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Mayonaka Arena is a Shin Megami Tensei: Persona RPG based upon the Persona 3 and Persona 4 games, set two months after the events of Persona 4. In the town of Inaba, the fog has returned. The shadows are back. And on screen, a changed Teddie has a huge surprise for everyone.

The P-1 GRANDPRIX is soon to start, and the ratings are going to be killer.

A mysterious metallic box was stolen from the Kirijo family and stands as the prize for the P-1 Grandprix. It's now a race to win the box, a race to save Teddie, and a race to stop the shadows that have begun to manifest within the fog. This is Mayonaka Arena.
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Newcomers Guide to Persona; General information about the Persona universe
Topic Started: Jan 24 2012, 07:39 PM (1,298 Views)
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Unfamiliar to the Persona universe? Worry not, for all will be explained!

Important terms to remember:

  • A persona is the manifestation of malignant thoughts hidden within a person that is tamed and controlled. Every persona typically represents one of the arcana in a tarot deck (Death, The Hanged Man, Strength, The Magician, etc.).
  • A shadow is the manifestation of malignant thoughts hidden within a person that runs rampant and is not tamed or controlled.
In the case of Mayonaka Arena, shadows and personas cannot exist in the real world, but must be summoned within the Midnight Channel. The Midnight Channel is a place within the television that those who can or will summon a persona can go to by traveling through the screen of a television. The Midnight Channel is truly a reflection of people's hearts, and if corrupted enough by an outside source, becomes a place filled with fog where shadows live.

However, that same fog can also form, mysteriously, upon certain days in the city of Inaba. Because of that, shadows can spawn within the fog and run rampant in the city of Inaba. Those who can summon a persona can also summon a Persona within the same fog shadows form from.

When in the real world, when shadows attack normal people, those people will either die or have their psyche eaten, causing them to be afflicted by the Apathy Syndrome. Those afflicted will not be able to feed, wash, cloth, talk, bathe, move, or take care of themselves. Those who have the Apathy Syndrome are normally called the Lost. In the case of Apathy Syndrome patients, if a final boss shadow is destroyed, some psyches will return to their original owners.

STORY OF PERSONA 3 (ABBREVIATED VERSION):
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STORY OF PERSONA 4 (ABBREVIATED VERSION):
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STORY OF PERSONA 4 ARENA (ABBREVIATED VERSION):
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If you wish to know specific details upon Persona 3 and/or Persona 4, please see the following links:
Persona 3: http://megamitensei.wikia.com/wiki/Persona_3
Persona 4: http://megamitensei.wikia.com/wiki/Persona_4
Persona 4 Arena: http://megamitensei.wikia.com/wiki/Persona_4_Arena
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