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Type (大属性, Daizokusei)? and Subtype (属性, Zokusei)? are a type of classification in early Persona games and the Devil Children series.

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Megami Ibunroku Persona[]

Both types and subtypes come in opposing pairs and have an effect on fusion. If the Spell Cards being fused belong to demons of the same type, the resulting Persona will have +5 to its highest stat and +20 to its magical defense. On the other hand, if their types oppose each other a fusion accident is more likely to occur.

A Persona's type and subtype determine which spells it can inherit via fusion. If the Persona is of the Light type, it won't be able to learn any Death spell and Dark Personas cannot learn any Expel spell. While the Element-Force pair by itself won't apply any kind of inheritance restriction, their subtypes will. For example, Sati is Light-Fire, meaning she can't inherit any Death or Ice spells. Jack Frost is Element-Ice so he can't learn Fire spells. Vidofnir is Element-Bless and thus has no restrictions.

In addition to influencing fusion, a Persona or demon's type and subtype may determine its strengths and weaknesses. They will possibly resist their type and be weak to its opposite. Furthermore, they may especially resist their subtype (draining, nullifying or repelling it) and be weak to its opposite.

For example, Ganesha is Element-Wind, meaning it resists Element and is weak to Force. Since he is of the Wind subtype, Ganesha especially resists Wind (in this case by repelling it) and is weak to Earth. The resistance to Earth from its type and weakness from its subtype cancel each other out so Ganesha takes neutral damage from Earth.

There are, however, demons and Personas who are exceptions to this rule. Some of those exceptions apply to entire Orders but others only to specific subjects. For example, the entire Grave Order is of the Force type, but they are weak to both Element and Force. And despite all of the Flight Order demons being Element-Wind, some of them resist Blast while others don't.

The PlayStation release uses all caps English names for the Types and Subtypes, which were left as-is in Revelations: Persona. The PSP port, however, uses Japanese names.

Persona 2[]

In Persona 2, a Persona's type restricts which skills it can learn from Skill Cards. Personas of one type cannot inherit skills of opposite types (Nuclear and Electric excluded). Fusion Spells that match a Persona's type or that are non-elemental may lead to the Persona unlocking their Unknown Power. Demon types have no gameplay function and merely reflect their resistances, weaknesses and skills.

Despite being localized as "types," the Japanese version uses the same term as the "subtypes" from Megami Ibunroku Persona.

Devil Children[]

Localized as Element in DemiKids, a demon's type indicates their resistances and weaknesses.

Black/Red/White Book takes inspiration from the Chinese philosophical concept of Wuxing, which assign five elements as the foundation of everything in the universe and natural phenomena. Those elements are Fire (Agi), Earth (Magna), Metal (Zio), Water (Bufu), and Wood (Zan). The elemental affinities of the types are based on the "cycle of destruction" aspect of the doctrine. In addition to Wuxing, the game also has two additional types based on the concept of Yin and yang: Sun (Hama, buffs, and healing) and Moon (Mudo, debuffs, and ailments).

DemiKids changed the system for a more traditional elemental system like the ones used in most RPGs.

Types and Subtypes[]

Megami Ibunroku Persona[]

Types[]

  • The opposing pairs are: Element-Force and Light-Dark.
Type Subtypes
PSP Revelations
Element
精霊
ELEMENTAL Fire, Ice, Wind, Earth
Force
物理
PHYSICAL Electric, Nuclear, Gravity, Blast
Light
神聖
HOLYLIGHT Expel, Miracle, Prayer, Bless
Dark
暗黒
EVILDARK Death, Curse, Nerve, Occult

Subtypes[]

  • The opposing pairs are: Fire-Ice, Wind-Earth, Electric-Nuclear, and Gravity-Blast.
Subtype
PSP Revelations
Fire
火炎
IGNIS
Ice
氷結
AQUA
Wind
疾風
AIR
Earth
地震
TERRA
Subtype
PSP Revelations
Electric
電撃
PHOTON
Nuclear
核熱
GREWON
Gravity
重力
GRAVITON
Blast
衝撃
WEAKBOSON
Subtype
PSP Revelations
Expel
破魔
EXORCISM
Miracle
奇跡
WONDER
Bless
祝福
BLESS
Prayer
天啓
SIGN
Subtype
PSP Revelations
Death
呪殺
CURSE
Curse
降魔
NECROMANCY
Nerve
神経
NERVE
Occult
覚醒
AWAKE

