
CharacterĮach of these ways of talking can stir up at least three of the four emotions. Matching the characters' conversation techniques and the demons' personalityĮach character has a set of four conversation techniques (see below).

Otherwise, it will only give you gifts, experience points, free healing, or money. Notice that demons only give spell card to you if you have a level higher than its.

Obtain spell card (and possibly with HP damage)ĭemon gets "Happy" status ailments/gives giftĭemon gets "Charm" status ailments/gives gift/escapesĭemon gets "Bind" status ailment/gives gift/escapesĭemon gets "Panic" status/gives gift/escapes/increases attack powerĭemon increases attack power/contact person gets "Bind" status ailment Then, these outcome will happen accordingly: Final Emotion Once maxed, the emotion gauge will be blinking, showing the corresponding color(s). It usually takes 3-4 rounds of conversation to maximize any one or two of the emotions.

The task of the player is to use different conversation techniques to manipulate the enemies so that they will perform the desired action. According to the result of the conversation, the demons will show a change in four emotions: Color Once the contact is initiated, pick the demon you wish to talk to, then pick the character who will be doing the talking. In some of the games in the Shin Megami Tensei series, demons are always in rage during the FULL MOON however, in Persona, you may talk in any Moon Phase. In that case, you may choose to pursue with the talk, or ignore it and continue with fighting. Second, occasionally, the demons will talk to you. First, you can always actively talk to the demons by choosing "Contact" in the menu.

This section explains this contact system. Contact is an important system in Persona, because it allows you to end the battle without fighting possibly obtain healing, items, money, or experience point and most importantly, gather "spell card" that can be used to fuse new Personas. During battles, players can choose to fight or talk to the enemies by choosing the "Contact" command.
