Ummm... Wait, whaaa?

[Latorn]

Quoted from.

The article's update refers to Karen doing voice work for Arena:

"[I've] been recording hours of lines for Aigis and Nanako all through the month of March, and [I'm headed] back in the studio to record more on Tuesday!" she said. "I'm so wonderfully happy to be finding these characters again. I think people are really going to love this one!"

"[I've] been recording hours of lines for Aigis and Nanako all through the month of March

"[I've] been recording hours of lines for Aigis and Nanako

See it yet? Here:

Nanako

Admittedly I'm hoping this is just a slip up, or perhaps that Nanako is the voice of the menu/options selection. There are so many other characters I'd rather see =P

Anyways, begin fan speculation? XD

Edit: I guess if its not Arena related it could be recording for The Golden. ^^

[Syra]

Of course Nanako is in it, that doesn't mean she's playable though. She's, at minimum, going to appear in Story Mode, why would you think otherwise?

[Latorn]

Originally Posted by Syra

Of course Nanako is in it, that doesn't mean she's playable though. She's, at minimum, going to appear in Story Mode, why would you think otherwise?

Eh? First off she was never confirmed for the story, until now I guess (maybe? XD).

Second, does that mean they're going to hand draw a model for her just for the purpose of the story? Or are we going to just be hearing her voice without her actually appearing on screen? This is a fighting game after all, and one with complex animations at that, it would be a waste of time to draw a bunch of side characters that only pop up in the story once or twice.

[Syra]

Originally Posted by Latorn

Eh? First off she was never confirmed for the story, until now I guess (maybe? XD).

Second, does that mean they're going to hand draw a model for her just for the purpose of the story? Or are we going to just be hearing her voice without her actually appearing on screen? This is a fighting game after all, and one with complex animations at that, it would be a waste of time to draw a bunch of side characters that only pop up in the story once or twice.

Fighting game stories rarely have significant animation, they're usually more akin to fancy slide shows. There's no reason to make a full sprite for Nanako rather than an image just like her Persona 4 chat-box image which could appear during, like, opening and ending scenes which are usually more detailed than the smack talk you get before fights. Just take a look at the BlazBlue story presentation, it's the same developer after all, you should be expecting something akin to that. I really wouldn't expect Nanako to fail to make some kind of appearance in this game, she was pretty important to several themes in the original Persona 4, and if Arena is going to have any kind of story mode, she's likely to appear in at least Yu's ending or something.

Of course, I'm still hoping she gets an oldschool fighter vibe, and starts running around the backdrop cheering people on. It's not really Arc System Works style, though, which I find unfortunate. Their backdrops always appear bland compared to SnK's brilliant scenes. Not a big deal, really, they usually nail the character animations, but, I like me some classic fighter scenery.

[Onion of Mystery]

Originally Posted by Syra

Just take a look at the BlazBlue story presentation, it's the same developer after all, you should be expecting something akin to that.

Ding ding ding!

Pretty much every question about P4A's presentation can be answered with "like BlazBlue, but..." and then an improvement.

[Latorn]

Originally Posted by Onion of Mystery

Ding ding ding!

Pretty much every question about P4A's presentation can be answered with "like BlazBlue, but..." and then an improvement.

Ahhh, I see, well I guess that makes sense ^^

Admittedly I'm unfamiliar with BlazBlue's story mode, I've only ever played VS with a few friends. The same goes for Guilty Gear XD

Well at least it's not that silly Dojima with Nanako as his "persona" idea come to fruition =P

[Sevyne]

Originally Posted by Syra

Of course, I'm still hoping she gets an oldschool fighter vibe, and starts running around the backdrop cheering people on. It's not really Arc System Works style, though, which I find unfortunate. Their backdrops always appear bland compared to SnK's brilliant scenes. Not a big deal, really, they usually nail the character animations, but, I like me some classic fighter scenery.

Originally Posted by Onion of Mystery

Pretty much every question about P4A's presentation can be answered with "like BlazBlue, but..." and then an improvement.

Hey now. She could be like Hype Dog in Blazblue!