‘Persona 5’ spin-off sport ‘The Phantom X’ will get shock announcement

Black Wings Recreation Studio has revealed Persona 5: The Phantom X, a free sport that’s set in the identical universe as Persona 5.

Set to launch as a free sport for PC and cellular platforms, Persona 5: The Phantom X will observe one other scholar in Tokyo who positive aspects entry to highly effective Persona talents.

Persona 5: The Phantom X has been created by Chinese language developer Black Wings Recreation Studio (a subsidiary of Excellent World Video games), however Persona Central has reported that mainline Persona developer Atlus was concerned with improvement.

Whereas a full launch date is but to be introduced, a public check is scheduled for March 29. Nonetheless, it’s but to be confirmed whether or not Persona 5: The Phantom X will launch with English localisation.

Many facets of the spin-off will look acquainted to Persona 5 followers — the sport’s first trailer exhibits that quite a lot of areas from the 2016 sport will return, together with Shibuya, the batting cages, and Mementos.

Likewise, Persona 5: The Phantom X hits a lot of the identical beats that 5 did. The primary gameplay trailer exhibits the protagonist attending college and managing his social life whereas combating Shadow monsters in Tokyo’s metaverse realm.

Although the primary solid of p will cameo in The Phantom X, the story will observe a separate group of Phantom Thieves. Feline companion Morgana has been swapped out for a mysterious speaking owl, whereas protagonist Marvel is joined by second-year highschool scholar Awilda.

Marvel has been designed by Shigenori Soejima, who served as artwork director for Persona 3 earlier than working as a personality designer for 4 and 5.

In 2021, Soejima celebrated the fifth anniversary of Persona 5 by sharing a brand new illustration of the sport’s protagonist, Joker.

Again in January, we awarded 4 stars to Persona 3 and 4, which debuted on Xbox shortly after the arrival of Persona 5.

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