System: Switch
Release Date: January 19, 2023
Developer: Atlus
Publisher: Atlus
Releasing originally on the PlayStation 2 in 2008, Persona 4’s small town of Inaba is not unlike my own home town. A small, sleepy community with one grocery store, one gas station, and if you drive by it and blink, you might miss the town altogether. Small communities are generally safe, right? Moving there, one might feel secure leaving their doors unlocked, with no real worries about what could happen while you run to the convenience store. Inaba, though, has a murderer on the loose – one that seems to kill through very non-traditional means. First, a local TV personality, and next a teenage student… Is anyone safe anymore in Inaba? How does one catch a killer that leaves no trace of their crime? Why do the victims show up beforehand on the eerie Midnight Channel when it rains? Why are students being targeted in the first place? Persona 4 Golden’s murder mystery has many layers, and by taking control of our Protagonist and his friends can we really solve this situation and save the lives of those targeted?
A new Disney Speedstorm trailer has come through highlighting The Great Wall, one of the tracks in the game. This one is inspired by Mulan. Of course, you’ll be able to race as Mulan herself as well as Li Shang.
Nintendo has added two periods of maintenance to its schedule. Wii U and 3DS will be impacted at the start of the week, with Switch following later for network services.
Here’s the maintenance schedule as things stand now:
The top-down scrolling 2D shooting title Graze Counter GM has been given new gameplay on Switch. We have 27 minutes of footage in total.
Below is an overview of the game with additional details:
A new update for The Crackpet Show is now available on Switch, with players having access to version 1.1.
This patch adds new content, includes balance changes, and addresses bugs. There are even some performance enhancements regarding boss battles.
The full patch notes for The Crackpet Show version 1.1. update are as follows:
Re:Call, which dropped on Switch this week, has received a new round of gameplay. 25 minutes of footage shows off the visual novel-style adventure.
Learn more about the title in the following overview:
24 minutes of gameplay has surfaced for Gunscape. After the shooter was once planned for Wii U, it will finally reach a Nintendo console with next week’s launch.
If you need a refresher as to what the title is about, read the following overview:
Listings on the eShops provide file sizes for a bunch of Switch games. These include Labyrinth of Galleria: The Moon Society, Session: Skate Sim, and more.
Here’s the full roundup:
In this week’s issue of Famitsu, Persona team business producer Atsushi Nomura and Persona team director Daisuke Yajima discussed the work and challenges involved in bringing Persona 3 Portable and Persona 4 Golden to new platforms.
Persona 4 Golden did end up on PC back in 2020, but Persona 3 Portable is making its first appearance outside of the PSP. Both also just appeared on home consoles for the first time.
Since it’s January, a topic of discussion that tends to pop up around this time is when the next Nintendo Direct will be. That’s not much of a surprise, especially since fans are always curious as to what Nintendo has in store. It’s not out of the question for a new presentation to happen as we start the new year so that we can get a better idea as to what’s planned from a first and third-party perspective.
