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General => Video Game Bored => Topic started by: Bebpo on August 17, 2010, 10:09:30 PM

Title: Let's talk about Catherine (Persona team on real systems again)
Post by: Bebpo on August 17, 2010, 10:09:30 PM
Hopefully this goes better than the Radiant Historia thread and I don't get owned with a shit looking game when pics come. 

But new X360/PS3 action adventure game "Catherine"

Director is Hashino who directed SMT3 Nocturne, Persona 3/4, and I think DDS/Trauma Center but I gotta double check those.
Character designs by Soejima, the P3/P4 guy.  :\ 
Music by Shoji Meguro, who does everything Megaten besides Devil Survivor and none of the non-megaten games like Trauma Center or EO (actually he did some tracks for Trauma Center, but wasn't the main composer)

So basically this is what Persona guys have been doing since P4.  Working on the awesome American system called the Xbox 360 and PS3 too.
Title: Re: Let's talk about Catherine (Persona team on real systems again)
Post by: Himu on August 17, 2010, 10:14:46 PM
Day one
Title: Re: Let's talk about Catherine (Persona team on real systems again)
Post by: MCD on August 17, 2010, 10:16:35 PM
Is it a real game or just one of those text/pictures japa only games?
Title: Re: Let's talk about Catherine (Persona team on real systems again)
Post by: Bebpo on August 17, 2010, 10:18:42 PM
I haven't seen the scans, but Aeana says it's action adventure.  Which is not what you call a visual novel.

Plus I might get owned on this, but I don't think you'd see that kind of talent working on a still pictures game.  It would be especially pointless to do something like that when you have the X360/PS3 Ultimate Processing Power.



Honestly, I'm thinking it's like Maken X but more of a focus on adventure.  They're likely going to try to make something that appeals to the west since it's on X360.  Which means killing stuff.
Title: Re: Let's talk about Catherine (Persona team on real systems again)
Post by: demi on August 17, 2010, 10:25:36 PM
It's probably as garbage as Rule of Rose. Persona 3 and 4 are utter trash too... not a great record to get hype too.
Title: Re: Let's talk about Catherine (Persona team on real systems again)
Post by: cool breeze on August 17, 2010, 10:30:32 PM
I was actually just going to say they should make a new Maken X

and Namco should make Breakdown 2
Title: Re: Let's talk about Catherine (Persona team on real systems again)
Post by: Bebpo on August 17, 2010, 10:35:29 PM
Ok, so it looks like it's a P3 spinoff.  At least the same universe and P3P had hints about this game. 

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=22874363&postcount=69
Title: Re: Let's talk about Catherine (Persona team on real systems again)
Post by: demi on August 17, 2010, 10:37:40 PM
Nice reaching Bebpo.
Title: Re: Let's talk about Catherine (Persona team on real systems again)
Post by: Bebpo on August 17, 2010, 10:39:13 PM
(http://www.gamingeverything.com/uploads/1197/original/catherine_famitsu.jpg)

cell-shaded 3d. 
Title: Re: Let's talk about Catherine (Persona team on real systems again)
Post by: Bebpo on August 17, 2010, 10:39:52 PM
Nice reaching Bebpo.

It's the same guy :P

(http://i35.tinypic.com/femh03.png)
Title: Re: Let's talk about Catherine (Persona team on real systems again)
Post by: demi on August 17, 2010, 10:41:13 PM
Who? I didnt play that shitty game. I don't want Persona runoff shit. Pass.
Title: Re: Let's talk about Catherine (Persona team on real systems again)
Post by: MCD on August 17, 2010, 10:43:29 PM
I don't see a mole under his left eye.
Title: Re: Let's talk about Catherine (Persona team on real systems again)
Post by: Bebpo on August 17, 2010, 10:43:33 PM
and yeah the pink wording says "BRAND NEW HD PROJECT BY THE PERSONA TEAM" so this is what they've been doing since P4/P3P.

I don't see a mole under his left eye.

Maybe it's not a mole.  Maybe he's stabbed below the eye in this and it becomes a dot scar.
Title: Re: Let's talk about Catherine (Persona team on real systems again)
Post by: iconoclast on August 17, 2010, 10:52:32 PM
Day zero.

