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I don't know if this is just an advertisement post or what

I think it is an advertisement. The exact same post was posted in another thread here. I forget which, though.

I've seen a Persona 2 copy for over 150$. Its really outrageous.

That's ridiculous. You can buy Persona 2: Eternal Punishment for like, $30 new online. At least, you could a year or two ago. People don't have a clue on how to price things. I see Suikoden games going for a ton of money just because Suikoden 2 is rare (and not even Suikoden 2 is worth more than $30 -- it's not a very good game). $100 for Suikoden 4. Jack asses.

Why would anyone want to do that?

How come your the first person who has brought this up? I think a lot of people appreciate how use the original box art for the most part instead of butchering with the inclusion of CG models and such (see Breath of Fire: Dragon Quarter, Valkyrie Profile 2).

I may be the only person who brought it up here, but I'm not the only person who thinks this. I know several people who think Atlus USA games have shitty box designs. The fonts they use are terrible -- they're these really mediocre freeware fonts that the guy probably pulled off of DaFont.com after spending only 5 minutes looking. Look at the Shin Megami Tensei 3 box design and the Digital Devil Saga box designs, both have "SHIN MEGAMI TENSEI" stretched on top of the logo, and it looks like shit. I don't even think the guy is a graphics designer, but rather, probably some random Atlus USA staff member who happened to have Photoshop, so he volunteered. He's an amateur who doesn't know what the hell he's doing. Boxes should look good, because they're a representation of the game. It's like clothes. Most people want to wear things that look good -- it should be the same thing with box designs.

FF XII - went back to finish various hunts and sidequests

I need to go back to this, as well.

Digital Devil Saga, both of them, are mediocre. Shin Megami Tensei 3 isn't all that good, either. You're better off just playing Shin Megami Tensei 1 and 2. They're much better. And they don't have Hikawa, Dante, or Argilla.

I'm currently playing Pokémon Pearl.

And why dont you propose something better then!!!

Jesus Christ, are you ever going to come up with some decent arguments, or are you going to retort every post with some goddamn school yard logic?

I'm still going to ask them about it whenever I bother to get around to an interview.

If you ever interview Atlus USA, ask them why they hired such a mediocre "graphics" designer. Atlus USA localized games have some of the most terribly designed box designs and logos -- like something done by some 14-year-old who just learned how to use Photoshop, the only thing missing is the abuse of lens flare. A good example is the terrible Kuzunoha Raidou logo.

'Blues in Velvet room' and 'Kimi no Kioku.'

The former is just a mediocre arrange of the original Velvet Room theme, and the latter is just Memories of the City [the only decent song on the OST] with terrible vocals added in.

But I suppose the better question would be: Does the world really need that many P3 soundtracks?
 
I don't... >.>

No. Hell, it's of my opinion that we didn't even need one.

Bah, maybe the lack of understanding Japanese made Heat become so.
My advice: Watch more anime, especially mechas ones, like GGG or Gurren-Lagann, the VA are..........gods.

Sorry, I'm not a Japanophile, so I refuse to waste anymore of my time on such things.

And, I hate mechs. I hate anything to do with mechs.

I've had that done to me from before,when I was buying Nocturne for the first time,I think.

But I think most of the workers at Gamestop know what I'm talking about as of now,atleast I hope.I already preordered P3,and the only problem they had was just looking for the words "Persona 3",since Shin Megami Tensei was all they could find.

I didn't mind it with Shin Megami Tensei 3, since that's the actual title, but Atlus USA thinks they're creating some brand recognition by adding "Shin Megami Tensei" to every damn game they release, so you wind up with titles like "Shin Megami Tensei Digital Devil Saga" and "Shin Megami Tensei: Kuzunoha Raidou vs the Soulless Army". It's ridiculous.

This was brought to Atlus NA's attention during the release of DDS, but they are just going to keep going with it.

Atlus USA is content with people feeling like complete fools when trying to buy their products. I don't know about you, but I find it embarrassing having to say "Shin Megami Tensei: [Insert Title]" 3 times before I'm asked to spell it out.

"What? Could you spell that... Is that all one word? We don't sell imports here.".

This is why I only buy their games online now.

And about that sorry Heat! But like I say P3 is a good game, and with the Best comes the best!!!

That doesn't even make any sense.

So, wait, they're going to include the absolutely atrocious Persona 3 OST, but they refused to include an OST with Monster Kingdom: Jewel Summoner, which had, arguably, superior music?

Also, they shouldn't have included "Shin Megami Tensei" in the title. Long, unnecessary titles do not equal sales unless "Final Fantasy" is in it.