Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4
originally released in Japan as
simply
Persona 4 (
ペルソナ4 Perusona Fō),
is a role-playing video game developed and published by Atlus for Sony's PlayStation
2, and chronologically the fifth installment in the
Shin Megami Tensei:
Persona series.
Persona 4 was released in Japan in July 2008, North
America in December 2008, and Europe in March 2009. It features a weather
forecast system with events happening on foggy days to replace the moon phase
system implemented in the previous games.
Instead of the city locales of previous games in the series,
Persona 4
takes place in a fictional Japanese countryside and is indirectly related to
both
Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 (in terms of gameplay, story and
production) and the
Persona 2 duology (in terms of Shadow selves and
confronting them to awaken Persona). The player-named main protagonist is a
high-school student who moved into the countryside from the city for a year.
During his year-long stay, he becomes involved in investigating mysterious
murders while harnessing the power of summoning Persona.
The release of the game in Japan was also accompanied with retail
merchandise revolving around the game's theme such as character costumes and
accessories. The North American package of the game was released with a CD with
selected music from the game, and, unlike
Persona 3, the European
package also contained a soundtrack CD. The music was composed by Shōji Meguro,
with vocals by Shihoko Hirata who sang the theme song "Pursuing My True
Self". The game was positively received by critics, and it continues to be
promoted by Atlus through releases in other media such as adaptation in manga
and anime, followed by an enhanced remake a fighting game spinoff, and side
stories in the forms of a manga and light novel.
Enam
belas tahun yang lalu, seorang ninja bertopeng misterius merilis makhluk yang
kuat dikenal sebagai Demon Fox Sembilan-tailed di Konoha Desa Daun
Tersembunyi, menewaskan banyak orang. Sebagai tanggapan, Hokage Keempat Minato
Namikaze dan Uzumaki Kushina istrinya, penjara Fox Demon yang hidup atau
Jinchūriki, mengelola untuk menyegel bagian dalam makhluk yang baru lahir putra
Naruto Uzumaki mereka. Dengan tailed Beast disegel, hal-hal terus seperti
biasa.
