Persona 4: Arena

Persona 4: Arena takes place two months after Persona 4 ends, and follows the same characters, as well as some from Persona 3 and a few new characters.

The protagonists find themselves forced to compete in a competition using their Personas, the powerful alter-egos they've learned to control as weapons and defenders. It turns out that a mysterious enemy is attempting to weaken the mental state of the Persona users so that their Personas will revert back into Shadows, the evil and uncontrollable versions of their alter-egos.

Players cannot save while in battle, but progress will be saved between battles.

Those familiar with newer fighting games will have no trouble.

• Do you think the Personas are a reasonable way to think about alter-egos? Does literally "personifying" the mental state of the individual make it easier to fight negative thoughts or utilize positive ones?