Awesome. Persona 4 and Disgaea DS are mine.

As welcome as I am to see these games looking at the bigger picture, this is a little worrying. I'll elaborate.

These are good games for Square to release, but with the rise in interest inSMT series, it seems to me Square are seeking to suck up the rpg competition.Persona is the one seriess to make FF look as over

Its clear that Atlus, Nippon Ichi etc have raised their creative juices, despite their lack of money bags, where Square see fit to not bother much. I'd find it quite annoying to have Square stamp their mitts all over Atlus hard work, which in time may result in the Atlus name being forgotten. Now you might not think this possible, but had many of you heard of the Persona series, before P3 came out?

Pretty soon, every jrpg will have SE on it. Do we really want this?

Despite my negative tone, at least Europe won't be short on copies again, like with P3. Kinda sorry to see Koei Tecmo not try to keep P4, but I guess it really up to Atlus, Nippon Ichi etc.

@Cowboy TTop

Unless Square buy Atlus and the rights to make SMT games in house, that's not gonna happen.

Atlus' name is foremost remembered by people who play their games. How many people just browsing a game shop pick up an Atlus game?

I have nothing but love for Square with this news, just having the game published is good. However a publisher with the financial muscle to promote the game as it deserves.

what's wrong with Square Enix? they are an excellent publisher.

Are you just getting on the Square hating band wagon?

Oooh! This means I can hopefully sell my Disgaea 3 USA copy so that when DLC comes out I can actually buy it :)

@Cowboy TTop:
Persona 3 didn't sell that well here in Europe because it was a relatively limited release that no one other than the Atlus faithful knew about.

At least now that Square-Enix are publishing Persona 4 it was get more exposure and the game will get the credit (and sales) it deserves.

Also since Square-Enix are publishing P4 hopefully we won't have to wait so long for the game to be released here. (Persona 3 FES only came out a few weeks ago)