Persona 3 fes

On April 19, 2007, Atlus Japan released an add-on disk for Persona 3 called Persona 3 FES (ペルソナ3フェス, Perusona 3 Fesu^?). A "director's cut" version, which included both Persona 3 and Persona 3 FES, was released on the same date. According to the game's director, Katsura Hashino, the subtitle of "FES" is said to come from the word "festival".

On October 19, 2007, a reference to a "Persona 3 Expansion Pack" was posted on the website of professional voice actor Derek Stephen Prince (who voiced Takaya in the NA version of Persona 3) under the heading "GAMES TO WATCH OUT FOR", suggesting that English localization of Persona 3 FES was indeed underway with Prince revealing the name of his role in the game: "Takeharu, Vice Police Detective." Shortly after the "leak" was publicized on online gaming forum NeoGAF, the reference was removed. In addition, the website of voice actor Liam O’Brien (who voiced Akihiko in the English localization of Persona 3) was updated to include Persona 3 FES -- and similar to Steve Prince's resume, this was removed shortly after the story broke. However, in the February 2008 issue of EGM, it was mentioned that the add-on Persona 3 FES was coming to North America.

On February 18, 2008, Atlus placed a countdown timer on their official site that held an extremely similar resemblance to the one in the opening of Persona 3. Ads also surfaced which displayed the same countdown as seen on the Atlus official site with the Atlus logo as well as an image of an arm holding an evoker. This was speculated to be a countdown to an official FES announcement.

On February 25, 2008, Atlus officially announced that Persona 3 FES would be released in North America on April 22, 2008.

On July 23, 2008, Koei officially announced that Persona 3 FES would be released in Europe on October 17, 2008

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persona 3 at festival time.....

Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3

Persona 3's story, "The Journey", takes place in a modern Japanese city, built and funded by the Kirijo Corporation. Due to events in the past, there is a "Dark Hour", a period of time that exists at midnight between one day and the next that only few people are aware of and remain conscious for; those that aren't appear as coffins, frozen. The Dark Hour bends reality; Gekkoukan High School, where most of the characters attend school during the day, becomes a huge labyrinthine tower called "Tartarus", and beasts called Shadows roam the area, preying on the minds of those still conscious during that time, leaving their victims in near catatonic states outside of the Dark Hour. To learn about these aspects, a group called the "Specialized Extracurricular Execution Squad" (SEES) was created, its members both having awareness of the Dark Hour and possessing the ability to call forth a Persona to assist them in battling Shadows. In order to call their Persona, each member aims and fires a gun-like object called an "Evoker" at their head, which does no physical damage but causes significant emotional stress to bring forth their Persona.

In Persona 3 FES's story, "The Answer", which occurs after the conditions that have created the Dark Hour no longer exist, the SEES students discover the Abyss of Time, a labyrinth underneath their dorm, and which becomes the central dungeon that the team explores.