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Persona 3: Trinities, Souls, and Cellphones

cj iwakuracj iwakura The Rhythm RegentBears The Name FreedomRegistered User regular
edited December 2007 in Games and Technology
Along with the forthcoming anime, 'Trinity Soul' in production, XiaNaphryz & SiliconEra bring news of a prequel in the works.

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For cellphones.
Without delving into too much some events happen pre-Persona 3 PlayStation 2 and you get to play through the events in Aigis: The First Mission. Decent looking 3D graphics, a soul point battle system and cameos from characters in the PS2 game (see left picture) for a mere 525 yen ($4.50). It’s a shame that companies aren’t interested in localizing cell phone games because there is some good stuff out there.

Way to be Squeenix, Atlus.


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Welcome back to Port Island!

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Before returning to class this semester, it's considered best that both returning and new students have a good feel for their surroundings.

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With that in mind, here's a small primer on the whos and wheres of the local hangouts.


Paulownia Mall
The foremost destination for shopping.
Hours may vary.

[Social Link]
Moon - The Gourmet King


Destinations
Club Escapade
The place to go to get your groove on. (Open at night)
[Social Link]
Tower - the old man

Chagall Cafe
Best Pheromone Tea in town. (Improves charm)

Be Blue V
One stop shop for accessories. (Closed on evenings)

Police
Weaponry and armor, with style. (Days and afternoons)

Mandragora Karaoke
Sing your heart out! Overly occupied on weekends. (Improves charm)

Shinshoudo Antiques
Find something to keep your girl happy. (Items/Stat Cards)

Aohige Pharmacy
Contrary to rumor, no, there is not an annoying theme song. (Items)
(Sales on Saturdays)

Velvet Room
(A guide to Elizabeth's quests may be added here if needed.)



Port Island Station
The gateway for Port Island. Catch a movie, grab a drink, buy your girl some flowers, or just chill.
(Charm/Courage/Items)

[Social Link]
Devil - Tanaka


Iwatodai Station
Leads to the mainland, as well as a popular strip mall.

[Social Link]
Star Social Link, midgame.

Destinations
Bookworms
[Social Link]
Hierophant - The Old Couple

Wild-duck Burger
(Courage increase)

Hagakure
(Charm increase)

Wakatsu Restaurant
(Academics increase)


Naganaki Shrine
Make donations, or just new friends.
(Academics increase, random money increases/decreases)

[Social Links]
Hanged Man(The Girl) and Sun(The Dying Young Man)


Dorm
Normally for transfer students, now used exclusively for extracurricular activities.

[Social Links]
Fool(story-based), Death(story-based), Hermit(MMO)


And last, and definitely not least:


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Gekkoukan High
[Social Links]
Strength(Yuko), Justice(Chihiro), Lovers(Yukari), Empress(Mitsuru), Priestess(Fuuka), Emperor(Student Council), Chariot(Sports Club), Fortune(Activity), Temperance(Home Economics/Bebe), Magician(Kenji)


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Instructors
Mr. Edogawa - religious studies
Ms. Toriumi - composition
Ms. Miyuhara - mathematics
Mr. Ekoda - classic literature
Mr. Ono - Japanese history


Destinations
The Library
(Academics increase)

Student Council
[Social Link]
Emperor

Sports Club
(Swim/Kendo/Track)
[Social Link]
Chariot, and by association, Strength

Activity Club
(Art/Music/Photography)
[Social Link]
Fortune


Before and during class, be sure to keep up on your studies, as well as your appearance and mentality.

That is, if you want to find yourself a girlfriend by the end of the year.


(The following guide is strictly off the record, and the Port Island Tourist Society holds no accountability for its contents.)


A Lady Killer's Guide to Gekkoukan
So you want a Gekkoukan Girlfriend? High-maintenance is an understatement.

The information compiled here may help you track down your dreamgirl, but that depends entirely on the effort you put forth.


