Persona 4 Arena Ultimax Gets New 'Fight' Trailer Ahead Of Upcoming Switch Launch

Atlus heard you, Nintendo fans. More Persona spinoffs you want, more Persona spinoffs you get! This is actually a good fighting game, but seriously, why are they so against ports?

That's a weird way to write Persona 4 Golden...

I'm more excited for this than Persona 4 Golden but that's probably because I'm more of a fighting game fanatics than most of the people here.

Going to pass on another game from a tone deaf company.

I've played the first P4A on PS3 and it's a solid fighting game with excellent animation. Even if you're not a Persona fan but are a fan of 2D fighters, I'd recommend.

@OmegaDestroyer
And a company that really wants to make their relationship with Nintendo as complex as possible.

It's nice that this is being released physically in Japan at least. Although you'll have to deal with no support of the English language. https://www.amazon.co.jp/Switch/dp/B09N9VN53S

I’ll pick it up under two conditions
1. It has a physical, all on one cart release with all prior dlc included.
2. (Most important) Persona 4/Golden and P3,P3P or FES get Switch ports (physical ports) so Ultimax doesn’t spoil either.

So I'm a bit confused here. I read that persona 4 arena ultimax is a direct sequel to persona 4 arena. Is that right? I thought it was a sequel to persona 4 golden and "ultimax" meant it was supposed to be the definitive edition or something lol.

@Vortexeo
Arena is the sequel to 4/golden. Ultimax is the sequel to arena taking place shortly after.

@Vortexeo its a simultaneous sequel and iteration, anime fighters do it a lot weirdly

luckily, this comes with the P4A story too

@somebread Oh that's good! I was worried I was gonna have to find some other way to play the first P4A 😂. Thank you and @GameOtaku for clarifying!

@Magician I preordered the Japanese physical. You never know english might be an option, here's hoping

This fighting game was so much fun. I’ll be getting this one on day one.

If there’s any truth to the rumor of Persona 3 Portable being reworked for the PS4, Switch and PC, then I wouldn’t be surprised if Golden (for PS4 and Switch) and Royal (for PC and Switch) follow suit. However, I would imagine the SMT “exclusivity” on Nintendo would come to an end too, which I’d be okay with if that meant Persona comes to the Switch.

Looks like Xbox might get the shaft (for now) on these remasters or ports.

This is a great game, but it's kind of mind boggling they're rereleaing it without rollback netcode.

Give me persona 5r

Will get this for the fighting

Would be nice to get a physical release in the west. And p4 an p3 enhanced ports.

@Specter_of-the_OLED yeah I am getting this purely for fighting tbh

@progx there was a data mine of SMT V and it contains a PS4 release. Idk if it’s true or not but if SMT V does come to PC and PS4, then I want P5R to come to Switch and PC. It’s only fair for Switch to get P5R as well, PC who gets both and PS4 gets SMT V.

That way, everyone wins!!! (Except people on Xbox)

@RudeAnimat0r well

DB FighterZ didn’t have any either iirc so there is that

“How does it feel when I beat you? Are you angry? Miserable? Frustrated? Ha ha ha ha ha, that’s what it’s like to lose!”

Pretty much a guaranteed buy as long as it runs as smoothly as it did on PS3.

@anoyonmus I mean yes, but that's a current game that isn't actively being ported to new platforms. Arc System Works recently patched several of their other old titles on PC with rollback, so it's not unreasonable.

I haven’t seen anyone mention it in case others don’t know; you should play persona 4 golden as well as persona 3 Fes or Persona 3 Portable(whichever you prefer although fes is debatably the best version). This game has spoilers for both mainlines so be mindful of that.

Unlike most I was really hoping the rumors for this port were true. I understand the frustration with no mainline being added but instead sequel spin-offs and honestly it’s really frustrating as an atlus/megaten fan. I hope the mainline personas do get ported to switch eventually(please no digital exclusive) so more people can properly enjoy strikers and now P4U. I’m really upset this won’t be getting a physical release in the west but I guess I’ll just import. Hoping the Japanese physical has English options so I don’t have to purchase twice (ｰ ｰ ; )

@anoyonmus since the Switch owns Japan, Altus probably would want to roll out those titles to the platform over time. The PS4 is still pretty popular as well, plus these titles are trapped on the PS3, PSP and Vita, so bring them over. I get why Xbox isn’t a priority platform for them, but ignoring the Switch when the Japanese audience is extremely faithful to franchises, it’s money on the table. Even all over the world between the PS4 and Switch.

@progx let’s hope the Persona 3 Portable and Persona 4 Golden coming to Switch and PS4 rumors are true

Was really disappointed when this wound up being the first of the big hyped up announcements because even as a fan of the core Persona games no part of me cares at all about spinoffs like this.