Warning: MAJOR spoilers inside. Don’t read this until you played through story mode!

Both Index and Atlus USA made the announcement today.

We’re glad to report that online play for North America is just as good a BlazBlue. The bad news is it feels like the netcode flaws in the Xbox 360 version are in the North American release.

Persona 4 Arena may have less characters than other fighting games, but Arc System Works made each one of ‘em feel unique. I started playing Persona 4 Arena with Yu Narukami, the once silent protagonist from Persona 4.

In this third tutorial video, Atlus USA’s Yu Namba discusses how Persona 4: Arena’s auto-combo system is meant to appeal to players that don’t usually play fighting games.

Atlus USA have uploaded the second in a series of Persona 4: Arena tutorial videos.

Atlus USA’s Yu Namba goes over the basics of movement and attacking.

Nintendo prepare for New Super Mario Bros. 2 demand, while Atlus try to keep up with ongoing Persona 4: Arena demand.

While Persona 4 fans will dive right into story mode, there is a another way to experience Persona 4 Arena’s plot. Arcade mode covers the same events with before battle banter that explains who Labyrs is.

Footage of Persona 4: Arena demonstrating combos for the game’s playable roster of characters.

…and onto your shelves, courtesy of Max Factory.

In its first week, Persona 4: Arena outdid the opening week sales of several other major fighting games in Japan.

I just scratched the surface of Persona 4 Arena starting with (formerly silent) protagonist Yu Narukami’s story.

The game’s director, Wada-san, apologized to fans who bought the Xbox 360 release and said Arc System Works have already made a patch to ameliorate the problem.