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Through specific button combinations, characters are able to perform a series of special attacks as well as defend themselves for a prolonged time. There are also status ailments which can be inflicted on opponents, such as stunning them to slow or halt movement, and poisoning them to reduce health. Following four attacks, the player will be unable to use Persona for a short time. Should the Persona be attacked by the opponent, the player will lose a blue card situated below the health bar.

While characters are able to perform attacks on their own, they are also able to call their Personas to assist them during battles. Actions are divided between four buttons, with two being assigned to light and heavy attacks. Gameplay in fights has two characters fighting each other on a 2D plane in a themed arena. Players can also fight each other in matches through local and online multiplayer. The game is divided between several modes the single-player-exclusive Story mode which has fights scattered between long visual novel segments, Training mode which acts as a tutorial, Challenge mode featuring fights against selected characters, the original Arcade mode that features three-round ranked fights and truncated story segments, and a Score Attack mode where players fight strengthened opponents to raise their score. Persona 4 Arena is a fighting video game in which players take the role of 13 characters from Persona 4 and its predecessor Persona 3. The bars in the bottom indicate the amount of remaining energy they currently possess, which is needed to perform special attacks. Yosuke Hanamura attacks Yu Narukami using a Persona Attack. The success of Arena and its sequel prompted the development of further spin-off titles, including Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth and Persona 4: Dancing All Night. Reviews for the game were positive, with critics praising the gameplay and graphics employed, with criticism going towards the length of the story mode. Development of Arena began in 2010 after Atlus approached the company to collaborate on a fighting game based on Persona 4. Persona 4 Arena was the first title in the Persona series outside the role-playing genre. The story is directly continued with Persona 4 Arena Ultimax. The groups must work together to solve the mysteries behind the P-1 Grand Prix and Labrys, a humanoid robot discovered by the Shadow Operatives.

The Investigation Team of Persona 4 is drawn into a new mystery involving the P-1 Grand Prix, a fighting tournament within the Midnight Channel dimension that pits the Investigation Team against the Shadow Operatives, a group formed by the surviving SEES of Persona 3. Persona 4 Arena is set two months after the events of Persona 4, and two years after its predecessor Persona 3. The storyline is told through visual novel segments. Gameplay follows standard fighting game conventions, with matches between two characters with individual movesets, and special expendable abilities. The game was published by Atlus in Japan and North America in 2012, and by Zen United in Europe in 2013. Persona 4 Arena is a fighting video game co-developed by Atlus and Arc System Works for arcades, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360 the game is a spin-off from the Persona series, itself part of the larger Megami Tensei franchise.
