http://www.siliconera.com/2011/12/26/persona-4-the-golden-adds-ski-vacation-event-plu-new-evolved-personas/

http://www.siliconera.com/2011/12/27/more-details-about-persona-4-the-goldens-ski-trip/

New difficulty levels, battle mechanics, and an event that happens in January.

Gah, I want this game, but really don't want to drop for a Vita to get it..........

That's it. I have to get a Vita. There's no way I can get the PS2 version, knowing that this is floating out there.

that new chick is Margret's sister the 3rd one

@Video_Game_King said:

That's it. I have to get a Vita. There's no way I can get the PS2 version, knowing that this is floating out there.

I feel the exact same way. And here I was all ready to plop down money for a copy on ebay. Oh well, I guess patience is a virtue or some crap like that.

Augh. I have the PS2 version, but never finished it. (I'm in the same predicament with P3:FES and P3P for the PSP.) What. Do. I. Do?!

I played the hell out of the original and even though you get to see the gang in sweet skiing gear, I think I'll be able to live without it.

Now quit dicking around and give us Persona 5 damnit!

@wolf_blitzer85 said:

Now quit dicking around and give us Persona 5 damnit!

They've been working on it and they've teased in the latest Famitsu that they'll announce it in 2012 so expect a 2013-2014 release for Persona 5 in North America.

...can't wait. Still haven't played P4, but after watching the ER for a second time, I can't fuckin' wait.

@FluxWaveZ: I just heard they were teasing something for the next issue of Famitsu so fingers crossedn

scans:

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http://i43.tinypic.com/fub4sy.jpg

http://i42.tinypic.com/2eeac9d.jpg

http://i39.tinypic.com/s3djyd.jpg

http://i39.tinypic.com/sesy0g.jpg

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NO. I WONT BUY A VITA TO PLAY A GAME I SPENT HOURS WATCHING SOMEONE ELSE PLAY.

NOPE.

WONT DO IT.

NOT HAPPENING.

...

FUCK.

I was already sold on getting a Vita but man they really wanna make sure they got my money.

and this is the first reason for me to get the VITA

@Knave said:

http://i39.tinypic.com/sesy0g.jpg

oh my godddddddd

look at that shit

day fuckin' one

@FluxWaveZ said:

@wolf_blitzer85 said:

Now quit dicking around and give us Persona 5 damnit!

They've been working on it and they've teased in the latest Famitsu that they'll announce it in 2012 so expect a 2013-2014 release for Persona 5 in North America.

Also: Hashino isn't directing P4:The Golden. Itou is.

SOLD. I cannot ignore this.

@Video_Game_King said:

That's it. I have to get a Vita. There's no way I can get the PS2 version, knowing that this is floating out there.

So yeah, 2 years after the endurance run ended you mention still not having picked up a copy of P4 (a 10$ title) and in the same breath manage to state you will be buying a 300$ handheld just for the P4 experience.

Edit not to be a jerk, but this was probably the most outrageous claim ive seen all day

By the time Vita is cheap (about 2 years) I might just be ready to play through P4 again.

I'll buy the Vita version since I loved playing the original P4. Also excited for P5 (even though not much is revealed as of now).

I am almost aroused by all these additions. Almost. Regardless, shut up and take more of my money now, Atlus! Just take it all!

I think the most interesting bit of info here is that the ski event takes place in January. Have they added a full new month to the game? And if so... a new dungeon?

@Questionable said:

@Video_Game_King said:

That's it. I have to get a Vita. There's no way I can get the PS2 version, knowing that this is floating out there.

So yeah, 2 years after the endurance run ended you mention still not having picked up a copy of P4 (a 10$ title) and in the same breath manage to state you will be buying a 300$ handheld just for the P4 experience.

Edit not to be a jerk, but this was probably the most outrageous claim ive seen all day

He didn't watch the Endurance Run. His first exposure to P4 is through the anime. And frankly, I can't blame anyone for wanting to wait until the Vita version comes out to play the game because of all of the new content.

Considering that there will be 1.5 times more voice acting than the original, i wonder what else they're going to add. Maybe the social links will be voiced now? I don't see how else they would make so much more voiced content.

New Personas? Susano-O looks a bit goofy as he was so an afro is no biggie, he can't look further away from his depiction in earlier games. So will these shiny new Persona's replace their evolved forms as they were or are these simply an additional third option?

