Persona 5 News Coming February 4 (UPDATE: Schedule)

Ahead of the Persona Super Concert that is to be held on February 5 (where it was already confirmed that they would be sharing news on Persona 5), Atlus has announced that it will be holding a livestream on Wednesday, February 4, one that not only tries to introduce newcomers to the Persona series, but also finally shares new information on Persona 5- at the very least, we are expecting the music and gameplay unveil, but if we are lucky, we will probably get a release date too.

Excellent, most excellent.

UPDATE:

The schedule for the livestream

February 4 (Niconico live stream)

• 13:00 – Countdown commencement with greetings from host Teddie
• 14:00 – Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth character video showcase
• 15:00 – Persona 4 Arena Ultimax character video showcase
• 18:00 – Persona 4 Golden Vita the Best version launch commemoration special – The “Greatest Hits” version of Persona 4 Golden launches February 5. This segment will reveal fans’ top 10 favorite Persona 4 Golden characters, as conducted via a pre-stream vote.
• 19:30 – Top 25 Persona Songs – An announcement of fans’ favorite songs from throughout the series, as decided via a pre-stream vote.
• 21:30 – A two-hour special digest of Persona 3 the Movie #1: Spring of Birth and Persona 3 the Movie #2: Midsummer Knight’s Dream.
• 23:40 – ??? (Unannounced)

February 5 (Niconico live stream)

• 12:30 – ??? (Unannounced)
• 13:00 – Top 25 Persona Songs (Repeat)
• 15:00 – Persona 4 Golden Vita the Best version launch commemoration special (Repeat)
• 17:00 – ??? (Unannounced, Repeat)
• 18:00 – Final countdown commencement with Teddie
• 18:?? – Persona Stalker Club: Nippon Budokan Special – Join hosts Tomomi Isomura and Mafia Kajita as they host a special episode of the Persona-themed variety show live online. In addition to the usual segments, viewers can expect to find the latest Persona news coming out of this episode.
• 21:?? – ????? (Unannounced, though it’s worth noting the Japanese description features five red question marks)

The most important thing about the last event is that those five question marks appear in the red color (the Persona 5 color) in the Japanese description, so we know how it goes.

We also now know, thankfully, that we can skip most of this and just move on to the good part.

News of upcoming news.

Great news for persona fans I guess. I am interested in hearing in what new changes they have made from the not so new P4.

Available only on Playstation

Doesn't say anything specific about Persona 5. TC should have learned from PSX.

oh Solid

The actual Persona 5 news is coming during the Persona Super Concert, which has been confirmed for a while now lol.

@charizard1605: Touche SW King

Surprised how late the thread was

whats so special about these games?

I hate games that don't take themselves seriously like this

I like regular RPG's FF4/FF6/FF7 with epic stories and realistic worlds

I HATE cartoony kids in suits, japanese style, like loud annoying stuff happening

I also like tactical RPG's like Fire Emblem and FFT those games serve a strong purpose in quality fun

i can't back persona's story, i cant stand with 12 year old in suits with hipster glasses talking

this is why FF is going the drain with like FF13 and 13-2 X and x-2

FF was never like this before and becoming more like persona and its hurting with base fans of the originals

atleast fire emblem still does its thing tho im still a big fan of fire emblem always solid none of this weird crap in my rpgs i like epic RPG's with scale

this is not my cup and tea and never will be, now im like nintendo type RPGs cuz they still deliver the epic feels

Looking forward to what gets mentioned hope they have a new battle theme for it

Hope we get a new trailer and the release date for Persona 5

Persona 4: Golden is one of the worst games of this generation. This will probably be worse.

P3 and P4 are not what you think even though they still follow some anime tropes. And they do take themselves seriously, at least when it's pertinent.

I really wish I could like the series, but yeah not my cup of tea. I rather wait for FF XV

enjoyed Persona golden on my Vita,

enjoy your ban, the SW king will not tolerate such blasphemy

:P

I have yet to get into this series. I was thinking about Persona Q...Is that a good game to start on???

No, the exact opposite, that's a terrible idea.

@pikachudude860: Ehh...

It's a great game to get to know the characters from Persona 3 and 4, but its gameplay is a lot more similar to Etrian Odyssey than P3 or P4.

@ANIMEguy10034: @charizard1605:

I see. Hmm...Which should I try then? I don't have a Vita, So I can't play Persona 4 Golden...Less I get the PS3 port.

