Welcome to the Weekly Nintendo Corner! Every week, as the weekend nears, Smashboards will be covering a title from the Nintendo pantheon. Most of the time, these are new releases or games that are coming out soon, but we’re not exempt from surprises – every once in a while, there may be an old classic or forgotten treasure thrown in! Check back every week for the scoop on the upcoming Nintendo games.
Persona Q
This week’s topic is the 3DS Persona Crossover game: Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth! Containing characters from Persona 3 and Persona 4, the parties work together to team up in one epic dungeon crawler. For gameplay, don’t be fooled by the title; Persona Q heavily borrows elements from the Etrian Odyssey game. In comparison, it’s stated to be more of an Etrian Odyssey game than a Persona game; Persona elements are still around.
This game features options to play as the team members of Persona 3 or 4, leading to different routes in terms of story.
The Etrian Odyssey games particularly play a lot like old-school Dungeon Crawlers: Lots of random encounters, that special 1980’s view (as shown in the picture below), and pretty difficult.
Premise
Over at Yasogami High School (the setting of Persona 4), a strange bell rings, trapping the investigation team inside the school. While this is on-going, the members of S.E.E.S. (Persona 3’s Protagonists – Specialized Extracurricular Execution Squad) find themselves transported to the Velvet Room elevator, which suddenly leads the group at Yasogami. Both groups discover a labyrinth hidden underneath the school.
Suddenly, both party members run into Zen and Rei - two mysterious characters new to Persona Q that have no prior memory of what they've been through. The group discovers that their memories are hidden in the labyrinth and have to get their memories to escape. Will they regain the memories of the new characters Zen and Rei, thus leading them to freedom?
Features
-Choices – Much like the Persona games, choices still alter the game depending on what the player chooses to say in the dialogue.
-F.O.E. – Field-On Enemies – Persona 3 & 4 are known for having enemies that actually chase after you; even with the Dungeon Crawling setting, this is still around. Field-On Enemies are particularly stronger and move a grid space when you move, but with the right strategy, they can be avoided.
-All-Out Attack – From Persona 3 & 4, when all enemies are down from their weaknesses/critical attacks, all the party members alive are able to perform a strengthened attack. This returns for Persona Q!
-Multiple Persona’s – Sub-Persona’s are able to be equipped in addition to any character’s regular Persona.
About the Team
Atlus is both a Publishing and Developing company. Atlus was founded by Yukio Sugino who's also currently Director and President. The company contains 121 people and has locations in Setagaya, Tokyo, and Japan. To read more about Atlus, click here
Atlus used to be owned by the Index Corporation but is now owned by Sega Dream Corporation.
Music
Collector's Edition: The Wild Cards
The Persona Q premium edition comes with the Art Book, 11 Tarot Cards, a soundtrack CD, and a Nintendo 3DS XL case along with the game. It goes for $79.99 where-as the game normally goes for $49.99.
Persona Q will be released on November 25th for North America, December 4th for Australia, November 28th for Europe, and has already been released in Japan and Korea. It'll be $49.99 .
Ever played Persona or Etrian Odyssey? Will you be getting Persona Q? Too much wallet draining with ORAS and Smash? Let us know in the comments below!
Thethirdkoopa is a Game Producer, Game Collector, Musician, Gamer, and Smash Fanatic at heart. He plans on probably picking up this limited edition of Persona Q. Amiibo's, ORAS, Smash, and Persona Q? Wallets hurt. Talk to him about how wallets hurt on Twitter! @Thirdkoopa
Persona Q
This week’s topic is the 3DS Persona Crossover game: Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth! Containing characters from Persona 3 and Persona 4, the parties work together to team up in one epic dungeon crawler. For gameplay, don’t be fooled by the title; Persona Q heavily borrows elements from the Etrian Odyssey game. In comparison, it’s stated to be more of an Etrian Odyssey game than a Persona game; Persona elements are still around.
This game features options to play as the team members of Persona 3 or 4, leading to different routes in terms of story.
The Etrian Odyssey games particularly play a lot like old-school Dungeon Crawlers: Lots of random encounters, that special 1980’s view (as shown in the picture below), and pretty difficult.
Premise
Over at Yasogami High School (the setting of Persona 4), a strange bell rings, trapping the investigation team inside the school. While this is on-going, the members of S.E.E.S. (Persona 3’s Protagonists – Specialized Extracurricular Execution Squad) find themselves transported to the Velvet Room elevator, which suddenly leads the group at Yasogami. Both groups discover a labyrinth hidden underneath the school.
Suddenly, both party members run into Zen and Rei - two mysterious characters new to Persona Q that have no prior memory of what they've been through. The group discovers that their memories are hidden in the labyrinth and have to get their memories to escape. Will they regain the memories of the new characters Zen and Rei, thus leading them to freedom?
Features
-Choices – Much like the Persona games, choices still alter the game depending on what the player chooses to say in the dialogue.
-F.O.E. – Field-On Enemies – Persona 3 & 4 are known for having enemies that actually chase after you; even with the Dungeon Crawling setting, this is still around. Field-On Enemies are particularly stronger and move a grid space when you move, but with the right strategy, they can be avoided.
-All-Out Attack – From Persona 3 & 4, when all enemies are down from their weaknesses/critical attacks, all the party members alive are able to perform a strengthened attack. This returns for Persona Q!
-Multiple Persona’s – Sub-Persona’s are able to be equipped in addition to any character’s regular Persona.
Atlus is both a Publishing and Developing company. Atlus was founded by Yukio Sugino who's also currently Director and President. The company contains 121 people and has locations in Setagaya, Tokyo, and Japan. To read more about Atlus, click here
Atlus used to be owned by the Index Corporation but is now owned by Sega Dream Corporation.
Music
Collector's Edition: The Wild Cards
The Persona Q premium edition comes with the Art Book, 11 Tarot Cards, a soundtrack CD, and a Nintendo 3DS XL case along with the game. It goes for $79.99 where-as the game normally goes for $49.99.
Persona Q will be released on November 25th for North America, December 4th for Australia, November 28th for Europe, and has already been released in Japan and Korea. It'll be $49.99 .
Ever played Persona or Etrian Odyssey? Will you be getting Persona Q? Too much wallet draining with ORAS and Smash? Let us know in the comments below!
Thethirdkoopa is a Game Producer, Game Collector, Musician, Gamer, and Smash Fanatic at heart. He plans on probably picking up this limited edition of Persona Q. Amiibo's, ORAS, Smash, and Persona Q? Wallets hurt. Talk to him about how wallets hurt on Twitter! @Thirdkoopa
