I have to confess that last week I purchased Arcana Heart. I was completely in the dark that Atlus was releasing this game here in the United States. Not that it mattered, I never heard of it. Until XiaNaphryz posted his thread (with a somewhat sensationalist title) on NeoGAF, although the content was admittedly taken from a well-researched Penny Arcade thread, that sold me to the game with the in-depth information.

Although some of the design choices do have a dubious otaku quality, hence all the schoolgirl age anime characters, the game design (mix and match character and arcana) and the sheer insanity of the character design — girl with devil wings? witch with a demon staff? 10 year old scientist hell bent on taking over the world while riding in a giant anthropomorphic blog of water/jelly? — are well worth feeling a little dirty. I just haven’t gotten to the point of looking at the move list and doing something other than button mashing whilst playing it.