Type and Subtype

Type and Subtype are a type of classification in early Persona games and the Devil Children series.
==Appearances==
*Megami Ibunroku Persona
*Persona 2: Innocent Sin
*Persona 2: Eternal Punishment
*Devil Children Black Book & Red Book
*Devil Children White Book
*DemiKids Light / DemiKids Dark
*Devil Children Fire/Ice Book
==Profile==
===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 , 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 : 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 	Type 	Subtypes
PSP 	Revelations	Subtypes
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.
{|class="table p1" align="center" style="text-align:center; margin:auto"	Subtype 	Subtype
PSP 	Revelations	
Fire火炎 	IGNIS 	
Ice氷結 	AQUA 	
Wind疾風 	AIR 	
Earth地震 	TERRA 	
===Persona 2 duology===
Type
Fire/Nuclear
Water/Ice
Wind/Elec
Earth
None
===Devil Children===
====Black/Red/White Book====
Type 	Resist	Weak
Sun日 	Moon 	-
Moon月 	Sun 	-
Fire火 	Metal 	Water
Water水 	Fire 	Earth
Earth士 	Water 	Wood
Wood木 	Earth 	Metal
Metal金 	Wood 	Fire
====DemiKids & Fire/Ice Book====
Type 	Super Resist	Resist 	Weak 	Super Weak
Light光 	Light 	- 	- 	Dark
Dark闇 	Dark 	- 	- 	Light
Fire火 	Fire 	Earth, Elec	Water, Wind	Ice
Ice氷 	Ice 	Water, Wind	Earth, Elec	Fire
Water水 	Water 	Earth, Ice 	Fire, Wind 	Elec
Thunder雷 	Elec 	Fire, Wind 	Earth, Ice 	Water
Earth地 	Earth 	Fire, Water	Elec, Ice 	Wind
Wind風 	Wind 	Elec, Ice 	Fire, Water	Earth
Category:Persona
Category:Persona 2: Innocent Sin
Category:Persona 2: Eternal Punishment
Category:Devil Children Red/Black Book
Category:Devil Children White Book
Category:DemiKids
Category:Devil Children Fire/Ice Book