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I propose this article be moved to Persona (series), because everywhere I read about these games I see it referred to as the Persona series, or as a part of the larger Shin Megami Tensei series, but never as the Shin Megami Tensei: Persona series. -- gakon^{5 ( talk / contribs)} 01:13, 15 December 2009 (UTC) reply

For what it's worth appending "Shin Megami Tensei" is just being centric to the North American ports of these games. Which add the super title for name recognition. Seems like a mouth full. I don't know what Wikipedia policy is on this. I think it would be to drop the Super Title if pressed -- 12.213.80.36 ( talk) 06:25, 28 June 2011 (UTC) reply

EDITED: I think Wikipedia policy is to use the local commercial name -- Truth Glass ( talk) 10:04, 1 July 2011 (UTC) reply

The series seems to have dropped the Shin Megami Tensei title after Persona 4. Arena, Golden and upcoming Dancing All Night don't use it. -- Mika1h ( talk) 18:09, 22 March 2014 (UTC) reply

However, the recent re-release of SMT:P1 for the iOS maintains the SMT title. I think they're just trying to avoid double colon names with the various Persona 4 spinouts. -- MASEM ( t) 18:17, 22 March 2014 (UTC) reply

I think the best way to determine a move would be if Persona 5 uses the branding in the US. - New Age Retro Hippie (talk) (contributions) 02:53, 24 April 2014 (UTC) reply

The official English website for Persona 5 doesn't make any reference to Shin Megami Tensei, nor has any media for it. It's safe to say that Atlus USA dropped the SMT moniker for the series, so I think it should be moved. Sonictrey ( talk) 14:07, 4 March 2015 (UTC) reply

I'm thinking it's time for this, actually. ~ Dissident93 ( talk) 20:35, 18 June 2015 (UTC) reply

I agree. SMT:Persona might be the official name, but Persona is the common name. —Kirt ^Message 00:38, 19 June 2015 (UTC) reply

Can there be some mention of the role of Jungian Psychology in these series? I think it is a common element that deserves some attention and which seems to be invariably weaved into all the games I'm farmiliar with. Both the 'Shadow' and the 'Persona' are concepts/archetypes widely discussed by Jung, and many of the games seem to deal heavily with the collective unconscious. Some characters draw their names directly from Jungian elements. The name 'Philemon' was a deliberate reference to the name Jung gave his archetypal wise old man. Additional information/sources would be appreciated, and I feel that since these elements persist through all of the games in this series that it would be better mentioned here than in each individual article. 66.253.36.46 ( talk) 03:05, 15 May 2010 (UTC) reply

Do you know of any developer interviews, or website/print articles that explicitly explain the connection? Otherwise you're out of luck on getting it in any article. -- gakon^{5 ( talk / contribs)} 00:39, 16 May 2010 (UTC) reply

Jungian does not equal Jung. It's a valid description for sure. It's also plainly Lynchian, but that's another section. -- 12.213.80.36 ( talk) 06:27, 28 June 2011 (UTC) reply

The series has sold 1.65 million just in Japan. [1] [2] Sillent DX ( talk) 16:13, 19 October 2011 (UTC) reply

There's a mention in the article that Persona 5 isn't marketed as an entry in the Shin Megami Tensei series. But as mentioned in the first sentence of the article, the Shin Megami Tensei labeling has always been a western marketing ploy and thus far we basically have no information about its western release. Therefore I would suggest removing it until there is more solid proof that ATLUS isn't planning to market it under the Shin Megami Tensei label internationally. -- Hamuko ( talk) 21:08, 3 February 2015 (UTC) reply

Persona hasn't had the SMT label since Persona 4 Golden. I don't think 5 will have it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.107.38.201 ( talk) 06:28, 4 February 2015 (UTC) reply

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Reviewer: Rhain1999 ( talk · contribs) 06:54, 8 August 2015 (UTC) reply

I'll be taking this one, as discussed. Expect some comments within the next few days. I look forward to reading through this! – Rhain1999 ^{( talk to me)} 06:54, 8 August 2015 (UTC) reply

Review

All references look good; the fact that you consistently manage to find so many useful Japanese references is really impressive (I'm trying something similar with another article, and it's proving quite difficult). Also, bonus points for archiving. Images look good too; some editors might think that four non-free files is pushing it a little bit, but I'll let it slide (particularly due to their rationales).

