Kicking off a very promising day of announcements, ATLUS USA have done the obvious and announced their plans to publish Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth on the Nintendo 3DS within North America at the very least, with a planned Fall 2014 release day to complement Japan’s June 2014 release.
Persona Q is a cross-over for the Nintendo 3DS system that brings Persona 3 and 4 characters to the gameplay style of Etrian Odyssey. It also marks the first time the Persona franchise will be available on a Nintendo system.
Characters from Persona 3 and 4 have been given a complete visual overhaul to match the Etrian style and plunged into an alternate world resembling Yasogami High School. Legend has it that listening to the end of the bell chimes of Yasogami High’s clock tower causes people to die, and this time the bell tolls for the Investigation Team and the SEES. Trapped in an other-world filled with Shadows, the protagonists fromPersona 3 and Persona 4 each have different events to follow, allowing the player to choose and experience two different plotlines. As both groups seek a way out of the labyrinth, they will run in to two new characters, Rei and Zen, who may hold the secret to this new mystery.
With any luck a PAL region publisher can be found quickly… thanks to Nintendo’s decision to region lock the Nintendo 3DS console by default.
