Atlus launched a teaser site not long ago, and although there was next to nothing to be seen there (save for the URL seen in the image below), one strong possibility was that Persona 4 was going to be announced as coming to either PlayStation Portable or Vita. We now have confirmation that the latter is the case, and it's not the only Persona news we have.
The Vita remake will be called Persona 4: The Golden, according to the latest issue of Famitsu (as reported by Sinobi and translated by Andriasang). Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4 was released on PlayStation 2 in 2008. It's the most recent main entry in the series, with the Vita version set to introduce a new character named Mary, wireless support that lets you get help from other players when nearing death in a dungeon, new animation movies, and 50 percent more voice acting than the PS2 version.
Remakes are hardly a new thing for the series. The first three games were remade for PSP, with Persona 3 also getting an FES release on PS2 that added new content. Atlus claimed in 2008 there would never be a similar FES version of Persona 4.
Those who never got to play Persona 4 the first time around on PS2 are in for a real treat given how good it is. It's scheduled to be out for Vita during spring 2012 in Japan.
While a Persona 4 remake isn't going to shock anyone, what is surprising is the announcement of Persona 4: The Ultimate in Mayonaka Arena, a 2D fighting game that Atlus is working with BlazBlue developer Arc System on. It'll initially come to arcades before being ported to Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 next summer in Japan. Its story is set two years after Persona 4 and features characters from both Persona 3 and 4.
We'll have more details on both games as they're released. Expect to hear more by the Tokyo Game Show, which takes place in mid-September.
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