History VideoGame / Persona4DancingAllNight

Two sequels were announced on August 2, 2017, ''VideoGame/Persona3DancingMoonNight'' and ''VideoGame/Persona5DancingStarNight'', releasing Spring 2018 for the UsefulNotes/PlayStationVita and UsefulNotes/PlayStation4. PS4 owners will also be able to download ''Dancing All Night'' when the two games release.

Two sequels were announced on August 2, 2017, ''VideoGame/Persona3DancingMoonNight'' and ''VideoGame/Persona5DancingStarNight'', releasing Spring 2018 for the UsefulNotes/PlayStationVita and UsefulNotes/PlayStation4.

* AllYourPowersCombined: The audio of [[spoiler:Izanagi-no-Okami's]] solo is a mixture of all the instrumentals created by the Investigation Team's Personas.

** To a lesser extent, Minoru Inoue, Rise's manager, made a handful of appearances in ''P4'', and only in Rise's social link, but here, he's a recurring character.

* BookEnds: Series-wide -- "Pursuing My True Self" appears in the openings of the beginning and ending of the ''Persona 4'' series.
** [[spoiler:Yu also uses his Izanagi-no-Okami to defeat the BigBad, the only other time he does this is against the series' first antagonist, Izanami.]]

-->'''Announcer:''' ''Unbelievable! Could you imagine the step?! He's genius!''

** TheCameo: As well, [[Videogame/HatsuneMikuProjectDiva Hatsune Miku]] makes a non-canon appearance, complete with a costume designed by the Persona character designer.

* ProductionForeshadowing: Dataminers have found that, hidden in the game, is an unused velvet room uniform that is identical to the uniforms worn by [[VideoGame/{{Persona 5}} Caroline and Justine]].

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: During the final battle, despite having cheered the group on, [[spoiler:Nanako doesn't accompany the group when dancing to the final song]].

->''"All this energy's got us inspired now,''\\
''We couldn't stop it,''\\
''Just set it free, and''\\
''Dance!"''

** When the girls are talking on preparing a meal again, Kanji mentions about not having his insurance card, which was mentioned during Christmas the previous year.
** In the epilogue, the Investigation Team complain that the weather has become hotter ever since Yu left and that "someone is doing it on purpose". Now, who is the [[WeatherManipulation weather girl]] again?

** Considering the epilogue takes place during the summer of 2010, the Investigation Team now have the outfits they wear during the extended epilogue of ''Golden''.

Two sequels were announced on August 2, 2017, ''VideoGame/Persona3DancingMoonLight'' and ''VideoGame/Persona5DancingStarNight'', releasing Spring 2018 for the UsefulNotes/PlayStationVita and UsefulNotes/PlayStation4.

Two sequels were announced on August 2, 2017, ''Persona 3: Dancing Moon Light'' and ''Persona 5: Dancing Star Night'', releasing Spring 2018 for the UsefulNotes/PlayStationVita and UsefulNotes/PlayStation4.

Two sequels were announced on August 2, 2017, ''Persona 3: Dancing Moon Night'' and ''Persona 5: Dancing Star Night'', releasing Spring 2018 for the UsefulNotes/PlayStationVita and UsefulNotes/PlayStation4.

* NoSell: The Midnight Stage seems to have built-in natural laws that forbid physical violence of any kind, and violent acts are negated before they can accomplish anything, while the emotional effects of music and dancing are practically a fundamental force of their own,
[[spoiler:which makes a lot of sense when you realize that the Midnight Stage is based on the mythological origin behind the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kagura Kagura]] in {{Shinto}}]]. This prevents the Investigation Team from saving the kidnapped victims by force as they are used to, but it also [[spoiler:keeps the BigBad from [[CurbStompBattle curb-stomping]] the party once it goes full OneWingedAngel at the end.]]

The plot takes place a month after the extended epilogue of ''Persona 4 Golden'' and is chronologically the final game to feature the Investigation Team. [[IdolSinger Rise "Risette" Kujikawa]], back in showbiz after her year-long hiatus, requests her friends to act as her backup
dancers at the "Love Meets Bonds Festival", a music event sponsored by Rise's agency, and personally trains them for this purpose. Everything goes well until rumors spread that if you watch a particular video on the festival's website at exactly midnight, you'll be pulled to the "other side." Sure enough, the J-Pop Idol Group of Rise's FriendlyRival Kanami Mashita goes missing shortly thereafter in a manner eerily similar to the rumor. Fearing the worst, Rise begs her friends from the Investigation Team to help her solve the case.

