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[[File:p4arena_faithful_announce_alt_6528.jpg|frame|Left to right: Chie Satonaka, Yu Narukami and Teddie invite you to summon the fighter within.]]
{{quote|I'll face myself to cross out what I've become. Erase myself and let go of what I've done.
|'''[[Linkin Park]]''', ''What I've Done'', from the album ''Minutes to Midnight'', which is shown on Yosuke's room}}.
'''''Persona 4: The Ultimate in Mayonaka Arena''''', also known simply as ''Persona 4: Arena'' in America, is a fighting game sequel to ''[[
The game is set three months after the end of ''Persona 4'' and two years after the end of ''Persona 3'', it follows the True Ending of P4 with everything in Inaba brought back to peace, but strangely enough Teddie turns up on the Midnight Channel to announce his P-1 Grand Prix, a tournament for Persona users to fight each other and decide who's the best fighter around; The Investigation Team takes note of this and decides to drop in to make sure this is just a friendly competition set up by Teddie; [[Persona 3|Aigis, Mitsuru, and Akihiko]] also drop in due bearing suspicion of a never seen before tournament where Persona users gather to fight against each other.
It hit Japanese arcades in March of 2012. A [[Play Station 3|console]] [[Xbox 360|version]] [http://www.siliconera.com/2012/02/21/persona-4-arena-coming-to-north-america-this-summer/ has been confirmed] for a release date of August 2 and 7 in Japan and America respectively, with [http://www.siliconera.com/2012/05/25/persona-4-arena-airs-in-europe-later-this-year/ a European release confirmed] for later in 2012, courtesy of [[
The Arcade build of the game began with 10 characters, but more have been added over time (Labrys, Elizabeth, Shadow Labrys and Asterios) and there is still the possibility of DLC.
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* From ''Moonlight'': [[Class Representative|Labrys]]
* [[Original Generation]]: [[Shadow Archetype|Shadow Labrys]], [[Evil Knockoff|"Shadow Yu"]]<ref>Actually Shadow Labrys posing herself as Yu via Asterios</ref>
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* [[Actor Existence Failure]]: Like with ''The Animation'', Igor's few lines in the game are directly taken from game audio files due to his Japanese voice actor having passed away in 2010.
* [[A Load of Bull]]: Shadow Labrys' giant shadow familar, Asterios.
* [[An Axe to Grind]]: A big one wielded by Labrys and Shadow Labrys.
* [[Announcer Chatter]]:
** Rise, who as in the original P4 acts as [[Mission Control]] and keeps the player apprised of how combat is going: here she comments when a Super is done, when the character's health is low, and when a Fatal can be done, with a more personal interest in the proceedings than the usual impersonal announcer given that the combatants are her friends and she doesn't like to see them getting hurt.
** Margaret is the announcer for the Character Select screen, qualifying her for this trope as well. She gives info on the cast.
* [[Ascended Extra]]: Labrys, thought to be a character original to the game, appeared previously in a [[All There in the Manual|drama]] [[No Export for You|CD]] for ''[[
* [[Attack of the
* [[A Twinkle in
* [[Badass Cape]]: Akihiko is wearing one, complete with a [[In the Hood|hood]].
* [[Bag of Spilling]]: The characters no longer have their Ultimate Personas, with the exception of [[Persona 3
* [[Bloodless Carnage]]: Unsurprisingly, but it really stands out when Yu has a real sword, Yosuke attacks with sharp kitchen knives and Kanji has a nice steel chair to bash heads with it. Not to mention Naoto and Aigis' guns, Akihiko's machete, Mitsuru's rapier, Teddie's claws and Labrys' axe.
** And then we go to the subject of the Mortal Blows of each character: Yu ''disintegrates'' the enemy, Aigis blasts the foe with a laser cannon that would make [[Iron Man|Iron]] [[Marvel vs. Capcom 3|Man]] proud, etc. Majority of the cast are in ''high school'' (the others are in college), most of them are friends with each other and they're '''fighting to kill'''.
* [[Breaking the Fourth Wall]]: One of Shadow Labrys' supers has Asterios literally do this. However, with the TV motif and all, this example actually makes sense.
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* [[Dual Wield]]: Yosuke and his kitchen knives.
* [[Dramatic Wind]]: Kanji when summoning Take-Mikazuchi for his Super, he makes a pose in glory with his coat flapping in the wind while the Persona attacks; actually even his fighting stance has a small dose of dramatic wind on his coat.
* [[Excuse Plot]]: Inevitable for the Arcade version, as whatever Teddie's P-1 Grand Prix tournament may develop into, it will only be truly explored in the console port which will have a story mode. {{spoiler|The Arcade version ''does'' leaves a hook after Labrys accepts her Shadow self, implying the story is not over yet, however}}.
