Allow us to get your week on track, PlayStation.Blog readers. SOUNDtrack, that is. SIGNED soundtrack, even. That’s right, we’ve got 10 soundtracks graced by the pen/magic marker/writing instrument of one Shoji Meguro, master composer of games like Persona 3 and Persona 4, and we’re giving them away. Here. Just to you folks.
“How do I enter?” you inquire, leaning forward in excitement. Easy! Just tell us what you’re most excited about regarding the upcoming P3P as a comment under this post. Maybe it’s the fact that you can take one of the highest rated RPGs of all time on the road now? Or the cast of memorable characters you just can’t get enough of? Or the dating sim elements? The fantastic music? The great art? The addicting gameplay? The original story?
10 lucky winners will be randomly (or as close to randomly as possible) chosen and sent a SIGNED soundtrack CD. Only North American residents are eligible to win, however. It’s not that we don’t love you rest-of-the-world’ers; we just want to focus this giveaway on the region in which the game is actually releasing.
Why are we doing this? Well, we’d love to use this opportunity to remind you that:
- a) Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 Portable, Atlus’s upcoming handheld RPG epic, is right around the corner, releasing in stores and via PlayStation Network on July 6th.
- b) It features one of the best soundtracks ever, and in order to further emphasize that point, we want to give a few of those soundtracks away. SIGNED.
In case you all are a bit unfamiliar with the P3P soundtrack, perhaps we should share a sample with you:
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For more music samples, visit the official Persona 3 Portable website!
“The music seems awesome,” you say, pensively prodding your chin with your finger, “but I’m not guaranteed to win it. I just wish there was some cool bonus with Persona 3 Portable that I was guaranteed to receive.”
Funny you’d say that, because there’s still time to pre-order your copy of Persona 3 Portable at a participating retailer (GameStop and Amazon in the United States and Canada) and receive a collectible Junpei Baseball Cap. It’s modeled after the one he wears in the game!
“Wow, they’re sure giving us a lot of physical awesome to celebrate the release of the game, but what about the game itself?” you muse aloud to no one in particular, gently tapping your pointer fingers together in front of your mouth.
We’ve already told you in previous posts about how Persona 3 Portable puts you in the shoes of a team of gifted high schoolers forced to use their developing supernatural abilities to save the world from destruction, and how the game cleverly mixes addicting RPG dungeon crawling with social sim elements. And how the PSP system release introduces a new female protagonist who experiences the events of the game from a new perspective, not to mention the addition of one-button menu shortcuts, a streamlined user interface, and more.
We’d say more about the game, but really, why not let others speak for us? Early reviews are in, Blog readers, and they’re glowing:
Gaming Nexus – A
“Atlus added enough new content to make this the first must-own PSP RPG of the year!”Gamervision – 10 out of 10
“Persona 3 Portable is one of the strongest games in the PSP catalogue, and a shining example of a role-playing game done right.”GamerTell – 99 out of 100
“Simply said, Persona 3 Portable is a system seller. If you own a PSP and can purchase “Mature” games, you should own it. If you don’t own a PSP, Persona 3 Portable is easily a game to inspire you to pick one up.”PlayStation Illustrated – 95 out of 100
“It’s a fantastic RPG stuffed with things to do and interesting, yet unusual, ideas.”1UP.com – A-
“I’d actually recommend Persona 3 Portable as the best introduction to the series — even ahead of the console versions of Persona 3 or Persona 4. But I’d also highly recommend P3P for longtime fans of the franchise…”gamrReview by VGChartz – 9 out of 10
“PSP fans can rejoice that such a grand RPG has arrived on their system of choice…”GameZone 8.5 out of 10
“…a solid version of a great RPG.”
Look for Persona 3 Portable on retail shelves and in PSN Store on July 6, 2010! For more info about P3P, visit the game’s official website.
Don’t forget: What about the upcoming Persona 3 Portable are you most looking forward to? Tell us below for a chance to win a SIGNED soundtrack CD! We’ll try and choose winners by the game’s release date (winners will be notified with a message sent to their PSN account).
super jazzed to give the game another shot. I bought FES when It was released, but due to a lack of time, mainly due to IRL school, I had to stop playing it for some time. By time I got some more time to play it, there were other new games I was excited to give a go.
Hope I’m not too late, Love P3’s music, and P3P’s new tracks sound even more amazing.
