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Persona 2: Eternal Punishment, the second part of Persona 2, is coming to the PlayStation Network as a PSOne Classic this week in North America.

Eternal Punishment is set a few months after Persona 2: Innocent Sin, with both games acting as chapters of the one storyline which is a sequel to Revelations: Persona – the first game in the Shin Megami Tensei: Persona series. The original PlayStation version of Eternal Punishment was released in North America in 2000, however Innocent Sin remained exclusive to Japan until its PSP remake released worldwide in 2011. Unfortunately, the PSP remake of Eternal Punishment has not been localised – so here we are, with the PlayStation original being re-released via PSN instead.

Persona 2: Eternal Punishment will be available on the US PSN any day now, however there is no word on whether other regions will too see the PSOne Classic. Such a release would signify Eternal Punishment‘s first release in PAL territories.

Source: Siliconera

In its latest issue, Famitsu has revealed that a Nintendo 3DS remake of Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers is currently underway.

Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers, a sci-fi turn-based RPG originally released only in Japan for the Sega Saturn (1997) and PlayStation (1999), is a sequel to Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner and a spin-off installment of the Megami Tensei series. The 3DS remake, developed by Atlus, will feature improved loading times, additional battle animations and full voice acting.

Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers will be released in Japan on August 30. There is no word of an English release, but here’s hoping.

Source: Siliconera

Translation group Aeon Genesis have announced they are producing a translation of the RPG Shin Megami Tensei: if…, an installment of the popular Megami Tensei series released originally for the Super Famicom in 1994.

Rather than being a direct sequel, Shin Megami Tensei: if… is a side story to the Shin Megami Tensei series focusing on a “what if” scenario arising from changes to the final events of Shin Megami Tensei. Shin Megami Tensei: if… features gameplay similar to that of Shin Megami Tensei and Shin Megami Tensei II, both of which were previously translated by Aeon Genesis, where players explore first-person dungeons and engage in turn-based random combat with demons.

The Shin Megami Tensei: if… translation will not be finished for some time, but many fans of the series (and RPGs alike) will be happy to know that the project is underway.