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Persona 4 Golden's Heaviest Burden is Tradition

March 13

17 mins

Episode Description

(00:00) - - The eery quietness of Persona 4 Golden
(03:10) - - The Heisei mergers
(06:15) - - Persona 4 Golden is biased towards tradition
(06:55) - - Yukiko gives in
(08:55) - - Kanji's dyes his hair
(10:56) - - Rise goes back to showbiz
(12:35) - - These aren't real people
(13:03) - - Conservatism
(14:28) - - Tradition for tradition's sake

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Thanks to @FazPersona , @shinobuSMT , and @SphericAlpha for game footage

Watch @LadyVirgilia 's video on the Heisei mergers and Inaba: https://youtu.be/gd2YrXqkchM

Watch @BiggeTwig 's "The Development of Persona 4": https://youtu.be/gd2YrXqkchM

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Research Sources:
Katsura Hashino blogs from the old Atlus website

Podcast interview with Persona 4 dev team

SiliconEra translation and summary of the podcast interview

“The Development of Municipal Mergers in Japan” by Kiyotaka Yokomichi

Interview on 1UP.com with Yu Namba and Nich Maragos

Interview on 1UP.com with Katsura Hashino

Shmuplations translation of Persona Club P4 book

Highlights from the Persona Club P4 book by Tumblr user, adachimoe

Toru’s blog on their visit to Fuefuki

Toru’s blog visiting the same street as the P4G team did on their tour of towns to base their design of Inaba on

Fuefuki on Wikipedia