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Preparing For Persona 5?

P4's director is getting ready to... galacticpuntatankandOHGODICAN'TTAKETHIS.

What's crackin', ho? 
What's crackin', ho? 
OK, the trail back on this one is a little wild, so bear with me. Siliconera has done a bit of translation work on a Japanese blog post that cites a supposed Dengeki PlayStation interview with Katsura Hashino, the director on Atlus' Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4.

Somehow I don't think that qualifies as "three sources" under the rules someone drunkenly burped at me back at the student newspaper I spent part of a semester sort-of writing for. But this is 2010, y'all. We move forward and we trust. We believe because we want to believe. Because the thrust of all this is that Hashino is "preparing to start work on the next Persona."

I still think about Persona 4 more than I care to admit, and the notion of another game is tearing me apart. I'm obviously interested in a new Persona game. But I'm also very attached to the cast of Persona 4. So I care... but at the same time I'm preparing myself for disappointment.

Unless they're going to announce a third-person character action game/tank-punting simulator starring Chie. Then it's all smiles over here.    
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Sometimes when I'm lonely I rewatch Endurance Run episodes.

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It'll be a stealth-action game starring ghoul.

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The next Persona game should just be a Cooking Mama game featuring Chie and Yukiko.

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@Jon93 said:
" GET BENT "
GET HYPE!
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Jeff, for what it's worth, I was attached to Persona 3's characters just as much as 4's. I'm sure Atlus will make you fall in love all over again. They seem to be good at it. :D

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Bitches.
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pls bring back teddie! i love that pedobear.

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@nrain said:
" @Jon93 said:
" GET BENT "
GET HYPE! "
HYPE BENT!
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Please, be true! <3
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@AndrewB said:
" I felt the same way about the characters of Persona 4 before I started playing Persona 3. Then I played Persona 3, and thought that it had about the same ratio of awesome to dumb characters. Though no one can beat Chie. "
Chie is no Junpie, bro
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Everyone knows Chie is in Lincoln force.. too late?

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Looks like it's gonna be a while but good to know it's happening for sure.

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You know, if it leads to another Endurance Run (or really any future ER) it would be kind of nice to have a few show notes about what to expect under the vid. I went looking, hoping to get a screen cap of Yosuke and Charlie blowing chunks, but gave up after about 10 minutes.

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@Wraith1: 
 
I feel the same way. I was really cold going into P4 when I saw the first trailers for it. Ended up loving it more than P3. I think the only thing Jeff needs to worry about is if they refine the old school mechanics or not.
Nothing can replace Chie, but I honestly feel that persona games have gotten better with each new game. 
Persona is all style and story, and it will be fucking rad.
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I hope theres at least a trailer at E3!

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 I'm afraid of what might become of the persona series if it made the jump to next gen.  I don't want them to feel obligated to strive for next gen visuals, when really the art design is what matters.
 
Maybe the best thing for the series would be to release Persona 5 on the Wii.

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I've never played a Persona game, but I think I'll check out the endurance run later ^^
For some reason though I'm very excited for a new one!

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@Hailinel said:
" @nrain said:
" @Jon93 said:
" GET BENT "
GET HYPE! "
HYPE BENT! "
WOAH!
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Like Agent Smith said, "It is inevitable." Terminator (of #3 fame) said, "You only postponed it."
 
ENDURANCE RUN COLOR COMING YOUR FUCKING WAY!
 
As for me, I'm holding out for the ER Advance.

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PRESS X TO GET GAME NOW!
now all we have to do is wait for the game to come out in japan then we have to wait for it to be announced for north America then we have to wait for it to come out in north America then i can play it and hope that it is persona 4 2.

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@thecleric: ...and Junpei is no Eikichi 
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Persona 4 was a great experience and I never actually played it. Thanks Giant Bomb! :D

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I'm gonna go ahead and guess 3 nosebleeds right now.

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I hate it when sequels dont have the same cast as the prequel

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@Hemlock said:
" The next Persona game should just be a Cooking Mama game featuring Chie and Yukiko. "
Cooking Mama: Terribly Prepared Japanese Dishes (Starring Chie Satonaka and Yukiko Amagi)
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I totally get where you're coming from Jeff. Persona 4 is a great game, and part of me wants to know what the deal is with the next Persona game, but....I'm just too attached to the characters and story of Persona 4. Not exactly the every Persona game...
 
I played and beat Persona 3 after I had played Persona 4, and I just did not like it even half as much. I didn't like the characters as much, and the dialogue just wasn't as good to me. I did like the Persona PSP remake a little more, I think the main reason for this, is I like a RPG where i have full control of ALL my characters, and that annoyed me so much in Persona 3.
 
All the right elements just seemed to come together for Persona 4, great writing, great characters, great gameplay, great art design, great music...the list goes on and on. Maybe they can  match that success with  Persona 5 though, because all the other games were older entries in the series, and I guess Persona 4 was just an evolution of all that, and they finally got the perfect balence with Persona 4.