GOTY whatever year it comes out
Title: Re: Let's talk about Catherine (Persona team on real systems again)
Post by: iconoclast on August 17, 2010, 11:06:28 PM
I'm actually glad the SMT teams are doing something completely new for a change. Can't wait to actually see what this game is all about. It looks kinda Suda 51-ish to me from that scan.
Title: Re: Let's talk about Catherine (Persona team on real systems again)
Post by: Bebpo on August 18, 2010, 12:47:06 AM
(http://i37.tinypic.com/20k7xb4.jpg)

2010
Title: Re: Let's talk about Catherine (Persona team on real systems again)
Post by: iconoclast on August 18, 2010, 12:56:02 AM
:bow announcing games and then releasing them shortly after

Too bad I won't be able to play this without constantly checking a dictionary :( Will wait for the English version, hopefully by March/April
Title: Re: Let's talk about Catherine (Persona team on real systems again)
Post by: Bebpo on August 18, 2010, 12:58:34 AM
And the main story bits are ADV, but the dream sequences are action.

I guess similar in a way to P3P where the story stuff is ADV and then the dungeons are rpg.
Title: Re: Let's talk about Catherine (Persona team on real systems again)
Post by: Himu on August 18, 2010, 12:59:37 AM
(http://i35.tinypic.com/szd8ps.jpg)
(http://i36.tinypic.com/34fh4yg.jpg)
(http://i34.tinypic.com/9k1awh.jpg)
Title: Re: Let's talk about Catherine (Persona team on real systems again)
Post by: Purple Filth on August 18, 2010, 01:03:18 AM
its him confirmed (has on the same fucking clothes).

Catherine herself seems rather interesting
Title: Re: Let's talk about Catherine (Persona team on real systems again)
Post by: archie4208 on August 18, 2010, 01:09:04 AM
This 'game' looks embarrassing.  Hopefully it is just a testbed to get a SMT engine working on HD consoles.
Title: Re: Let's talk about Catherine (Persona team on real systems again)
Post by: Bebpo on August 18, 2010, 01:18:46 AM
Doesn't look that embarrassing.  They say they're trying to make something more adult like a dark steamy noir thriller weird, so along the lines of Lynch.

And I mean if there's anyone that can pull off a dark sexy adult thriller in Japan, it'd be the SMT guys. 
Title: Re: Let's talk about Catherine (Persona team on real systems again)
Post by: Diunx on August 18, 2010, 01:22:19 AM
So this is pretty much one of those text games but for goth otakus? pass.
Title: Re: Let's talk about Catherine (Persona team on real systems again)
Post by: Bebpo on August 18, 2010, 01:33:06 AM
Is Persona 3 a text game?

The game is about a guy who is getting seduced by a woman (text game) and when he goes to sleep every night he has crazy nightmares (3d action game).  All the stuff that's 3d in those screens with environments and stuff are playable action game parts.
Title: Re: Let's talk about Catherine (Persona team on real systems again)
Post by: Himu on August 18, 2010, 01:37:16 AM
This 'game' looks embarrassing.  Hopefully it is just a testbed to get a SMT engine working on HD consoles.

shut the fuck up
Title: Re: Let's talk about Catherine (Persona team on real systems again)
Post by: Howard Alan Treesong on August 18, 2010, 01:47:20 AM
looks awesome, nuking Japan delayed until 2011
Title: Re: Let's talk about Catherine (Persona team on real systems again)
Post by: bork on August 18, 2010, 01:47:25 AM
(http://i37.tinypic.com/20k7xb4.jpg)

2010

:rofl
Title: Re: Let's talk about Catherine (Persona team on real systems again)
Post by: Trent Dole on August 18, 2010, 01:49:57 AM
Can we word filter the name of this thing to 'Sexy Pizza'? :teehee
Title: Re: Let's talk about Catherine (Persona team on real systems again)
Post by: Howard Alan Treesong on August 18, 2010, 02:10:26 AM
Can we word filter the name of this thing to 'Sexy Pizza'? :teehee

that will make talking about Sexy Pizza Deneuve difficult

EDIT: dammit, the filter's already up :maf
Title: Re: Let's talk about Catherine (Persona team on real systems again)
Post by: maxy on August 18, 2010, 04:03:51 AM
Meh,looks like something that could sell 2 copies in the west.
Title: Re: Let's talk about Catherine (Persona team on real systems again)
Post by: Bebpo on August 18, 2010, 04:28:35 AM
Not when they call it "Shin Megami Tensei Sexy Pizza" in the US!

