Persona 4 US-
 
12/9/08, confirmed at AX.
 

Quote from raye_gincho on 07/05/08 at 23:51:01:

 
AX?
 
Also, Kanji has a battle video on the website now, and our favorite he/she has a new video as well.

Oh, well then. Please excuse me while I do a happy dance. I hope we get a lot of info next week when it hits Japan. I'm curious about a lot of things that haven't been mentioned in Fatmistu scans.

I'll be very happy when some of the import reviews come out... it's coming out in Thursday in Japan, ne?  
 
It almost makes me forget that they'll never release P2:IS nor Soul Hackers...

Social Links for P4. Yakuza Fox is the Hermit. Teehee.

Quote from Choooo on 07/08/08 at 15:14:08:

 
I love the idea of having alternate characters for the social links. It adds genuine replay value. Here's hoping that we can keep our social link bonuses in subsequent playthroughs. The Strength socccer boy-with-band aid is cute. There I said it. Also, I'm curious about how murders will affect the pacing of the game?

The english site is up now. I hope it updates every Friday soon as well. Here is a list of the arcanas BTW and some of the details given about the battle system courtesy of posters on Gamespot and Neogaf respectively. Some of which are interesting. Personally, I don't think Death is a mystery character. I think s/he may be an actually dead person; which could explain the silhouette form.
 
1. MC : Fool.
2. Hanamura Yousuke : Magician.
3. Amagi Yukiko : Priestess.
4. Margaret !?!?!? : Empress.
5. Tatsumi Kanji : Emperor.
6. Doujima Ryoutaro : Heirophant.
7. Kujikawa Rise : Lovers.
8. Satonaka Chie : Chariot.
9. Doujima Nanako : Justice.
10. Kitsune / Fox : Hermit.
11. Soccer Club (Daisuke Nagase & Kou Ichijou) : Strength.
12. ??? : Death.
13. A teacher ??? : Temperance.
14. Nurse : Devil.  
15. Another Maya??? : Tower.
16. Kuma : Star.
17. Ebihara Ai : Moon.
18. Matsunaga Ayane : Sun.
19. Ozawa Yumi : Sun.
 
1. If you hit a weakness -> One More happens
 
2. If all enemies down -> Final Attack
 
3. If using hit-all attack, even you only hit one enemy's weakness, you can still get One More  
 
4. Character can act the very next turn even in Down status  
 
5. During down, if the weakness is exploited, "Faint" status will happen. Character can lost at least one turn of action.
 
6. Sometimes physical critical and cause Down + Faint together
 
7. Enemy reinforcement may happen after all of them are wiped out.  
 
8. Depending on the commu development other characters will take damage for the main during battle.
 
9. Analysis doesn't take time, but it seems the record will not carry over. You'd have to do it again in next battle.  
 
10. After choosing escape, you can't go instantly, instead you got to carry on the battle for a while
 
Here's a link of the battle music.
 
http://youtube.com/watch?v=gRwFapCq3vY
 
It doesn't beat Mass Destruction, but I love the tempo. With the game launching in Japan soon we'll soon get a better taste of the OST as a whole.
 
This second link contains the boss music, but does contain mild, mild spoilers.
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nx3M9ddrlf8