Megami Tensei
"Persona" is the largest and most popular spin-off from the "Megami Tensei" series. The first entry in the series, "Megami Ibunroku Persona" (originally released overseas as ""), was released in 1996 in Japan and North America. The first "Persona 2" title, "", was released in 1999 in Japan. The second game, "", was released in 2000 in Japan and North America. "Persona 3" was released in 2006 in Japan, 2007 in North America, and 2008 in Europe. Its sequel, "Persona 4", was released in 2008 in Japan and North America, and in 2009 in Europe. A sixth entry in the series, "Persona 5", was released in Japan on September 15, 2016, and was released in North America and Europe on April 4, 2017, to critical acclaims. In addition to the main "Persona" games are spin-offs, so far focused on "Persona 3" and "4": the canon spin-off "", two fighting games "Persona 4 Arena" and its sequel "Arena Ultimax" as well as the crossover fighting game "", and rhythm game "". While "Persona 3" and "4" used the "Shin Megami Tensei" moniker, it was dropped for the "Persona 4 Arena" duology and "Persona 4 Golden" as it would have made the titles too long to be practical.
Giant Bomb
The Endurance Run was a daily video feature in which Caravella and Gerstmann played the PlayStation 2 role-playing game "Persona 4" in real time, with their own commentary over the video. The idea for the "Endurance Run" stemmed from Gerstmann and Caravella's own interest in playing "Persona 4", a game they were both curious about but didn't have time to play. In 2010 Gerstmann, Caravella, Davis and Shoemaker split into teams and concurrently played through the Xbox 360 budget action-adventure game "Deadly Premonition". After the show ended, "Deadly Premonition" creator Hidetaka "SWERY" Suehiro visited Giant Bomb in 2011 and 2013. Speaking at sister-site Tested.com's 2011 24-hour charity podcast in aid of Child's Play, Davis and Klepek revealed themselves as the players of the 3rd Endurance Run, playing the Super Nintendo Entertainment System release of "Chrono Trigger". The feature went on hiatus for four years until the PAX West event in September 2016, where Caravella, Navarro and Ryckert announced they would be reviving the Endurance Run feature, playing through the Sega Dreamcast title "Shenmue".