Persona is a remake of the original Playstation game Revelations: Persona for the PSP. The game was released in Japan on April 29, 2009 and is set for a north american release September 22, 2009. [official Atlus site]
Game Play: According to Wikipedia, the game play is "similar to the original... with a few exceptions." Battles are played out from the third person view. For examples of this type of game play, check out the PSP versions of Final Fantasy as well as the original Playstation releases of Final Fantasy. What sets Persona's gameplay from that of other RPGs is the Contact system the characters get to use to talk to demons. Each of the playable characters in the game have different types of Contact commands which can effect a demons mood, and a demons mood effects if a demon will give a character a Tarot card which can be used to summon other Personas (demons). Demons are effected in one of four ways: Joy, anger, fear or interest. To earn a Tarot card, a demon has to be interested 3-4 times. According to the official english site, battles will be faster-paced than the original and include new in game videos and includes an expanded soundtrack PLUS a chapter the american release of the original Playstation game did not have.
Story: [according to Wikipedia] The story takes place at St. Hermelin High School, located in the city of Mikage-cho. While playing a ritual-like children's game called "Persona", a group of students are knocked unconscious. While asleep, they encounter a man named Philemon who bestows several Personae upon them. When they wake up, the youths discover they can summon Personae. Meanwhile, Takahisa Kandori, head of the SEBEC corporation, has invented a machine to create and allow passage to an alternate dimension.This machine is somehow linked to the mind of Maki Sonomura, a frail, bedridden girl and close friend of the main character, who visits her often. During one such visit, the party members realize that the city is slowly changing; while it looks the same, it is cut off from the outside world and is being invaded by demons. ((I do reccomend if you would like to learn more about how characters who summon Personae are effected, check out the anime Persona -Trinity Soul-))
