Listen To The Soundtrack ⇣ Out of all of the Persona series which would you say was mainstream? Was it Persona 1, 2, or 3? Not even close. The title that had finally propelled the series past its veil of obscurity … Continue reading The Definitive History Behind The Persona 4 Universe (2012-2015)
Listen To The Soundtrack ⇣ Being a spinoff of a spinoff, no one ever would expect the Persona series to grow past its main entries. However, with rampant success of Persona 3 the wheels of fate began to turn in the … Continue reading The Definitive History Behind Every Persona Remake and Spinoff (2006-2012)
Listen To The Soundtrack ⇣ Horror. Tension. Atmosphere. From the beginning of the medium, and for several decades to come, these were just a few of the many aspects that video games tended to lack. While films and novels alike had … Continue reading The Definitive History Behind Metroid (1986)
Listen To The Soundtrack ⇣ The quest to find one’s own identity can be quite a difficult one to tackle. Some know there’s from the start while others can take quite a while to come into their own. The Persona franchise … Continue reading The Definitive History Behind Persona 4 (2008)
Listen To The Soundtrack ⇣ In The Beginning… A defining theme, a signature style, an undeniable motif, these are things that the Persona series lacked. While their titles had told genre defining tales for the time they lacked a certain charm … Continue reading The Definitive History Behind Persona 3 (2006)
Listen To The Soundtrack ⇣ Eternal Punishment Halfway through writing Persona 2’s script, Tadashi Satomi had an epiphany. He felt that something was missing from the original draft of Innocent Sin, a critical component that just couldn’t be ignored. Another viewpoint … Continue reading The Definitive History Behind Persona 2: Eternal Punishment (2000)
Listen To The Soundtrack ⇣ In The Beginning… The self. The true self that exists within all of this, this is the idea that Persona was founded on. Using a setting that we could all relate to and characters that were … Continue reading The Definitive History Behind Persona 2: Innocent Sin (1999)
Listen To The Soundtrack ⇣ In The Beginning… Style. It’s a certain aspect that any video game series develops over time. Whether it be inventing a revolutionary gameplay mechanic, creating its own radical art design, or composing an iconic score that … Continue reading The Definitive History Behind Revelations: Persona (1996)
Listen To The Soundtrack ⇣ In The Beginning… Zelda. Several years before the originals release the simple utterance of such a name would not have the same impact that it does today. Thoughts of grand adventures, hidden secrets, and devious monsters … Continue reading The Definitive History Behind Zelda II: The Adventure Link (1987)
Throughout the long and heralded history of Nintendo there have been many interesting and unique franchises that have been created by their hand. Each and every one of them was highly innovative in their genres with some even shaping their … Continue reading Fire Emblem: A Tactful History (1990-2017)
Listen To The Soundtrack ⇣ A Side Story No More With the success of Fire Emblem Fates riding on their backs, even if many were left unsatisfied by the experience, Intelligent Systems went forward determined to continue this trend. The Fire … Continue reading The Definitive History Behind Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of the Valentia (2017)
Listen To The Soundtrack ⇣ In The Beginning… Innovation. It’s a concept that any franchise has to inevitably contend with. If you continue to churn out virtually the same experience over and over again, with no differences whatsoever, your audience may … Continue reading The Definitive History Behind Pokémon X and Y (2013)
Listen To The Soundtrack ⇣ In The Beginning… The Tales series had a rough first outing to say the least. What started off as a single creator’s unbridled vision of a new and exciting fantasy tale turned into something less so. … Continue reading The Definitive History Behind Tales of Destiny 2 (2001)
Listen To The Soundtrack ⇣ In The Beginning… After working for over a decade on anything, things start to change. You run out of new ideas, try to rehash the old ones, and look everywhere for the magic your creation once … Continue reading The Definitive History Behind Pokémon Diamond and Pearl (2006)
Listen To The Soundtrack ⇣ In The Beginning… How do you continue a franchise for years on end? Do you change the very fabric of the franchise to keep the experience fresh and appealing? Do you stagnate and remain the same … Continue reading The Definitive History Behind Tales of Eternia (2000)
Listen To The Soundtrack ⇣ In The Beginning… Adventure can be found anywhere in life. You can find it in something as ordinary as your walk to work, as grandiose as the natural landscapes that surround us, or as minute as … Continue reading The Definitive History Behind The Original Legend of Zelda (1986)
