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).
As a grown man who works a living, I look forward to ALL my portable Atlus games. They are always deep and engrossing games that require more time investment than I can put on a console. I loved playing Persona 3 on the PS2, but never got to finish it. Now I will have the chance to carry it around in my pocket and put the time into the game it deserves.
The Persona 3 and 4 are in my top 5 RPG list. They not only show a mature plot far more advanced than most, but also have a graphic and music style with a level of quality making them true works of art!
I’m excited about it coming to the psp so i can play it anywhere and that there is a different protagonist with a bit different story line so people like my who has gone through the countless times on the many difficulty’s will have something new to make us do that all over again.
I’m really excited that it’s not just a remake, but they added another storyline and you can change what happens~
And, uh, that you can date Akihiko <3
I’m more excited to see another female lead in a persona series! I think there should be more female leads!!
It was fun playing P3 on Playstion and I think p3p will be a lot more fun on psp with the female lead, of course ;)
mwhahaha.
I’m most excited about being able to play as the female character to see some different sides of the characters I already love. It’s makes it really exciting to play through the game again!
I’m most excited about everything. About reliving what I fell in love with, and the fact that I can take everywhere I go.
Two of the best reasons to be excited for this game are in the title itself : Persona and Portable.
It just seems like a win-win situation to me, no ?
What I have to say I am most excited about the upcoming P3P is that the original Persona 3 for the PS2 with its intriguing storyline and a memorable soundtrack is what got me into the Persona franchise and I ended up purchasing Persona 4 as well as the remake of Persona (PSP). To have P3P with all the features intact as well as more bonuses as being able to play as a female protagonist is a joy words cannot describe and not to mention being able to play the game on a hand-held console.
What excites me most? It’s a pretty tough call really. I love any game soundtrack that Shoji Meguro has had a part in, and the new social aspects of playing a female lead, but I think the updated battle system probably wins out for me. I already sank many, many hours in the original P3 and loved it, but the improvements in the battle system will make it even better.
Oh boy, where to begin? Persona 3 is one of my favorite games on the PS2 and I can’t wait to get lost in the atmosphere, story and music. The fact it’s coming out on the PSP and offers even more content is just icing on the cake!
I still haven’t completed a playthrough of P3 with all of the social links maxed. P3P is giving me the chance to do it on the go.
Having Persona 3 on the go is a no-brainer to me. I’m also anticipating playing the game from the fairer sex’s perspective. I put well over 100 hours into both vanilla Persona 3 and FES, and I foresee myself spending many an hour with P3P, as well.
That aside, when I saw this contest for an autographed copy of the game’s soundtrack, I ca– … was beside myself with joy. I’ve been a major fan of Shoji Meguro’s work since Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne. His increasing popularity, as evidenced–amongst other things–by this contest, is nice to see; he wholly deserves it and is, in my mind, one of video-gaming’s premier composers.
I’m excited that P3P has new social links.
I love the Shin Megami Tensei series, and all my friends told me that this game is amazing. I’m also interested in the new features such as the female MC. This game also seems really interesting to me because it’s like a cross between a dating sim and a classic dungeon crawling RPG.
I actually just got back from preordering this. I’m super excited for the unique characteristics (love the modern-day setting and the intriguing dating parts) as well as the music (I bought the Persona remake for PSP and that had excellent music). Can’t wait!
I am the most excited to be able to see the story from the female protagonist point of view. She is going to be one rockstar and further proof that more girls need to be the lead in games.
The SMT series as a whole, but especially Persona, has always had amazing sound direction overall. P3FES had some of the best and freshest music I’d ever seen in an RPG – the complete digress from the traditional “JRPG soundtrack” has always been one of my favorite touches. I can’t wait to see how P3P has spiced up the soundtrack even more~
I’m looking forward to not having to drag the TV cart into the bathroom when I “need to take a break”.
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