Persona 4
Persona 4 is a role-playing video game developed and published by Atlus for Sony's PlayStation 2, and chronologically the fifth installment in the "Persona" series, itself a part of the larger "Megami Tensei" franchise. The game was released in Japan in July 2008, North America in December 2008, and Europe in March 2009. "Persona 4" takes place in a fictional Japanese countryside and is indirectly related to earlier "Persona" games. The player-named protagonist is a high-school student who moved into the countryside from the city for a year. During his year-long stay, he becomes involved in investigating mysterious murders while harnessing the power of summoning Persona. The game features a weather forecast system with events happening on foggy days to replace the moon phase system implemented in the previous games.
Virtua Fighter 4
With the 2003 PlayStation 2 release of "" arriving in time for the series' 10th anniversary, a remake of "Virtua Fighter", "Virtua Fighter 10th Anniversary", was released exclusively on the PlayStation 2. While the music, stages and low-polygon visual style were retained from the first game, the character roster, animations, mechanics and movesets were taken from "Evolution". In the previous PS2 release of "Virtua Fighter 4", a button code would make the player's character look like a "VF1" model. In Japan, the game was included as part of a box set with a book called "Virtua Fighter 10th Anniversary: Memory of a Decade" and a DVD. The box set was released in November 2003 and was published by Enterbrain. In North America, the game was included within the home version of "Virtua Fighter 4: Evolution", and in Europe it was only available as a promotional item; it was not sold at retail.