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== Description == | == Description == | ||
Personas are considered to be called forth from the "Sea of Souls", or the collective human consciousness.{{Exp App|P1|P2IS|P2EP|P5|P5R}} Similarly to [[Demon]]s, they take the forms of gods, demons, or historical folk figures as they are symbolic of power.{{Exp App|P5|P5R}} They are considered a tamed form of [[Shadow (Persona)|Shadows]] with the main difference being the ability to control them.{{Exp App|P3| | Personas are considered to be called forth from the "Sea of Souls", or the collective human consciousness.{{Exp App|P1|P2IS|P2EP|P5|P5R}} Similarly to [[Demon]]s, they take the forms of gods, demons, or historical folk figures as they are symbolic of power.{{Exp App|P5|P5R}} They are considered a tamed form of [[Shadow (Persona)|Shadows]] with the main difference being the ability to control them.{{Exp App|P3|P3F|P3P|P5|P5R}} | ||
In order to obtain a Persona, one can be either given one by a higher power such as [[Philemon]], or obtain it through confronting high emotions. In {{Link|Game|P3}}, [[Evoker]]s are used to emulate the heightened mental emotion of firing a gun to your head to "coarse" a Persona to appear, similarly with the drugs [[Strega]] uses. In {{Link|Game|P4}} and {{Link|Game|P5}}, a Persona is usually obtained by confronting one's [[Shadow (Persona)|Shadow Self]] in some way and accepting their express feelings as a part of them, either by confronting their physical presence after they have been defeated{{Exp App|P4|P4G|P4A}} or agreeing with their thoughts, usually shown by the future Persona-user having yellow eyes similar to a Shadow Self.{{Exp App|P5|P5R|P5S}} | In order to obtain a Persona, one can be either given one by a higher power such as [[Philemon]], or obtain it through confronting high emotions. In {{Link|Game|P3}}, [[Evoker]]s are used to emulate the heightened mental emotion of firing a gun to your head to "coarse" a Persona to appear, similarly with the drugs [[Strega]] uses. In {{Link|Game|P4}} and {{Link|Game|P5}}, a Persona is usually obtained by confronting one's [[Shadow (Persona)|Shadow Self]] in some way and accepting their express feelings as a part of them, either by confronting their physical presence after they have been defeated{{Exp App|P4|P4G|P4A}} or agreeing with their thoughts, usually shown by the future Persona-user having yellow eyes similar to a Shadow Self.{{Exp App|P5|P5R|P5S}} | ||
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==Gameplay== | ==Gameplay== | ||
Personas, alongside Shadows act as the ''Persona'' series' equivalent to [[Demon]]s in other ''Megami Tensei'' games, which can be summoned into battles by their Persona-user and [[Fusion|fused]] by the player. Personas are associated with the [[Arcana]], which group Personas and [[ | Personas, alongside Shadows act as the ''Persona'' series' equivalent to [[Demon]]s in other ''Megami Tensei'' games, which can be summoned into battles by their Persona-user and [[Fusion|fused]] by the player. Personas are associated with the [[Arcana]], which group Personas and [[Shadow]]s by the Major Arcana tarot. | ||
===''Megami Ibunroku Persona'' and ''Persona 2: Innocent Sin / Persona 2: Eternal Punishment''=== | ===''Megami Ibunroku Persona'' and ''Persona 2: Innocent Sin / Persona 2: Eternal Punishment''=== | ||
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==Nomenclature== | |||
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|ja=ペルソナ ''Perusona'' | |||
|jaM=Persona | |||
|zhS=人格面具 ''Réngé miànjù'' | |||
|zhSM= Personality mask | |||
|zhT=人格面具 ''Réngé miànjù'' | |||
|zhTM= Personality mask | |||
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|ko=페르소나 ''Pereusona'' | |||
|koM=Persona | |||
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|ru=Персона ''Persona'' | |||
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==References== | ==References== | ||