Seems like Puzzle-Platformer. My curiousity is even more piqued !!

Another new PV for Catherine..

This game is getting better and better each day ;p but the game looks kind of short

i also feel the game will be kinda short after watching that PV, coz is seems the gameplay is like controling Vincent to get out from the nightmare only. @_@

This game is like one of those games " that I wouldn't want it to be on my shelve" games.

God of war 3 is already a headache as I will not play it infront of any children or adults, but after the "mini-game" it would be fine to play infront of them.

I think the sex scenes wouldn't show explicitly or genitals at all.

Don't put your hopes too high guys.

excellent! but still no english release news eh?

trailer makes me hungry for some meat.

to buy or not to buy...psychotic horror game to me...just like persona.but not an rpg game,a puzzle adventure game

Plus all the PV so far seems like spoiler enough already..like can tell what is going to happen...shouldn't have watched all the pvs afterall

Catherine keeps on fighting Dragon Quest X for first place in Famitsu's most wanted list. Last week, DQX (which doesn't have an image or logo) came out on top. This week, Catherine was back in first place.

Famitsu delivered another report on the game this week. The focus this time is on Stray Sheep, a bar that Vincent frequents. The magazine passed along details on the bar's two employees, a few of its patrons, and some of the side activities you can enjoy.

The two employees are Erica and Master. Erica, voiced by Junko Minagawa, is the redhead waitress we've seen in screenshots. She's 32-years-old and is a childhood friend of Vincent. She has a bright personality and is up to date on town gossip. Master is the barkeep. You'll go through him to make friends with new customers. He's personally experienced many scenes of carnage (I have no idea what this means.)

When you're in the bar, new costumers will come in every now and then. Their facial expressions and conversation will change daily. It's possible that you could miss out on an important conversation if your timing is off, so you'll need to probably want to talk to whoever is important first.

The magazine introduces three Stray Sheep patrons you'll meet:

Todd
A person who works at the same company as Vincent's girlfriend, Katherine. He often brings his subordinate Archer with him to the bar.
Justin
A newspaper reporter who looks good with glasses. His heart was hurt in some incident from the past.
Morgan
A police officer who visits the bar in his uniform. He's been pursuing the truth behind a particular crime for six years now.

Outside of speaking to customers, there are a number of things you can do in the bar. Famitsu has a look at two activities.

You'll find a jukebox in the bar. This allows you to change the bar's background music. The jukebox has songs from the game and from other sources as well.

The bar also has an arcade game called Rapunzel. This looks a bit like Vincent's nightmares, as you guide a character up a tower of blocks, moving blocks to create a stairway, all in an effort to rescue Rapunzel from the witch. The game has over 50 stages. Other customers play the game too, and if you beat their scores, you could end up with a chance for further conversation.

Famitsu.com is pretty good about getting Famitsu's print coverage online quickly, so expect a look at these areas of the game some time this week.


http://www.andriasang.com/e/blog/2011/01/1...ne_stray_sheep/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=

not sure is short or not but their persona game is quiet long so they may do it long

So that block climbing filled with traps was actually the minigame Rapunzel and not the real game? Heh...

waa like not bad gameplay, when have eng version?

Minasan genki dazoooooooo?

well, famitsu stated demo for Catherine will be out on 27/01/2011

http://www.famitsu.com/news/201101/17039366.html

Yeah... Can't wait to check out the demo..

This week's Famitsu clears up even more mysteries on Catherine, the first HD title from the folks who brought us Persona. The magazine has details on modes of play, online support, and multiplayer features. That's right, Catherine is a two player game!

When you load up Catherine, you'll find four options at the main menu screen (which shows sexy Catherine sitting on a swing). They are: Golden Theater, Babel, Colosseum and Configuration.

Golden Theater is the game's main story mode, where you work through the story involving Vincent and Catherine C and Katherine K. Vincent's fate will change based off the player's choices, says Famitsu.

When you select Golden Theater, you can choose from Easy, Normal and Hard difficulties. These affect the difficulty of the game's action part and have no effect on the story or conclusion. Easy mode allows you to use a "Redo" feature," according to the magazine, although there's no explanation for what this is (the term does show up in some screenshots of the action part, though).

The "Golden Theater" term has been appearing as a watermark in most of the screenshots since we got our first look at Catherine months ago. Outside of the story mode's name, Golden Theater is the name of an in-game television program that's hosted by a lady named Midnight Venus. Story mode begins with MV introducing Vincent and the characters.

Famitsu doesn't say this, but based off the watermarks, I'm going to speculate that the entire game is presented as a Golden Theater episode.

When Atlus updates the game's official site with all these mode details, you will be able to spot Midnight Venus by her huge red afro. And I mean huge! You could probably fit six of her heads inside of it.

Babel Mode is focused on the game's action components. The one screen in the magazine shows Vincent climbing a tower, which appears to be so high that you can see the clouds in the distance. This mode has four stages, which you unlock based off your performance in story mode (normal mode and up, it seems). There are single player and two player multiplayer options for this mode. You'll also be able to take part in online rankings where you attempt to get the shortest clear time.

Colosseum is a competitive mode where two players challenge the game's action stages simultaneously. As you climb up a tower, you'll need to think about both speed and methods for hindering your opponent. The person to win two rounds of play first wins the match. You'll unlock this mode once you've cleared Golden Theater mode.

Famitsu also has details this week on the game's online features. Two areas are mentioned. First up, Trophies. A Trophy list leaked out earlier, so this isn't too much of a surprise.

The other area is a bit more interesting. Previously, we detailed the Confession Room, an area you encounter when you reach the top of a stage. Here, you're asked a multiple choice question, and your response determines how you advance. If you're connected online, you can see graphs showing how other players responded. Based of the screens in Famitsu, it seems that you can select to see how different genders responded.

Now less than one month ahead of release, and Catherine is back in the most wanted spot amongst Famitsu's readers. You'll get a chance to see what the fuss is all about later today as Atlus releases a demo to PSN and Xbox Live Marketplace. The demo will offer a digest version of the game's opening -- hopefully complete with a glimpse at Midnight Venus and her massive red fro.

Someone check if demo is already out on the gap store...

Nope, i just checked T_T

DEMO is up, 930 mb

Ya accidentally found it today