======================================================================= Megami Ibunroku Persona 2 - Innocent Sin FAQ/Walkthrough July 28, 2000. Version 0.4 Written and Translated by Ryan Mattich (contactu2@aol.com) ======================================================================= Contents: 1. Revision History 2. Notes 3. Walkthrough - 3.1 Starting the Game - 3.2 Seven Sisters High School - 3.3 Club Zodiac - 3.4 Kasuga Mountains High School - 3.5 Mu Continent - 3.6 Giga Macho - 3.7 Aoba Park - 3.8 Concert Hall 4. Tricks and Secrets - 4.1 Free incense sets 5. Frequently Asked Questions - 5.1 Where can I purchase Persona 2? - 5.2 Can you provide some general information about the game? - 5.3 Is Persona 2 coming to the States? - 5.4 How does one acquire a Free Tarot and how do you use it? 6. Contact ======================================================================= 1. Revision History ======================================================================= Version 0.1 - September 12, 1999 First version of the Persona 2 Walkthrough complete up through Seven Sisters High School. Version 0.15 - September 13, 1999 Updated Notes, added a proper Disclaimer, and began the Walkthrough for Club Zodiac. Version 0.2 - September 16, 1999 Added "Innocent Sin" to the title and finished the Walkthrough for Club Zodiac. Version 0.3 - January 21, 2000 After a long hiatus, the walkthrough has been resumed. Complete up through Kasuga Mountains High School. Updated info on helping Michelle in Club Zodiac. Little changes have also been made here and there throughout the document. Version 0.35 - February 20, 2000 Updated info regarding telling the students if Hanya is dead or alive in Seven Sisters High School, added the new Tricks and Secrets section with information on free incense sets, finished the walkthrough for Mu Continent, and made other minor changes throughout the document. I also received some E-mails with questions which were answered in the FAQ section. Version 0.4 - July 28, 2000 Resumed the walkthrough and completed through Giga Macho, Aoba Park, and the Concert Hall. Updated the FAQ as well. I apologize that updates have been rather sparce, but I've been fairly busy with other projects. Thanks to my readers for your continued support. ^_^ ======================================================================= 2. Notes ======================================================================= - The latest version of this FAQ/Walkthrough will always be available at the greatest source of gaming information on the net, GameFAQs. www.gamefaqs.com - The walkthrough assumes that you understand the basic elements and mechanics of the game. - The Minimum Recommended Level refers to the level you should at least be at to clear an area, not enter it. Some people have found them to be fairly steep, but they're my personal recommendations. - If you have any questions that could be answered in the Frequently Asked Questions section, please don't hesitate to E-mail me with them. ======================================================================= 3. Walkthrough ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 3.1 Starting the Game ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Select New Game at the title screen. When you start the game, the main character will be seen repairing his motorcycle in a parking lot. He will be spoken to by some fellow students and the principal of the high school. You will then be able to name him. His default name is Tatsuya (Ta-chan). When you are able to control Tatsuya, enter the school. Go to the courtyard area where the statue is and speak to Maya, the woman standing by the bench, twice. Now re-enter the school, speak to the first student you see in the middle of the hall, then proceed up the stairs to Floor 2. Walk around until you run into a girl in the hall. Speak to her, then go up the stairs again to Floor 3. A student is here as well in the hall, speak to him. Now, go back down the stairs to Floor 1 and return to the parking lot where your motorcycle is. A woman will be waiting there for you and will ask you several questions. I'm not sure if your responses here affect anything. Eventually, she'll leave and Lisa (Ginko) will arrive. She'll talk with Tatsuya, hand him an envelope, and then the two will speed off on the motorcycle for Small Prison. At Small Prison, you'll run into Mishina (Michelle) and his friends. After a short conversation, he will summon his Persona and attack you. After the battle, which you cannot control, there will be a scene with Tatsuya, Ginko, and Michelle travelling through time and talking with Philemon. When the three regain consciousness, they decide to summon Joker. He attacks three of Michelle's friends and after talking with him, decides to attack the party as well. Once again, you cannot control the battle and automatically lose to his power. Afterward, he throws Tatsuya an Iris and vanishes. When you regain control, head for the spiral staircase. There should be another short conversation. When it is done, go up the stairs and exit through the door and onto the town map. Now, go northeast to the Kameya Mall and enter