never said you can't have your theory, just as I have mine. I do think Catherine is involved, just not as malevolently as in your theory. At this point, either one of us can be right. Hell, finding out how Catherine fits into this whole thing may be a key plot element in the game itself. I look forward to finding out when the game comes out in America. :D "
True. For all we know the game could just be this, but with Catherine.
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@Zeik said:
" @Catolf:  "Role-playing game" is a misnomer. It's not the fact that you're role playing as a character that makes an RPG, otherwise effectively every game outside of stuff like Puzzle games would be RPGs. "
You make a good point. I guess i've always seen games where you take a role as to a certain extent a RPG. no matter how significant.
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@Catolf said:
" @Zeik said:
" @Catolf:  "Role-playing game" is a misnomer. It's not the fact that you're role playing as a character that makes an RPG, otherwise effectively every game outside of stuff like Puzzle games would be RPGs. "
You make a good point. I guess i've always seen games where you take a role as to a certain extent a RPG. no matter how significant. "
It's not incorrect to say that all games have elements of RPG in them. Sometimes people think the customization or leveling up of stats is an RPG trait, with is untrue since even games like God of War have upgradable weapon stats or down right character stat upgrades and what not. In most so called RPGs you aren't even playing a role but rather controlling another established character, which isn't exactly the definition of a true RPG.
 
I personally think most games that go under the RPG genre are there for marketing clarity rather than actual game mechanics. JRPGs being the strongest example (Most JRPGs have you controlling established characters such as FF's Cloud or Lightning). 
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@animateria said:
" @Catolf said:
" @Zeik said:
" @Catolf:  "Role-playing game" is a misnomer. It's not the fact that you're role playing as a character that makes an RPG, otherwise effectively every game outside of stuff like Puzzle games would be RPGs. "
You make a good point. I guess i've always seen games where you take a role as to a certain extent a RPG. no matter how significant. "
It's not incorrect to say that all games have elements of RPG in them. Sometimes people think the customization or leveling up of stats is an RPG trait, with is untrue since even games like God of War have upgradable weapon stats or down right character stat upgrades and what not. In most so called RPGs you aren't even playing a role but rather controlling another established character, which isn't exactly the definition of a true RPG. I personally think most games that go under the RPG genre are there for marketing clarity rather than actual game mechanics. JRPGs being the strongest example (Most JRPGs have you controlling established characters such as FF's Cloud or Lightning).  "
(I think) The definition of an RPG is playing a role to an extent that changes the gameplay. TF2 has light RPG elements in that you can choose what class you want to be and play to it's strengths and weaknesses. You know, playing a role...
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That 2D/3D in game stuff looks really cool
The easter egg from P3P has deffinetly caught my interest for this game.
It looks bat shit crazy and I can expect another awesome soundtrack from Meguro.
COUNT ME IN.

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I knew sheep people were evil.

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@DonutFever said:

" @animateria said:

" @Catolf said:
" @Zeik said:
" @Catolf:  "Role-playing game" is a misnomer. It's not the fact that you're role playing as a character that makes an RPG, otherwise effectively every game outside of stuff like Puzzle games would be RPGs. "
You make a good point. I guess i've always seen games where you take a role as to a certain extent a RPG. no matter how significant. "
It's not incorrect to say that all games have elements of RPG in them. Sometimes people think the customization or leveling up of stats is an RPG trait, with is untrue since even games like God of War have upgradable weapon stats or down right character stat upgrades and what not. In most so called RPGs you aren't even playing a role but rather controlling another established character, which isn't exactly the definition of a true RPG. I personally think most games that go under the RPG genre are there for marketing clarity rather than actual game mechanics. JRPGs being the strongest example (Most JRPGs have you controlling established characters such as FF's Cloud or Lightning).  "
(I think) The definition of an RPG is playing a role to an extent that changes the gameplay. TF2 has light RPG elements in that you can choose what class you want to be and play to it's strengths and weaknesses. You know, playing a role... "
Exactly, a lot of games are RPGs in a sense. However the term RPG isn't used towards that definition. It's really more of a marketing term to give some identity to the RPG genre.