Persona co-creator Kouji Okada has now officially announced his previously teased school RPG, which is being developed by Compile Heart.
Villion: Code, as reported by Gematsu, will launch on 25th May in Japan. There’s currently no word on a Western release, but we’d be shocked if this doesn’t make its way overseas eventually.
As we previously noted, this features character art by Russian illustration Ilya Kushinov, whose distinctive, vivid style is evident across the cast.
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The story setup is your standard JRPG fare: humanity is at the edge of extinction, monsters are roaming the world, and a group of teenagers are here to save the day.
Among the cast you’ll find a budding basketball player, a cosplayer, and a nerd. The battle system will revolve around co-operation between the protagonist and his partners.
One wrinkle is that each of the characters will be equipped with a Genome Arm, which enables them to swap out different weapons for a variety of combat styles. You can swap these in optimal moments in order to parry.
So, the narrative and gameplay seems fairly generic, then, but the style may appeal to fans who’ve been waiting patiently for Persona 6.