Differences from the Original

A new remade FMV
A different name in Japan, Persona is now branded without the title "Megami Ibunroku" in Japan and is now Shin Megami Tensei: Persona in North America branded without the title "Revelations" and replaced with "Shin Megami Tensei".
A new opening which includes an entirely new opening song which was unveiled by Atlus before the game's launch. [8]
All the original FMVs will be remade by Kamikaze Douga, and there will be many brand new FMVs as well to enhance the storytelling. In the North American version, the FMVs will be fully dubbed.[1]
Shoji Meguro, who will also be serving as the game's director will be arranging all the original BGM and the vocal tracks will feature Yumi Kawamura, the vocalist for the Persona 3 tracks.
The interface has been fully revamped to take advantage of the full widescreen view for the benefit of all users.
Both the original scenario and the Snow Queen scenario will contain additional dungeon floors not found in the original. The new dungeon elements will also contain tricky puzzles and extra content for the player to unravel.
The game has been fully rebalanced to enhance the playing experience from the original version. The encounter rate and dungeon designs have been tweaked as well. There will also be multiple difficulty settings to more player choice.
Battle animations can now be skipped entirely, and the battle load times have been decreased to 2/3 the time of the original game.
There will be many more save points available throughout the game, and for portable fans the game will also feature a quicksave feature.
A new pre-rendered aerial view town map similar to the later Persona franchises will replace the original real-time 3D town map.