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Hi, Atlus! It's nice to be back!

Bye, Atlus! It's been fun.

So, as I couldn't find Strange Journey and Radiant Historia at any shop I went to, I decided to order them online. Coincidentally, they came on the same day as my Soul Hackers. Okay, three Atlus games at once, still okay.

Today, I went to get an actual case for my 3DS XL. After I did so, I suddenly spotted two games. They were Trauma Center 1 and 2. After replaying 999 for that Knife Ending, my puzzle VN itch got ignited and I couldn't find Virtue's Last Reward anywhere. With the two ...

Like questions about how games are chosen, how we make translation decisions, etc. Well, I can't answer most of them without getting in big trouble.

But this Kotaku article is going to be the closest you'll get for a while, even if most answers are pretty general/vague.

Demons, High Schools, and Sex: Just Another Day at Atlus Games

So this is an unusual piece of press - Famitsu ran an article on our localization of Persona 4 Golden. Damned proud of everyone who worked on this.
(will cross post to relevant thread)
Translation follows:

Software Impressions by Kawashima Kenji, Famitsu editor

I often play the North American localizations of Japanese games, for one reason - to experience the games I love again for the first time. In the case of RPGs, I obviously want to see the characters’ ...