Soooo....Why is Persona so damn popular on here?

Also, I got my first married couple on Tomodachi Life: Garret Chancellor and Michelle Blaise.

Because japanese stuff and videogames appeal to us. And Persona games are good games that are Japanesy. So it makes sense.

Plus, a lot of us are playing the games at the same time. Just ask Matrixbeast lol.

But why exactly is it Persona and not .hack or something? Is Persona the dating sim/fighting game/visual novel I'm assuming it to be?

Persona does have social sim elelments, the player chooses the protagonist friendships and is up to him to see em evolve.
So in a way, the level of inmersion and the appreciation for the characters is larger than in most RPGs.

And the fighting system is also tons of fun.

The main Persona games are turnbased JRPGS. Mostly sim/visual novel games. I guess the reason why they're popular here is that they're different from other games. It makes story progression the gameplay itself with the social links and whatnot.

Been asking myself that a lot lately... I've just never been interested. *shrug*

So... I've never played a Shin Negami Tensai or Persona game. Ever.

That's ok, most Atlus games are kinda niche anyways.

If you like JRPGs, you should. Persona 3 and 4 are available right now on PSN so its not like you have to track down a copy anymore.

I like my stuff physical for me personally... which is why I didn't buy P4 off the store right when I got my Vita, P3 is a different case since it's a old PSP port.