Yukari Takeba
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Arcana: Lovers
Likes: Her father, flowers
Dislikes: Her mother, playboys


Mitsuru Kijijo
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Arcana: Empress
Likes: Her father, intelligent students
Dislikes: Laziness


Fuuka Yamagishi
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Arcana: Priestess
Likes: Cooking
Dislikes: Battle


Aigis
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Arcana: Chariot
Likes: Battle tactics, weaponry
Dislikes: Studies not pertaining to battle tactics or weaponry


Yuko Nishiwaki
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Arcana: Strength
Likes: Sports, children
Dislikes: Quitters, disloyalty


Chihiro Fushimi
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Arcana: Justice
Likes: Studying, books
Dislikes: Confrontation, strangers


Elizabeth
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Arcana: Unknown
Likes: Collecting oddities
Dislikes: Waiting


Chidori
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Arcana: Hanged Man
Likes: Drawing, her Persona
Dislikes: Being denied access to either of the above

Disclaimer: Some of the aforementioned girls aren't necessarily open to dating, but they're there if you feel like having your heart/neck broken.


Armed with this information, schoolife should be a breeze for even the densest of students.

Just be sure to be asleep by midnight...

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Students who defy curfew have been showing a disturbing trend of winding up dead.


(A dungeon crawler's guide to Tartarus may be added here in the future, if so desired.)

Alternatively, if you feel like browsing through a few dozen pages of useful information, here's the old thread.

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  • FrosteeyFrosteey Elaise 1521-2945-8940Registered User regular
    edited September 2007
    Let's play Persona!
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    No, no, no! All wrong.

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    There we go! Much better. Weapon choice makes all the difference.



    Casting call.
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    Frosteey on
  • cj iwakuracj iwakura The Rhythm Regent Bears The Name FreedomRegistered User regular
    edited September 2007
    ...wow.

    IS THAT THE DEMI-FIEND!?

    <3. It even has Raidou.

    Where on earth did you find that!?

    I just got new wallpaper.

    That's unbelievably amazing.

    cj iwakura on
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  • DehumanizedDehumanized Registered User regular
    edited September 2007
    New OP: Now with French language school theme!
    D:

    Dehumanized on
  • cj iwakuracj iwakura The Rhythm Regent Bears The Name FreedomRegistered User regular
    edited September 2007
    New OP: Now with French language school theme!
    :D

    In other news, I'm at the fifth block.

    Trippy.

    cj iwakura on
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  • Atlus ParkerAtlus Parker Registered User regular
    edited September 2007
    I haven't posted in here yet but now that I'm nearing the end of the game I can start posting about what I'm up to.

    I'm currently on 1/7 at 73 hours. My main party is levelled to 88 with 82% of the compendium completed. I have Tartarus cleared as far as I can go so I started to go into Monad. Even though I got my ass kicked at first I levelled very quickly and now the fights in there are trivial. Over all I g ive this game a 4 out of 5 way too fucking long for its own goods.

    Also, re: The Reaper hahahahha
    I just killed him in one hit using (Persona spoiler?)
    Lucifer + Satan's combination attack

    Atlus Parker on
  • FrosteeyFrosteey Elaise 1521-2945-8940Registered User regular
    edited September 2007
    cj iwakura wrote: »
    ...wow.

    IS THAT THE DEMI-FIEND!?

    <3. It even has Raidou.

    Where on earth did you find that!?

    I just got new wallpaper.

    That's unbelievably amazing.

    I've actually only played the Persona series, so I'm not familiar with all the characters.

    The source...
    Gets 2 questionbe7.jpgs out of 5.

    Frosteey on
  • DragkoniasDragkonias That Guy Who Does Stuff You Know, There. Registered User regular
    edited September 2007
    Characters from other SMT series I believe. I know the got with the marks on his face is the main character from Nocturne and the Police cop is the main from Devil Summoner...not sure about the others...but I didn't play them as much as I watched someone else.

    Dragkonias on
  • cj iwakuracj iwakura The Rhythm Regent Bears The Name FreedomRegistered User regular
    edited September 2007
    Frosteey wrote: »
    cj iwakura wrote: »
    ...wow.

