FES edition of Persona 3 in October News

Just ordered this from video games +

I'm pleased to hear this, but its a hell of a long wait. I think it got released in the U.S around April!

its a good game but i got sick of having to start over again after being killed by those bloody instant kill spells :(

YES!

I was saving my spare pennies for Persona 3, but i'll wait for this to come out instead. :D
Wasn't sure this would get released in Europe so i'm happy.

wow i honestly didnt think they'd both to bring here, props to Koei

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOt!!!!!!!!!!!!

\o/

About time.

Please add a 60hz option Koei.

Bah I got the US version in april (after already playing the original for a while), and haven't played it since. :P

Oh well good to hear the EU will be able to enjoy this game.

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS, Praise Nyx!
Persona 3, for me, surpassed FF7 as the best JRPG ever made; I truly found it THAT damn good.

All you fans should check out Persona: Trinity Soul. It's an anime series set 10 years after Persona 3. It's dark, sombre and slow-burning, so quite different in tone to the game, but is still excellent. Plus Akihiko turns up and kicks ass without actually doing anything, so watch it just for him.

Oh and Persona 3 had a 60hz option, dont see why this won't.

@ Zanuah.

Wanna sell it?

FUCKING YESS FUCKING YESS FUCKING YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I still haven't completed Persona 3, but I'm completely overjoyed that Koei is releasing it here. I am so happeh =D *pins it down for October*

And I agree with you, Setaro. FF7 is inferior to Persona 3. The characters in Persona 3 and a original concept make it worthwhile for me.

I can't wait for Persona 4 to hit here (... in that case, I'll import it since I won't be patient enough xD)

yay....if you have a backward compatible PS3 or an old PS2 still connected to some kind of viewer screen ;)

Edit: By the way, is there any word on Persona 4?

Didn't think it would ever come here, but I'm still not done with P3...

Still, 30 extra hours? Thats more than some full games offer these days. Might be worth it.

So is it the same as the US release? Complete original Persona 3 with extra stuff added and things streamlined, plus the extra story? I've had the US release since it came out but haven't really gotten around to playing much of it. What I did play was very good though. Glad to see that it's getting a PAL release.

YES!!! =oD

This is fantastic news. I've been hoping and dreaming (yes, quite literally) for FES to be released over here. I never thought it would even happen when I finally gave up hope a few days ago, but by God has this news lightened my day up!

It's a long wait, but it'll be worth it!

Fantastic, was hoping this would come to us, definitely getting it after the hype.

Well done, Koei!

great news! i'm absolutely all over this, gonna be quality!

woohooo!!!!

Now if they are going to release 4 I may not need an NTSC PS2!

Wow. Didn't expect this to see the light of day over here. I'll be having some of that. Now all I need to make me happy is for them to bring P4 over as well. And I don't care if I have to wait til next year (obviously sooner would be better, if there's anyone from Koei reading!)

It's a shame they take so damn long, because i've already imported it from the US and i'm sure i'm not alone on that one - which leads to less sales when it does come out over here and makes it look like we don't want it so much. Oh well.

The Answer is really more like 40 hours. Well worth buying even if you don't touch the main story again.

Some of these posts makes me want to get Persona 3 NOW!!! STOP SAYING HOW AWESOME IT IS!!! >_

Yay!
With this news surely Persona 4 can't be far behind!!

"I don't know you, but your fes looks familiar."

Wow, I never expected this to get an EU release. I imported the US version to play through The Answer but it'll be nice to use my saves from regular P3 on another playthrough.
Here's hoping Koei follow Atlus' lead and sell it at a reduced price too, though it's probably unlikely.

Didnt get on with P3 at all, I liked the overworld/dating sim aspect but the actual dungeon running I felt was incredibly dull. Still, good news for the fans and a nice move by Koei to release this here :)

PS2 lives!

Only thing is, just got a HD tv and my god it almost ALMOST ruins my back catalogue, need to figure out how to make 480 work on it if its possible, hope this doesn't hurt the art design of Persona 3 FES too much.

PS2 looks alright on my HDTV, i just set it to 4:3 mode. There's borders but its a lot better than a stretched image... and the picture quality doesn't look any worse than it ever did on older TVs either. Probably better.

Huh? I read this somewhere about a month ago, but whatever, this is still wonderful news. Persona 3 has already become a difficult game to get in my area, but I own the original and will be owning the FES edition too! Can't wait ^^

Those are great news for gamers that dont have modded PS2 or NTSC ones and cant import, this series is just to great for ppl to miss, and its a pity most of the PAL gamers didnt get to play P1 and P2 on PSX.

At least 1 company in PALand cares for hardcore gamers since Persona games arent for normal gamers, all we get in Europe are easy as pie FF games or other easy games you can beat under 40h.

I already said that on KOEI boards and i think everyone who didnt already and is looking forward to this game in PAL should go there and thank KOEI for the release. I played the game already since I imported but i got stuck during replaying The Journey, Guess Ill go back to my PAL copy of P3 and prepare a save so I can start P3FES Journey again :) It is a really good time, I can replay FES again 20+ days before I get my US copy of P4. This will be great end of the year.....hehe not to mention i got birthday 2 days after P3FES PAL release :P

BTW P3 PAL didnt have 60hz mode, only 50hz, hope PAL FES will come with 60hz, if not ill buy it to support KOEI and play on my US copy again :>

Don't need mods to play the import, you can just use http://www.swapmagic3.com/

I use the memory card hack to load games onto a hard drive for faster loading and region free (i buy them first though).

You can make your PS2 look a little better with a component cable btw
(you can get one at http://www.thegametrain.com/)

They made it just on time to stop me from importing it from play-asia :D

Awesome - held out getting this in the hope they'd release the extended edition. :oD

Got the import. Awesome game. More people should know about it.

I already bought the USA version after felling ripped off by koei, releasing a normal version with no extras at all the same time that a version with extra content for half European retail price was too much for me. The no inclusion of the sound track or at least some localization was the definitive coup de grace for me.