Shin Megami Tensei: Persona
Shin Megami Tensei: Persona is a video game that consists of 5 releases
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Revelations: Persona was released by Atlus for the PlayStation in the United States in 1996 and is the first in the Persona series of games. Notable for being set in modern day, the plot involves an unnamed protagonist and his classmates at St. Hermelin High School. The story begins as the protagonist and his classmates play a game called "Persona", akin to the ritual game "Bloody Mary". While playing, the students lose consciousness and meet a mysterious man in a butterfly mask named Philemon, who gives them the ability to summon reflections of their personalities, which are known as Personae. A bit shaken by their collective experience, the group visits a hospitalized friend but are attacked by demons. It is up to the protagonist and his friends to save the now isolated town and figure out the mystery behind the demon attacks and their new ability to summon Persona.
Overview - The silent protagonist of the game, He's described as a boy from St. Hermelin High School with dark hair and a pierced ears. The name Naoya Toudou is not official, though some fans refer to him as such since this was the name given to him in the game's manga adaptation.
Weapon and Personae - Naoya wields a rapier and an MP5, his initial Persona is Seimen Kongou (青面金剛) of the Emperor Arcana.
Similar to other role-playing games, Revelations: Persona utilizes a turn-based combat system that allows the player to manage a party and use various attacks, items, and spells to defeat the enemy. Additionally, the game allows the player to avoid some combat situations by talking, bribing, and flirting with the enemy. These non-combat options are not always available to the player and fighting cannot be avoided. While not in combat the party explores city streets, the high school, shopping malls, and other locations in the town. During interior exploration the camera takes a first-person perspective but when the party moves into enclosed rooms or cuts to dialog scenes the camera takes a third-person isometric perspective. When navigating the city streets the camera takes a top-down perspective with the party and the buildings being represented with abstract geometric shades.
sprites and character portraits were redrawn to look more "Western", and items in the game were changed to downplay the games original Japanese origin. In the most extreme example, the character Masao Inaba from the Japanese version was renamed Mark and was redrawn to have darker skin and his dialog was changed to be more urban, essentially making the character African-American. All references that the game took place in modern day Japan was stripped out, the name of the town, originally Mikage-cho, was renamed Lunarvale and yen currency was changed to dollars. The game was also made to be easier for the Western market, random battles were less frequent and experience points awarded for each battle was increased. There were also entire side quests removed from the North American release. The translation – particularly the dialog – was widely panned for being nearly nonsensical.
PSP Remake
A remake of the game from 1996 was released on the PSP on September 22, 2009. It contains new and updated animated cut-scenes from Kamikazegouga, revamped UI to take advantage of the PSP widescreen, a rebalanced game system with the option to adjust the difficulty, new dungeon floors added that were not included in either the Japanese or American releases, and finally, rearranged music featuring Yumi Kawamura, the vocalist for the Persona 3 tracks, composed by Shoji Meguro. In this remake, battle animations can now be skipped entirely, and the battle load times have been decreased to 2/3 the rate of the original game, There will be many more save points available throughout the game, and for portable fans the game will also feature a quicksave feature, also A beautiful 2D town map has been created for the game to bring it up to the standard of the rest of the series. It has been confirmed that this version will include extra dungeons and the Snow Queen scenerio not included in the original PS1 US release. In Japan, it will simply be titled Persona. Additionally, the English edition is poised to have a completely revamped localization, with Atlus going on the record as saying that the game will get a new translation. The remake's cut-scenes will be fully voiced cut-scenes which is different from the Japanese release which was only dubbed and had no voice acting. Atlus recently announced at E3 2009 that every retail copy of Persona for PSP will include the game's 2-disc soundtrack. The game is set to release simultaneously on UMD and PSN. Persona will be the first game to release on both the PSN and UMD retail.
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The first in the Persona series released for the PlayStation in 1996.
General Information
Revelations: Persona was released by Atlus for the PlayStation in the United States in 1996 and is the first in the Persona series of games. Notable for being set in modern day, the plot involves an unnamed protagonist and his classmates at St. Hermelin High School. The story begins as the protagonist and his classmates play a game called "Persona", akin to the ritual game "Bloody Mary". While playing, the students lose consciousness and meet a mysterious man in a butterfly mask named Philemon, who gives them the ability to summon reflections of their personalities, which are known as Personae. A bit shaken by their collective experience, the group visits a hospitalized friend but are attacked by demons. It is up to the protagonist and his friends to save the now isolated town and figure out the mystery behind the demon attacks and their new ability to summon Persona. Characters
Player Controlled Characters
主人公 (Protagonist) - Naoya Toudou
Overview - The silent protagonist of the game, He's described as a boy from St. Hermelin High School with dark hair and a pierced ears. The name Naoya Toudou is not official, though some fans refer to him as such since this was the name given to him in the game's manga adaptation.
Weapon and Personae - Naoya wields a rapier and an MP5, his initial Persona is Seimen Kongou (青面金剛) of the Emperor Arcana.
Gameplay
A Persona is summoned in battle.
Localization
The Western release of Revelations: Persona saw many cosmetic and technical changes. Many details of the plot were changed to "Westernize" the game for the North American market. Characters were renamed,
Masao from the Japan release (left), Mark from the North America release (right)
PSP Remake
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