Persona 4: The Card Battle

Persona 4: The Card Battle
Developer(s)	Index
Publisher(s)	Index
Genre	Social Network Game
Platform(s)	Gree Android
Release	September 24, 2012 to May 9, 2014

Persona 4: The Card Battle was a card battle mobile game spin off of Persona 4. It was free-to-play with a paid gacha. It was originally released on the Gree platform on September 24, 2012. The game was later released as an app for Android devices on December 25, 2012 with a major feature being the ability to select BGMs from the game and anime. Service ended on May 9, 2014.

Blurb

Japanese

ゲーム・アニメで大人気のあのペルソナ４がGREEでついに登場！ ペルソナ４で登場するキャラクター・ペルソナ・シャドウのカードを集めて最強デッキを作れ！ 仲間と助け合い、時にはライバルとなり切磋琢磨し最強を目指そう！

Gameplay

The premise of the game was that the player had just moved to Inaba, where card battles had become a popular hobby. The player then explored areas in Inaba and collected cards based on characters, Personas, and Shadows from Persona 4 and Persona 4 Golden. While exploring, the player could find a whole card, or a fragment of the card which would later be fused together to make a whole card. Others were obtained from events and by rolling in the paid gacha. As a social-type game, players were also able to trade cards with one another, though this had restrictions such as requiring trading passes, and not all cards could be traded.

Cards

All cards had attack and defense values, were sorted into 3 colored categories based on the Social Stats in Persona 4 (Red Diligence, Green Courage, and Blue Knowledge), had varying levels of rarity from Normal to Super Great Rare, and came with a skill that could be used in battle. Leveling up cards to their max level also gave the player equipment that could further increase attack and defense. Some cards had variants in all 3 colors with slightly different stats. For example, red Konohana Sakuya had balanced attack/defense, green had lower attack but higher defense, and blue had higher attack but lower defense. Cards based on characters had fewer stats but could hold more equipment.

Battles

The game's combat was a simple form of card battling where the player faced against NPCs and other players, selected 3 cards to use, and the attack and defense values of the player's cards were compared against their opponent's. Damage followed rock-paper-scissors rules: Diligence cards were weak to Knowledge but strong against Courage, Courage cards were weak against Diligence but strong against Knowledge, and Knowledge cards were weak against Courage but strong against Diligence.

Campaigns

Players who pre-registered before the game launched received a free gacha ticket for an R rarity or higher card. Around the release of the Android app in December of 2012, there was a 200,000+ user campaign where users who logged in between December 26th and January 4th were given 1 gacha ticket, 200k strengthening points to level cards with, and 2000 friend points. For the game's 1st anniversary, players could earn up to 8050 coins and receive multiple GR rarity gacha tickets as a login bonus.

Events

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During the game's lifetime, there were frequent events that awarded players with cards, such as a player raid battle versus Shadow Teddie which rewarded players with Shadow Teddie's card. Other events were accompanied by gachas where players rolled and could receive recovery items and rare cards. During the theatrical release of Persona 3 The Movie in 2013, there were events where players could obtain cards featuring Makoto Yuki, Mitsuru Kirijo, and Akihiko Sanada.

Nomenclature

Names in Other Languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	ペルソナ4 ザ・カードバトル Perusona 4 za kādo batoru	Persona 4 The Card Battle

Gallery

Renders

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  The protagonist's GR rarity card

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  Teddie's R rarity card

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  Alice's SGR rarity card

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  Konohana Sakuya's SGR rarity card

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  Izanagi's SGR rarity card

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  Makoto Yuki and Thanatos's GR rarity card

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  Makoto Yuki's GR rarity card

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  Persona 3 The Movie: Spring of Birth GR rarity card

Screenshots

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  Screenshot of the opening

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  Screenshot of the opening

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  Screenshot of a card battle

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  Screenshot of a card battle

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  Screenshot of the interface

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  Screenshot of the interface

Other

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  Promotional image

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  200,000+ users Promotional Image

References

General

• Persona 4 The Card Battle @wiki
• Persona 4 The Card Battle at 4gamer