Persona 4 Arena Game Info

Persona 4 Arena is a fighting game released in arcades as well as on PS3 and Xbox 360. The game features characters from both Persona 3 and Persona 4 on the roster accompanied by their respective Persona. It was developed together by Atlus (the creators of the Persona series) and Arc System Works, whose fighting game credits include the Guilty Gear and BlazBlue series. The story was written by members of Atlus's Persona team and is meant as a canon follow-up to the events of Persona 4.

According to Famitsu, Atlus producer Katsura Hashino first approached producer Toshimichi Mori with the idea for the game because he was impressed with the quality of their BlazBlue series, which shocked him. Arc System Works discovered Atlus's request from a general inquiry e-mail, which ASW president Minoru Kidooka describes as "rare but not completely unusual." Because the BlazBlue development team contains many fans of the Persona series, their willingness to develop this game were very high. The Persona team didn't want to relinquish all development work to Arc Systems, however, instead opting for a joint development project between the two. The game's director, Takumi Iguchiya (who is the lead programmer for the BlazBlue series) worked closely with the Persona team.

The Atlus Persona team focused on the story and dialogue aspects of the development process, and also supervised all of the graphic/animation work done by the BlazBlue team. The core gameplay system was solely the work of the BlazBlue team.

The arcade system is based upon Taito Type X2 hardware and supports NESiCAxLive, an online system that provides patches and leader boards.