I’m most excited about the new female MC’s story line and the P4 references that come with it.
Even after playing P3 and FES on PS2 there’s so much to look forward in P3P. Tweaked gameplay, new female scenario, new NPCs, new stories, it’s like an all new game. What isn’t worth looking forward to?
This is the only RPG game after FF VIII and FF X that I actually enjoyed the battles and leveled up my character to it’s maximum level. I like the whole school life part of the game and the cheesy humor in it that makes it somewhat funny.
I love that P3P is coming out because of the addictive gameplay elements. Having it portable just makes it easier to keep playing.
I’m excited about P3P because it gives me a chance to play P3 again. Plus it’ll look snazzy next to my release-day copy and FES.
Also, maybe it selling well will convince Atlus.JP to work on a dual Persona 2 PSP rerelease? I’m still miffed we never got Innocent Sin.
I’m really looking forward to spending more time in the Velvet Room. Igor has always been an intriguing character, kind of the “Man Behind the Curtain”. Plus its always fun to combine Persona to see what you get.
Now if we could just get the Persona 2: Innocent Sin released in the US.
I’m most excited about finally getting to try a Persona game. It’ll be hilarious if I win because I probably know nothing about the franchise and there are people here who are probably die hard fans.
I’m excited for the new story elements that will be available with the female main character story line.
I loved Persona 3 and 4 so when i heard Persona 3 was coming to the psp i was excited. I’m looking forward to new content, and playing the game as a girl with the differences in the social links, there’s just alot to look forward to in this game. Even if it was an exact copy of Persona 3 it would still be very much worth it to be able to play that anywhere.
I’m very excited about Persona 3 portable. I played Persona 3 back when it first came out, but I never actually beat all of it (I rented it). I rented Persona 3 FES after it came out, but due to the whole “renting” thing, I still never completed it. Now I could buy it, but the lack of backword’s compatibility on the PS3 get’s in the way of me playing it. I have great memories of this game, and to be able to not only re-live the awesome that is Persona 3, the extra content, and the fact that I can play it anywhere… Well, the only conflict is… Metal Gear Solid… *Glances back and forth between the two games* DON’T MAKE ME DECIDE!!! *Head Explodes*
Excited mainly because of the differences in the game due to being a girl as opposed to the guy
1.Because it is Portable, it means my long bus ride to school will no longer be spent staring out the window into nothing.
2.Persona 3 is the only RPG game that I actually finished (playing P4 now), and LOVE. The characters and plot are amazing. The story grabs you and doesn’t give you a chance to break away, (not that you would want to anyways) and now I can play the game as a female protagonist. That alone makes the game so much cooler.
3.Above all else the number one reason why I LOVE Persona 3 & 4 is the music. One of the reasons I played the game was because it was the only time I could listen to the music that is until I bought the soundtrack. Now the soundtrack is the most played album in my iTunes Library. I can not describe to you how much I LOVE the music. The composition, the assortment of instruments, the beat, the unique sound; did I mention I LOVE the music.
i often find the worlds hardships are easily subjugated by the melodic medicine that oozes from every inch of the velvet room…….that said i can now woe my oppressors anywhere and everywhere thanks to Sony and Atlus……..NOT TO MENTION Im REALLY EXCITED ABoUT MORE BIG NOSE ACTION!!!!!oh the fact that you can control all characters makes me want pizza.
What am I most excited about regarding Persona 3 Portable? The fact that one of my favorite JRPGs is getting a portable release with a ton of new content, like fully controllable party members, a new female main character, new social links, new music, and the reintroduction of spell cards are definitely a big perk. Finally, no more having to deal with Mitsuru’s Mind Charge + Tentarafoo combo. Congratulations Mitsy, you just got nothing accomplished and wasted precious SP. Well no more!
Truthfully, Mitsuru’s little AI quirk wasn’t THAT bad. I did use her in the final battle. In both the Journey (Vanilla and FES) and the Answer. I just like that they’re giving the option for fully controllable party members now, like how it was in P4.
Persona 3 to me is one of those games you play over and over again. Story great and the game play is addictive. The thing i’m look for the most in the PSP release is being able to go thur the story as a female lead this time. I’ve played thur both PS2 version multiable times and i’ve been looking forward to this since last september when I first saw the Japanese trailer.
What an unfortunate post number for you.