


Okay, it’s no Guilty Gear, but the developers have translated the characters to this world well. It’s seriously impressive and might just be Arc System’s best feeling fighting game. It’s not just mashy mashy either, there are deeper mechanics, such as throws, all out attack moves, air dashes and a variety of other combos that cater to the more hardcore fighting game community. So even if you struggle with your half circle forward motions you can still pull off some fantastic looking moves. By just pressing the square button continiously will produce a multi-hit combo that can sometimes end in a special depending on how much meter you have shown in the bottom of the screen. Mechanically too it understands that there will be a good portion of people coming to this as a Persona game first, fighting game second, so it has included some easy, quick combos. Chie is fast with kicks aplenty, Kanji is a bruiser who batters people with his chair, Naoto and Adachi make use of their guns etc. And each one plays exactly like you’d expect them too.
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Everyone from P3 and P4 are accounted for (including new characters) so there’s a good roster, bolsted by the PS4 port of the game coming with all the DLC. Firstly though, it’s a damn fine fighting game. P4AU is managing to do something quite incredible, it’s catering to both fans of anime fighters and those with a deep love of the story and characters of Persona. It also helps that Arena Ultimax has certainly aged like a fine wine. While a new entry in said series would be most welcome, I’ll certainly take a port of said game if it helps drum up interest in a potential sequel.

So I like me some Persona! And one thing I especially like were the two fighting game spin offs that appeared two generations ago.
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I’ve been shouting at Atlus for ages to finally give us Persona 4 Golden on Switch, as I write this I have a Joker amiibo staring at me, and my bookcase is full of Persona anime’s and art books. My love for the Persona series is no secret.
