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It really would be, but oh well. How much does the 200 page artbook cost?

You have better English than most Americans, dude. No worries.

I think this delay will impact sales. They delayed to a pretty bad time period. Just before the fall gaming gauntlet, and in the stream of next gen games that have a lot of buzz (Blue Dragon, Bioshock). It would have been far better if they released it earlier in the summer, I think.

if the artbook is the same size as the game box and has 52 pages, how will it NOT be heavy enough to be used as a weight?

Go to your eb/gs and see if they've got them in.

They've already apologized in the press release. That's the only "sorry" we'll get.

He said probably. The artbook must be a decent weight, because Atlus said one of the reasons they had to delay was because shipping without the artbook meant that the packages would be too light, and thus, easily smashed. The artbook is supposedly so big that makes most of the weight of the game package. That must be a pretty big artbook.

It's true. :(

He doesn't seem to be fond of rpgs to begin with.

After looking through the guide I have only one complaint: how come there's no section that goes over how to get specific Persona?

DDS didn't have a guide.

The guide has a lot of art in it, aero. And think of it this way, Nocturne's guide costs as much as the game online now. Even if you pay 20 bucks for it now, the resell value will likely triple in due time.

http://ps2.gamezone.com/gzreviews/r29763.htm

Pretty horrible review. It glazes with incoherency.

"If you break it down, the system isn’t much more than a name and/or aesthetic change from other RPGs that offer monster summoning and merging."

Can anyone point me to any other rpg series that lets you summon demons or fuse them together?

" Persona 3’s music is pleasurable, but the voice acting is this game’s best feature. The dialogue is entertaining and believable – you’ll begin to care about these characters within the first hour"

The voice acting is the game's best feature?

Another review:

http://www.f13.net/index.php?itemid=578#more

I got the guide. Love it. It's smaller than the Nocturne guide, but it seems to have just as much info. I haven't looked at anything beyond the intro and section that goes over the Japanese school system.

I suggest everyone get the guide for the Japanese school system/culture section alone, because I'm sure it'll help out during the experience. It goes through all the holidays, rules, and Japanese terms in case you don't know what the fuck some character says in the game through moon speak.

Highly suggested. I like the feel of the paper a lot. Gives it a professional feeling in my opinion.

Great job as usual Double Jump.

I guess I'm just upset because I haven't an interest in the artbook. It's cool now, though. Sigh.

It's pretty disappointing, but I can live.

 "We will have more information regarding a new ship date very shortly."

http://www.atlus.com/atlus_forum/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=117&sid=7e8624013dd5c6ec45d2f6337e66f70a&p=1921#p1921

This is just one of the worst things ever.