** Turns out that "Teddie" (i.e. Mr. [[Fan Nickname|M. Bearson]] / Teddie with hat and cape) is actually {{spoiler|Labrys' shadow, the true tournament host.}}
** Even then, we still have no idea why Aigis is in Inaba (she's there on her own separate from Akihiko and Mitsuru) as well as Elizabeth (other than being the obligatory [[SNK Boss]] for Score Attack). We also have no idea whose bright idea was it to throw Labrys into the Midnight Channel.
*** {{spoiler|Labrys is actually and Anti-Shadow Weapon who escaped from the Kirijo Group, in other words she is one of Aigis's sisters, real sister, and she comes to Inaba persuing her.}}
* [[Fighting Your Friend]]: It is the case for the game, as the [[Fire
* [[Final Boss]]: {{spoiler|In the Arcade version, Shadow Labrys. Elizabeth is an [[SNK Boss]] for score attack}}.
* [[Fragile Speedster]]: Yosuke, [http://i44.tinypic.com/qnv9yq.jpg according to the stats]. Yosuke is very fast, but his strength and defense is pretty bad.
* [[Funny Bruce Lee Noises]]: Chie, being who she is, drops a few ATATATAs and WATCHAs then and there.
* [[Gameplay and Story Segregation]]: Despite technically being the same person, Labrys and Shadow Labrys are counted as two separate characters in-game (ala [[Street Fighter Alpha
* [[Giving Someone the Pointer Finger]]: [http://gematsu.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/P4A_Fami-Shot_04-19_004.jpg Yu to Yosuke] in one of the first released screenshots for the story mode.
* [[Good Scars, Evil Scars]]: Akihiko has a scar on his chest.
* [[Gratuitous English]]: In the screenshot linked below. "Free pray"? (This example at least will likely be averted, however; all the other screenshots read "free play".)
* [[Gratuitous French]]: Mitsuru at the end of her Intant Kill, ''"Adieu"''.
* [[Improbable Weapon User]]: Kanji still got it in him, his weapon is a chair.
* [[The Jimmy Hart Version]]: Part of Yosuke's theme contains tunes that can remind you of [[Guilty Gear|"March of the Wicked King" (Axl Low's classic theme)]]
* [[Jack of All Stats]]: Yu, [http://i42.tinypic.com/2ypf9yd.png according to the official stats]. Yu is a balanced character and is good for beginners.
* [[Joshikousei]]: The base concept for Labrys, this and [[Class Representative]].
* [[Kamehame Hadoken]]: Yu with Izanagi, more than one of his Supers are gigantic laser beams, Zio and Ziodyne.
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* [[Lemony Narrator]]: The first promo video has [[Fumihiko Tachiki]] as one of these, giving the characters insulting nicknames. [[Interactive Narrator|The characters, naturally, complain about this]].
*** In the US release, the announce will be voiced by [[Patrick Seitz]]
** The protagonist/Yu is "The [[Big Brother Complex|Sister Complex]] Kingpin of Steel"
** Yosuke is "[[Mr. Vice Guy|Captain Ressentiment]]"
** Chie is "[[No Guy Wants an Amazon|The Carnivore Girl Who's Discarded Womenhood]]"
** Yukiko is "Unconquerable Snow Black"
** Kanji is "The Bloodcurdling [[Manly Gay|Beefcake]] Emperor"
** Naoto is the "[[Insufferable Genius|The 2000 IQ Killjoy Detective]]"
** Teddie is "[[Lovable Sex Maniac|The Beast in Heat]]"
** Akihiko is "The Two-Fisted [[Gym Bunny|Protein Junkie]]"
** Mitsuru is "[[Broken Bird|The Imperious Queen of Executions]]"
** Aigis is "[[Ridiculously
** Labrys is "Yasogami's [[Just for Pun|Steel]] [[Class Representative|Student Body President]]"
** Shadow Labrys is "[[Ax Crazy|Massacre]] [[A Load of Bull|Bull]] [[Obviously Evil|Führer]]"
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* [[Limit Break]]: After a character's HP drops below a certain point, they'll enter an "Awakened" state, during which their SP meter will gradually refill and more power supers become available.
* [[Machete Mayhem]]: Akihiko has one on him now.
* [[Market
* [[Marth Debuted in Smash Bros]]: Labrys for NA players, as the work she originated from had a case of [[No Export for You|no export for you.]]
* [[Meaningful Name]]: Labrys is Cretan for axe.