    IS THAT THE DEMI-FIEND!?

    <3. It even has Raidou.

    Where on earth did you find that!?

    I just got new wallpaper.

    That's unbelievably amazing.

    I've actually only played the Persona series, so I'm not familiar with all the characters.

    The source...
    Gets 2 questionbe7.jpgs out of 5.

    I'll name as many as I can (even I don't recognize all of them).
    Main/Yukari/Chidori/???
    Junpei/Aigis/Persona 1 Protagonist*/Katsuya(Persona 2)
    Fuuka/Ken/Raidou Kuzunoha(Devil Summoner)/Lisa Silverman (P2: Innocent Sin)
    Mitsuru/Jin/Demi-Fiend(Nocturne)/Chris(Persona 1)
    Akihiko/Takaya/Serph(DDS1)/???(Chihiro?)
    Shinjiro/Koromaru/???/???

    *I could be wrong on that.

    The ???'s all look very familiar.

    cj iwakura on
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  • BulbasaurBulbasaur Registered User regular
    edited September 2007
    Man, when I was ascending (descending?) the Monad initially I would run from every battle that wasn't weak against mudo/hama. Once I got two certain persona though I refused to use Armageddon because I thought it was cheap. Does that uh... make me a hypocrite?

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  • SpeedySwafSpeedySwaf Registered User regular
    edited September 2007
    Oh man, so much of me wishes the last half of the "casting call" is true, but I feel it's just really good fanwork.

    Damn him or her for making me want all of those people in the game now.

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  • RedMageDarionRedMageDarion Registered User regular
    edited September 2007
    So, I just came into work this morning...

    And now I know what being in the Dark Hour is like.

    Since it's Labor Day, there's basically no one here. There was only 2 other cars in the parking lot.

    In more Persona 3 related news:

    I'm up to floor 180, finished off the boss. I've got the highest form of the Justice Persona (who is SO awesome).

    Can't wait to get some more of the final Personae.

    RedMageDarion on
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  • BlackjackBlackjack Registered User regular
    edited September 2007
    The final Personae rock.

    I went through the end bits of the game (From November until getting Lucifer) with pretty much just Surt and Thor.

    Blackjack on
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  • NocrenNocren Lt Futz, Back in Action North CarolinaRegistered User regular
    edited September 2007
    You know.... I really should finish playing this... I'm still at a week before the first set of finals...

    Yeah, real life sucks.

    Nocren on
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  • RedMageDarionRedMageDarion Registered User regular
    edited September 2007
    Blackjack wrote: »
    The final Personae rock.

    I went through the end bits of the game (From November until getting Lucifer) with pretty much just Surt and Thor.
    Melchizedek.

    Seriously.

    He's a Holy Man AND a Superhero!

    I'm working on getting Odin (even though he's a little bit lower level compared to me) since I'm really close to level 10 on his S. Link.

    EDIT: Also, the greatest thing about the Final Personae is that I can use the Stat Boost cards on them without feeling bad. I pumped up Melchizedek's stats by at least 10 points so far, and that was just using a few of the cards I had been saving.

    RedMageDarion on
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  • KiTAKiTA Registered User regular
    edited September 2007
    cj iwakura wrote: »
    ...wow.

    IS THAT THE DEMI-FIEND!?

    <3. It even has Raidou.

    Where on earth did you find that!?

    I just got new wallpaper.

    That's unbelievably amazing.

    Demi-fiend? What are you talking about?

    KiTA on
  • BulbasaurBulbasaur Registered User regular
    edited September 2007
    The Demi-Fiend was the protagonist in Nocturne. Also he is the most awesome character in any SMT game ever.

    I tried to a full sized pic of him but GIS was uhh... surprisingly NSFW. I'm sure someone will do the honors though.

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  • NocrenNocren Lt Futz, Back in Action North CarolinaRegistered User regular
    edited September 2007
    SMT: Nocturn's main guy.
    Instead of Persona and high schoolers he's got a party of demons and became half-demon himself when the world went to shit and God hit the reset button.
    And the game has Dante as a potential party member/boss fight as well (depending on how you play).