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FUNKY STUDENT!

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I can't wait for a Persona 5.
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OHHHHHHHHH MYYYYYYYYYYY GOOOOOOOOOOOOODDD!!! *heart attack* 
 
But if you couldn't tell, I'm pretty stoked about any tid-bits related to P5, no matter how insignificant and/or unreliable the news.

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Gotta say I'm much more interested in the potential endurance run than the game itself :p

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I don't buy this rumor at all!
 
Not until I see this Dengeki Playstation article, anyway.
 
Chie character-action game sounds way more awesome anyway. It would be called "God of Steak" and the first midboss would be a tank.
 
OH, and you'd learn new moves from Funky Student, who would dispense ancient Chinese wisdom in the form of ebonics and riddles!

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Yeah whenever I hear a piece of Persona 4 music I get all sentimental, all thanks to the ER. Never even finished my own playthrough.
 
Though yeah, thinking about Persona 5 makes me pretty nervous. What if they totally change up the tone from 4? Would that be a good ER? Would we still want that ER? The expectations are going to be so intense on this site whenever it's finally released.

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@Chocobo_Blitzer said:
" Yeah whenever I hear a piece of Persona 4 music I get all sentimental, all thanks to the ER. Never even finished my own playthrough.  Though yeah, thinking about Persona 5 makes me pretty nervous. What if they totally change up the tone from 4? Would that be a good ER? Would we still want that ER? The expectations are going to be so intense on this site whenever it's finally released. "
They changed the tone pretty heavily from 3 to 4 and both are monumentally brilliant games. I have faith in the Persona team. They've literally been making the best JRPGs the industry has seen in a fairly long while.
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Yes. Endurance run 2.0. Can't wait!
 
Only reason I like this game is because of the endurance run. I could never play such a shitty game series like persona.

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@ausroller said:
" They should just make a Persona game where every member of the cast is Chie "
This would be the best game of all time.  How much do you want to fund it.
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This news is not helping me resist the urge to new game plus

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@Lambert said:
" Yes. Endurance run 2.0. Can't wait!  Only reason I like this game is because of the endurance run. I could never play such a shitty game series like persona. "
Woah, thats quite a lot of hatred for Persona. I believe Atlus won't let us down with Persona 5.
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Confirmed, YO! 
 
http://www.geek.com/articles/games/atlus-confirms-persona-5-20100324/

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@Lambert said:
" Yes. Endurance run 2.0. Can't wait!  Only reason I like this game is because of the endurance run. I could never play such a shitty game series like persona. "
This post made me do a double take.
 
Everybody is entitled to their opinions, but you realize Jeff and Vinny both loved it, and that's the reason they got so into the ER so much. You're the first person I've heard on this site who called this series shitty. I didn't know somebody could watch the endurance run and not love the game by the end of it. That's what made the ER so great for me at least, I was addicted to the game as well as the commentary.
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I felt the same way going from Persona 3 to Persona 4. How can you replace these awesome characters? But I look forward to meeting the new cast and unraveling their interesting/wacky backgrounds. It's part of fun of Persona. Now I just need the P3 remake on PSP to tide me over.

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yeah, after the endurance run, and me being able to look back of previous iterations of the franchise, I would like to see one, where the story flows into the next, but like most final fantasy games thats very unlikely, and really even if they did it would be a weird side story arch based on a kinda messed battle system..... 

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@Chuggsy said:
" @Lambert said:
" Yes. Endurance run 2.0. Can't wait!  Only reason I like this game is because of the endurance run. I could never play such a shitty game series like persona. "
This post made me do a double take.  Everybody is entitled to their opinions, but you realize Jeff and Vinny both loved it, and that's the reason they got so into the ER so much. You're the first person I've heard on this site who called this series shitty. I didn't know somebody could watch the endurance run and not love the game by the end of it. That's what made the ER so great for me at least, I was addicted to the game as well as the commentary. "
they loved because of how shitty it was... don't you remember them talking about quiting multiple times?
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@btman:  Did you even read Jeff's post?
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Please be on the PS3 and not the PSP!

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I hope they make it multi-platform so we 360 owners can play it. Loved Persona 3 and 4 on PS2, but I don't have a PS3 and I don't plan on buying one until it drops below €200.

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@btman said:
" @Chuggsy said:
" @Lambert said:
" Yes. Endurance run 2.0. Can't wait!  Only reason I like this game is because of the endurance run. I could never play such a shitty game series like persona. "
This post made me do a double take.  Everybody is entitled to their opinions, but you realize Jeff and Vinny both loved it, and that's the reason they got so into the ER so much. You're the first person I've heard on this site who called this series shitty. I didn't know somebody could watch the endurance run and not love the game by the end of it. That's what made the ER so great for me at least, I was addicted to the game as well as the commentary. "
they loved because of how shitty it was... don't you remember them talking about quiting multiple times? "
You're dumb.