Atlus' Sexy, Horrific Catherine Detailed: No Kids Allowed
CatherineWhen it comes to Atlus, we wouldn't normally have to supply the "NSFW" warning. But here, it's probably warranted.
Announced last week for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, Catherine is the veteran game maker's very first high-definition title. You should read the detailed breakdown over at Andriasang (taken from the latest Famitsu): "key members" of the Persona team are hard at work on Catherine and in the game, you will play as Vincent, a 32-year-old single salaryman whose life changes dramatically upon meeting the very forward 22-year-old Catherine. Not long after the two hook up, Vincent starts having nightmares; there's a huge set of stairs in each of those nightmares and if he can't reach the top, he won't wake up. For some reason, he'll meet a large number of lambs in those horrific dreams, and all the lambs are being chased by a pair of gigantic hands...not sure what that's all about.
Here's the trailer but be careful; don't start viewing at work, or something.
Yeah, well, that's what usually happens, right? You get the hot girl that rocks your world and pretty soon, you're plagued with nightmares that somehow affect both the dream world and the real one. So what else is new? Anywho, we're not too sure about the gameplay just yet but it does seem like vintage Persona, as those RPGs always had a lot to do with an alternate universe of darkness, one that was sorta half-real. The article does suggest that the gameplay will take place within those nightmares, and it'll be a single-player experience (no big surprise there).
Producer and game director Katsura Hashino said the game is "very adult-oriented" - duh - and that it's very "different from usual." Will it be an RPG? Well, it certainly appears that way; it's really the only type of game these guys do. As for the style, well...it looks like Catherine is going to throw her fine self into the ring for consideration in the ongoing "most appealing video game vixen" contest. For more info, check out the Japanese retail poster that has been spotted (good God!) and also, if you speak Japanese, you can always go to the game's official site.
Now, is the game coming here and if so, when? It's slated to release in Japan this winter.
Related Game(s): Catherine
Tags: catherine, atlus, catherine trailer, catherine hd
8/30/2010 10:20:37 AM Ben Dutka
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shadowpal2
Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 4:05:29 PM
Sheeple? - That's freaky enough!
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Victor321
Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 6:39:27 PM
I remember reading several articles about the announcement of Catherine, a week or so back. The main guys, most likely mentioned in the article from Ben, stated that there will be more details on Persona 5 next year....however, we got TGS, and they`re bound to get asked about P5 from the press every time they`re going to publicly show Catherine to the gamers.
Also, the only thing I know about P5 is that the serie's composer, Shoji Meguro, is the director of the game.
As for what console P5 would be released on (common sense would be PS3, but a multi-plat release would be good too, as the Persona series isn't continuous; you don't need to play P4 to know P3 for example), this is totally unknown.
Hoped I helped in any way ^.^
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Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 10:08:39 PM
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Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 10:53:13 AM
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Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 10:59:31 AM
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Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 11:41:09 AM
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Ben Dutka PSXE [Administrator]
Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 12:10:27 PM
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Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 12:44:20 PM
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LegendaryWolfeh
Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 1:27:43 PM
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shadowpal2
Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 4:18:12 PM
If it's the first - it's pretty hard research to do but wikipedia is always helpful - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_AO-rated_products
As you can see most of them are Mac/PC.
BUT!!!! There is this game: http://n4g.com/news/559089/top-selling-adults-only-title-coming-to-ps3
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortune_Arterial
The PS3 version of this game will be known as Fortune Arterial: Red Promise - when it will come out? Not too sure but...I think October.
But there ends my knowledge of AO games.
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Snaaaake
Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 5:22:04 PM
Not interested AT ALL!
Only interested in the anime series coming this October, I read the manga ;)
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LegendaryWolfeh
Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 11:24:23 PM
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Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 10:57:44 AM
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Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 11:58:34 AM
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frostface
Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 12:04:49 PM
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Sexy adults = Good
Sexy underage School girls = Bad Bad Bad!
I wonder how well it'll sell in Japan?
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Yogi
Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 12:11:01 PM
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Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 12:22:26 PM
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Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 12:24:34 PM
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Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 12:40:45 PM
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SvenMD
Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 12:41:11 PM
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Not interested in this. The anime style graphics were neat though.
