Welcome to the Persona 4: Arena Ultimax Wiki

Developer

Arc System Works / Atlus

Genre:

1-on-1 2D Fighting game

Platform:

Arcade, Playstation 3

Release:

Japan (Arcade): 11/28/2013

Japan (Console): Summer 2014

North America (Console): Fall 2014

Europe (Console): Unknown

Persona 4: Arena Ultimax

Persona 4: Arena Ultimax is the sequel to Persona 4: Arena and takes place a few days after the events of the first game. A red fog appears in town and a new tournament appears on the Midnight Channel called the P1-Climax that shows Mitsuru, Aigis, and Akihiko getting crucified...

In Japan this game goes by the title Persona 4: The Ultimax Ultra Suplex Hold.

New Characters

In addition to all the playable characters from Persona 4: Arena, five new characters have been announced:

Yukari Takeba is a zoning character that uses wind magic and arrows to quickly move around and fill the screen with arrows and wind.
Junpei Iori uses his baseball bat to attack the opponent and level himself up by hitting the opponent with his bat and scoring 'points' in his baseball meter.
Rise Kujikawa uses the power of music and her persona to power up and attack the opponent.
SHO Minazuki fights with dual swords and without a persona. This version of Sho has 3 buttons for normal attacks and a dodge button.
Sho MINAZUKI (Tsukiyomi). This version of Sho fights with a persona named Tsukiyomi, can quickly teleport behind the opponent, and has attacks that drain the opponent's health and SP.

Yukari and Junpei are originally from Persona 3, Rise is from Persona 4, and Sho is a new character to the series.

Shadow Mode

Similar to the Slash/Bust styles of characters found the Samurai Showdown series, almost every character in the game has a Shadow Mode that plays slightly differently from their normal versions.

Selectable at the character select screen, can not change between rounds.
- Elizabeth, both versions of Sho, and Shadow Labrys do not have Shadow Modes.
- Normal Labrys DOES have a Shadow Mode, so there is Normal Labrys in Shadow Mode as well as Shadow Labrys.
Awakening and Burst replaced with Shadow Berserk Mode. Press A+C+D with 100 SP to activate. Can be canceled into anytime a normal character would be able to One More Burst.
- While in Shadow Berserk Mode, Shadow characters can cancel special attacks into special attacks for free and have unlimited SP for a limited time.
- Performing attacks that cost SP will reduce the amount of time Shadow Berserk is active.
Shadow Mode characters have 2000 extra HP when compared to their normal counterparts, S.Yosuke has 10500 HP for example.
SP Meter carries over between rounds for Shadow Mode characters
If a round end while a Shadow Character is in Shadow Berserk mode, they will start the next round with half the SP they had during Shadow Berserk in the previous round.
While Shadow Mode characters can not go into Awakening, they can perform Awakening Supers anytime for 50 SP
Shadow Mode character's attacks do 20% less damage than their normal counterparts
Shadow Mode characters are stated to gain SP faster than their normal counterparts.

System Changes

Enhanced Super attacks that cost 75 SP called SB SP Skill Attacks

Done by using two buttons at the same time instead of one. Similar to Skill Boost Attacks (aka: EX Attacks)

Short Hop can be cancelled into and has less startup but...

... any attack performed from a short hop can be blocked both high or low.

Characters have different numbers of Persona Cards

For example, Akihiko has 2, while Elizabeth has 6!
This is a double edged sword. It's harder to enter Persona Break with more cards, but Persona Break state lasts longer the more cards you have!

Guard Cancel Roll added

Similar to Guard Cancel Attack, this is is canceling a guard into a roll for 50 SP.

S Hold System Added

Hold the A button to charge a meter that appears on screen.
- Depending on how long the button is held, you will get you will get an EX move, Super, Awakening super, or Instant Kill on release
- Must be in Awakening to charge an Awakening Super