Atlus has finalised the contents of its upcoming brooding teenage dungeon crawler Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth's retail special editions, set to release in North America on 25th November and in Europe on 28th November.
Pictured below and serving the most angst per dollar/pound/euro, Persona Q's The Wild Cards Premium Edition offers a soundtrack CD, an art book, a Nintendo 3DS XL case with designs on the inside and outside, eleven tarot cards (said to be set #2), and a retail box copy of the game served up in a larger-than-standard collectible box.
For the budget-minded consumer, Persona Q's Limited Standard Edition (pictured below) has a retail box copy of the game and the same eleven tarot cards (still set #2) contained in an equally collectible but somewhat smaller box.
Are either of these editions tempting or will you be sticking with a regular retail package or download of Persona Q, if at all? Shake off that ennui and leave us a comment!
[source tinycartridge.com]
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Oh yeah, this is gonna be awesome. Signed up for premium version a long while back.
I've never played any Persona before, but the game looks very interesting. That premium version is very tempting.
For anyone wondering, the card "Set #1" came with Persona 4 Arena Ultimax. The cards are pretty large too, much larger than a standard playing card. The size difference with the 3DS case in the second pic is probably about accurate. They're quite nice.
@SpookyMeths Thanks for the clarification. I was trying to figure out if I had ever seen mention of the first set attached to Persona Q.
The premium edition looks awesome preordering asap!
Went with the standard edition; there's a lot on offer in the premium setup, but not much that I need to have. Good for big fans of the series, though, I'm sure.
I preordered the wild cards edition as soon as it was announced early summer haha.
I'm not a big fan of premium editions... just give me a copy of the game and the soundtrack (if its good like SMT IV) and i"ll be pretty happy. Although I do have the premium collectors edition of SMT IV, but thats all that was available to me at the time..
There's a lot of swag there!
Both the eshop and standard limited eds. are $49.99, right? Why's it so expensive? You know atlus has eshop sales all the time. I'll just wait for it to go down to 29.99. That's how I got Conception II and SMT IV.
Just getting the standard. I imported Persona 4 Arena Ultimax and was surprised how big the tarot cards were. I just hope that the cards coming with the pal version will be the same size.
Would hate to have a complete set with both halves being different sizes.
So what are the tarrot cards even for? do they interact with the game at all? D:
I hope I get around to eventually get the standard version of the game. But my gaming is set on a lot of Fantasy Life and Monster 4 in the next 6 months or so. I'm going to pass on this one for a while but it looks great.
Dammit i want that limited edition but i already own one that i got from Japan.... But that soundtrack.... sigh
I pre-ordered the premo edition back this summer- I can't wait for this game- huge SMT/Persona fan- so many great games coming out in the next couple months- I was considering buying the PS4 Destiny bundle but with so much on the 3DS and WiiU I don't think I will have time- if anything I may try and find a good deal on a Vita instead.....
@crimsontadpoles It'd be a good idea to play any version of Persona 3 and 4 first before you get this. Gameplay-wise, Persona Q doesn't have anything in common with them. But story-wise, you'll be missing out on a lot since most of these characters were thoroughly developed in their source games, but won't be fleshed out much here.
This is kind of a fanservice game in that regard. It's a crossover between 3 and 4 which brings all of those characters together, and that's a large source of its appeal. So without that familiarity with the characters, this is pretty much just an Etrian Odyssey game in a paranormal modern setting.
As much of a fan of the Etrian series as I am, between the cost of this edition, not having played all the Etrian titles fully, not having played any Persona titles before, and having an RPG backlog a few dozen deep, I have to pass on this title. It is appealing, to be sure, and my gut tells me to get it, but this is one of those times my head needs to overrule.
I'm gonna want that soundtrack but I'm not willing to shell out that much for it...
I will probably wait until it comes down in price as most atlus games do. I just started Persona 4 the Golden so no rush for me
I already have a kick ass 3DS hardcase, I don't like artbooks or cards. I just wanted the game and the CD like most Atlus games have mostly done. If the regular edition had come with the CD instead, it would have been an instant purchase for me but that $10 Atlus premium irks me and I probably wouldn't have bought it anyway.
I pre-ordered the special edtion when it was announced. I can't wait for it to finally arrive!
Just relised this has the same release date as Pokemon ORAS. Well I'm going to be too busy to play this game straight away, but I might pick it up eventually.
Also I would recommend anyone on the fence on getting either pokemon or this. I would get Persona as game stores would have far less copies of the game then pokemon and could be harder to find later down the line.
Hell gamestop in Ireland don't even have the game on their systems or on their website.
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