James Skemp's StrivingLife

Mustn't ... look ... too ... closely ... (already ruined one surprise)

Atlus certainly out-did themselves this time, with the Persona 4 pre-order goody. While I was expecting the "Visual Data" bonus to be large enough to fit behind the game's case, like the Persona 3 bonus, this one is actually graphic novel sized.

Very nice Atlus, very nice.

And, with reviews like this, looks like we can expect a Persona 5 in the near future.

Now it's just a question of what the soundtrack is like ... but I'm too hesitant to pop that in before I start playing.

1+ hours of text and video before gameplay, here I come! (As soon as the guide gets here, of course :D) (Unless I really won't get it until next Monday. Come Saturday evening, I'm popping it in.)

I've spent a couple of hours, the last couple of days, playing Persona 3 (Playstation 2). After winning certain battles, you can get a 'shuffle' mode of two or three cards (at least, as far as I've gotten).

So, you see what the cards are, they turn over, and then they're shuffled. They are all usually good, but just to different degrees; for example, you might already have what one of the card would give, and you've been getting real crap for what another card would give, ... and there's also the odd card, every once in a while, that actually is fairly bad.

Anywho, I've determined that there is a system to it.

For two cards, if they shuffle slowly, the cards will just be switched around; the first card will now be the second, and vice versa.

For two cards, if they shuffle fast, the cards will be in the same spots as when they started.

I'm only near the end of May, and have just started into block 2, but it seems to be working thus far.

There seems to be a similar system for three cards as well - they move one to the right for some shuffle, I think ...

So, I obviously need to figure that out as well, but ... it's a start.