Spin-offs

• Consider replacing the period between "released worldwide in 2014" and "While a spin-off..." with a semicolon. Not necessary, but I think it might flow better.
• There's a lot of Japanese translations in this section, and it does interrupt the text quite a bit. I won't let it hold the review, but perhaps they could be added to footnotes, in a similar fashion to Tales of Xillia? Just a suggestion.
• "they are..." confused me for a second. Consider changing to "there is...".

Music

• "Aria of the Soul" requires quotation marks.

Release

• Mention at the least the year that Persona Q was released for the 3DS.
• I know that "PlayStation Network" was mentioned earlier, in the "Titles" section, but it might be worth clarifying what "PSN" means, upon the first instance (perhaps you could clarify this in the "Titles" section, in which case I might do the same for "PSP").
• "The same went for..." sounds a bit informal; perhaps "The same change was made for..."?

Reception

• Italicise "Persona" in the second paragraph ("Examining Persona reveals three...").
• I would have expected more Japanese reviews/opinions here, but I guess they're not the easiest to locate/translate. Just an observation.

That's all I could find; just a few minor changes (mostly suggestions/points for discussion). This is a really well-written article, and you should be proud of it. I thoroughly enjoyed reading it. Just putting it on hold until some minor changes are made. – Rhain1999 ^{( talk to me)} 10:39, 9 August 2015 (UTC) reply

I've taken care of everything above that I could. As to Japanese sources, if I could have found any that talked of the series like the English ones did, I would have put them in. Japanese press don't talk about things like this in the same way we do. It's a problem with most Japanese video game series. I was a little worried about the images too at first, but I feel that they help with reading, as going through all that text alone would be a real slog without images to help with illustration. -- ProtoDrake ( talk) 12:41, 9 August 2015 (UTC) reply

Thank you for doing that so quickly and professionally. I understand what you mean with regards to Japanese sources; that's interesting to know. I also agree with the images, and that they help with the reading. Everything looks good now! Here you go: . – Rhain1999 ^{( talk to me)} 12:48, 9 August 2015 (UTC) reply

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To avoid vandalism. — 73.47.37.131 ( talk) 22:52, 11 August 2015 (UTC) reply

This is only to be used if the article has had recent and frequent cases of vandalism, which it hasn't, so it's not going to be done. ~ Dissident93 ( talk) 00:36, 12 August 2015 (UTC) reply

Not done: requests for increases to the page protection level should be made at Wikipedia:Requests for page protection. Cannolis ( talk) 01:19, 12 August 2015 (UTC) reply

With the announcement of Persona 3: Dancing Moon Night and Persona 5: Dancing Star Night, should the Dancing All Night games be categorised as a sub-series now? We've now got three games under that particular format. And with announcement of Persona Q2, if said game was to have another hypothetical entry, would be considered as an Etrian Odyssey series or Persona sub-series? Iftekharahmed96 ( talk) 14:03, 2 August 2017 (UTC) reply

• I don't really understand what you're proposing here. Yes, the dance games are of course related to each other - a series, if you want to describe them like that. Persona Q is part of the Persona series, and influenced by Etrian Odyssey. What do you want us to do with this?-- IDV ^talk 16:19, 2 August 2017 (UTC) reply
• I say no, else this would be a sub-series of a sub-series, and just be a confusing mess for any new reader on the subject. What's wrong with just keeping it as a Persona spin-off, with the prose properly explaining what the games are? ~ Dissident93 ^{( talk)} 16:27, 2 August 2017 (UTC) reply
  • What I was proposing here is whether Dancing All Night and Q should be in the spin-off categories in the infobox (not as separate articles). I apologise for not being too clear with that when I started this post, but that's what I wanted to discuss. Is everybody's thoughts still the same with their initial decision? Iftekharahmed96 ( talk) 18:29, 2 August 2017 (UTC) reply
    • Oh, I see what you mean. I think I'd rather wait until we start seeing sources discussing the "Persona Q series" and "Persona Dancing series", as series.-- IDV ^talk 18:58, 2 August 2017 (UTC) reply
    • Well, wouldn't these need their own article to belong there? Which brings us back to my original comment. ~ Dissident93 ^{( talk)} 19:59, 2 August 2017 (UTC) reply
      • Of course, can't believe I forgot that obvious oversight. Unless anyone else can state otherwise, it's been decided that we won't be adding Dancing All Night and Q to the sub-series section of the Persona infobox. Iftekharahmed96 ( talk) 21:10, 2 August 2017 (UTC) reply

