Atlus Announces Persona 4 Golden for North America

This fall, those summoning, socializing, Japanese school days will be playable on the go.

The rabid and vocal fans of the Persona series have something to celebrate this fall with the release of Persona 4 Golden for the PlayStation Vita in North America. Although this announcement isn’t a huge surprise following the original game’s stellar sales, there was a nagging uncertainty until Atlus released official news today. Persona 4 Golden promises to include several additions to the original PlayStation 2 title including new voiceover work, a dungeon rescue feature, new personas, and plenty more.

Previously, when Persona 3 was ported to the PSP, some slimming down was required to work within the smaller device’s specs. This won’t be an issue for Persona 4 Golden as the Vita is a big technological jump above the PS2. The Vita hardware will allow for the new features promised for the port, particularly all of the new voice work and new animated cutscenes. Atlus has also incorporated some suggestions made by fans of the game, although what those are exactly has yet to be revealed.

Persona 4 was loved by critics and had solid sales, particularly during a time when PS2 releases were drying up. The game is often praised for its social simulation and battle system. Persona 4 also garnered a lot of attention for featuring a character struggling with their sexual orientation – an extremely rare topic in a mass market game.

If you missed out on the original because you didn’t have time to sit in front of your TV for the lengthy original game, Persona 4 Golden will let you catch up during your lunch hour. For those that have already devoured the game, all the extra features should make a good case for starting another play through.

Press Release

ONE OF THE BEST RPGS EVER GETS EVEN BETTER:
ATLUS TO PUBLISH PERSONA 4 GOLDEN, THE REMASTERED PLAYSTATION VITA VERSION OF AWARD-WINNING SHIN MEGAMI TENSEI: PERSONA 4, THIS FALL IN NORTH AMERICA

The adventure's never been bigger, but it need not stay at home when you're on the go!

IRVINE, CALIFORNIA -- MAY 2, 2012 -- ATLUS, a brand of Index Digital Media, Inc., today revealed plans to publish Persona®4 Golden™, a remastered version of the award-winning RPG Shin Megami Tensei®: Persona®4, in North America this fall exclusively for PlayStation®Vita (PS Vita) handheld entertainment system.

With an overall Metacritic score of 90 and a multitude of "Editor's Choice" and "Best Of" awards, Persona 4 stands as one of the finest games ever made, delivering many dozens of hours of enthralling storytelling, immensely satisfying combat, intricate party management, and addicting demon collection and customization. Its brilliantly realized story--which features a memorable cast of personalities with whom the player can forge and strengthen pivotal bonds called "social links"--combined with the game's breathtaking visual and aural design, are part of an overall package that is on almost every genre fan's list of all-time favorites.

Now, following in the footsteps of Shin Megami Tensei®: Persona®3 Portable™, the second highest rated PSP system game of all time (gamerankings.com), Persona 4 Golden for PlayStation Vita offers an enhanced and expanded portable version of the highly acclaimed original. Visuals have been beautifully remastered to take advantage of the PS Vita's crisp, vibrant 5" OLED display. The game's aural presentation is better than ever, with 1.5 times the voiced dialogue of the original release. A new online dungeon rescue feature allows users to call on other players for assistance when they are about to die in the TV world. Persona 4 Golden is also overflowing with new content: new Personas to collect; new story events along with an all-new character; stunning new anime cutscenes, which include a new opening animation with a new song from master composer Shoji Meguro; a host of fan suggested tweaks and changes, and much more! Persona 4 Golden is far more than just a handheld version of an all-time classic: it's the best way to experience it yet!

Persona 4 Golden is scheduled to release for PlayStation Vita this fall. For more information, visit http://www.atlus.com/p4g.

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Nick DiMola Director

05/03/2012 at 09:20 AM

Definitely excited about this. Persona 4 didn't quite live up to 3 for me, but I'll be glad to go back to it again and give it a fresh shot. Chessa and I started 4 a few weeks after finishing 3 when it came out and it just was too soon to hop into another similar game.

Mike Wall Staff Alumnus

05/03/2012 at 12:58 PM

Being currently entrenched in Persona 3 Fes myself, I was curious to see how fans thought of Persona 4 by comparison. From what I’ve read on the web it seemed to be almost 50/50 with some people preferring 3 and others 4. I understand that the ‘dark hour’ in 4 is described as the ‘midnight channel’, which I will be honest is a little corny. However, I am excited to see some the technical upgrades that they made in the 4^th installment. I love persona 3, but there are a few tweaks that I wish they made, and from what I’ve read I heard a lot of that has been addressed in 4.

I’m still a few months away from completing 3, but when I’m done I’ll be looking forward to sinking my teeth into 4 for sure.

Kyle Charizanis Staff Alumnus

05/07/2012 at 06:16 PM

I just realized..."going inside the TV" is a perfect metaphor for the game itself.

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