Two months after the ending of the hit RPG Persona 4, a new threat has emerged in Persona 4 Arena! During Golden Week, a new rumor begins spreading through town about a mysterious TV program, the P-1 Grand Prix. Download the manual for this game by locating the game on and selecting “See Game Manual'. Oh well, I guess Teddie doesn’t need a Zorro mask to fight in the Midnight Arena.The Games on Demand version supports English and Japanese.

Glasses, unfortunately, are paid DLC only. Atlus is also selling instant unlocks for these on Xbox Live and the PlayStation Store. There are also some hidden voice navigators that I haven’t been able to unlock in Persona 4 Arena too. The challenge, for hardcore players, lies in score attack mode and versus mode.

Just for fun, I played Teddie’s story mode only using the canned combo and was able to clear it, losing only one fight during the playthrough. Most fights last for less than a minute and you’re back to reading the plot. I think Elizabeth has a pretty interesting storyline too that kind of sits between everything happening in the game… If Persona 4 Arena seems slow in the beginning don’t give up until you see Labrys’ storyline.Īrc System Works designed Persona 4 Arena’s story mode to be a walk in the park. On top of getting into Yu’s mind, you’ll see events from Kanji’s sleepy eyes, understand Mitsuru’s insecurities, and read all of Teddie’s… flirtatious thoughts. You don’t have to complete every single character, although Persona fans will probably want to do that.

There is a 'fast' route at seeing the main plot, but I guess I shouldn’t spoil it. (OK, we’re not counting the female protagonist in Persona 3 Portable since she doesn’t exist.) The two groups essentially make two storylines for players to follow in Persona 4 Arena. Yeah, it treads familiar territory with the Midnight Arena, but Atlus gets a gold star for successfully bringing the cast of characters from Persona 3 and Persona 4 together. My favorite part of Persona 4 Arena is the story. Arc System Works added eight player lobbies too, but that’s about it for online play. There are ranked matches for players who want to prove they’re the manliest Persona user and free play. While a bit barebones, Persona 4 Arena has all of the basics for online matchmaking. Atlus will release a patch to remedy these issues, but a date has not been announced. In the few matches I played, there was slowdown in the beginning even when playing against players from the same region and with three bars or more. The bad news is it feels like the netcode flaws in the Xbox 360 version are in the North American release. We’re glad to report that online play for North America is just as good a BlazBlue. We had Persona 4 Arena for over a week and matches against Japanese players have been pretty smooth.

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