Atlus USA knows its fanbase and how to sell to them :P
Title: Re: Let's talk about Catherine (Persona team on real systems again)
Post by: magus on August 18, 2010, 06:38:23 AM
this is kinda unrelated to the thread but i think this is a better place to dump the news than the random gaming talk thread
apparently they are doing YET another P3 remake,this time for cellphones
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Atlus still isn't giving anyone a proper look at Persona 5, but at least there's another Persona game on its way. Well, it's another Persona 3 remake, to tell the truth. A Persona 3 remake for cell phones, that is. Persona 3 Social is a multiplayer RPG built for Mobage-Town, a social network that's huge in Japan. It's a trimmed-down version of the Persona 3 we know and buy repeatedly, and this version lets players gather Persona and tackle dungeons alongside other Mobage-Town users. Even devoted Persona fans might not want to buy the game again after the PS2 and PSP versions, but Atlus went through the trouble of redesigning the game's two main characters.

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/images/cms/the-x-button/35825/personasocial1.jpg

Persona 3 Social is one of those online games that's free to play at first, but Atlus  will charge for items and other things to be used in the game. While there's no word of an English release for the game, Mobage-Town's parent company, DeNa, launched its own line of iPhone games earlier this year. So there's a chance that Persona 3 will be served up to us yet again.

yay for milking! 
Title: Re: Let's talk about Catherine (Persona team on real systems again)
Post by: brob on August 18, 2010, 08:42:48 AM
What happened to actually scanning shit? Do people not care enough to buy these magazines, so they end up snapping pictures in the store with their cell phones? :maf

Looks cool though, the SMT peepz haven't done me wrong yet.

edit: that pizza picture looks about as serious as Bayonetta, so unless they have the mechanics to step into that league it better not be indicative of anything.  :-\
Title: Re: Let's talk about Catherine (Persona team on real systems again)
Post by: Shino on August 18, 2010, 12:27:07 PM
I'm playing the crap out of P3P right now and really enjoying it.  It's my first venture into the Persona Universe.

I will definitely check this out.
Title: Re: Let's talk about Catherine (Persona team on real systems again)
Post by: Howard Alan Treesong on August 18, 2010, 12:39:35 PM
this is kinda unrelated to the thread but i think this is a better place to dump the news than the random gaming talk thread
apparently they are doing YET another P3 remake,this time for cellphones
Quote
Atlus still isn't giving anyone a proper look at Persona 5, but at least there's another Persona game on its way. Well, it's another Persona 3 remake, to tell the truth. A Persona 3 remake for cell phones, that is. Persona 3 Social is a multiplayer RPG built for Mobage-Town, a social network that's huge in Japan. It's a trimmed-down version of the Persona 3 we know and buy repeatedly, and this version lets players gather Persona and tackle dungeons alongside other Mobage-Town users. Even devoted Persona fans might not want to buy the game again after the PS2 and PSP versions, but Atlus went through the trouble of redesigning the game's two main characters.

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/images/cms/the-x-button/35825/personasocial1.jpg

Persona 3 Social is one of those online games that's free to play at first, but Atlus  will charge for items and other things to be used in the game. While there's no word of an English release for the game, Mobage-Town's parent company, DeNa, launched its own line of iPhone games earlier this year. So there's a chance that Persona 3 will be served up to us yet again.

yay for milking! 

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Title: Re: Let's talk about Catherine (Persona team on real systems again)
Post by: Third on August 18, 2010, 12:44:30 PM
Boobs and cum.  :lol

Japan never fails.

