Aram Jabbari, the Manager of Public Relations and Sales for ATLUS USA have headed to the US Playstation Blog to promote their upcoming release of Persona 4 Golden to the international markets. As you can see above, the company released two brand spanking new screenshots for the game… which to be honest unlike other screenshots don’t really highlight any changes from the original 2008 release. But the other content he had to share was more interesting.
Firstly, they shared a small list of random enhancements the game contains outside of the TV world environment including:
- You can now sneak out at night when your uncle Dojima is out at work (which is frequent, as he’s a veteran police detective). Every conversation and event discovered during this time – heck, even the music that plays – is all new. Moreover, many areas, like Shiroku store in the shopping district, serve a different purpose after dark.
- You can get night jobs, on top of the clubs you might join after school, that allow you to further advance your character (not to mention roam the city at night without having to hope your uncle is out).
- The game now offers a Very Easy and Very Hard difficulty option (in addition to the existing Easy, Normal, and Hard settings).
- You can now easily speed through cutscenes and lengthy exchanges (maybe it’s your umpteenth playthrough?) by holding the Triangle button or by double tapping Start.
- Load times are ridiculously fast. Almost every load is approximately 3 seconds or less, whether PS Vita game card or PSN download.
- The fishing mini-game has been expanded to include new fish, many of which are exclusive to the evening, providing yet another layer of addiction and depth.
In addition to this, he shared a short Q&A confirming that the game will not contain a Japanese language option (English dub only), the game will not be region locked at all and that the Solid Gold Premium Edition of the game has completely sold out in North America.
Persona 4 Golden is headed to North America on the 20th November 2012. EU release will be handled by NIS America for release in 2013.
