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Opening Movie:

Debut Trailer:

Changelog:

• All animation sequences will be remade by the Kamikaze Douga studio. There's also going to be some new scenes as well.
• The BGM of the original will be rearranged by Shoji Meguro, with backup vocals done by Yumi Kawamura.
• Revamped interface to make use of the 16:9 widescreen support.
• The scenario is fully intact, with additional dungeon floors for both the main story line and the Snow Queen Chapter. There's also going to be more puzzles in the dungeons.
• Encounter rate has been revised for balanced gameplay, and there's now an option to set the difficulty level of the game.
• Battle animations can be skipped, battle load times have been reduced by 2/3 the rate of the original.
• More save points have been included, plus a quicksave function.
• New pre-rendered map of the town, without any random enemy encounters.

QJ.net - Source

Persona, which was leaked by GameWave magazine few weeks earlier, is said to be a “complete remake” of the 13-year-old PSOne game and will be out in Japan on April 29. Among the improvements made are lots of new movies by Kamikaze Douga, three difficulty options (Normal, Beginner and Expert), more save points, enemies encounters and game balance adjustments.

Confirmed - Source

The Persona franchise has never been hotter. The incredible success of Persona 3 and 4 on PlayStation 2 has propelled the series into the limelight. Atlus may be revisiting some of the earlier Persona games, according to a report by Play Online. They claim that Hong Kong magazine GameWave notes a Persona release for PSP on its cover (pictured). The PSP game is supposedly based on the original Persona, which released on PlayStation 1, released in 1996. Whether or not this will be a full remake or an enhanced port is unclear. However, until Atlus officially announces the game, we're going to classify this as a rumor.

Rumor - Source

Hmmm.... I'd be interested in this. I'd like to get Persona 3 or 4 on the PSP. I don't play console RPGs anymore because I don't have the time but I can spread out an RPG on the shitter over several months no problem.

the magazine scan something or whatever:

http://img58.imageshack.us/img58/194...2a6f899ad4.jpg

That seems to mention the original Persona on April 30th.

If it's a remake, i'll be happy, but if it's a port of the original, i'll pass.

O.o Want!!!!!!!!!

GameWave did prove themselves reliable with the Disgaea 2 and Gundam reveal, and that was just a ho-hum entry on a release list, so I'd imagine that they must be pretty confident in their sources if they put the news on the cover. If it is the original Persona, then it's more likely going to be a remake since the original Persona hasn't aged nearly as well as the Persona 2 games. Hopefully it will get a localization since Atlus butchered the original game when bringing that over. With some necessary improvements and a new translation, it might be something worth playing.

More info from 1UP-shell:
http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3172299

GameWave claims the remake releases in Japan on April 30 for 5,040 yen, and will feature all-new characters and scenarios. Considering the magazine's reputation for PSP news leaks, we'd call the info solid; expect an official Japanese announcement soon.

If this is true, and added with all the other releases that are coming out, 2009 is going to be an amazing year for the PSP.

I think a VP Lenneth type of port would be great (true 16:9 support, some added FMVs or something). But hopefully they give it a budget price tag.

If they remake this as a good game, I'll absolutely buy it.

Originally Posted by SynGamer If it's a remake, i'll be happy, but if it's a port of the original, i'll pass.

A remake is always better, but I'd be fine if they ported it and actually fixed all the shit they raped in the original playstation localization.

Well since the rumor was in a Japanese magazine, it should be the original by their standards so naturally if it ever comes stateside, they would just translate it.

I thought there was supposed to be an original Persona spinoff in development for PSP. Well, I guess since I haven't played Revelations, it's new to me.

Originally Posted by javeryh but I can spread out an RPG on the shitter over several months no problem.

Ironically, I do the same thing!

That would be pretty neat, maybe the PSP will get some playtime again

Holy shit! I might buy a PSP game this year!

Originally Posted by rodeojones903 Holy shit! I might buy a PSP game this year when it hits $20!

my viewpoint is slightly amended from yours.

Need.

Confirmed via Famitsu.

Secondary image.

Sick.