Title: Re: Let's talk about Catherine (Persona team on real systems again)
Post by: demi on August 18, 2010, 12:46:42 PM
http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/7894/personasocial1.jpg
Title: Re: Let's talk about Catherine (Persona team on real systems again)
Post by: Beezy on August 18, 2010, 01:11:05 PM
smh...
Title: Re: Let's talk about Catherine (Persona team on real systems again)
Post by: Howard Alan Treesong on August 18, 2010, 01:40:08 PM
smh...

shin megami hentai? :drool
Title: Re: Let's talk about Catherine (Persona team on real systems again)
Post by: iconoclast on August 18, 2010, 06:07:54 PM
P3 Social is just some cell phone crap though. It can be safely ignored.
Title: Re: Let's talk about Catherine (Persona team on real systems again)
Post by: treythemovie on August 18, 2010, 09:27:25 PM
From December 2009:

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In the latest Persona 3 Portable creator’s blog, Katsura Hashino discusses what happened to the Persona team after Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4.

Hashino explains the team was split into to two. One group developed Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 Portable, which available in Japan now. The other group is “nearing completion of an original work.” Both groups are merging together, gradually, to work on a full blown project.

So I assume this is the "original work" and the "full blown project" is Persona 5. I wonder what the porting team has been doing since then, another port or prep work for 5?



Anyway, even if you think this is the stupidest game ever it's still pretty good news. Not only is Atlus finally moving on to the HD systems but it might mean that Persona 5 won't be fucked on the PSP or similar. Plus, we now know that Atlus won't be engaging in any of that PS3/360 exclusivity bullshit or the equally suicidal "lets ignore western markets!" approach.
Title: Re: Let's talk about Catherine (Persona team on real systems again)
Post by: Bebpo on August 18, 2010, 09:51:19 PM
They actually say in the interview in famitsu that P5 is on X360/PS3 (in a roundabout way).  They say something close to "before we do our teams next big rpg on these HD systems we wanted to do an original title to get a feel for the systems".  So P5 is pretty much confirmed PS3/X360.  As is all future stuff from that team until the next gen.

The question is what about the "other" team that does stuff like SMT or Raidou.  A lot of them did Strange Journey, and now they're doing Radiant Historia.  So the question is will they go to the 3DS or also move to consoles after that.  Guess it depends on how well P5 does on the HD systems.
Title: Re: Let's talk about Catherine (Persona team on real systems again)
Post by: treythemovie on August 18, 2010, 10:09:52 PM
Well I assume that the "other" team has to be working on something else other than Radiant Historia since Kaneko hasn't shown up yet.
Title: Re: Let's talk about Catherine (Persona team on real systems again)
Post by: HyperZoneWasAwesome on August 19, 2010, 05:03:50 AM
What's the Trauma Team team doing?  Now that they've finished Trauma Team?
team team team team team team team team team team team.
spoiler (click to show/hide)
fuck it, I'm tired and up too late.
[close]

I was justing playing that today and its pretty dang good.  Moreover, the ADV (seems to be at least 1/3rd of the game if not more)sections are surprisingly solid, I'd bite in an instant at a more polished adventure game from Atlus, if they ever localized one (like Rule of Rose, which they published).  I just hope they don't muck this up with too much lousy combat and filler fetch quests (like Rule of Rose, which they didn't make).

Also, I really dig the Atlus house style, writing, art, music, etc.  But I just can't make it through any of their RPG's, yet at least.  I've got 10 hours logged into Persona 3:FES and I dug it, but not so much that I won't be playing shitloads of other stuff before I even attempt to get back into that.  Sorry JRPG's, I want to like you, its nothing personal, I even like turn based strategy.  Its not you, its me.
Title: Re: Let's talk about Catherine (Persona team on real systems again)
Post by: brob on August 19, 2010, 11:43:10 AM
[youtube=560,345]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VteHd2AoGvw[/youtube]

