Oh boy, it's time for our first Persona 5: The Royal info blowout. With the game now fully revealed via a detailed gameplay trailer (which you can watch through here), fans have started piecing things together, and we already know quite a bit about this enhanced version of Persona 5.
Gleaning information from both the aforementioned trailer and the game's official website, here's what we know about Persona 5: The Royal so far (thanks Twitter user BlackKite for compiling this):
- The red haired girl shown in the previous teaser is named Kasumi Yoshizawa. She's an entirely new character and party member. In battle she appears to use a sword and a lever action rifle. Contrary to some speculation, she is not a female version of the main character.
- There's a new confidant called Takuto Maruki, who you can build a social link with. He's the school counsellor at Shujin Academy.
- The expanded story of Persona 5: The Royal will include a whole new third semester, which in Japan, takes place from January to March. Supposedly, this means that the story will carry on quite a bit longer after the end of the original game.
- There are a number of new locations that you can visit, both alone or as you develop social links.
- Characters will now post photos as well as text in the Phantom Thieves' mobile group chat.
- There are new social events with existing characters.
- You'll be able to find more powerful enemies wandering around palaces (the game's dungeons).
- Palaces appear to have been remixed somewhat, with new locations and new treasures to find.
- The Royal will feature some new music tracks.
- There will be quality of life changes, such as the ability to check your progress with social links, protagonist stats, and more while exploring the game's world.
- Persona 5: The Royal will boast PS4 Pro support, although at the time of writing, it's unclear what this will be. We're assuming it'll be a boost in resolution.
We're sure to learn more and more about Persona 5: The Royal over the coming months, since it's due out in Japan later this year. A Western release has also been confirmed, although we're going to have to wait until 2020 to get our hands on the game.
[source twitter.com]
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PUT IT STRAIGHT INTO MY VEINS!!!!
Ehhhhh... I think I'm done with Persona sadly.
Or at least I don't want any more of 5. It's a shame but I'll have to pass
I haven't bought Persona 5 yet. Should I just wait until 2020 , then?
if we already own the game, can we just buy an upgrade or something? i don't wanna pay full price for something i already have plus a little extra
Nice. Looking forward to playing it again!
@bruhman Hey, I don't have a social life. I need this!
"quality of life changes"
That's enough for me to wait for the Royal edition (reminds me of FFXV for some reason) to play P5.
This is all sounding good. The school councillor confidant is going to be interesting given certain story events.
Either way, this is turning out golden.
Have fun guys, I already put 95 hours into the original and I'm not doing it again lol.
@munkondi We do indeed.
Sounds like I might be waiting until this is released to play Persona 5.
@ShogunRok As someone who has put in almost 200 hours on persona 5 and got the platinum trophy do you think there is any hint of the additional stuff being offered as paid dlc?
Its frustrating to know that all this lovely bonus content is closed off to me unless I buy the game again for the full price
I am gonna platinum this game
I got the platinum on 5, but I already want it mooooore!
@MonkeyDLuffy19 I seriously doubt it, unfortunately. I think it's nailed on that this will be an entirely new release.
There's been no official confirmation yet, but again, I just can't see it.
I feel like I read somewhere the ps4 pro boost was 4K of some kind. Not sure where I saw it on Twitter.
Also, not sure how that third semester is gonna work. Guess I’ll trust them?
@ShogunRok Yeah I had a feeling : ( thanks for the information.
@Kidfried Yes you might as well wait persona 5 is a very time consuming game so if you have played a persona game before you know what you are getting involved in lol
The additional semester is an interesting bonus also if you have never played a persona game before make sure you look at beginners tips and recommendations this is what I did for 5 even though I had played persona 3 and 4. Sadly some social links are better than others and you wont know unless you do some research which is a frustrating thing in persona games in general.
Sweet. I’m glad it’s far out as be more inclined to play it then. My only requirement is that new game plus works here. I have to have that. I’m scared of the game’s new length though. But hey, maybe I’ll get through the dungeons quicker.
Just as ffxv, witcher 3, ni no kuni 2, dq11, witcher 3, all soulsborne, etc, etc, being late to the party is the way to go. Patched and all dlc included.
Good, bring it on, I still not played my persona 5 copy so I’ll play this instead
So is it just disc based or will it be DLC as well?
After looking at the trailer and reading this, I'm definitely excited. Already loved P5 as is, this might make it my favorite PS4 game!
lol not a chance i will re-buy and play through a 100 hour game twice. this should be $15-20 dlc update for those who own the vanilla version for those who want it.
I’m hoping will have the option to either use our old save data or start in the third semester. I don’t particularly want to play 90 hours of a game I’ve already played in order to get to the new stuff. But I may be ready to revisit persona in 2020 anyway.
Day one. Already played it three times and I will happily do it again with more content. The longer it is, the better, honestly.
@ztpayne7 Yeah, this is my only concern. I love how the game resolved and worry that adding some big final mission might change the tone of the ending for the worse. But the final mission of P4G was great, so I guess I'll join you in trusting them to get it right!
Hopefully Sony doesn’t censor it.
@thatguyEZ Censor what? It’s not as if Ryuji was a serial wife-beater or Morgana made dodgy porn in that attic.
This seems to have everything we wanted. Good stuff, Atlus!
Atlus, just stop playing and just give me a Western release date, I'm already there.
Edit: just saw the trailer and GODDAMN THIS NEEDS TO COME OUT ALREADY
@nessisonett Knowing them I wouldn’t be surprised if they cut the beach episode out. Given that in a light it can be seen as putting minors in a sexual situation.
@thatguyEZ I’m not sure, in my experience beaches aren’t sexual unless you go to the wrong one on holiday 😉
@nessisonett Sure, I’m just illustrating that I now have to ask if every game will be censored since this crackdown began. Will Yakuza be censored? What about Fate? I really would have rather they just left it up to the ratings board so devs wouldn’t be actively leaving companies because of this policy.
@thatguyEZ I'm with you on this matter. I can totally see them cutting some specific parts of the original game out. Reach out to Sony, talk to them. That's the only thing we can do.
So they're doing a Pokémon, and releasing DLC as a whole separate game?
@Zukato What would be censored? The games biggest fanservice is bikini’s on a beach. The romance isn’t even sexual.
@Jaz007 Play through the first 10 hours of the game again with your question in mind. You'll be very surprised at how censorship could've been applied during multiple parts of Persona 5 easily, just because of the fact that they are underage. There are several layers to what these people are looking at. Fanservice may be the pillar, but it's certainly not the be-all and end-all.
@Zukato I'm doubtful because they used silhouettes and it's clearly meant to be disgusting and not titillating. Everything Sony has censored has always had some definite intention for the latter.
I would like to go to the beach with Makato that would be great just me and her. Btw she is the best girl in the game.
@Jriibz I hope it comes out for ps4. I feel sorry for people who spent or trade their regular ps4 because they could be saving up for a ps5. Let's hope that it comes out for ps4 tho.
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