According to a new listing on the Entertainment Software Ratings Board (ESRB), Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4 is coming to the PS3. Originally released in 2008 (JP, US), the events of Persona 4 feature several high school students who get involved with a string of supernatural murders. Their investigations lead them into the TV World’s “Midnight Channel”, where they must use their Personas to fight off the ethereal Shadows.
A new listing from the ESRB confirms that the popular JRPG will be coming to the PS3 sometime in the future; no official release dates have been announced. While an enhanced version exists for the PS Vita- Persona 4 Golden- the listing is strictly for Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4, the original PS2 release. Like its original counterpart, Persona 4 for PS3 will be rated “M/Mature”. The official summary is as follows, courtesy of the ESRB:
This is a role-playing game in which players control a high school student who enters a mystical ‘TV World, ‘ saves lost souls who are trapped on the ‘Midnight Channel,’ and establishes bonds with town characters in order to develop ‘Personas.’ Personas, which are summoned through the use of tarot cards, are creatures that can perform special offensive and defensive moves to aid during battles against monsters. Combat is turn-based with numeric values and light effects indicating attack/damage inflicted. Pixilated blood spray is briefly depicted during battles, and colored bloodstains stain some walls and floors. Some female monsters (female Persona) are depicted with their breasts exposed, while other monsters have phallic-shaped heads and torsos. Other female Personas (e.g., ‘Succubus’) have sexual characteristics that are described in text: ‘They visit sleeping men and have sexual intercourse with them.’ Story elements also make references to alcohol, including a long scene in which the main characters hang out in a club and play ‘drinking games.’ Although alcohol is never consumed, the characters display the telltale signs of intoxication: slurred speech, staggered walking, and red faces. Profanity (e.g., sh*t, a*shole) can be heard in the dialogue.
Yesterday afternoon, Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner – Raidou Kuzunoha vs. the Soulless Army was released on PSN as a PS2 Classic. Along with the digital re-release of Persona 4, fans across Japan and North America will get a plethora of new titles from the Shin Megami Tensei Persona side-saga. Confirmed titles for 2014 include Persona 4 Arena Ultimax, Persona 4: Dancing All Night, Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth, and Persona 5.