I've played a lot...a lot of Persona 4 and was going to get a Vita for P4G anyway, but definitely seems like Atlus is adding enough to the Vita version to make it more than a cash-in and worth another playthrough or seven.

I just finished Persona 4 last week. But somehow, Atlus finds a way to make me hyped for Persona 4 again. I'm hopeless...

I'm not too sure a ski trip makes this as much of an "instant buy" as it does for others here. Really, after the confirmation of no female protagonist I found myself deflated on the project. I might still buy it, but I won't buy a Vita for it like I bought a PSP for P3P.

@Beforet said:

I'm not too sure a ski trip makes this as much of an "instant buy" as it does for others here. Really, after the confirmation of no female protagonist I found myself deflated on the project. I might still buy it, but I won't buy a Vita for it like I bought a PSP for P3P.

It seems all that what you would want from the game is a female protagonist and without one you wouldn't be getting it regardless of what they would add.

@FluxWaveZ: Well, I've played the game 3 times and experienced it, when factoring in the ERs, 4 1/2 times. Can you blame me for needing some specific incentives to invest another hundred hours?

@Beforet: What you would want from it doesn't matter to me. However, I think it's unfair to point out specific things people are excited for in the new title and say that that's not enough incentive for you when your mind is set on a single, missing element that you would want to be there.

@FluxWaveZ said:

@Beforet: What you would want from it doesn't matter to me. However, I think it's unfair to point out specific things people are excited for in the new title and say that that's not enough incentive for you when your mind is set on a single, missing element that you would want to be there.

Well it's not. Sorry for saying so.

Oh man. I keep telling myself I won't buy a Vita.. but man.

MAN.

This is changing my mind. Never got a chance to play Persona 4. Watched the ER twice, and still would absolutely love to play this.

Oh shit, is that some Demon's Souls-esque online integration I spy.

@Beforet said:

I'm not too sure a ski trip makes this as much of an "instant buy" as it does for others here.

http://i39.tinypic.com/sesy0g.jpg

sorry can't hear what you're saying over this dude with A SUN FOR AN AFRO

@WatanabeKazuma said:

New Personas? Susano-O looks a bit goofy as he was so an afro is no biggie, he can't look further away from his depiction in earlier games. So will these shiny new Persona's replace their evolved forms as they were or are these simply an additional third option?

It sounds like the latter, based on a Tumblr translation I read.

I'm not too sure a ski trip makes this as much of an "instant buy" as it does for others here. Really, after the confirmation of no female protagonist I found myself deflated on the project. I might still buy it, but I won't buy a Vita for it like I bought a PSP for P3P.

@mutha3: That's a pretty swag-ass afro, I'll admit. Do we have any idea what triggers the "Tier 3" personas, or do they just replace the old evolutions?

@Hailinel: Yeah I know, but it's still kind of a bummer. I guess it just shows how much the writing improved from P3 to P4 that they can't make major changes like that on a dime. Still, a bummer none the less.

@Hailinel said:

@Beforet

I'm not too sure a ski trip makes this as much of an "instant buy" as it does for others here. Really, after the confirmation of no female protagonist I found myself deflated on the project. I might still buy it, but I won't buy a Vita for it like I bought a PSP for P3P.

The plot of P4 wouldn't work nearly as well with a female protagonist; to many events work as they do because the protagonist is male. Too much would have to be changed to get a female protagonist to work.

This is probably true. The characters in p4 have way more defined roles and positions in their relationships-- changing the gender just wouldn't work, without some serious rewriting. The characters in P3 were distant enough that this was a non-issue

(Example: Look at Yosuke, now keep in mind what his relationship with the Protagonist is like-- now imagine if the protagonist was a girl.)

the only way they'd get me to buy this game and the vita would be a female protagonist, or allow me to date Kanji

Shame this is only coming for the Vita... cos there's no chance I'm ever gonna play it unless it comes out elsewhere.

Was it ever said if they were making a US release for Persona 4: the Golden? From the last I had heard they were only doing a Japan release/version D:

Though I guess it makes sense that they would anyway even if it hasn't been confirmed yet, I think there is actually a pretty sizeable Persona fanbase in the US.

@Velamo05: Persona 4: The Golden will be released in North America. Doubting that would be silly.

@FluxWaveZ: True, and now I have to buy a Vita XD

Will it be too much to wish for a timely European release?

.....I really hope Sony allows us to streamline our Vita games to our PS3s....