February 17

Sega to Split Atlus from Index on April 1

Tangentially related to Persona, the news on Monday, of which @hailinel created a thread here, consisted of Sega announcing, via a press release, that the entity known as "Atlus" will be officially split from the whole that was "Index", essentially separating them into their own divisions.

This basically means that "Index" is no longer going to be the official name associated with Atlus' video game products, which is kind of a sign of Atlus' newly found independence. Persona director Hashino is pretty psyched about it, at least.

February 19

Amanda Winn-Lee Teases Persona Voice Work

So on Wednesday, English voice actress for Yukiko Amagi, Amanda Winn-Lee, posted on her Facebook fan page:

Since I'm off to record some more Persona, I may not get to post much today. Here's another shining example of Japanese culture to keep you busy til I get back.

Pretty vague, but also pretty much a confirmation that Atlus USA is currently in the process of localizing Persona Q, Persona 4 Arena 2 and/or Persona 4: Dancing All Night since Yukiko's featured in all of those games.

Persona 4 Arena 2 Mook to be Released on March 14

A Mook's basically a fighting game player guide with information about character moves, abilities and such, and one was confirmed for release for "Persona 4 The Ultimax Ultra Suplex Hold" on March 14 via an Amazon listing.

February 20

New Persona Q Gameplay Details via Famitsu

This week's Famitsu issue included several new gameplay details about Persona Q, including the fact that now, not only will the main characters be able to wield multiple personas at once, but all of the other characters as well via the "sub-Persona" system which changes a character's skillset.

The article also talks about the "Boost", "Pursuit" and "All-Out Attack" systems. The full translation can be seen on Gematsu.

February 21

Persona Stalker Club Variety Show to air on February 28

A talk variety show by the name of "Persona Stalker Club" was announced via the Persona Channel today. Given the popularity of the Persona reveal event in November, they organized a show with people that will discuss various things revolving around Persona. Next week's episode, at least, will discuss things about "the Persona world, comment on listeners' contributions and investigate on the series' charm."

The show will feature voice actress Tomomi Issomura and freelance writer Mafia Kajita. Next week's episode might also reveal some new things about upcoming Persona games based on the Persona Channel update's wording... maybe.

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Two New Persona Q Trailers Released

Finally, this week's pair of Persona Q trailers are not simply the character trailers they've been posting on a weekly basis, but substantial, new trailers for the Persona 3 side and Persona 4 side.

Persona 3 trailer

Persona 4 trailer

Persona 5 Tops Famitsu's Most Wanted List

Here's some non-news, but Persona 5 has topped Famitsu's Readers Most Wanted list with 562 votes, beating the likes of Mario Kart 8 and Final Fantasy XV. Persona Q's also there, at 7th place.

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There's Persona news practically every week, but a fair amount of Persona related news happened this week, so I decided to compile them all.

Great round up of news, hopefully that Persona 3DS hits NA. (Of course it wont)

Hopefully we see P4A2 and PQ hit na in 2014.

That Teddie and Aigis gif is fantastic.

This, is weirdly very detailed. Good job duder.

Hopefully Atlus can do some real good now.

Why can't I stop watching that Teddie and Aigis gif?

@fluxwavez said:

I DISAPPROVE OF THIS SHIPPING.

.....I am fine with this shipping.

Here's a little update:

I asked Troy Baker on his AMA whether he's in an upcoming Persona game (along with other silly questions). His response was a "not that I know of".

It seems strange that Yukiko's VA would be coming back but not Troy, what with Persona Q and Arena 2. Maybe he hasn't got the call? Maybe Atlus doesn't have enough dough to pay him (I doubt that's the case)? Maybe Amanda is working on something Persona related other than those two games ( :D........I doubt it -_-)?

@aegon: Maybe he's lying.

Small update related to the Amanda Winn-Lee Facebook post: she's made another one.

Another Persona recording session today. I am BEAT.

Yukiko seems pretty insistent that she's working on something Persona related.