TV World
The TV World is a location in the Persona series.
Gameplay
Studio
When the protagonist enters the TV World in Persona 4 and Persona 4 Golden, they will be in the studio-looking area that serves as the staging area for activities in the TV World. From the studio, the protagonist can speak to party members to move to the dungeon entrances, talk to the Fox for SP recovery, enter the Velvet Room, save, or leave. Leaving causes time to pass from afternoon to evening. At the entrance level of each dungeon, the protagonist can speak to party members to add them to his party before entering the dungeon.
Dungeons
Dungeons can be accessed by speaking to a party member in the studio area and asking them to go there. They can be revisited at any time even after being cleared.
| Dungeon | Owner | Access | Start | Deadline | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Desolate Bedroom | Mayumi Yamano | Teddie | April 14th | — | Visited automatically on April 14th, accessible again later in December |
| Twisted Shopping District | Saki Konishi | Yosuke | April 15th | — | Visited automatically on April 15th |
| Yukiko's Castle | Yukiko Amagi | Chie, Yukiko | April 18th | April 29th | Visited automatically on April 17th |
| Steamy Bathhouse | Kanji Tatsumi | Kanji | May 19th | June 4th | |
| Marukyu Striptease | Rise Kujikawa | Teddie, Rise | June 25th | July 9th | |
| Void Quest | Mitsuo Kubo | Rise | July 29th | August 12th | |
| Secret Laboratory | Naoto Shirogane | Rise, Naoto | September 17th | October 5th | |
| Heaven | Nanako Dojima[1] | Rise | November 6th | November 20th | |
| Magatsu Inaba Magatsu Mandala |
Spoiler | Teddie | December 8th | December 24th | |
| Hollow Forest | Spoiler | Ski resort cabin | February 13th | Golden exclusive. Must complete the Aeon Social Link and ask Margaret to look for them on New Years. | |
| Yomotsu Hirasaka | Spoiler | Rise | March 20th | Only accessible during the True Ending | |
Fox
Starting with the Steamy Bathhouse, the Fox from Tatsuhime Shrine will join the Investigation Team at Junes and go into the TV World with them. It offers SP restoring services for a price. Increasing its Social Link rank decreases the cost of its services. The fox also charges based on its mood - it will charge less when it's in a good mood and more when it is in a bad mood. While in the studio, the protagonist can also pet the fox when it is in a good mood on certain dates. In Persona 4, this yields a Chest Key. In Golden, this yields clothing depending on the date. For the fox's moods, see the Calendar in Persona 4 or Calendar in Persona 4 Golden.
| Hermit Rank | Yen |
|---|---|
| Rank 1 | ¥60 |
| Rank 2 | ¥55 |
| Rank 3 | ¥50 |
| Rank 4 | ¥45 |
| Rank 5 | ¥40 |
| Rank 6 | ¥35 |
| Rank 7 | ¥30 |
| Rank 8 | ¥25 |
| Rank 9 | ¥20 |
| Rank 10 | ¥15 |
| Costume | Character | Date Available |
|---|---|---|
| Track Suit | Chie | From the start |
| Kingpin Duster | Kanji | June 16th |
| Lord Flauntleroy | Teddie | July 10th |
| Kung Fu Costume | Chie | August 13th |
Optional Bosses
After the fog deadlines, optional bosses will spawn on the boss floors of each dungeon, from Yukiko's Castle up to Heaven. Defeating them rewards the party with new equipment, and the protagonist gains Courage.
| Dungeon | Optional Boss | Spawns | Reward |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yukiko's Castle | Contrarian King | May 1st | Suzaku Feather, Courage +1 |
| Steamy Bathhouse | Intolerant Officer | June 7th | Iron Plate, Courage +1 |
| Marukyu Striptease | Momentary Child | July 12th | Bear Claw, Courage +1 |
| Void Quest | Escapist Soldier | August 13th | Gaia Sword, Courage +1 |
| Secret Laboratory | Extreme Vessel | October 12th | Algernon, Courage +1 |
| Heaven | Lost Okina | November 22nd | Chakra Ring, Courage +1 |
Game Appearances
Persona 4
The protagonist, Yosuke, and Chie first visit the TV World on April 14th from the large screen TV in the Junes electronics department. They find it full of a yellow fog that limits their visibility and meet a being who lives inside the TV named Teddie. On April 15th, the protagonist and Yosuke return to the TV World, convinced it has something to do with Saki Konishi's death. They run into Teddie again, who agrees to help them, but only if they promise to solve the murder mystery. Teddie lives inside the TV, but lately, someone has been throwing bodies inside and making a mess of the place. After the protagonist promises to help, Teddie presents them with glasses to help navigate the fog.