The plot takes place a month after the extended epilogue of ''Persona 4 Golden'' and is chronologically the final game to feature the Investigation Team. [[IdolSinger Rise "Risette" Kujikawa]], back in showbiz after her year-long hiatus, requests her friends to act as her Backup Dancers at the "Love Meets Bonds Festival", a music event sponsored by Rise's agency, and personally trains them for this purpose. Everything goes well until rumors spread that if you watch a particular video on the festival's website at exactly midnight, you'll be pulled to the "other side." Sure enough, the J-Pop Idol Group of Rise's FriendlyRival Kanami Mashita goes missing shortly thereafter in a manner eerily similar to the rumor. Fearing the worst, Rise begs her friends from the Investigation Team to help her solve the case.

** The instruments used by the Persona at the end of each level are the same type of instruments played by the individual Investigation Team members (for all except Teddie, Rise, Naoto and [[spoiler:Izanagi-no-Okami]].) in ''Persona 4 Golden'', during Rise's show are Junes.

* MadeASlave: The Shadows seen in the game have been forcibly made to dance against their will, which the Investigation Team noticed aren't like the typical shadows and have been forced to partake in the games events just like them.

* NoSell: The Midnight Stage seems to have built-in natural laws that forbid physical violence of any kind, and violent acts are negated before they can accomplish anything, while the emotional effects of music and dancing are practically a fundamental force of their own[[spoiler:, which makes a lot of sense when you realize that the Midnight Stage is based on the mythological origin behind the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kagura Kagura]] in {{Shinto}}]]. This prevents the Investigation Team from saving the kidnapped victims by force as they are used to, but it also [[spoiler:keeps the BigBad from [[CurbStompBattle curb-stomping]] the party once it goes full OneWingedAngel at the end.]]

* NoSell: The Midnight Stage seems to have built-in natural laws that forbid physical violence of any kind and violent acts are negated before they can accomplish anything while the emotional effects of music and dancing are practically a fundamental force of their own[[spoiler:, which makes a lot of sense when you realize that the Midnight Stage is based on the mythological origin behind the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kagura Kagura]] in {{Shinto}}]]. This prevents the Investigation Team from saving the kidnapped victims by force as they are used to, but it also [[spoiler:keeps the BigBad from [[CurbStompBattle curb-stomping]] the party once it goes full OneWingedAngel at the end.]]

** Kanami Mashita was mentioned during Rise's Social Link ([[TarotMotifs The Lovers]]) in ''VideoGame/{{Persona 4}}''. She has her own idol group now, Kanamin Kitchen. She is now the game's {{Tritagonist}}.

** TheCameo: As well, [[Franchise/Vocaloid Hatsune Miku]] makes a non-canon appearance, complete with a costume designed by the Persona character designer.

* InstantExpert[=/=]ChildProdigy: Nanako delights the Dance Instructor after she manages to utterly dominate a complex dance routine that not even Kanami got right for two weeks and a half.

** Rise's wears a revealing concert "uniform", compete with AbsoluteCleavage and BareYourMidriff.

* MoneyForNothing: By using "The Mystic's Way", "Omnotepotent Orb", and all the other possible items at the same time, the player can get through ''specialist'' on even the highest difficulty by [[VictoryByEndurance mashing scratch and two of the buttons]], netting up between 140 and 200K in cash in only a couple of minutes.

* NoSell: The Midnight Stage seems to have built-in natural laws that forbid physical violence of any kind and violent acts are negated before they can accomplish anything while the emotional effects of music and dancing are practically a fundamental force of their own[[spoiler:, which makes a lot of sense when you realize that the Midnight Stage is based on the mythological origin behind the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kagura Kagura]] in {{Shinto}}]]. This prevents the Investigation Team from saving the kidnapped victims by force as they are used to, but it also [[spoiler:keeps the BigBag from [[CurbStompBattle curb-stomping]] the party once he/she/it goes full OneWingedAngel at the end.]]

* LastNameBasis: Dojima only refers to Kanami by her last name Mashita.

''Persona 4: Dancing All Night'' is a 2015 SpinOff RhythmGame based on ''VideoGame/{{Persona 4}}'' for the PlaystationVita.