    Nocren on
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  • Lord JezoLord Jezo Registered User regular
    edited September 2007
    What is combat like in this game? Is it random encounter based or can you choose who and what to fight?

    Lord Jezo on
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  • PbPb Registered User regular
    edited September 2007
    Bottom-right is Elizabeth, the one above her looks like Chiriho.
    Lord Jezo wrote: »
    What is combat like in this game? Is it random encounter based or can you choose who and what to fight?

    You choose when to fight. You see the monsters roaming around and you either have to run up and hit them, or they see you and head over for some lovin'.

    Pb on
  • tarnoktarnok Registered User regular
    edited September 2007
    Pb wrote: »
    Bottom-right is Elizabeth, the one above her looks like Chiriho.
    Lord Jezo wrote: »
    What is combat like in this game? Is it random encounter based or can you choose who and what to fight?

    You choose when to fight. You see the monsters roaming around and you either have to run up and hit them, or they see you and head over for some lovin'.

    Which of these happens can frequently be the difference between wiping the enemy out before he gets a turn or being wiped out yourself.

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  • RedMageDarionRedMageDarion Registered User regular
    edited September 2007
    Oh yeah!

    I forgot to mention, my Melchizedek came holding an item!

    I can't wait to find out what it is.

    I hope it's awesome.

    RedMageDarion on
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  • ArdorArdor Registered User regular
    edited September 2007
    Oh yeah!

    I forgot to mention, my Melchizedek came holding an item!

    I can't wait to find out what it is.

    I hope it's awesome.
    Null ice or null light item if memory serves me.

    Ardor on
  • sixteensixteen Registered User regular
    edited September 2007
    cj iwakura wrote: »
    Frosteey wrote: »
    cj iwakura wrote: »
    ...wow.

    IS THAT THE DEMI-FIEND!?

    <3. It even has Raidou.

    Where on earth did you find that!?

    I just got new wallpaper.

    That's unbelievably amazing.

    I've actually only played the Persona series, so I'm not familiar with all the characters.

    The source...
    Gets 2 questionbe7.jpgs out of 5.

    I'll name as many as I can (even I don't recognize all of them).
    Main/Yukari/Chidori/???
    Junpei/Aigis/Persona 1 Protagonist*/Katsuya(Persona 2)
    Fuuka/Ken/Raidou Kuzunoha(Devil Summoner)/Lisa Silverman (P2: Innocent Sin)
    Mitsuru/Jin/Demi-Fiend(Nocturne)/Chris(Persona 1)
    Akihiko/Takaya/Serph(DDS1)/???(Chihiro?)
    Shinjiro/Koromaru/???/???

    *I could be wrong on that.

    The ???'s all look very familiar.

    The top right seems to be Ellen from Persona 1. The bottom right is Elizabeth.

    sixteen on
  • KiTAKiTA Registered User regular
    edited September 2007
    Bulbasaur wrote: »
    The Demi-Fiend was the protagonist in Nocturne. Also he is the most awesome character in any SMT game ever.

    I tried to a full sized pic of him but GIS was uhh... surprisingly NSFW. I'm sure someone will do the honors though.

    Well, yeah. But I was trying to figure out this "wallpaper" thing. The image up there... not big enough for wallpaper?

    KiTA on
  • SpaceDrakeSpaceDrake Registered User regular
    edited September 2007
    Frosteey wrote: »
    Casting call.
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    Let me guess: an Easter Egg in the game's data files, in which there are a LOT more of those 'close up' shots than there are actual playable characters?
    I really wanted a playable Chihiro after maxing out the S-link and that makes me want it more. :(

    SpaceDrake on
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  • Chainsaw WabbitChainsaw Wabbit Rogue Academic Level 12 are not what they seemRegistered User regular
    edited September 2007
    Apropos of nothing, I am strongly of the opinion that sometime soon, this thread title should be changed to,

    Persona 3: "You relieved yourself. Your condition has become 'Great'."