Persona 2 duology[]

Type
Fire/Nuclear
Water/Ice
Wind/Elec
Earth
None

Devil Children[]

Black/Red/White Book[]

Type Resist Weak
Sun
Moon -
Moon
Sun
Fire
Metal Water
Water
Fire Earth
Earth
Water Wood
Wood
Earth Metal
Metal
Wood Fire

DemiKids & Fire/Ice Book[]

Type Super Resist Resist Weak Super Weak
Light
Light - Dark
Dark
Dark Light
Fire
Fire Earth, Elec Water, Wind Ice
Ice
Ice Water, Wind Earth, Elec Fire
Water
Water Earth, Ice Fire, Wind Elec
Thunder
Elec Fire, Wind Earth, Ice Water
Earth
Earth Fire, Water Elec, Ice Wind
Wind
Wind Elec, Ice Fire, Water Earth


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Playable Protagonist - Maki Sonomura - Masao Inaba - Kei Nanjo - Yukino Mayuzumi - Hidehiko Uesugi - Eriko Kirishima - Yuka Ayase - Reiji Kido
Non-Playable Philemon - Igor - Takahisa Kandori - Saeko Takami - Takashi Hanya - Principal Ooishi - Tadashi Satomi - Tamaki Uchida - Kenta Yokouchi - Tsutomu Kurouri - Chisato Kasai - Yosuke Naito - Yamaoka - Setsuko Sonomura - Takeda - Mai - Aki - Pandora - Kumi Hirose - Michiko Matsudaira - Yuriko Yamamoto - Tomomi Fujimori - Night Queen - Trish - Natsumi Yoshino - Yuko Himeno - Katsue Kaneda - Doctor Nicholai - Kazuya Toudou - Nishida - Mariko Yabe - Maria
Locations
General Mikage-cho - St. Hermelin High School - Mikage Hospital - Sennen Mannen-Do - Judgement 1999
SEBEC Route Police Station - SEBEC - Subway - Black Market - Lost Forest - Mana Castle - Haunted Mansion - Deva Yuga - Alaya Cavern - Avidya World - Mikage Ruins
Snow Queen Quest Ice Castle - Hypnos Tower - Nemesis Tower - Thanatos Tower - Devil's Peak
Music
Albums Original Soundtrack & Arrange Album (Complete Recording Edition) - Original Soundtrack (PSP) - Persona 20th Anniversary All Time Best Album
Songs "Dream of Butterfly" - "Voice" - "Satomi Tadashi Drugstore Song" - "School Days" - "Let the Butterflies Spread Until the Dawn" - "A Lone Prayer" - "Bloody Destiny" - "Deva Yuga (Arranged Version)"
Archives
Terminology Persona (Initial / Ultimate) - Persona user - Velvet Room - Agastya Tree - Moon Phase System - Sea of Souls - Type/Subtype - Affinity - Rank - Totem - Unknown Power - Mystic Change - Contact - Personality - DEVA System - Nanjo Group - Demon Mirror - Snow Queen Mask - Code Breaker - Fusion (Fusion Theory) - Ideal Self - Growth Rate
Lists Arcana - Personas - Demons - Bosses - Skills - Items - Status Changes
Other Media
Productions Digital Collection - Ikū no Tō Hen
Publications Manga - Messiah Project - Shadow Maze - Kandori no Yabo - 1996 Comic Anthology: Super Comic Gekijou / Short Comic Heaven / Agastya Hen / Rakuen no Tobira / Ikai-ka Toshi / Kokoro no Umi Yori Dedeshi Mono / Yakusoku no Jinite / FACES / Anthology Comic (Broccoli) - 2009 Comic Anthology: Comic Anthology (DNA Media Comics) / Anthology Comic (Bros Comics EX) / Yuki no Juu Hen / Kochu no Kioku / The BEST Masterpiece Selection
Major Characters
Playable Tatsuya Suou - Maya Amano - Lisa Silverman - Eikichi Mishina - Yukino Mayuzumi - Jun Kurosu
Non-Playable Philemon - Nyarlathotep - Joker
