By on February 25, 2014 at 9:35 am 
Earlier this morning, Atlus USA made a huge announcement regarding the future of the Persona series in North America. In addition to a variety of other spinoffs, the sequel to Persona 4 Arena, their fighting game collaboration with Arc System Works, will be making its way out of Japan later this year.
Persona 4 Arena Ultimax (known as Persona 4 The Ultimax Ultra Suplex Hold in Japan) is set to arrive on both PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 sometime this fall. Ultimax adds four new characters to the existing Arena roster as well as new Shadow forms for much of the cast, updated gameplay mechanics, and more.
A teaser and Atlus USA’s full announcement can be found below.
Arc System Works is bringing the sequel to the award-winning tournament fighterPersona 4 Arena to the PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system and Xbox 360® in 2014! A few days after the P-1 Grand Prix concludes in the first Arena title, the city of Inaba gets enveloped in a thick red fog and Mitsuru, Akihiko, Fuuka, and Aigis are shown as prisoners on the Midnight Channel. The Investigation Team from Persona 4 and former SEES from Persona 3 must once again fight to their limits in the new P-1 Climax tournament to rescue them and finally uncover the true culprit behind the deadly tournaments.
Persona 4 Arena Ultimax will improve on the award-winning fighting game formula with battle-altering 1-hit special attacks and new characters, including Yukari Takeba and Junpei Iori from Persona 3 and a brand new character, Sho Minazuki. Not a lot is known about Sho other than his goofy nature and being an unstoppable force in both puns and combat. Two swords, two scars on his face, red hair and red mist in Inaba? Surely it can’t be coincidence that he’s standing in the way of the Investigation Team. And to make matters worse, it seems he can control a Persona…
Persona 4 The Ultimax Ultra Suplex Hold was first released in Japanese arcades late last year and is set to arrive on PlayStation 3 in the region this summer.
