Not Even Persona Q's Getting Left Behind

Q is Japanglish for "cute," it's a type of anime art style that makes everyone look like cute kids, similar to "super deformed."

As for them choosing that art style because the game's on a Nintendo platform. Maybe, but I doubt it. SMTIV was also a 3DS exclusive, and that game was most definitely not cutesy.

It's more the Etrian Odyssey style.

I'd buy a 3DS for this alone...if it's good.

Don't like the chibi art style and also I don't have a 3DS. I think I'll wait for the proper game on PS3.

I really hope we can name the two Protagonists.

Mark and Alec unite!

I have the etrian odyssey 4 and untold demos downloaded on my 3ds but never tried them out. Maybe I finally should... but I probably won't.

Fuck... I think this might be the final straw that gets me to buy a 3DS. God damn it.

@dark_lord_spam: Yeah! Because there's nothan' better than 60's Scooby Doo font !

THAT FUCKIN' TITLE FONT!

OK. That explains a lot. I haven't been keep up with the story of this game too much. I've been trying to not spoil too much for myself.

Yeah, dogg, get in! 8]

I think I'm more excited about this game than I am for Persona 5 itself, at this point.

<3 Shihoko Hirata.

Cool! Might be the first Persona game I play, now that I own a 3DS. Also, Japan music is damn great music haha

Dat music! :D

Also, Atlus please port this to Vita!!

I wonder if there's any way I can, y'know...not use any of the Persona 3 characters and just stick to my Persona 4 cast. Hope so.

I can't solve the mystery of this Labyrinth, because I ate to much festival food and have to take a nap now.

I absolutely love the ending where the protagonist from Persona 3 jumps through the air in an action pose... to shoot himself in the head.

I sincerely hope this isn't the beginning of milking the franchise dry, and is just some quick offshoot. Even then, I don't know how to feel about this.

@heyguys: I don't see the problem with spinoffs being fanservice. Really before 4 there wasn't any spinoffs(unless you count P3P FeMC since it's non-canon), so that's why we wouldn't have really seen hard fanservice. It can't really effect the mainline series unless they shove P3/4 characters in there which they aren't, so I don't see what's worrying about it.

We've had the story details for a while. It's even shown in trailer PV#2 where it shows you exactly when the game takes place in relation to the P3 and P4 timelines.

Persona Q takes place during the events of Persona 3 and Persona 4. In Persona 3, it takes place when the school festival has been cancelled. In Persona 4, it takes place during the last day of the school festival.

Persona Q takes place at the same times those games take place, and that is fact. This is why I say if the game is meant to be "canon", it will involve massive memory loss at the end or else Persona 3, Persona 4 and Persona 4 Arena will not work in terms of storyline at all.

That doesn't really make much sense either considering P4 takes place a year or two after P3. I had just assumed the "across time and space" line in the trailer met this was some weird time travel story that will probably end in a mind wipe for all of the characters. Either way, I cant wait to inject this game right into my veins.

The fact is that all of them are collaboration jobs with the sole exception of Persona 5.

Persona Q = Etrian Odyssey team + P Studio

Persona 4 Arena Ultimax = Arc System Works + P Studio

Persona 4: Dancing All Night = Dingo + P Studio

Literally, the only game P Studio is handling all by themselves is Persona 5, which is arguably the most important game out of all of them, so I wouldn't say the developers are spreading themselves too thin.

Unless you mean in terms of the IP, in which case I would say that Atlus is putting out stuff other than Persona as well.

Never played a persona game, but I am all about JRPGs and I have a 3DS, so hell yea!

THIS CAROUSEL

It's a little weird seeing the exact same trailer but with no voice over.

# glad they're bringing P3 characters back, I preferred them just a bit to the P4 ones. something about the soothing emo color palate and outfit designs.

I wonder if they're spreading themselves too thin with all these Persona games.

Of course, I'll probably buy at least 1 of them.

Well that's great to hear. I was really interested in checking out that 3ds game. Also, that title font straight up reminds me of Scooby Doo.

They do, just like in all of the other spin-off games/media.

The game takes place at the same time P3 and P4 take place, so if it's supposed to be canon, massive memory loss at the end of the game will have to take place for anything to make sense.

I actually adore the art.

Wondering if they give both the P3 and P4 main protagonists actual dialogue.

I'll play this, if only, for new Shoji Meguro music!

Weird chibi art style is super awful, but I don't think I can turn down a persona dungeon crawler from the director of Etrian Odyssey 4.

@jedted: Because it's being made by the Etrian Odyssey people, and that's pretty much their art style.

I can't wait to see the 3 and 4 cast playing off against each other. The voice cast in Persona is pretty solid so...

...my god, I could put the P3 protagonist and Yosuke together and have a Yuri Lowenthal party.

PersonaQ? Does that mean John de Lancie is in it?

Also, why do the characters look like babies? Is that just cause it's on a Nintendo platform?

soooo CHIBI

Various universes being connected by hidden arcane paths is nothing new in the SMT multiverse. See: Akarana Corridor, Amala Labyrinth.

Gosh dang 3DS, guess I'm not playing this one.

Atlus, take my money!

Huh. I was looking at 3DS RPGs earlier today. Nice to have something in the pipeline.

It said something about a labyrinth containing persona users from across time. This could totally be cannon.

I adore chibi-Kanji's face.

Haven't had a chance to play the Persona series but this looks pretty neat. Still waiting for a Vita price drop before I get it with Persona 4: The Golden.

Shinjiro is there and we have male P3 character, so completely non-cannon.

So.... this is super non-canon, right? If the P3 MC is there and it's canon, then that would be a pretty big deal for a 3ds spin off game...

Well, still excited! P3 style music is AWESOME!