hot diggity.
Title: Re: Let's talk about Catherine (Persona team on real systems again)
Post by: MCD on August 19, 2010, 12:03:02 PM
ZETAI NE KRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Title: Re: Let's talk about Catherine (Persona team on real systems again)
Post by: Howard Alan Treesong on August 19, 2010, 12:36:29 PM
looks awesome wowsome
Title: Re: Let's talk about Catherine (Persona team on real systems again)
Post by: MCD on August 19, 2010, 12:43:10 PM
[youtube=560,345]9ONwOq7TuA0[/youtube]
Title: Re: Let's talk about Catherine (Persona team on real systems again)
Post by: Beezy on August 19, 2010, 01:02:43 PM
Catherine is a cool looking anime. When is Atlus gonna start working on the game for it?
Title: Re: Let's talk about Catherine (Persona team on real systems again)
Post by: Himu on August 19, 2010, 01:25:26 PM
Atlus R&D1 staff have gone insane.
Title: Re: Let's talk about Catherine (Persona team on real systems again)
Post by: Brehvolution on August 19, 2010, 01:30:13 PM
Is that Japanese rap?
Title: Re: Let's talk about Catherine (Persona team on real systems again)
Post by: magus on August 19, 2010, 01:30:56 PM
it kinda reminds me of the persona 2 trailer "LOOK LOOK WE GOT DEAD PEOPLE AND MYSTERY!" only they replace the "AND HERE'S A CAST REEL" part with "BOOBSBOOBSBOOBSBOOBSBOOBSBOOBSBOOBS"

[youtube=560,345]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7Gk-onicEc&feature=search[/youtube]
Title: Re: Let's talk about Catherine (Persona team on real systems again)
Post by: Purple Filth on August 19, 2010, 02:27:35 PM
Definitely will be looking out for this.
Title: Re: Let's talk about Catherine (Persona team on real systems again)
Post by: Bebpo on August 19, 2010, 02:32:53 PM
Catherine is a cool looking anime. When is Atlus gonna start working on the game for it?

this
Title: Re: Let's talk about Catherine (Persona team on real systems again)
Post by: Howard Alan Treesong on August 19, 2010, 02:40:43 PM
Catherine is a cool looking anime. When is Atlus gonna start working on the game for it?

this

something something anime/CG pipeline something engine something 3D assets something announcement trailer something something SCREAM
Title: Re: Let's talk about Catherine (Persona team on real systems again)
Post by: Himu on August 19, 2010, 02:48:52 PM
It's an announcement trailer.

You guys can't be this dumb.

GASP

STARCRAFT 2 ISN'T A GAME, THE FIRST TRAILER SHOWS MORE CG THAN IT DOES GAME

WOW HAS RUINED BLIZZARD

 ::) ???
Title: Re: Let's talk about Catherine (Persona team on real systems again)
Post by: Howard Alan Treesong on August 19, 2010, 02:51:51 PM
maybe they are, Himuro! maybe they are

maybe they don't understand how games are made - and marketed - even the tiniest bit

maybe
Title: Re: Let's talk about Catherine (Persona team on real systems again)
Post by: brob on August 19, 2010, 03:03:38 PM
I'm hoping for an s.link with a sheep.

spoiler (click to show/hide)
preferably a moe one   :uguu
[close]
Title: Re: Let's talk about Catherine (Persona team on real systems again)
Post by: Howard Alan Treesong on August 19, 2010, 03:08:21 PM
from now on I am referring to Catherine as "Sexy Pizza: Professional Sheep Fucker"
Title: Re: Let's talk about Catherine (Persona team on real systems again)
Post by: Howard Alan Treesong on August 19, 2010, 03:11:01 PM
P.S. adultery cuckold ram's horns Catherine. and they said I'd never use my B.A. in English!
Title: Re: Let's talk about Catherine (Persona team on real systems again)
Post by: Himu on August 19, 2010, 03:13:02 PM
I bet Catherine is a succubus and the main character can't stop fucking her and the chick mad in the trailer is his main squeeze
Title: Re: Let's talk about Catherine (Persona team on real systems again)
Post by: Howard Alan Treesong on August 19, 2010, 03:13:48 PM
I bet Catherine is a succubus and the main character can't stop fucking her and the chick mad in the trailer is his main squeeze

the mad chick is obvs his wife, she is shouting "I WILL NEVER FUCKING FORGIVE YOU!" more or less
Title: Re: Let's talk about Catherine (Persona team on real systems again)
Post by: brob on August 19, 2010, 03:16:02 PM
:bow2

