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Persona Q 3DS Game's Theodore, Marie Character Videos Streamed

Japanese video game publisher Atlus began streaming character introduction videos for Persona 3 Portable's Theodore and Persona 4: The Golden's Marie for its upcoming Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth Nintendo 3DS game on Saturday.

Theodore: My name is Theodore. My elder sister Elizabeth is always in your care. This place is somewhere different from reality, and most likely exists somewhere far deeper than the Velvet Room.
Theodore: Elder sister... Why did those people meet each other?
Theodore: The world outside is a storm... I will put my heart into helping you, so it will be nice to be working with you.
Theodore: Cotton candy... My goodness, it's a candy... Made of cotton! What kind of particle-changing was needed to do this!?
Theodore: I've completed it! What do you think!?
Theodore: Ah, no way! Y-You jerk!
Theodore: Th-Theodork...!?
Theodore: D-Don't tell lies!
Theodore: I've been treated like a servant by my elder sisters for so long... But now... After such a long and painful journey, the end has come, hasn't it?
Theodore: We are currently experiencing a wonderful kind of moment. I'm sure it will become very precious to you, my guests.

Marie: What's going on here? I looked up, and I was suddenly here...
Marie: There are too many people. My character is being overlapped by others.
Marie: ...That dog is so fluffy.
Marie: You called it a culture festival? Well, it's unfair.
Marie: I'm bored. Bring me somewhere. The end.
Marie: OK, but it's because I'm bored. It's just because I'm bored, OK!?
Marie: Well, "Senpai" is going with me. That's the kind of request it is.
Marie: "Pandora" - Can't you see the tears of sorrow? Can't you hear the song of sadness...
Marie: N-No! This is, um... What Pathos is screaming, and it's not a poem or anything, OK!? And anyway, why are you reading it without permission!? Your selfishness is destroying the world!
Marie: Fantasy... Teatime... Fantasy...!?
Marie: This is... The premonition of a beautiful Pathos...!
Marie: Hehe... It's nothing. It's just a little fun.
Marie: I'll be in the Velvet Room, so when you get back from the Labyrinth, say something, OK?

The story of the new game takes place on the last day of the Yasogami High culture festival. During the event, the heroes of Persona 4 see a strange bell tower appear on the school grounds. The heroes of Persona 3 also hear the bell, and are dragged into the future where the Persona 4 cast awaits. They are locked in the school covered in Shadows, but meet two mysterious individuals named Zen and Rei, who have lost their memories. The cast soon learns that Zen and Rei's lost memories may be the key to solving the mystery of the bell tower's sudden appearance.

Although only one of the silent protagonists can lead the party, players will experience a different story depending on the protagonist they choose. By choosing the Persona 4 hero, players will experience a story more closely involved with the Persona 4 cast and vice versa.

The game will ship in Japan on June 5 and this fall in North America.