the Shiraishi Restaurant, the upperleft option. Inside, you'll have a conversation with Tadashi-kun. When you regain control, exit the restaurant and go to the Detectives' Office. It's the place above the Exit option with the large Lucky The Cat statue. There will be another scene. When you regain control, talk to the man in the brown vest. A list of options will appear. Choose the first one and a menu will appear. Now, choose the only option available to you (a rumor about the woman in the Shiraishi Ramen shop) and press circle three times. Now you will be back at the original option screen. Select the last option to quit speaking with the man. Now leave this place and return to the Shiraishi Restaurant. There will be another scene, then one of Michelle's friends will show up. After receiving weapons, the four of you will leave. Now, back on the town map, take the southwest exit out of this part of the city. You'll now be taken to a larger map of the entire city. Select the next region available to you and press circle to enter a new area. From here, go in Seven Sisters High School, the building in the center of the map. At Seven Sisters High School, there is a large crowd of students talking about an emblem in the school. Something is obviously wrong. The school bells ring and a girl screams and faints, while all the other students run away. From here, you'll automatically be taken inside the first dungeon of the game. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 3.2 - Seven Sisters High School ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Items: 1000 Yen, 3 Healing Items Boss: Principal Hanya Minimum Recommended Level: 6 This is the first area in the game where you will face random battles. The first thing you will need to do is go up to the Principal's Office on the third floor. Once there, there will be a scene with Maya and Yukino (yes, the same Yukino from Persona 1) showing up. Some zombies will then enter the room and attack. This is a battle you cannot control and has Maya and Yukino revealing their Personas. After the battle, they will join you and you will now have a party of five. When you regain control, try to exit the room. The two ladies will show off their new weapons. Now you can exit. Your objective now is to break all the clocks in the school, because they have an emblem on them that curses people. Start by breaking the ones found in the classrooms. There are two on the Third Floor, two on the Second Floor, and three on the First Floor. To break them, face the clock on the wall and press Circle. Tatsuya will whip out a mop and smash them. Once you have broken all 7 of the classroom clocks, return to the Second Floor and enter the Teachers' Lounge. (Note - If you try to enter the Teachers' Lounge before breaking all the classroom clocks, you will find that it is sealed off by two students. You need to break the classroom clocks before coming here). Once there, Maya and a teacher will have a short conversation. When you regain control, break all three clocks in this room. When this is done, Principal Hanya will come on over the intercom with a threatening message. Now, make sure that you talk to all the teachers in this room, and then return to the First Floor. On the First Floor, go to the Nurse's Office. She will be there with the school janitor. You need to get the key to the clock tower from him, but he seems to have misplaced it. Look around the room for the key and talk to everyone. Eventually, the scene will continue and the janitor will give you the clock tower key. Once you have the key, go up to the Fourth Floor. There is only one door here. Use the key to unlock it and enter. Inside, you will see the ghost of a teacher who died in the clock tower ten years ago. He will speak to you a little and fades away. Joker and Principal Hanya then appear. Joker talks for a while, then tosses Tatsuya another flower and vanishes. Hanya then jumps down from above and attacks the party. Prepare for the first boss battle of the game. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Boss: Principal Hanya HP: 662 Exp: 130 For the first boss, Hanya can be quite difficult if you're not at least Level 6. It also helps if all your characters' personas are at least Rank 5 or 6. Hanya has two main attacks - a large explosion that damages three of the five party members for about 10 to 20 damage each, and a drill attack that damages one character for around 30 to 40 damage. Physical attacks don't do that much damage to him, so it's best to use your strongest Persona attacks and combinations. And have either Ginko or Maya ready to heal at all times. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- After defeating Hanya, the large clock will fall out of the window and shatter. But Hanya gets up and jumps out of the window as well, falling four stories escaping the party. Maya picks up the flower thrown by Joker and gives it to Tatsuya, and then a girl enters the room. She asks about what happened to Principal Hanya. You can either tell her that he's dead (first option) or that he's alive (second option). I'm not sure if this decision affects any later events in the game, although I told her that he's alive (saying he died causes her to become upset). This ends the first dungeon of the game. When you regain control, walk down to the first floor and exit out onto the town map. Update (2/19/00): I have learned that when asked if Principal Hanya is dead or alive, the preferable response is to say that he is alive. If you tell the student that he is dead, he will actually die and you will never see him again. However, if you say that he's alive, he will return towards the end of the game and help you in the battle against the Nazis. From here, exit this region of the city and you will be taken to the map of the entire city. There is now a third area open to you. Select the new area (the last option) and go there. In this new region, there is a shopping mall to the northeast. Walk to it and enter Peace Diner. There will be a scene with a blue haired girl named Chikari coming in and talking to the party, telling them to come to Club Zodiac. When you regain control, exit the diner. Now, make sure all your weapons and armor are upgraded. When you're ready for the next dungeon, enter the center-most building in this section. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 3.3 Club Zodiac ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Items: 3 Healing Items, Free Tarot Boss: Heddo (Optional) Minimum Recommended Level: 7 When you enter Club Zodiac, you will find many doors, most of which are locked. Go to the back of the room and enter the red door. This will take you to a dance floor. There will be a scene with Yukino talking with a smoking girl. She will eventually leave and three of Michelle's classmates will show up. They have an argument, resulting in Michelle attacking one of them and running off on his own. You will have to go through this dungeon with only four party members. When you regain control of Tatsuya, go through the door that Michelle exited through. Random battles will occur from here on. The floors of Club Zodiac have many twists and turns in them, but it's still relatively easy to find where you need to go because the dungeon is actually pretty short. There are also places on the floor where you will sustain damage if you step on them, so be careful. There is nothing of importance on the First Floor, just find the staircase and proceed up. On the Second Floor, there are two treasure boxes, as well as a Staff Room and Trish's Spring. Ignore the Staff Room here and heal up at Trish's Spring if you need to, although it will cost you 5000 Yen. Again, look for the staircase and proceed to the next floor. On the Third Floor, you'll come to an orange door that a man in black is standing next to. He won't let you enter unless you are wearing a mask. There is another Staff Room on this floor as well. Enter it and look around for an open cardboard box. Examine it and Tatsuya will find the mask he needs. Now, return to the orange door that the man is guarding and try to enter it. If you got the mask successfully, he will not stop you this time. Inside, you'll find Heddo and a group of four students beating up Michelle. After the scene, your party will rush in and Tatsuya will be faced with a choice. You can either help Michelle out (first option) or you can sit back and watch (second option). If you choose to help him, the party will engage in a boss battle with Heddo. Be at around level 7 or 8 if you choose to fight him, because he's tough. But, if you choose to watch what happens, there will be a scene with Michelle defeating Heddo on his own. I'm not sure which decision is better here, but I chose to watch what happens because Yukino makes a statement about how it doesn't concern the party. She says that the fight is between Michelle and the people of his school, and that he needs to be the one to take care of it. Either way, once Heddo is defeated, he will talk to the party about Joker and Lady Scorpion, then leave. After the scene, you'll automatically be taken outside to the town map and will be in control again. This ends the Club Zodiac dungeon. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Optional Boss: Heddo HP: 794 Exp: 328 I can't provide much information regarding this fight since I chose to let Michelle handle the problem on his own. This is the preferable course of action. Read the update below for more information. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Update (1/21/2000): I have learned that it is preferable to *not* help Michelle in the battle against Heddo. During this event, it is recommended that you choose the second option and allow him to defeat the boss on his own. The reason for this is that during a certain point later in the game, each character's Persona has the potential to "evolve" and become stronger. In order for this to occur, you must have made certain correct decisions throughout the course of the game, this event being one of them. Choosing to help Michelle is one factor that will affect an evolution, so it is advised that you choose to let him handle it on his own. Although you won't receive the chunk of experience and money from the battle, it will pay off in the long run. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 3.4 Kasuga Mountains High School ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Items: Dorminer Card, Cotl-Di Card, Aques Card, Posm-Di Card Boss: Student Chairman Minimum Recommended Level: 12 After leaving Club Zodiac, your next destination should be Kasuga Mountains High School, the school that Michelle is from. It is located in the west area of the city, the one that you started in with Small Prison. Upgrade your party's equipment if you still need to do so and enter the school. It's the building furthest on the right. Upon entering, the party will have a conversation with Michelle. Once you regain control, your first objective is to find the student chairman. Random battles will occur from here on. Go left until you come to an up and down staircase set. Go up to the Second Floor and enter the first door you see, labeled Seitokaichou. There, talk to the two students next to Michelle and there will be a short dialogue. They will tell you to go to Room 3-1. Leave and go up the stairs to the Third Floor and enter the room. Talk to the students there as well. They will direct you Room 2-4. Go back down the stairs and find Room 2-4, enter it and talk to all the students. Now, return back down to the First Floor. Around the up and down staircase set is a door which will lead you outside to the gym, where you can get free healing from a nurse and speak to some people about the upcoming Masquerade Ball. This is also an excellent time to build levels and stock up on Tarot cards for future Persona creation. When you are at least Level 10, take the down staircase to Basement 1 and enter the door there. The party will have a conversation and then find themselves in an underground cavern. After a scene with a transceiver, talk to all your party members and then exit through the door and into the dungeon. This dungeon is large and hard to explain. It is essentially a big loop which will continually keep taking you back to the room that you originally started in. The enemies are down here are quite challenging; the zombies have a self-destruct attack that does over 100 damage to a single character. Your objective down here is to find an item box which has a monster in it to defeat. As you proceed, hug the right wall. Eventually you will come across a secret passage that leads to a small room with two item boxes. One of them has the monster in it that you're looking for. Opening it will cause a battle to commence, but it is fairly easy and you shouldn't have much trouble if you are at a decent level. After you defeat it, continue through the dungeon and you'll eventually find yourself back in that room which you started in. Talk to all your party members and exit through the opposite door back into the dungeon again. Now, your next task is to walk around the entire dungeon and pass through that room another 4 to 5 times. Talking to all your party members on each trip reveals how extremely tired and frustrated they are at not being able to find the exit. After a while, a funny scene will occur in that room. Once everyone has fallen asleep, you will talk to Maya and after a flashback, have to answer some questions. Pick the answers in the following order - Top, Bottom, Bottom, Top, Bottom. Doing so will result in Yukino finding the exit to the dungeon. Leave this area. Back inside the school, go up the stairs to the First Floor. You'll notice that there are decorations hung throughout the halls. The Masquerade Ball has started. Go forward and try to enter the gym. You'll be told by a student that you need a mask to get in. Go and talk to him again and he will give you one. Now you can enter the gym. Once inside, you will find a man up on stage sucking energy from the dancing students wearing the masks. Maya had put on the mask you just received and was falling under the spell as well, but Tatsuya was able to rip it off in time. Your party will run forward to confront the man on stage, but he'll escape off to the right. Exit the gym and go back inside the school. Climb up the stairs until you reach the Third Floor. As you go through the halls, Michelle will comment that he senses Persona energy. Continue your ascent to the Fourth Floor and exit out onto the roof of the school. Here, you will discover another transceiver, as well as the student chairman. Apparently he was the one stealing energy from the students in the gym. Michelle will confront him and he will reveal that he can use his Persona as well. You will now engage in a boss battle. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Boss: Student Chairman HP: 740 Exp: 560 You need to be at least Level 12 to survive this battle, preferably 13 to be safe. The student chairman has many strong Persona attacks. He can cast Maha-Garu, a wind spell that hits all party members for around 40 damage, as well as use an attack that is so strong, it can kill of a character in one hit. It is strongly advised that you have Maya constantly cast Media every turn to heal the party. Michelle's physical attacks work great here and do around 80 damage per hit, over 200 on a critical. As for the other characters, just have them use their strongest Persona attacks. Using this strategy, he should go down fairly quickly and without too much trouble. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- After the battle, Lady Scorpion will appear and after lashing at you with her whip, she kills the defeated student chairman. Then, yet another of Joker's henchmen, King Leo, appears and converses with the party. Both then disappear as quickly as they came. A scene will follow with your party returning to the gym to check on the condition of the students. Unfortunately, all the energy has been sucked out of them and they're all standing there, black and lifeless. You'll automatically leave this area and will be taken outside to the city map. Save your game. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 3.5 Mu Continent ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Items: 10000 Yen, Maha-Aques Card, STR Card, Garagara Drink x2, Trap SP Damage, Trap Monster Boss: None Minimum Recommended Level: 13 When you regain control on the city map, your first task is to talk to every person in town (not in specific areas, just on the city map streets themselves). The people are represented by the same polygon as your party is, but of a different color, and the word "talk" appears when you approach them. There are a total of 12 people to talk to around the city, most of which will tell you rumors about the MUSES. When you have talked to all 12 people, return to the west side of the city to the Detectives' Office. The man here will speak of the MUSES as well. Now you need to confirm all of these rumors that you've heard. Start by exiting the Detectives' Office and go to the restaurant owned by Michelle's father. It's in the same mall and there should be a short scene between father and son if you haven't been here before. In the restaurant, talk to Toro-san, the fat man sitting at the bar. Many options will be made available to you; they are a variety of rumors to confirm. Keep selecting the first option and cycling through the dialogue until you have confirmed every rumor available. You'll know when you have done so when the conversation ends and Tatsuya turns away. The next person needed to confirm the MUSES rumor is Toku-san, a homeless man living in the park. The park is located right next to Seven Sisters High School, so return to the center of the city and go there. As with the restaurant, if you haven't been to the park before, there will be a scene with some classmates talking about Ginko's movie debut. When it's over, talk to Toku-san and go through the same process of confirming every rumor he has. When he turns you away, exit the park and go to the northeastern side of the city. On the northeast side, go to the mall and enter Peace Diner. Chikari, the girl with blue hair, is here and confirms the rumors next. I'm sure you know the drill by now; talk to her and keep choosing every option until she turns you away. Now leave Peace Diner and exit the northeast side. You should be back on the overview map of the entire city, and a new fourth region should be available to you now. Go to the new southern region of the city. There are three more people on the streets to talk to here, so be sure to do so. In this area's mall, there is a fortune telling gypsy. Enter her store. She is sitting at a large table with a crystal ball. Upon talking to her, Tatsuya will sit down and be presented with even more options than the previous people. Pick the first option and continue to confirm every rumor she has, but stop when she begins to ask you for money. Refuse to give her any money and then leave the store. Enough people have now confirmed the MUSES rumor, so return to the Detectives' Office on the west side of the city. There should be more people here now, and after a short scene, talk to the man at the desk. Just like at the beginning of the game, you'll have a choice of rumors to spread. Pick the first option upon talking to him and you'll be brought to the list. Scroll down to the bottom; the last option is the one regarding the ramen shop which was used earlier and is not available. Select the second to last option about Mu Continent, a casino on the northeast side of town. A shorter list of three items should then appear under the main one, with rumors about the organization's poker, slots, and blackjack. Pick the first one and pay the 3000 Yen fee. Now leave the Detectives' Office and head back to the northeast side. Back on the northeast side, go across the street from Club Zodiac to Mu Continent. A large crowd of people has gathered in the casino and a scene should take place here in which the MUSES are mentioned again once again. A movie is being shot up on the fourth floor. When you regain control, enter the green door in the back and you'll find yourself in another dungeon. This dungeon is pretty straight-forward and there is a lot of treasure to be found. However, one item box on the first floor contains a demon which you will have to fight upon opening it. The demon is of the Magician class, making it very strong with magic, so use your best physical attacks on it. It also has a very annoying attack that causes random status ailments on all members of your party, but you should be able to defeat it with a little persistence. It gives you a good item that restores 300 SP as a reward. Much of the dungeon involves going up and down staircases between different areas of the same floors. You'll need to climb up to the fourth floor and enter the Video Game Room. The movie you heard about is being shot here and the party is filmed as extras. Afterward, there is a scene with Ginko talking to two girls who soon leave. Thankfully, there is no boss in this area. A conversation among your party members ensues and you are eventually brought back to the city map. Save your game. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 3.6 Giga Macho ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Items: Trap HP Damage, Chewing Soul x3, Physical Card, SP Damage, Magical Card, STR Incense, Trap Monster x2 Boss: None Minimum Recommended Level: 19 Your next destination is the CD store Giga Macho. It is in the same region of the city as Mu Continent, directly to the right of Club Zodiac. Upon entering, you can speak to the clerk at the counter and purchase CDs from the first set, Primo. They contain BGMs from the game and can later be played at Maya's apartment. I would suggest purchasing them; they're fairly inexpensive and fighting one battle in this area yields an amount of yen more than enough to buy the whole set. Giga Macho is a pretty linear, straight-forward area. There are five floors in the building and your goal is to reach the FM Radio Studio up on the fifth floor. Each floor has an easily locatable ascending staircase or elevator that can be used to access the next floor. The enemies get slightly more difficult here, however, particularly the Minotaurs. They can cause status ailments such as Berserk, as well as perform a charging attack that can deplete around half of a character's HP. Another big threat are the pink ghosts. They can cast Maha-Magna as well as self-destruct to instantly kill off a character. A group of three or four of these ghosts can instantly annihilate your party. However, these strong enemies make this a good place to gain levels and collect tarot cards for Persona creation. On the first floor, head straight forward from the entrance and turn right, taking the stairs up to the second floor. Wander around the second floor and find the two item boxes here, then take the stairs up to the third floor. There are three item boxes here on the third floor as well as an elevator. When you reach the elevator, first take it back down to the second floor to grab a previously inaccessible item box. Then take it up to the fifth floor for another item box. Watch out for the green puddles on the floor around here; they drain your SP if you touch them. Now, take the elevator back down to the fourth floor. An interesting point to note is that Jack Frost, the mascot of the Persona series, makes his first appearance in the game as an enemy on this floor. ^_^ There is a Trish's Spring here if you're in need of healing at this point, as well as four item boxes on this floor. After you find them all, locate the next staircase and proceed upward to the fifth and final floor. Up on the fifth floor, you will find the FM Radio Studio you've been looking for. Enter it and a scene will take place. Ginko enters the booth and participates in a broadcast, then leaves the party. She will be absent for the next two areas and you will have to do without her assistance. After further conversation between Maya and Tatsuya, you are taken back outside the building and onto the city map once again. Save your game. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 3.7 Aoba Park ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Items: VIT Card, Garagara Drink x3, Chewing Soul x3, Kabanda x2, STR Incense, Rumor Demon Linda Boss: None Minimum Recommended Level: 20 Exiting the region of the city you're currently in and looking at the map of the entire city, you will notice that a new fifth area is now available to you. The fifth region is the far eastern side of town and contains the next area you must explore, Aoba Park. It will be a little more of a challenge without Ginko, but if not too difficult if you took the time to build up levels back in Giga Macho. Aoba Park is located on the right side of the region map, but there are some optional events that you may want to do first. The first optional event involves the Rumor Demon Linda. She is the spirit of an idol that you can fight in Aoba Park. Defeating her earns you a Flay Card, so it's not a bad idea to follow the necessary steps to battle her. In order to do so though, you need to do a little rumor spreading. Go back to the west side of the city to the Kameya Mall. Enter the Shiraishi Ramen shop, the upperleft option where you visited earlier in the game. There should be three people here. Talk to each of them and you will obtain the rumor about the idol spirit. Now go to the Detectives' Office in the same mall and speak to the director in the brown suit. Choose the top option to spread a rumor, and do so with this one about Linda. It should be located