send the post to atlus, I'm certain you'll get a chief position on the translation.
Title: Re: Let's talk about Catherine (Persona team on real systems again)
Post by: Himu on August 19, 2010, 03:23:12 PM
The mad chick is obviously his woman, but I'm curious about Catherine. Weird dreams, deaths, horns, yep that bitch is a succubus fa real
Title: Re: Let's talk about Catherine (Persona team on real systems again)
Post by: Bebpo on August 19, 2010, 03:56:00 PM
That doesn't necessarily mean it's his wife/woman.  That's just how all jealous females in [Japanese media] megaten act when the MC pays attention to another woman.  See Yuzo in Devil Survivor or what's her face in Persona 3.
Title: Re: Let's talk about Catherine (Persona team on real systems again)
Post by: brob on August 19, 2010, 04:00:51 PM
What if there is a tsundere sheep? :omg
Title: Re: Let's talk about Catherine (Persona team on real systems again)
Post by: Howard Alan Treesong on August 19, 2010, 04:21:00 PM
That doesn't necessarily mean it's his wife/woman.  That's just how all jealous females in [Japanese media] megaten act when the MC pays attention to another woman.  See Yuzo in Devil Survivor or what's her face in Persona 3.

It's a game about an adulterer and this female character is saved for the trailer's stinger. Of course she's his wife and not some random NPC! That's how you cut trailers!

You know what it is she won't forgive? Fucking Catherine, Bebpo.
Title: Re: Let's talk about Catherine (Persona team on real systems again)
Post by: brob on August 19, 2010, 04:32:12 PM
maybe she just found out her hubby is a sheep fucker. the catherine character is just a red herring. :shh
Title: Re: Let's talk about Catherine (Persona team on real systems again)
Post by: Purple Filth on August 19, 2010, 04:33:12 PM
Supposedly in his P3P cameo he said he cheated on his girlfriend with another girl and his girlfriend was pregnant and he didn't know.

Given she's(girlfriend) upset, and the look he gives after he sleeps with Catherine  i could see this.


Whats weird is that the girlfriend makes up the other half of the logo with Catherine
Title: Re: Let's talk about Catherine (Persona team on real systems again)
Post by: Howard Alan Treesong on August 19, 2010, 04:36:20 PM
Whats weird is that the girlfriend makes up the other half of the logo with Catherine

girlfriend is Catherine confirmed, game spoiled 24 hours after announcement by "clever" logo
Title: Re: Let's talk about Catherine (Persona team on real systems again)
Post by: Purple Filth on August 19, 2010, 04:41:40 PM
logo in question

(http://i35.tinypic.com/2h3scnq.jpg)

Title: Re: Let's talk about Catherine (Persona team on real systems again)
Post by: Purple Filth on August 19, 2010, 04:42:18 PM
dp
Title: Re: Let's talk about Catherine (Persona team on real systems again)
Post by: brob on August 19, 2010, 04:57:59 PM
girlfriend has male symbol on her side of the logo - schizophreniac who uses a female personality to express his latent cross-dressing needs, confirmed.
Title: Re: Let's talk about Catherine (Persona team on real systems again)
Post by: iconoclast on August 19, 2010, 07:07:13 PM
Wow, Atlus got Studio 4C to do the anime scenes. Fuck yes, it doesn't get much better than them. Game looks awesome.
Title: Re: Let's talk about Catherine (Persona team on real systems again)
Post by: Purple Filth on September 10, 2010, 12:14:20 PM
New Catherine Article with a twist  :lol

http://www.andriasang.com/e/blog/2010/09/11/catherine_katherine/


Seems the girl that was pissed with him and his possible girlfriend who is pregnant has the same name as the blond haired girl but spelt with a K (Katherine)  :lol :lol

Quote
In Japanese, the two names are written with the exact same characters: キャサリン and キャサリン (with a Kya... err...).

So both girls he's dealing with is called Catherine/Katherine
Title: Re: Let's talk about Catherine (Persona team on real systems again)
Post by: Purple Filth on September 10, 2010, 12:19:13 PM
dp
Title: Re: Let's talk about Catherine (Persona team on real systems again)
Post by: Himu on September 10, 2010, 12:20:37 PM
this sounds so awesome
Title: Re: Let's talk about Catherine (Persona team on real systems again)
Post by: magus on September 10, 2010, 12:26:33 PM
SPANK
LITTLE
GIRLS
spoiler (click to show/hide)
:maf
[close]
Title: Re: Let's talk about Catherine (Persona team on real systems again)
Post by: Howard Alan Treesong on September 10, 2010, 01:00:45 PM
Whats weird is that the girlfriend makes up the other half of the logo with Catherine

girlfriend is Catherine confirmed, game spoiled 24 hours after announcement by "clever" logo

