Atlus has released another 'Morgana Report' video, detailing some of the new stuff that players will find in Persona 5 Royal. Alongside a smattering of fresh gameplay footage, the ten minute video highlights a handful of new systems, tweaks, and minor additions.
For starters, we get to see Yusuke and Ann's special team attack, or 'Show Time' attack, in action. We've broken down the rest of the video below, with the help of Gematsu's translation.
- Personas can have "traits" now, adding another layer of customisation. Traits can have different effects on a persona, and they can be carried over via fusion.
- There are now character accessories that grant specific skills for use in battle.
- Playing darts with your allies in the new Kichijoji area of the map increases the effectiveness of baton pass mechanic in combat. When performed, a baton pass can now have additional effects, like increased attack power or SP recovery. The latter could be a real game changer.
- There's a new shop in Kichijoji where you can sell unwanted armour. Doing so nets you points, and you can spend those points on what sounds like rare items or equipment.
- In the video, Morgana seems to suggest that the original story of Persona 5 won't be changed -- at least not in any significant way. It's unclear whether this just means that the overarching plot will be the same, or whether everything will be the same.

Are you looking forward to Persona 5 Royal? Don't let Morgana tell you what to do in the comments section below.
[source gematsu.com]
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Cool, i’ll watch this tonight. Or maybe I won’t. It’s out of my hands, really.
@kyleforrester87 So sad. You’ve been conditioned by Morgana to be devoid of any evening time autonomy whatsoever.
@Th3solution @kyleforrester87 Bed by 4pm
@kyleforrester87 Currently playing this now, Morgana(day structure) is a pain. Rented some dvds and think it took about a game month until I finally watched them. I was told my late fees where 32k but let off this once. Dared not bother since because God knows when the game will let me have the time to watch them.
Yeah see, this "story isn't going to change" thing worries me. You can't add a whole extra semester of content after the narrative climax of the game. That's like 25% more content at least.
Think of your favorite movie. Remember how awesome it ended? Assuming the movie you picked was about 3 hours long, imagine the movie dragged on for an additional hour after that awesome ending with the characters just doing normal, everyday things.
Unless they shift the game's climax tot he end of the new semester, in which case it should work ok...but it'll still need a bit of modification to shoehorn in another palace and party member. Which will still be a bit weird since all the game's palaces are the 7 deadly sins, and there's not an 8th one to play off of...
Anyway, love the game, looking forward to Royal, but still a bit worried it'll turn out worse somehow.
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