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Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 1:02:10 PM
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Hezzron
Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 1:33:02 PM
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SmokeyPSD
Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 1:51:23 PM
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This will make way for Persona 5. Atlus are gods.
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Lawless SXE
Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 2:07:38 PM
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Peace.
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BikerSaint
Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 3:17:35 PM
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This is the one I was talking about earlier in another thread.
BTW, I did leave you the link for it after you said you hadn't seen it, but my guess was that you probably had missed my reply back there.
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TheHighlander
Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 10:11:13 AM
Yeah, I missed it.
I have mixed feelings about this one. A lot of ill-informed people already think that anything called 'anime' is basically the same as cartoon porn. When this game lands and the trailers are played and seen by ill-informed people or those that like to feed ill-informed opinions...I shudder to think of the response.
The thought police don't like it if you draw bad things you know...
Sorry, I can already hear the sensationalist editorials warming up. Not that Atlus or anyone else should hold back on the game because of that. It just really bugs me that so many well meaning people who are simply not well informed can react so irrationally and negatively to drawings when we have so many other pressing issues to concern us.
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Anyway, it looks great, and weird, and great, and disturbing, and great, and weird. Mostly great and weird, really weird... Sadly, this is probably not a game for me. It doesn't look child friendly or even child neutral which rules it out until my son reaches a level of maturity that allows him to have a proper perspective on such works.
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Snaaaake
Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 5:18:42 PM
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BikerSaint
Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 7:54:31 PM
I hear ya,
I'm all for no censorship.
Anyway, that's for "GOOD" parent's to do, and not from any family outsider, or government to also try & meddle in our individual rights & freedoms.
But back to certain games content, I'm guessing that you(like myself) probably won't enjoy the Erotic PC game "Cthulhu~Great Hunting" either then.....
Not Even 71-Year-Old Grannies Are Safe
http://kotaku.com/5625159/even-71+year+old-grannies-are-not-safe
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FlyingKickPunch
Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 5:30:18 PM
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Snaaaake
Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 5:32:19 PM
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I loved Persona 4's music, especially the opening and the battle theme.
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Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 5:37:22 PM
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Jonesy555
Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 7:29:56 PM
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Back On Topic: Catherine looks weird...I like weird. But again, with it being on the PS3, I'd only have a select period of time to play this. Most likely, I WON'T be able to play this game around my 3 year old daughter...so that just leaves late night play.
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th3_bLy
Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 10:05:14 PM
Since it's the same team behind the Persona series, I'm definitely gonna pick this up. And the sound track for it sounds like it's gonna be awesome. BTW, just wanted to add, did anyone else see this guy in P3P?
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Kai200X
Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 12:52:18 AM
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Sol
Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 2:48:27 AM
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In any case, Catherine looks like an interesting piece to add to my collection. I don't recall ever having a bad experience with any Persona game so this is definitely something I will look forward to.
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___________
Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 3:15:02 AM
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now if thats not the wirdest sh*t i have ever read, than i dont know what is!
hope it releases here though it certainly does sound interesting!
but if silent hill homecoming got banned, well, yea this has no hope in hell getting through!
but than it is the OFLC were talking about, how GOW3 is ok for 15 year olds to play but L4D2 is not is beyond me!
ripping a guys head off with your bare hands is fine, but blowing a zombies head off with a variety of weapons is not?
ooooooooooooooooooooooookkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk.....................
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TheHighlander
Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 10:33:34 AM
But you *know* how the usual media whores that object to anything that's not 100% wholesome will react... I can almost hear the uber-puritanical parenting groups salivating at the prospect of protesting this game.
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___________
Wednesday, September 01, 2010 @ 8:24:49 AM
developers know what the end result would be, a AO rating and banned in most countries, limited sales and the media will rip them a new one.
why we have lost so many cool looking titles, six days, one of the only original looking war games and its the only one to get put on hold.
:(
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WorldEndsWithMe
Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 2:10:36 PM
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Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 6:34:28 PM
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BikerSaint
Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 7:57:01 PM
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that could truly be the $65 dollar question!!!
(I'm speaking of US dollars)LOL
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Cabalavatar1
Thursday, September 02, 2010 @ 9:42:41 AM
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Oh and the animation sucks something fierce, so you'll never see me buying this game.
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Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 10:47:04 AM