    Chainsaw Wabbit on
  • bloodyroarxxbloodyroarxx Casa GrandeRegistered User regular
    edited September 2007
    So I was leveling up for floor 36 last night got 4 levels for my party so they were all 20, right at the teleporter and fight an enemy first thing he does is kill the hero off with death. Suffice to say I now own a broken SIXAXIS (trying to fix it).

    bloodyroarxx on
  • KuratosuKuratosu Registered User regular
    edited September 2007
    When you max out an S. Link does that carry over into the New Game+ or do you have to start all over?

    I've been trying to keep all my characters at roughly the same level (Aki, Mitsuru, Yukari, Stupei at lvl 51) but I'm finding it hard (Aigis lvl 42, Koro lvl 47, Ken lvl 41) and excruciatingly long at this point (I'm at lvl 56).

    Anyway, I'm at the night before the 11/4 full moon.

    P.S. Thor is truly awesome.

    P.P.S I'm trying to finish up this painful S. Link with Yuko (rank 9). That Arcana is useless to me right now, so I just want to be done with it and move on to Justice which is only at rank 2 (!).

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  • cj iwakuracj iwakura The Rhythm Regent Bears The Name FreedomRegistered User regular
    edited September 2007
    The resolution of Strength was worth it.

    I'm not sure how good Siegfried's going to be, though.

    And I highly doubt that image is entirely official; though if it isn't, someone is real good at emulating P3's art style.
    (I wallpapered it by using tile.)

    As for 11/4...
    It's quite painful on its own. :(

    cj iwakura on
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  • KuratosuKuratosu Registered User regular
    edited September 2007
    I certainly hope the resolution of strength is worth it.

    You know, the times that I find myself ambushed by the enemy/the enemy uses an insta-kill move I find myself going "fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck!" or any other variant of cursing. I'd also love to see my expression while this happens, as I'm sure I look like I'm constipated or something.

    Not really about P3, but I started playing DDS the day before yesterday. I'm only about 2 hrs in, but I think I'm going to enjoy the hell out of it.

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  • The Sneak!The Sneak! Registered User regular
    edited September 2007
    How many days does this game have?

    The Sneak! on
  • The Sneak!The Sneak! Registered User regular
    edited September 2007
    Because I'm in September right now.

    The Sneak! on
  • The Sneak!The Sneak! Registered User regular
    edited September 2007
    And my life is slowly being consumed by this game.

    The Sneak! on
  • The Sneak!The Sneak! Registered User regular
    edited September 2007
    I don't like spaghetti as much as I used to.

    The Sneak! on
  • The Sneak!The Sneak! Registered User regular
    edited September 2007
    Shut up, Susan.

    The Sneak! on
  • DehumanizedDehumanized Registered User regular
    edited September 2007
    You've got a few months left.
    Earliest ending is at 12/31, most complete ending is at 1/31

    Dehumanized on
  • tarnoktarnok Registered User regular
    edited September 2007
    Yeah. So instead of grading papers and writing lesson plans I've just been playing this all weekend.

    Yeah.

    I'm up to about 80 hours at the middle of October because for some reason the odds of inheriting Dodge Wind are exponentially higher if the persona you're fusing is immune to fucking wind.

    tarnok on
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  • Raiden333Raiden333 Registered User regular
    edited September 2007
    Is there anything I need to keep in mind to get the long ending, or will it be obvious?

    Raiden333 on
  • hughtronhughtron __BANNED USERS regular
    edited September 2007
    Man, so I'm at the October Full Moon,
    and twice now I've killed Strength only to have Fortune pull out his super-cheater roulette wheel and kill the main character. This is the first moon I've had any trouble with, and I hate having to repeat all of the dialouge over again just to get to the fight.

    hughtron on
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  • hughtronhughtron __BANNED USERS regular
    edited September 2007
    Raiden333 wrote: »
    Is there anything I need to keep in mind to get the long ending, or will it be obvious?

    There are multiple endings?!

    hughtron on
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