For those of you die hard fans of Persona planning to buy Persona 4: Arena from Japan, you will be out of luck this time around. Guessing there is no way around waiting for the release to hit stateside now that this game will be region locked. According to a staff member on the Atlus website forum "the PS3 version game will be region-locked." Although the staff member did mention that there is no real reason to do so being as though the game will be almost identical in all region releases. This is what the staff member had to say verbatim:
Sorry for the delayed confirmation, but yes, the PS3 version game will be region-locked. I certainly can't offer details as to why, but there might be an official response at some point.
To reiterate, our version of the game works for the North and South America regions. Also keep in mind that both the NA and JP versions have both English and Japanese text/voice options, making them nearly identical. I'm unsure of what the case will be for the EU version.
To reiterate, our version of the game works for the North and South America regions. Also keep in mind that both the NA and JP versions have both English and Japanese text/voice options, making them nearly identical. I'm unsure of what the case will be for the EU version.
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