Minor Characters
Plot Relevant Maya Okamura - Akinari Kashihara - Shunsuke Fujii - Katsuya Suou - Ulala Serizawa - Daisuke Todoroki (Kyouji Kuzunoha) - Head Monk - Maki Sonomura - Kei Nanjo - Eriko Kirishima - Hidehiko Uesugi - Reiji Kido - Tamaki Uchida - Tadashi Satomi - Trish - Noriko Katayama - Miho Ogishima - Mami Shibata - Miyabi Hanakouji
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Last Battalion Fuhrer - Order of the Holy Lance
Velvet Room Igor - Nameless - Belladonna - Demon Painter
Rumormongers Kenta Yokouchi - Baofu - Chika Ueda - Sumaru Genie
Shop Time Count - Garcon Soejima - Kankichi Mishina
Climax Theater Motoko Mitsugi - Naozumi Kariyazaki - Musubu Torikiri - Akari Torikiri - Rose Futaba - Minato - Umiko Shiyama - Persephone - Tamaizu Nirasawa - Haruo Weyland - Kushiel
Locations
Sumaru City Seven Sisters High School - Club Zodiac - Kasugayama High School - Air Raid Shelter - Mu Continent - Giga Macho - Aoba Park - Smile Hirasaka - GOLD - Aerospace Museum - Mt. Iwato - Mt. Katatsumuri - Caracol - Aquarius Temple - Taurus Temple - Scorpio Temple - Leo Temple - Silver River - Xibalba - Abandoned Factory - Climax Theater
Music
Albums Original Soundtracks - The Errors of Their Youth - Persona 20th Anniversary All Time Best Album
Songs "Kimi no Tonari" - "Joker" - "Satomi Tadashi Drugstore Song" - "Unbreakable Tie"
Archives
Terminology Persona (Initial / Prime / Ultimate / Reverse) - Persona user - Cards (Tarot / Material / Skill / Incense) - Mystic Change - Affinity - Mutation - Ideal Energy - In Lak'ech - Oracle of Maia - Spear of Destiny - Muses - Phoenix Ranger Featherman R - Shadow Self - Ambrosia - "Infectious Groove" - Crystal Skull - Ideal Self - Growth Rate - Rumor
Lists Arcana - Personas - Demons - Bosses - Skills (Fusion Spells) - Items - Rumors - Restaurants
Other Media
Productions Lost Memories
Publications Innocent Sin (novel) - Persona 2: Tsumi ga Ataeshi Batsu - Persona: Tsumi To Batsu - Comic Anthology: Short Comic Heaven / Innocent Children / Innocent Memory / Comic Anthology (DNA Media Comics)
Major Characters
Playable Maya Amano - Tatsuya Suou - Katsuya Suou - Ulala Serizawa - Baofu - Kei Nanjo - Eriko Kirishima
Non-Playable Philemon - Nyarlathotep - JOKER/Tatsuya Sudou - Metal Trio
Minor Characters
Plot Relevant Maya Okamura - X series robots - Eikichi Mishina - Lisa Silverman - Jun Kashihara - Daisuke Todoroki (Kyouji Kuzunoha) - Takashi Hanya - Youichi Makimura - Ginji Sasaki - Suou's father - Trish - Noriko Katayama - Akinari Kashihara - Shunsuke Fujii - Miho Ogishima - Mami Shibata - Junko Kurosu - Akari Hoshi - Hiroki Sugimoto - Yasuo Inoe - Matsuoka - Yung Pao - Miyabi Hanakouji - Miki Asai - Makoto Kuwahara - Anna Yoshizaka
New World Order Tatsuzou Sudou - Takahisa Kandori - Chizuru Ishigami - General Sugawara - Captain Shimazu - Chief Togashi
St. Hermelin High School Graduates Hidehiko Uesugi - Maki Sonomura - Reiji Kido - Yukino Mayuzumi - Tamaki Uchida - Boy with Earring
Velvet Room Igor - Nameless - Belladonna - Demon Painter
