Oh Hells Yes! P3P

My deep undying love for Atlus has grown today. Somehow, they managed to make a game that I already own twice over appealing to me. If you haven't heard the news today, Atlus of Japan has announced that they're porting Persona 3 to the PSP. This is good news for those of us who loved the game and want a new reason to play it again.

While most gamers would be quite okay with getting the game again, but i've always had one big problem with the game, horrible party AI. I can't tell you how many times I needed Mitsuru to use Dia on the MC but she would heal herself instead. Persona 4 addressed this problem by making the AI optional, and let me tell you, I loved P4 ten times more than P3 just because of this factor. I suppose the option of having a female MC would make some of the Social Links a little more exciting. I'm interested in seeing how the dating situation goes, but no one really knows how any of this is going to work out.

On the unfortunate side, this also means that I'm going to have to buy a new PSP, as my analog nub stopped working a long time ago. That's not so bad I suppose, I can still use my old one for emulation and the new one for all the actual software. I'm probably going to try and skim one off of Craig's List for cheap rather than go for something like the PSPGo.

(thanks to Siliconera.com for the magazine shot and the good news. They're a great source for gaming news and you should really check them out.)