Following Mayumi Yamano and Saki's deaths, the TV becomes a recurring location as the Investigation Team realizes that people are being thrown into the TV World and appearing as clear images on the Midnight Channel. Thanks to their Personas, they believe they can rescue the victims before they die, thus preventing more murders. After being thrown into the TV, the victims spawn large dungeons based on their thoughts,[2] and the Investigation Team must locate the victims within these dungeons before the fog settles in Inaba. The team's Navigators must first get hints and information about the victims to find their presence in the TV World; this leads to investigation sequences that require the protagonist to ask about the victims around Inaba before a victim's dungeon is accessible. The team's progress is tracked through the Fool and Judgement Social Links.
Once inside the TV World dungeons, the Investigation Team can summon their Personas to fight against Shadows.[3] Typically, Shadows only sense danger from Persona users and are only aggressive to them while leaving non-Persona users alone. Thus, the victims who get dropped into the TV World are safe until the fog clears.[4] As explained throughout the game, the weather in the real world and the TV World is opposite: When the weather is foggy in the real world, then it becomes clear in the TV World. Furthermore, when the fog clears in the TV World, the Shadows go berserk, lash out, and attack even non-Persona users.[5] This leads to the dead bodies that turn up on power lines and telephone lines in Inaba. The exact reasoning for why the bodies appear on the telephone and power lines is unknown, and Teddie's limited understanding is only that someone disappears from the TV World after the fog clears.[6]
The TV World is not completely separate from reality. When people watch the Midnight Channel, their thoughts pour into the TV World, influencing things that appear inside the TV.[7][8] The protagonist's party members take note of this, with Chie noticing how some of the Shadows they fight look like they are from an anime.[9]
Throughout the game, the Investigation Team rescues victims from Yukiko's Castle during April, the Steamy Bathhouse during May/June, Marukyu Striptease during June/July, Void Quest during August, the Secret Laboratory during September/October, and Heaven during November. The game's Weather system, specifically the days when the fog settles in Inaba, acts as a hard deadline to save a victim. If the team fails to save a victim before a specific date, then their dead body will appear in reality, and Igor will offer to turn time back a week.
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If the protagonist can identify the true culprit in December, then the team will also access Magatsu Inaba and Magatsu Mandala, leading to the good ending. By doing so, the fog lifts from the real world. During Magatsu Inaba, the Investigation Team confronts Ameno-sagiri who reveals that the TV World is a part of the Sea of Unconsciousness that exists within humans and was shaped by their numerous desires. This includes a desire to shy away from the truth. However, there are times when humans wish to see the truth, which causes the fog to clear and torments the Shadows. The Investigation Team identifies this as being the reason why Shadows go berserk and attack people.[10] Furthermore, Ame is responsible for them receiving powers, though it was not expecting them to be able to tame their Shadows and use them as Personas.
If the protagonist can also identify who gave him his powers, then the team will gain access to Yomotsu Hirasaka and the true ending. After, the fog will also lift from the TV World, and the Investigation Team sees the TV World turn into a picturesque landscape.
- End of spoilers.
Persona 4 Golden
During Golden, the protagonist can unlock a new dungeon in the TV World called the Hollow Forest, which is accessible on February 13th via a TV at an unnamed ski resort in Inaba.
Persona 4 Arena
The members of the Investigation Team and the Shadow Operatives enter the TV World through TVs in Inaba. All of them wind up at a version of Yasogami High School that exists within the TV World and has posters for a tournament called the P-1 Grand Prix. After the Grand Prix is over, the Investigation Team and Shadow Operatives re-group in the studio area.
Persona 4 Arena Ultimax
After the P-1 Climax, Elizabeth teleports the Investigation Team and Shadow Operatives to the studio area, which they use to exit out to Junes.
