For a game released on the PlayStation 2 near the end of its time, albeit being one of the last good RPG’s on the console, Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4 has proven to be highly popular in both Japanese and English game fandoms. Spreading out not only a PS2 release but also an upcoming Playstation Vita re-release, a fighting game for arcades and consoles, a manga, an anime currently airing and a number of other toys and goodies, it has become a franchise what many game series aspire to have.
BUT, have they taken a step too far with this latest announcement – Persona 4 Visualive. “What is this?” you may ask… “A Visual Novel? An artbook?”. The answer to both of those would be no! Instead, Visualive is a stage production of the Persona 4 game that was announced by Atlus and Marvelous AQL today.
Marvelous AQL today released the official website for the show which can be seen HERE. Running between March 15th 2012 through March 20th 2012 at Sunshine Theater in Ikebukuro, the shows run is limited, so if you are in Japan at that time – it might be the only chance you will ever get to see it. Tickets will run between 7,000 and 10,000 yen each. To differ each show, the name of the protagonist will change each show.
Is this taking things a bit too far or do you think it will prove to be as successful as the many other recent adaptations of the game? Feel free to leave your comments in the box below!
I don’t know what to say about Persona 4 these days. As a fan of the original game, I was happy with what P4 accomplished. I did have a feeling that P4 had the chances of being mainstream popular because of the happy-go-lucky plot compared to P3. But, wow, I think the series is popular because it features many character archetypes in one game.
I do plan to write about P4 actually.