Following Famitsu's reveal of the Persona 4 fighting game titled "Persona 4: The Ultimate in Mayonaka Arena," they have now published a series of screenshots showing the game in action.  It looks like your typical anime-style fighting game but the fact that it's being developed by The Persona Team at Atlus with the developers of BlazBlue at Arc System Works means that it should be dripping with enough personality to choke a horse on steroids.  And if anything, it's very, very pretty.

I'll leave out my question concerning if a Persona game is even necessary because these are video games, and ultimately nothing about them is necessary. Basically, Persona fans are ravenous about the series will be all over this like Meth in West Virginia.

Check out the screens below.  Persona 4: The Ultimate in Mayonaka Arena is scheduled for release next summer in Japan for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.

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[Source: Famitsu, 1up]

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    Templaillo Ahi
    12 years, 7 months ago

    Man that looks awesome. However I'm concerned about the size of the roster. Also, I'm detecting some engrish in the 4th screenshot (FREE PRAY lol), which is weird as the other screens show it right. Maybe an earlier screenshot?

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    Muddy_Donuts
    12 years, 7 months ago

    GET HYPED

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    Windalfr
    12 years, 7 months ago

    Typo very last sentence, "Xbox 260"

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    Xalgar
    12 years, 7 months ago

    Looks cool, but the perspective of the sprites and the background are off, you REALLY notice it in the bottom right pic

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    dumon
    12 years, 7 months ago

    I think the screenshots alone are triggering epilepsy. AWESOME.

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    RedAmarillo131
    12 years, 7 months ago

    I wasn't into the persona series, but now that a fighting game from Arc System Works? Sign me up!

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    Warpedpixel
    12 years, 7 months ago

    Ok so I wasn't excited but I really enjoyed Blaz Blue so I am now really considering taking a look at this game.

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    MVWildPeace
    12 years, 7 months ago

    Does this mean I can spam Bufu in this game?

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    Razlo TPD
    12 years, 7 months ago

    This is still one of the most peculiar franchise surprises for me in a long time. Still, visually it looks very nice. Looking forward to seeing how it pans out.

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    BaozakergaX
    12 years, 7 months ago

    I'm certainly not a Persona fan (haven't touched a sing SMT game ever), but I adore Arc System Works, especially the Guilty Gear series. I'll be all over this shit like white on rice.
    Being ASW, I expect a soundtrack with metal up the ass.

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    JackieBoy
    12 years, 7 months ago

    Can't wait to MARIN FUCKING KARIN everything that moves.

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    Straith
    12 years, 7 months ago

    I'm not that big into fighting games but I am getting hyped for this.
    Stylistically its amazing and its a Persona game. LOOKS AMAZING!

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    Sunsigil
    12 years, 7 months ago

    Eh... I'm not a Big Fan of Fighting Games.. but... I'll do it for Elizabeth <3

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    lemith
    12 years, 7 months ago

    No thanks...

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    Dellago
    12 years, 7 months ago

    Did not see this coming.

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    Owlie
    12 years, 7 months ago

    Call me interested. I'm not sure if they'll be fighting hand to hand or with personas. I'll save my questions for next year. :3

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    Bombader
    12 years, 7 months ago

    Super cool, probably play the hell out of Chie. XP

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    fallouttalove3
    12 years, 7 months ago

    "enough to choke a horse on steriods" gotta love your reviews, Joseph. and i can see the perspective issue that someone mentioned earlier, but it doesn't bother me too much. still looks awesome and super fun.

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    Ghoul01
    12 years, 7 months ago

    I haven't played a Persona game, but I'm willing to start playing the franchise soon enough, starting with P3P. And I've always enjoyed fighting games, so why not? I'll try this. Good article as always, Joseph.

    ...I also call dibs on Aigis.

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    Cvillain
    12 years, 7 months ago

    So maybe like...a persona themed Guilty Gear would be awesome, it looks to be that calibur...also Free Pray

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    Louis
    12 years, 7 months ago

    I'm kind of excited for this as it looks like it'll play like the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure fighting game and its being made by ArcSystem Workds... then again director is Mori and not Daisuke so it could turn out like vanilla BlazBlue...

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    Comradebearjew
    12 years, 7 months ago

    Ehh, looks alright. I dont think I'll be picking it up.

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    drummingdude21
    12 years, 7 months ago

    Wait if this is Persona 4, why is Aigis here?