Novel Appearances
Persona 4: Kiri no Amnesia
Anime Appearances
Persona 4 The Animation
Persona 4 The Golden Animation
Manga Appearances
Persona 4
Persona 4 Arena
Persona 4 Arena Ultimax
Stage Play Appearances
Visualive Persona 4
Visualive Persona 4: The Evolution
Appearances in Non-Megami Tensei Media
CR Persona 4 The Pachinko
Trivia
- The TV studio-looking area that serves as the staging area in the TV World was created by the thoughts of Midnight Channel viewers. The floor pattern of the bodies with the white outlines was created by a combination of the protagonists, who had the murder case on their minds when they first entered the TV World, as well as Midnight Channel viewers who wanted to see the murder case unfold.[11]
- The places inside the TV World correspond to real life, and if the protagonists were to enter from a slightly different location than the Junes electronics department, they would end up close to the TV World studio but not in the exact same spot.[12]
Nomenclature
| Language | Name | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
 Japanese
|
テレビの世界 Terebi no sekai | TV World |
Gallery
Notes
References
- ↑ "天上楽土は亡き母への想い 母親に会いたいという菜々子の抑圧した内面から生み出されたダンジョン。菜々子の心を反映して、全体的に純粋な美しさで満ちている。" Translation: "Heaven is Nanako's thoughts about her dead mother The dungeon was born from what was being repressed inside of Nanako, who wanted to see her mother again. It is full of pure, untainted beauty due to influence from Nanako's heart." "Chapter 5: Setting", Persona Club P4, Atlus, Famitsu Editorial Staff. Published by Famitsu (2009). Japanese. p. 187. Translation by User:Cabbage. ISBN-13: 475774630X.
- ↑ "Chapter 5: World Building", Persona Club P4. p. 186.
- ↑ "Chapter 5: World Building", Persona Club P4. p. 188.
- ↑ "[April 15] Teddie: Yosuke... They disappeared when the fog lifted. But they were safe before that. No Shadows attacked them." Persona 4.
- ↑ "[April 15] Teddie: A dead body? Whenever the fog appears...? I know that if it's foggy on your side, the fog lifts here. It's really dangerous when the fog lifts. That's when the Shadows get violent. Aaaah... I get it..." Persona 4.
- ↑ "[April 15] Teddie: I sensed people here twice before. But both of them disappeared after the fog lifted.." Persona 4.
- ↑ "Chapter 5: World Building", Persona Club P4. p. 191.
- ↑ "Chapter 5: World Building", Persona Club P4. p. 193.
- ↑ "[October 12] Chie: You know... Lately, whenever we're "over there," I've been wondering... Does it feel like you've seen those Shadows before? I mean, we've fought robots and stuff that look like they're right out of some anime, right? Doesn't that bother you?" Persona 4.
- ↑ "Amenosagiri: Still, humans fear what they cannot see. That brief yearning for truth becomes a ray of light which breaks the fog and torments the Shadows...
Yukiko: That's why they attack and kill whoever's nearby at that time... A hollow forest..." Persona 4. - ↑ "スタジオのような入り口広場 テレビ内での集合場所となる入り口広場。ここがテレビのスタジオのような作りになっているのにも理由がある。ゲーム開始時点では、稲羽市の人々は町が寂れていくことで諦めムードになっていて、何かが起こるのを受身で待っている状態。そこにマヨナカテレビの噂も加わり、まるでテレビの前で“面白い番組”が始まるのを待つような状態となっている。そんな人々の想いが、番組を作る場所であるテレビスタジオのイメージを生み出し、無意識下の世界であるテレビの中で具現化したのだ。 なお床一面には、殺人事件で被害者を囲む白線のような模様が広がっているが、これは不特定多数の人々の想いで作られたものではない。おそらく主人公たちが殺人事件を気にかけており、その解決を目指していることから事件現場のようなデザインが加わったのだ。
開発者から一言 床の模様は最初はなかったんですが、ちょっと寂しいなということになり、刑事もので事件が起きてというストーリーを考えたところで、死体を囲む白線をデザインすることにしました。
(Image Caption) 主人公たちだけでなく、事件を望む“視聴者”の影響も多少はあるかも。" "Chapter 5: Setting", Persona Club P4, Atlus, Famitsu Editorial Staff. Published by Famitsu (2009). Japanese. p. 186-187. ISBN-13: 475774630X. - ↑ "違うテレビに入ったら？ ある程度大きいテレビからなら、テレビの中に入れるということは作中にも確認済み。だが例えば、ジュネスの家電売り場に並んでいる、他のテレビに入ったらどうなるのだろうか?結論から言うと、入り口広場ではないが、位置的にあの広場に近い場所に落ちることになるだろう。ラストのアメノサギリ戦では、背景が稲羽市上空のようになっているが、あれはテレビの世界が稲羽市と次元を隔ててほぼ“重なっている”ことを示している。つまり現実世界の位置関係が、ある程度は反映されているわけだ。" "Chapter 5: Setting", Persona Club P4, Atlus, Famitsu Editorial Staff. Published by Famitsu (2009). Japanese. p. 186. ISBN-13: 475774630X.