* [[Mini Boss]]: {{spoiler|Shadow Yu/Asterios}} seems to be one.
* [[My Name Is
* [[Playing
* [[Pretty in Mink]]: Mitsuru has a white fur coat to wear over her catsuit.
* [[Previous Player Character Cameo]]: [[Persona 3
** [[The Rival]]: Yu and Aigis are implied to have a rather fierce rivalry or a very hostile relationship with each other; many of the trailers, as well as some of the artworks, often show them fighting each other. Then again, it may just be hyping up the fact that this is a Crossover between ''[[Persona 3]]'' and ''[[Persona 4]].''
* [[One
** Carrying over [[Arc System Works|ArcSys]]' tradition, the game has instant kills, known as Mortal Blows. In this one they combined the requirements from ''Blaz Blue'' and ''Guilty Gear'', you can only use them on the last round and they consume most of your meter (''BB''), but your opponent does not need to be have low health for you to attempt your insta-kill (''GG'').
** Both Naoto and Elizabeth have Mahamaon and Mamudoon as super moves. Naoto's can only induce a [[One
* [[Robot Girl]]: Aigis and Labrys.
* [[Series Continuity Error]]: In connection with the [[Bag of Spilling]], the Persona’s the characters use cause some problems. Akihiko and Mitsuru keep their story-acquired Ultimate Personas but the Persona 4 cast does not. This is fine for Yu (who still has access to Izanagi via the Wild Card) but it also means that none of the other characters finished their Social Links (which is what unlocks their Ultimate Personas). This would normally be a simple case of [[Cutting Off the Branches]], except Teddie’s Star Social Link levels up through the story and must max out so he should have Kamui. This might be explained away, however, due to their Ultimate Personas [[Retcon|retconned]] to new ones in their game's [[Updated Rerelease]]. The person hit with this the worst is {{spoiler|Aigis. She still has her Ultimate Persona from The Journey, which blatantly contradicts her losing access to it upon acquiring the Protagonist’s Wild Card in The Answer (which is long confirmed to be [[Canon]]).}}
* [[Shock and Awe]]: Akihiko with Caesar, Kanji with Take-Mikazuchi and Yu with Izanagi summon their Personas for electricity based attacks.
* [[Shout
** The Alternate Costumes are either shout outs to [[Guilty Gear]], [[
** One of Yu's costume made him look like [[Mobile Suit Gundam
** Akihiko "[[Walking the Earth|walks the earth]] to [[Street Fighter|perfect his punch and become the best fighter in the world]]". Going further, his Insta-Kill involves Caesar slamming the opponent into its globe, then Akihiko [[Death From Above|drops in]] in a similar style to [[Street Fighter III
*** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VU6NnY0vGII Take a look at this Akihiko combo video], specifically his Cyclone attack. Looks a hell of a lot like a [[Shoryuken]], doesn't it?
** Another [[Street Fighter]] reference: Mitsuru has only two special moves; both of which are done with charge notations. Sounds a lot like Guile, huh?
* [[SNK Boss]]: Elizabeth.
* [[Spin
* [[Spy Catsuit]]: Mitsuru's new outfit.
* [[Time Skip]]: Its been 3 months since Persona 4, and two years since Persona 3. If you care, its also been about 8 years since P2 and 11-ish since P1.
* [[Tournament Arc]]: Initially the reason the characters are going at each other throats is simply because Teddie is holding a tournament, but taking account the game will be story driven, expect things to get more complex than that.
* [[Unexpected Gameplay Change]]: Did anyone expect the latest '''Persona''' game, a series of [[RPG|RPGs]] that are a spinoff of [[Shin Megami Tensei|yet another series of RPGs]], to come in the shape of a fighting game developed by Arc System Works?
** [[The Unexpected]]: Or for that matter [[Persona 3
* [[Walking Shirtless Scene]]: Something Akihiko picked up in his two years of training.
* [[Walking the Earth]]: How Akihiko has spent the two years between the end of ''Persona 3'' and the tournament, traveling across the globe to perfect his punch and become the greatest fighter. He's back in Japan because Mitsuru invited him to participate in the tournament with her.
* [[Whole Costume Reference]]: One of Teddie's outfits in ''The Ultimate in Mayonaka Arena'', with its [[Japanese Delinquents]] style hat/golden skull and lightning bolt motif/purple cape/etc, looks suspiciously like [[Street Fighter|a certain martial arts tournament hosting dictator's]].
* [[Wrestler in All of Us]]: Kanji, many of the attacks with his chair are wrestling moves: body slams, drops & etc.
* [[X Meets Y]]: ''[[Persona 4]]'' meets ''[[
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