Atlus has been teasing a new edition of the wildly popular Japanese RPGPersona 5and the cat is finally out of the bag.Persona 5 The Royalhas been officially revealed and the team outlined new additions to game in a trailer.
Persona 5 The Royalwill launch in Japan on October 31, with an English version coming sometime in 2020. The game looks like it will be an enhanced version ofPersona 5, similar to howPersona 3 FESandPersona 4 Goldenupdated and expanded on their original titles. As far as the story goes, it will include the third semester of our hero’s lives, which was not told inPersona 5.
In the trailer, we see a new area to explore called Kichijoji, multiple new social links, a new aquarium, a bar where players can play darts or pool, and a fresh addition to the game’s Phantom Thieves. Read ouroriginal review ofPersona 5to get an idea of what the base experience is like while considering a future investment intoPerson 5 The Royal.
The new red-haired young woman sprinkled throughout thePersona 5 The Royaltrailer is Kasumi Yoshizawa and theJapanese websitedescribes her as a gymnast who “entered the Shichi Gakuen in the spring of the same year as the protagonist’s transfer (translated via Google Translate).”The new social link is part-time counselor Takuto Maruki and is the subject of the Le Consultant arcana. He’s been assigned to his position to speak with students “triggered by an incident of a certain teacher that happened in April at Syuden Academy.”
Kichijoji is a new space where various cultures will fuse into a space that attracts the young and old. There are also new recordings being added to the game, composed by Meguro Shoji, and the game will feature visual enhancements for those playing on the PS4 Pro. Newcomers or those that foundPersona 5’s vast collection of activities overwhelming can take advantage of the new “Daily-Day Assist” command to get suggestions on what to do in the game’s world. We don’t know how deep this new function works, but it would be nice if it kept track of the player’s blossoming social links and helped to keep the momentum going or clue them in on other options that have become available at a given time.
