

Anyone who fails to tell Joker their wishes, either because they lack one or refuse to tell, has their "ideal energy" stolen, reducing them to ambition-less shells called Shadow People. His path intertwines with those of two other students, Eikichi and Lisa, during an encounter with the Joker, a jester-like antagonist who is rumored to grant the wishes of people who dial their own cell phone number.

The silent protagonist of the game is Tatsuya Suou. Maya, on the other hand, only has vague recollections of her Persona, believing it to be a guardian angel that appeared when she was a little girl. Yukino is a returning playable character from Revelations: Persona, and is therefore already familiar with demons and Personae. The six playable characters are Tatsuya Suou, a student at Seven Sisters High School Lisa Silverman, a popular caucasian girl and fellow student of Tatsuya Eikichi Mishina, wannabe musician and self-professed "Captain" of Kasugayama High School Maya Amano, optimistic editor for a teen magazine Yukino Mayuzumi, Maya's co-worker and a survivor of Revelations: Persona and Jun Kurosu, son of a teacher who met a grisly death inside the school. The story begins a few years after the events of the first Persona. It is the predecessor of Persona 2: Batsu (Eternal Punishment). Persona 2: Tsumi (Innocent Sin) was never released outside of Japan. Philemon grants him the ability to summon a Persona, an alter-ego which manifests as a mythological figure. He has near-death experience which transport him to the realm of Philemon, an astral being who exists outside of the waking world. Set in the fictional metropolis of Sumaru City, Innocent Sin follows a high school student named Tatsuya Suou. Both are direct sequels to Revelations: Persona, with most characters from the first title returning in some form or another. Innocent Sin (Tsumi) and Eternal Punishment (Batsu) are two chapters of the same storyline the former was never distributed outside of Japan. Persona 2 is a duology of console role-playing games for the Sony PlayStation, developed by Atlus.