Rumormongers Kenta Yokouchi - Chika Ueda
Shop Time Count - Garcon Soejima - Sumaru Genie - Kankichi Mishina
Shadow Selves Shadow Maya - Shadow Katsuya - Shadow Baofu - Shadow Ulala
Tatsuya's Scenario Lieutenant General Zula - Shiori Miyashiro - Chandraputra - Kouji Nakamura
Locations
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Music
Albums Original Soundtrack (PSX / PSP) - Punitive Dance - Persona 20th Anniversary All Time Best Album
Songs "Change Your Way" - "Satomi Tadashi Drugstore Song"
Archives
Terminology Persona (Initial / Prime / Ultimate / Reverse) - Persona user - Cards (Tarot / Material / Skill / Incense) - Mystic Change - Affinity - Mutation - Unknown Power - JOKER Infection (Artificial Persona) - Kegare - Other Side - Nanjo Group - Trapezohedron - Muses - New World Order - Tien Tao Lien - Shadow Self - Tatsuya's Scenario - DEVA System - Growth Rate - Rumor
Lists Arcana - Personas - Demons - Bosses - Skills (Fusion Spells) - Items - Rumors - Restaurants
Other Media
Productions Infinity Mask
Publications Eternal Punishment (novel) - Persona 2: Tsumi ga Ataeshi Batsu - Persona: Tsumi To Batsu - Comic Anthology: The Atoners / The Unforgivable / The Strays
Characters
Playable Mirai Kaname - Setsuna Kai - Cool - Veil
Non-Playable Nagahisa Kai - Elegy - Zett Takajō - Lucifer - Azel - Hoshigami - Zebul - Michael - Diana - Dust - Paimon - Isis - Souta - Hel - Norn - Hiromi Kaname
Locations
Earth Harajuku
Expanse Ice Land - Marble Land - Sand Land - Forest Land - Fire Land - Central Land - Sanctuary - Deep Hole
Other Vinecenter - Shop - Bank - Hotel - Casino - Trainer - Shady Laboratory & Manor
Archives
Songs "Go-Round" - "LOVE SICK" - "Tenkai no Aurora ~AURORA HEALING~" - "Idol ~IDOLL~" - "Invisible Hearts" - "Peace and Love" - "Hontou ha ~Here we go~" - "PEACE RUSH!!" - "Cool ni DOG FIGHT" - "Daijoubu!"
Albums ANIMATION Original Soundtrack - Character File 1: Setsuna Kai - Character File 2: Mirai Kaname - Character File 3: Cool
Terms Devil Riser - King Riser - Macca - Magnetite - Expanse - Devil Child - Angel Child - Devil Database - Devil Phone - Keys of Norn - Vinecom - Type
Lists Items - Demons - Skills - Status Changes
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Productions Shin Megami Tensei: DeviChil (Episodes)
Publications Manga - 4koma: Gag Battle / Gag Battle Devilizer - Anime Comic Anthology: DeviChil Anime Comic / DeviChil 4koma Compendium
Characters
Playable Masaki Kuzuha - Clay
Non-Playable Takaharu Ougi - Rei - Shou Ougi - Paku - Haamiru - Setsuna Kai - Mirai Kaname - Cool - Veil - Takajo Zett - Nathanael - Raguel - Lucifer
Locations
Earth Harajuku
Expanse Earth Expanse - Wind Expanse - Ice Expanse - Deep Hole - Center Expanse - Grass Field - Crystal Ring - Cosmos City - Altimia
Other
Terms Devil Riser - King Riser - Macca - Magnetite - Expanse - Devil Child - Angel Child - Devil Database - Devil Phone - Vinecom - Power Unit
Lists Items - Demons - Skills
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