Get Persona 4 on the PS3 from PSN. Best place to start without a Vita, I guess.

Just steal some kid's Vita and buy Golden. Their tears and lawsuit will be totally worth it.
Or find a PS2 for cheap and buy both games. As for which to play first, that's a matter of opinion but you'll absolutely love Chie in P4. Everyone does.

@charizard1605: Cool. Thanks for the advice.

I don't, I hate her.

Once you are done with that, and only when you are done, get Persona 3 FES too (also on PSN on PS3). Both are just $10, so it shouldn't be too bad, hopefully.

@ANIMEguy10034: I'm thinking of getting a Vita soon...Persona and Disgaea would be great starts. Maybe I'll wait until then.

They just teased a news release a few weeks back, what was it they revealed again? Anyhow, if they really are releasing some bigger details I guess that's good news. News of it getting a Western release date in 2015 is about the best I can expect. Though about the biggest news IMO that could every happen is announcing it'll also be releasing on the Xbox One, highly doubtful (like will we ever make contact with intelligent alien life in our lifetime kind of doubtful).

@pikachudude860: Considering how fantastic Golden is, the fact you haven't played the original, and are also interested in other Vita games, buying a Vita may be worth it.
Try looking for used/refurbished Vitas if you're short on cash.

Or get a PSTV. Half the price of a Vita with all the functionality.

@charizard1605 Half? Aside from the lack of portability you're getting the exact same thing.

And you could argue it's much better depending on one's preference of large TV screens over tiny Vita screen.

Half the games don't run on that thing, none of the non game apps run on that thing, and so on. It's a gimped Vita, it's cool for what it is, but let's not mince words here.

2 Persona nerds doing battle

dude just get both

i had Gameboy to play in my bed orwherever and super gameboy to play them on tv

there both good in diff situations

Hopefully the news is that it's releasing February 5th.

@ANIMEguy10034: I prefer Yukiko. Chie is annoying as hell imo.

This is so annoying...why the **** would anyone announce that they are having an announcement soon?

The Only News I need is a release date.

I'd say it's a Vita with a focus on gaming, which is what it should be doing in the first place. And game functionality is frequently being added.

As for @pikachudude860 if P4G will be his first game for the device, he should look into the possibility of PSTV over the Vita. No harm in it.

I like Yukiko too, but I think Marie has more of a thing going on.

At least Chie is a better pick over Rise.

Preaching the truth, my dude.

Chie>>>>all the others put together.

Get some taste, people.

@charizard1605:

This may be the best Persona yet.

There is literally no way it can be better than Persona 4 Golden. Quote me on this, bookmark it, whatever. We will come back to this a year later, and it will turn out that P5, as amazing as I am sure it will be, isn't as good as P4G.

I was like you at first. I dismissed Persona 3 and 4 thinking they were C+ ranking Anime based games. I played 4 during my first sem in college just to see what all the hype was about. 78 hours later, I wanted to kick myself for not playing the game earlier. After finishing 4, I immediately started up 3 (FES) and was floored just by how awesome the game is. Not gonna lie, if you want epic games with scale and a dark, mature story, you owe it to yourself to play Persona 3 and 4.

It'll be interesting to see whether this gets a PC release. JRPGs have been making a bit of a splash on Steam, so who knows.

Anyway, having recently played P4G for the first time (which was pretty good, although the game definitely dragged in the final 20ish hours)...count me in for P5.

PC? Nah. Xbox One/Wii U? Much more likely.

@mmmwksil: Thanks for the info. If PSTV plays my Vita games on my TV, then I'd buy one.

Persona has been a Playstation-exclusive franchise a while, if they're gonna make it multiplatform a Steam release would be the logical choice

Let the hype begin..or rather continue.

Can't wait!

A PC release would be a pretty good move.

Afterall, japanese life sims and dating sims are both thriving on PC compared to other platforms.

One Piece Pirate Warriors 3 was announced last month has coming to PC alongside PS systems, but not xbox. Also Hyperdimension Neptunia and Fairy Fencer F

Recently, Namco and SEGA have been getting friendly with Steam. it's not impossible to imagine series like Tales, Yakuza and Persona making the jump with late ports to test the waters.

Obviously, nothing is ever certain, but some degree of Japanese support is starting to show.