Persona 3 characters Junpei Iori and Yukari Takeba are joining the Persona 4 Arena roster in a new version of the 2D fighter -- at least, they are in Japan's arcades. According to Famitsu , a new version of P4A brings a new Normal/Shadow Types to the fighting system as well. When using the Shadow Type, an offensive-heavy style, players can use Shadow Rage to repeatedly use SP Skills as well as connect combos that previously wouldn't be possible.

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Normal Type brings new combo moves to the traditional P4A characters, who have new Skills and attacks. For a hardcore breakdown of how the new system changes affect Persona 4 Arena's apparent upcoming re-release, check out the full breakdown, as translated by Shoryuken , below.The updated version of Persona 4 Arena is not currently planned for a release in the US, an Atlus representative tells IGN, and is an "arcade-only update."System Changes:When activating certain Skills, you can hold the A button to charge the special attack using the new “S Hold System”. The moves activated with the S Hold System vary by character. While the special move looks the same as before, charged special moves have additional properties, such as invincibility. While the time to charge the attack is a bit long, if used properly it should add to both offense and defense.A significant change from the previous version is that you can now cancel normal moves into Hops. Since you can do normal attacks from a Hop, incorporating Hop cancels in close-range fights adds a new level of strategy. While normal attacks from Hops aren’t overhead, you can now moves from Hops slightly easier than before, making them easier to use as a counter to throws.The ways to achieve a Fatal Counters are also slightly different. Taking a hit in during the recovery of a Furious Action will now always be a Fatal Counter, regardless of the type of attack used.Other changes include the ability to perform certain Skills from a backdash. The D version of All Out Attacks is now cancellable.

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