Withthreeversions ofPersona 3(theoriginal, theFES expansion, and thePSP remake)already out in the wild, it’s clear that Atlus isn’t above revisiting popular territory. That’s been a good thing so far, as each iteration ofPersona 3so far has been superb (30/30 for score, people!), but a line has to be drawnsomewhere, right?
Well, we might have just arrived at that line. Atlus has announced the impending release ofPersona 3 Social, a new mobile-phone game set to appear on Mobage-town. “What’s Mobage-town,” you ask? It’s a truncation of “Mobile Game Town”, and also the name of a Japanese cellphone-based social networking service. It’ll feature persona collection and fighting shadows, as well as newly designed main characters courtesy of series art director Shigenori Soejima, and will be free-to-play, monetized through item transactions.
In short, it’s not much of a “true”Personagame at all, which means you won’t have to groan at the prospect of buying the same game afourthtime. Besides, with Japan’s mobile environment the way it is, the chances of an overseas release are unlikely. Check out the screenshots below. I supposethisgame’s Social Links are real-life ones, eh?
