Persona 3 Portable Gets US Release Date

[Kim]

Originally Posted by Mirai Gen

You're threatening this entirely too much. Here, I'm going to give you a Christmas gift Noncon, use it wisely. You only get one.

Nah man, was just funnin'. Any game where I say "Tempted to make Mirai review it" means I'm in no way going to make Mirai review it.

[Mirai Gen]

I just wanted an excuse to photoshop a review coupon.

[EVILNess]

Well the only re-release of games there without any enhancements are Star Ocean 2, Breath of Fire 3, and Lenneth.

NIS added so much random stuff to Afternoon of Darkness and Dark Hero Days that it's honestly worth play through them again. Not to mention they are actually awesome portable games. I can load up and do some spelunking in the Item World and then stop with a Mr. Gency Exit and still feel like I accomplished something.

I love my DS, but I'm finding that I love the PSP just as much now that there are a bunch of games I want to play on it and the PSN has matured a bit, although I still wish there was as much a PS1 selection on the NA (and by extension EU stores) as there was in the Japanese PSN.

[Kim]

Originally Posted by EVILNess

although I still wish there was as much a PS1 selection on the NA (and by extension EU stores) as there was in the Japanese PSN.

We need Tokimeki Memorial dammit. I keep hearing everyone compare Persona's Social Link system and I want it!

Originally Posted by Living Bobbeh

Maybe they wouldn't be so small if they weren't such jerks.

AFAIK, it's cheaper to localize for the US than Europe because you have to do more languages for Europe, whereas US is just "Put it in English motherfuckers!"

And EVILNess is right about them being so small. Persona 4 was possibly their best selling game, and I think it sold like 400,000 copies. That's not a lot for a best selling game, other games they do sell far less than that and I am honestly surprised they've managed to stay afloat.

[Solid Snake]

Originally Posted by NonCon

Persona 4 was possibly their best selling game, and I think it sold like 400,000 copies.

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...What.

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FUCK

Seriously how is it possible that one of the greatest videogames of all time has sold only 400,000 copies?
WHAT ARE ALL YOU FOOLS PLAYING?!?
(Actually by now it's sold over 450,000 total. But still.)

[Mirai Gen]

Originally Posted by Solid Snake

Seriously how is it possible that one of the greatest videogames of all time has sold only 400,000 copies?

These kinds of inexplicable riddles are the reason I want Gamepad Dojo to get popular.

[A Zarkin' Frood]

Originally Posted by NonCon

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AFAIK, it's cheaper to localize for the US than Europe because you have to do more languages for Europe, whereas US is just "Put it in English motherfuckers!"

This is true. But not all games are localized for European countries. I'm very grateful that Atlus doesn't localize the games they're publishing further. Why? Because the German translation usually sucks royally, like it's translated out of context. It's what the cool kids these days call a "Blind Idiot Translation". I don't know about the quality of Spanish, French or Italian versions, though.

Luckily I could switch back to English in that one game. (Nocturne)
All the others were just released like that. Maybe some PAL adjustments were made, that's it.

[Kim]

So, while we had a thread for it, I figured I'd spoil some of the awesome changes that you get in P3P. And when I say there are spoilers, there are spoilers even if you played the original or FES so yeah.

SPOILAHZYou can Social Link with all your party members, including Shinjiro. This is particularly interesting as it might mean he doesn't die, at least when playing as the girl.

Kashiwagi, the replacement teacher for Mr. Morooka in Persona 4, makes an appearance as one of the girls during the beach mission.

During the femail playthrough, you get to stay at the Amagi in, and meet a younger Yukiko.

Female playthrough doesn't have animu cutscenes but has new music.

Female playthrough has lots of new, special Social Links, and it seems she sleeps around just as much as the male protagonist did in his story.

Solid Snake will probably come in with lots more info that I forgot.

[Solid Snake]

Originally Posted by NonCon

You can Social Link with all your party members, including Shinjiro. This is particularly interesting as it might mean he doesn't die, at least when playing as the girl.

While technically true, I'll just specify that Persona 3 is still aggressively pro-heterosexual orientations: the female MC can only engage in romantic relationships with men and the male MC only has the option with the women available in P3 and P3: FES. I'm positive that there's still plenty of pseudo-cheesecake dialogue between the female MC and other female characters that will support plenty of fanart and fanfiction, but in-game it's not established as a canon possibility.
Also, the female-MC can't date Junpei. He's the only human playable character you can't date. (Which does mean, sadly, you can have something resembling a relationship of sorts with Ken, apparently...I'm not sure how that works. Hopefully he just has an unrequited crush on you?)

Kashiwagi, the replacement teacher for Mr. Morooka in Persona 4, makes an appearance as one of the girls during the beach mission.

Yes, but only if you're male-MC.

Also, in perhaps my favorite of the new content, regarding the game's ending: as female MC if you establish a Level 10 SLink with Akihiko he'll be the last one the female MC sees (the only one on the rooftop with her) at the end of the game, replacing Aigis. Same with a Level 10 SLink with Mitsuru, if you're a male MC. I'm not sure whether similar options involve other characters like Yukari. The default is still Aigis.

[Kim]

Originally Posted by Solid Snake

(Which does mean, sadly, you can have something resembling a relationship of sorts with Ken, apparently...I'm not sure how that works. Hopefully he just has an unrequited crush on you?)

So apparently gayness = BAD but pedophilia = A-OK.

AAAAAARGH