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The images representing gameplay are terrible in my humble opinion. the top one is too dark and the second one is ok looking but since both images are very similar, hard to distinguish them. I would like Persona 3 battle screenshot and Social Link screenshot. the colors are easier to work with. Unfortunately for me, I only own the PSP version of Persona 3. Blue Pumpkin Pie ( talk) 19:05, 24 April 2018 (UTC) reply

• Wikipedia non-free use image usage prefers images to not be in the best quality. Antithesis to actually educating people with images, but that's what it is. ~ Dissident93 ^{( talk)} 21:22, 24 April 2018 (UTC) reply
• Sorry, I'm still new at this. can you give me the link to that policy? I don't think the images are bad because they're low quality. i dont think they paint a good picture of what modern Persona gameplay is like. I think it would be better if there is two screenshots for the same character. one in battle mode and the other in Social link event. I thought Persona 3 would help more because you get a better layout of the layout. Persona 4's camera angles don't translate well for screenshots in battle mode in my humble opinion. Blue Pumpkin Pie ( talk) 21:50, 24 April 2018 (UTC) reply
  • WP:IUP#COPYRIGHT. And you mentioned that the first image is dark, which I agree with. But as these policies are overzealous (IMO), it's unlikely that somebody will go ahead and fix/replace them, as somebody else could claim the article overuses non-free images already (and thus have them removed). ~ Dissident93 ^{( talk)} 20:01, 25 April 2018 (UTC) reply
  • If they can be replaced that would be great. Something just clearer would do. But if it can't be done, I understand. Blue Pumpkin Pie ( talk) 15:39, 26 April 2018 (UTC) reply
    • That's what I'm saying. They are just unlikely to be replaced because of how the image rules are. It's better to keep them and hope nobody is overzealous enough to claim they should be removed. ~ Dissident93 ^{( talk)} 22:08, 26 April 2018 (UTC) reply

So per my headline, do we really need to include Megami Tensei as a part of the |series= parameter in the infobox? This very article makes it clear what the connection between the two are, so I think we could get rid of clutter by just including Persona in the parameter, especially as Sega Sammy (Atlus's holding company) now reports sales for the Persona series separately (page 73), meaning even they view it as less of a sub-series and more of its own independent thing. ~ Dissident93 ^{( talk)} 18:58, 20 August 2018 (UTC) reply

• This is kind of tough. I agree that Persona these days, with Persona 5, Persona Q, Persona Dancing, etc, is mostly separate from Megami Tensei, but Persona 1 through 3 are probably not. Do we have any other examples of a series and a sub-series both having articles, and how the game articles for that sub-series handle it?-- Alexandra IDV ^talk 22:07, 20 August 2018 (UTC) reply
  • The only other one I can think of is for Fabula Nova Crystallis Final Fantasy games. See Final Fantasy XV for how it's done. ~ Dissident93 ^{( talk)} 23:04, 20 August 2018 (UTC) reply
• Any other opinions on this? Pinging series/video game article regulars: @ Sergecross73, ProtoDrake, Masem, and Ferret: ~ Dissident93 ^{( talk)} 18:54, 17 October 2018 (UTC) reply
  • I'm not familiar with this particular series(ies) of games. -- ferret ( talk) 18:56, 17 October 2018 (UTC) reply
  • I could go either way. Persona by itself would conceptually be okay with me, though I feel it could be far more irritating to maintain. If we remove Megami Tensei, every couple of weeks we’re going to have to deal with passerby editors reverting it back in, or “alerting” us with their “Accccctually Persona is part of MT series” like we weren’t aware of the connection... Sergecross73 msg me 21:35, 17 October 2018 (UTC) reply
  • The key fact is that Persona is and always has been a subseries of Megami Tensei. While it has grown, that fact remains unchanged. Theoretically you could have just Persona. As Dissident93 noted above, there is a precedent of sorts, but that is based on a situation where Fabula Nova Crystallis was not defined very clearly as a series. On that side, you could remove Megami Tensei from the infobox. But on the whole, I think it should remain due to the two series' intertwined identities. Sorry for the long reply. -- ProtoDrake ( talk) 10:58, 18 October 2018 (UTC) reply
    • Thanks everyone, seems like it should be kept (for now). ~ Dissident93 ^{( talk)} 16:53, 18 October 2018 (UTC) reply