A look at the Shin Megami Tensei franchise

Something I like to do fairly often is break out of my old PS2 and play some older games. Well, that’s kind of a lie. I never have to “break out” my PS2, because it’s pretty much always hooked up unless I need to hook something else up to the TV. The reason for this is simply because there are more games I want to play for the PS2 than any of my current generation consoles. One particular franchise that keeps me playing my PS2 is Atlus’ Shin Megami Tensei. In fact, Nocturne is the game currently keeping me tethered to my PS2.

The recent news that Atlus USA will be bringing the PSP port of Persona 2 to North America has made me particularly happy. Of any SMT games I’ve played, the Persona series has been my favourite. Since I started with Persona 3, I didn’t really have a chance to play the first two games, but with these PSP ports I can. With this latest announcement, it seems like a good enough time to detail my journey through this franchise.

There will probably be massive spoilers for some of these games.

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Persona 4 anime in the works

*UPDATE: The Mayonaka TV website has another countdown*

Late last week a website appeared with a countdown clock that ended today. The website had a colour scheme similar to the PS2 RPG Persona 4, along with a mistake that caused the mobile phone version of the site  mention a “Persona 4 Animation,” leading most to conclude that a Persona 4 anime was in the works. Now that the countdown has ended the website plays a short trailer and links to another website.

More information about the staff and cast can be found at the new website: http://www.p4a.jp/. Shoji Meguro will be returning as composer for the adaptation, so if nothing else at least the soundtrack will be good. It’s worth noting that that today’s date, April 11th 2011, is the in-game date that Persona 4 starts on.

(Source: ANN)