directly between the Mu Continent and Ramen shop rumors you previously spread towards the end of the list. Pay the 3000 yen to do so and then leave the building. You will now be able to fight Linda for the card in Aoba Park. The second optional event involves a rumor about talking flowers. Go to the far east area of the city and speak to the person standing on the street in front of Aoba Park. He will give you a rumor about the talking flowers. Now return once again to the Detectives' Office and speak to the director, choosing to spread a rumor. The new rumor will appear towards the bottom of the list between the Idol Spirit and Ramen Shop rumors. Pay to have it spread and then leave this place. Now, when you go through the Aoba Park area, you will encounter talking flowers who will give you items if you speak with them. This is a useful and recommended step to take. Now, return to the eastern side of town and enter Aoba Park. You will notice that there are brightly colored flowers throughout the area. However, speaking to them alone will not net you a free item; you have to answer a question for them. If you answer correctly, you will get the item, while an incorrect response will result in negative consequences (such as your entire party becoming poisoned). The first of these flowers you will see close to the park's entrance. Speak to it (it is a red flower) and choose the second answer to receive a healing item (the item's name will appear in green text if you answer correctly). Continue making your way through this first screen until you find an orange flower. Pick the top answer to its question to receive an anti-poison item. Finally, you'll see a yellow flower near the exit, which will also give you an item if you pick the third answer. When you're finished, proceed to the northeast section of this screen to find the exit to the second half of the park. In the second half of the park, the first flower you'll see will be a yellow one. Pick the top answer when speaking to it for an item. From here, if you travel west a little, you will find the item box containing the Rumor Demon Linda if you chose to spread her rumor. The battle isn't too difficult if you're around Level 20, but she has an annoying attack that charms all members of your party, so be careful and mainly use physical attacks on her. Your victory will reward you with a Flay card. I'm not sure if Linda only appears in the item box described above or not. It could be random. Strangely enough, I lost the first time I fought her, and when I went to reload my game and try again, she was no longer in the item box and I received a normal item instead. Although I did spread the rumor, Linda did not reappear anywhere else in the level, so if and when you are able to fight her, make sure that you try to kill her the first time in order to get the card. As you continue through this part of the area, you'll come across a blue flower. Two of its possible responses include the words HP and SP. Picking either of these two options (the first or second) will result in you getting an item, but the respective value you picked (either HP or SP) will be drained to 1 for all party members. I would recommend picking the HP option here considering that it is more easily recoverable. Continue along to the end of the area, which once again is in the northeast part of the maze. Around there is a purple flower. For this flower, the second response is the correct one to receive an item. Exiting this area will take you directly to the Concert Hall, so it is advised that you save your game, visit the nearby Trish's Spring if you need to, and make sure you're at Level 20 or above before leaving. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 3.8 Concert Hall ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Items: VIT Incense Boss: Prince Taurus Minimum Recommended Level: 21 Upon arriving at the Concert Hall, your party members will have a brief chat before you regain control. When you are controlling Tatsuya, walk up to the man standing in front of the door and choose yes to pay 10,000 Yen for a concert ticket. Enter the building and walk straight forward, entering the door. A scene will take place here and the party will eavesdrop on one of Ginko's conversations onstage. Afterword, you'll be taken outside and brought to the seating area. Walk over and talk to Michelle here. When he asks you if you should go and help Ginko out, pick the first answer, saying that you don't want to help her. Making this choice will ensure that she receives a Persona upgrade later in the game. A concert will now take place in which you get to hear the MUSES sing a song. After some more scenes, Prince Taurus will show up and taunt you with King Leo for a while. Your new objective is this: You have exactly thirty minutes to both defeat Prince Taurus in a boss battle, and then locate a bomb in the building and escape. Your time starts as soon as you engage in the boss battle and will be displayed in the upper-left corner of the screen. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Boss: Prince Taurus HP: 1223 Exp: 4675 Prince Taurus is a rather difficult boss. He resists both physical and Persona attacks well, reflecting many types of magic as well. In addition, he has incredibly annoying attacks that reduce your party's hit accuracy, as well as attacks that cause other bad status, such as confusion, on your characters. Have Maya constantly healing the party and have Michelle, Tatsuya, and Yuki constantly attacking if you hope to survive. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Once the battle is over, Prince Taurus will use his gold skull to steal the other two MUSES girls' energy, then disappear. Note that you will not be able to save your game during this event; if you lose, you will have to reload at your last save before the concert. After a little bit of dialogue, you need to escape the building. Leave the stage and you'll be back inside the main hall again. Turn right and you'll be in a corridor with three rooms. Check each room thoroughly, checking all lockers and boxes and such, and talking with your party members. The second door should be locked and you will not have access to the room. However, in the third room, searching one of the lockers should reward you with a memo from King Leo. Now, go back down the hall to the entrance of the building and escape outside. If you made it in time (which you should have been able to do easily), you will witness a full motion video of the bombs inside the Concert Hall exploding and the building ablaze. When your party collects itself, Maya is visibly shaken and upset by the events that just occured and Tatsuya has to comfort her. Your choices at this point are vital and affect the outcome of the game's story. When you are presented with the first two responses, pick the top one, to comfort and encourage Maya. She will respond and then you'll be presented with another choice. Pick the bottom of the two options to respond, "Ore ga mamoru," meaning "I'll protect you." At this, Maya will regain her composure and be grateful to Tatsuya. Making these correct decisions allows Tatsuya to confess his love to Maya later in the game, allowing the two to get together and become lovers. After the scene, you will be placed back on the city map once again. Be sure to save your game. More to come soon! ======================================================================= 4. Tricks and Secrets ======================================================================= 4.1: Free Incense Sets You can get a free incense set by donating 100,000 Yen to the Lucky The Cat statue in the Detectives' Office. Talk to it and give it money 100 times and it will give you the set. This also works with the large dog statue, Bobby-kun, in the Police Station. ======================================================================= 5. Frequently Asked Questions ======================================================================= 5.1: Where can I purchase Persona 2? Many online retailers carry Persona 2. I ordered my copy from Tronix (www.tronixweb.com). They're very reliable and have outstanding customer service. Another reputable online dealer is the National Console Exchange (www.ncsx.com). 5.2: Can you provide some general information about the game? Persona 2: Innocent Sin SLPS-02100 Designed by: Atlus Release date (Japan): 6/24/99 Memory Card: 3 blocks Supports: Dual Shock 5.3: Is Persona 2 coming to the States? If so, when? Atlus has made no announcements regarding a translation of Persona 2. It was once thought that the "mystery RPG" they were bringing over might be Persona 2, or maybe Growlanser, it turned out to be a game called Rhapsody (Marl Oukoku no Ningyouhime). Personally, I doubt the game will be released in English, mainly because of the controversial themes in the game which an American audience wouldn't find acceptable, such as the killing of school faculty, Nazis, etc. Update: The second installment of Persona 2, entitled Eternal Punishment, will be released in America by Atlus. However, they have not made any announcements regarding Innocent Sin, which this FAQ covers, as of yet. 5.4: How does one acquire a Free Tarot and what do you do with it? Free Tarot cards can be acquired from Demon Contracts or found in item boxes. If you take them to the Velvet Room, they can be transformed into any one Tarot card you choose. If you have any questions that could be answered in this section, E-mail me. ======================================================================= 6. Contact ======================================================================= If you have any comments or suggestions regarding this FAQ/Walkthrough, or any additions or corrections, please do not hesitate to E-mail me at contactu2@aol.com. All feedback is welcome and appreciated. Persona and the Megami Tensei series are (c) Atlus of Japan. This FAQ/Walkthrough is owned by Ryan Mattich and may be used for private and personal use only. Any distribution of this document for profit is strictly prohibited. It may not be modified in any way. If you wish to reproduce it and put it on your web site, please extend the courtesy of notifying me at contactu2@aol.com. Copyright 2000 Ryan Mattich And remember... "Let's Positive Thinking!" ~ Maya ^_^