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 == Reception ==
-''Megami Ibunroku Persona'' sold 201,147 copies during its first week, making it the best first week for a ''Persona'' game until ''[[Persona 5]]''.<ref>http://gematsu.com/2016/09/media-create-sales-91216-91816</ref> The game sold 391 556 copies by December 29th 1996, and 409,491 copies by July 6th 1997,<ref>https://sites.google.com/site/gamedatalibrary/game-search?pli=1</ref> it was the best selling Persona game until ''Persona 5''.<ref>https://personacentral.com/persona-seroes-sales-graphic-2020/</ref> Meanwhile, ''Revelations Persona'' had sold 37,947 copies by January 2003, one of the lowest sales number for any mainline entry.<ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20030418152635/www.theonionring.com/01-2003-TRSTS.html</ref>
+''Megami Ibunroku Persona'' sold 201,147 copies during its first week, making it the best first week for a ''Persona'' game until ''[[Persona 5]]''.<ref>http://gematsu.com/2016/09/media-create-sales-91216-91816</ref> The game sold 391,556 copies by December 29th 1996, and 409,491 copies by July 6th 1997,<ref>https://sites.google.com/site/gamedatalibrary/game-search?pli=1</ref> it was the best selling Persona game until ''Persona 5''.<ref>https://personacentral.com/persona-seroes-sales-graphic-2020/</ref> Meanwhile, ''Revelations Persona'' had sold 37,947 copies by January 2003, one of the lowest sales number for any mainline entry.<ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20030418152635/www.theonionring.com/01-2003-TRSTS.html</ref>
 Famitsu awarded ''Megami Ibunroku Persona'' a score of 32/40.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20150102225223/http://www.famitsu.com/cominy/?m=pc&a=page_h_title&title_id=563</ref> ''Revelations: Persona'' scored a 78 on Metacritic based on 6 reviews, as well as an 80% on gamerankings based on 8 reviews, indicating a "Generally Favorable" opinion.<ref>https://www.metacritic.com/game/persona-revelation-series/critic-reviews/?platform=playstation</ref><ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20150516193712/http://www.gamerankings.com/ps/198277-persona/index.html</ref> Reimer of GameInformer gave the game an 8.75/10, calling it "the best PlayStation RPG available".<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20010116005800/http://gameinformer.com/reviews/review_detail.cfm?ITEM_ID=3772</ref> Jeff Gertsman for GameSpot gave ''Revelations: Persona'' a 7.3/10 and qualified the game as a "sleeper hit", praising the unique setting and story, as well as being able to speak to enemies, but criticized the dialogue, calling it "insane" and saying it "makes no sense".<ref>https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/persona-review/1900-2548899/</ref> IGN called it an "RPG masterpiece", saying it's "the perfect title for any RPG fan who craves something different".<ref>https://www.ign.com/articles/1997/10/21/persona</ref>
-Additionally, the name ''Revelations: Persona'', coupled with the box art, had people calling Atlus USA to accuse them of worshipping the devil. The religious implications of the name was never considered, and the team thought to call it ''Revelations'' because it "sounded cool at the time".<ref name=":1" />
+Additionally, the name ''Revelations: Persona'', coupled with the box art, had people calling Atlus USA to accuse them of worshipping the devil. The religious implications of the name were never considered, and the team thought to call it ''Revelations'' because it "sounded cool at the time".<ref name=":1" />
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