(http://i572.photobucket.com/albums/ss167/RocKomedy1/Colbert/Colbert-ICALLEDIT.gif)
Title: Re: Let's talk about Catherine (Persona team on real systems again)
Post by: Mr. Gundam on September 10, 2010, 01:02:06 PM
Parts of this title sound like Haruki Murakami: The Game.
Title: Re: Let's talk about Catherine (Persona team on real systems again)
Post by: recursivelyenumerable on September 11, 2010, 06:38:05 PM
His wife/girlfriend looks hawt and sophisticated, plus she reminds me of this other woman I semi-know who also works in the fashion industry. Catherine just has stupid hair.
Title: Re: Let's talk about Catherine (Persona team on real systems again)
Post by: iconoclast on September 15, 2010, 12:35:49 PM
new trailer (maybe NSFW?):
[youtube=560,345]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8699yVZuENw[/youtube]

so good.
Title: Re: Let's talk about Catherine (Persona team on real systems again)
Post by: brob on September 15, 2010, 12:45:59 PM
salary goat better be a major character!
Title: Re: Let's talk about Catherine (Persona team on real systems again)
Post by: Purple Filth on September 15, 2010, 09:34:03 PM
So he got a nude pic on his cell :lol?

I would guess the blond hair Catherine in that pose from the cover.
Title: Re: Let's talk about Catherine (Persona team on real systems again)
Post by: Purple Filth on October 15, 2010, 11:55:24 AM
New Catherine info with some gameplay explanation.

http://www.examiner.com/video-game-in-national/first-catherine-gameplay-details-revealed-new-screens-and-character-details

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The latest issue of Japanese magazine, Famitsu, has the lowdown on some new information about Atlus' upcoming PS3 and Xbox 360 title, Catherine. Created by the same team as the Persona series, Catherine has gained a lot of attention for a unique look and premise. Finally, Atlus has shared the first details about the gameplay for the title, picture emails, and some story elements.

Vincent isn't the only one suffering from these terrifying nightmares. It turns out that three of his guy friends are also having the same dreams. There is Johnny, Toby, and Orlando. All of which are friends with Vincent for many years and have a narrow-minded view on love and marriage.

As for gameplay, you have witnessed Vincent running away from monsters in an odd world during the trailers, but now you can make sense of what is going on a bit more. According to Famitsu, the action part of the game will take place in this nightmare world were Vincent has to run from mysterious creatures. You'll have to avoid monsters, obstacles, and other obstructions to get by, but if you fall off the level or get captured by the monster, it's game over. The level design looks to be a mix of 2.5D and 3D.


There will also be a phone email system in place, which was revealed in the last trailer. Emails will serve as a means to communicate with Katherine and Catherine, but Catherine is one to send "naughty" pictures to Vincent. How big of an impact this element will play remains to be known, but it could be interesting.

A new monster is also revealed. This is what will chase you in your nightmares throughout the game. The creature has muscular arms, but appears to be a female body or a joint body of a man and woman -- hard to tell.

Details are slowly being revealed on Catherine as the title creeps towards a Fall release in Japan.


Friend profiles from Andriasang

http://www.andriasang.com/e/blog/2010/10/13/flying_get/

Johnny (CV: Takehito Koyasu)
    A single 32-year-old who works at his father used car dealership. Regarding love, he has the policy of "Marriage is something you should do with your destined partner."

Toby (CV: Kishou Taniyama)
    A single 23-year-old who serves as Johnny's subordinate at the used car lot. He has little experience with girls and believes that as soon as he gets a girlfriend he'll marry her.

Orlando (CV: Hiroaki Hirata)
    A 32-year-old divorcee who lives with Vincent.

These three characters end up seeing the same nightmares as Vincent.



The email system from Andriasang's article

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It also looks like the game has an e-mail system where you exchange mails with Catherine and Katherine. Some of the e-mails include pictures. Let's just say, Catherine isn't particularly camera shy.


Monster pics (the second pic seems to be the one described in the article)

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