Music and GO culture have always gone together like Peanut Butter and Nutella. And thanks to an improvement on music production software, channels like YouTube and SoundCloud, and raw talent, this union has continued to be expressed by fan music remixes. Whether it’s that acoustic cover of The Legend Of Zelda theme, or a dubstep party with Doctor Who’s opening, music from your favorite games, shows, and films have been re-imagined and rearranged through a variety of genres, familiar yet new.
In this special 3-part Spotlight series, we take a look at the music and words of some the scene’s biggest hitters and budding noisemakers like For Orchestra, OverClocked ReMix and UniversalVGMusicians.
So click after the break and turn up the volume for Part 1 of a look inside this unique fan community, starting with For Orchestra.
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Is there more than one film based off of Persona 3 in the works?
That’s what the official site for the game’s upcoming film seems to suggest.
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Atlus announced that there will be a manga based on the upcoming Persona 4: The Ultimate In Mayonaka Arena illustrated by AIYAH-BALL (Live On Cardliver Kakeru, Code Age). There isn’t a release date for the manga, but it is said that it will differ from the fighting game, and the story will focus on the characters’ emotions. Meanwhile, Arena is set for a July 26 release date for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 consoles in Japan, and August 7 here in the U.S.
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1. Devil Summoner: Kuzuha Raidou Tai Kodoku no Marebito
Author: Atlus, RA-SEN
Artist: AYAMURA Kirihito
Genre(s): Action Fantasy Romance Shounen Supernatural
“Based on the Shin Megami Tensei series of the highly successful Persona 3 and Persona games by Atlus, this manga is a spinoff of the Devil Summoner PS2 games. The Narumi Detective Agency is where the people of old Japan go to for mysterious and supernatural cases. But Narumi is just the face of the operation and the real hero is Kuzunoha Raido, the devil summoner. As a devil summoner, Raido can call upon many different demons to assist him in solving cases that deal with other demons causing harm in the human world. Lately, there have been a surge of cases and a powerful summoner seems to be behind all the incidents. Is the Narumi-Raido combo strong enough to overcome the demon force more powerful than anything they have experienced before?” -Fallen Syndicate
Click below to view the rest of the notable manga from 7/15 - 7/22.
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Need More Style In Your Fighters? “Persona 4 Arena” Is Right Up Your Alley
Atlus doesn’t think people can get enough Persona in their lives. Well, they’re mainly right, which is why a fighter based on Persona 4 is coming to consoles this summer.
Persona 4 Arena takes the 12 of the familiar characters and Personas of the popular JRPG and shifts them into battle against one another in the mysterious TV show, the P-1 Grand Prix, to see who will reign supreme. Atlus seems to be doing a fantastic job flashing and dazzling gamers to create a completely new experience from an existing frachise.
Persona 4 Arena will be released this summer for PS3 and Xbox 360.
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“Persona 4 Golden” Is (Probably) The Best Portable RPG You Can Play This Year
Atlus is re-releasing Persona 4 as Persona 4 Golden on the PS Vita. If you missed it like me, they are giving new and old fans alike more reasons than ever to experience arguably one of the best JRPGs ever made.
Featuring a host of new features to the game, such as a new opening movie, new anime cutscenes, tweaks and changes to gameplay, new Personas to collect and a new character and story points to play through, the PS2 classic is going to provide one of the best reasons to own a Vita when it’s released.
Persona 4 Golden will be on store shelves for the PS Vita this fall.
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We all have memories of video games we played in our youth, some are good, some are great, and some are there because they really got under our skin in some way. There was just something about it that was either unsettling or just down right creepy and because of that it stuck in our heads.
These are the Top 5 moments that unnerved me a little in my youth.
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“Persona 4: Arena” Buttons And System
If you’re wanting to get a feel for the basic controls for Persona 4: The Ultimate In Mayonaka Arena, then Atlus has got you covered with this tutorial video for the buttons and system.
From a fighter standpoint, it looks like the controls are simpler with “auto combos,” which should make it friendly for RPG fans that aren’t use to half-circling their way to victory.
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While RPGs had existed long before their console brethren, JRPGs reinvented the genre to make it more accessible for the medium it was produced for.
From the humble beginnings to the million dollar titles that they are today, there are five particular games that stand out above the rest.
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Well, this is the partially deciphered image. Atlus sent out a mysterious black rectangle to their North American fans today, and fans have already partially deciphered the image through some clever manipulating.
Hit the cut for more information.
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First Trailer Of “Persona 4 The Ultimate in Mayonaka Arena”
Famitsu.com has posted the first trailer of Persona 4 The Ultimate in Mayonaka Arena, the first fighting game based off the Persona franchise, pitting together characters from Persona 3 + 4.
Atlus has teamed up with fighting game developer Arc System Works, who is responsible for the BlazBlue and Guilty Gears series.
Persona 4 The Ultimate in Mayonaka Arena will first hit arcades in Japan in 2012, then will make its way to PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 later that summer.
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Still looking through your bookmarks or Google for the Persona 4 The Golden homepage or Persona 4: Ultimate in The Mayonaka homepage? More interested in the upcoming Persona 4 The Animation?
Or perhaps you’re new to the series and would like to know more about the previous titles in the series. Whatever it is, as long as it’s Persona-related, Atlus has it covered for you.
That’s right, Atlus has just set up Persona Portal, a central site in the Internet to help you out with all your Persona needs.
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Atlus, the wonderful game company behind so many awesome JRPG games which we all love and enjoy, has put up a new mystery website: p-atlus.jp.
Could a Persona 4 Portable be on its way?
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