Persona 5‘s user interface is so beautiful and distinctive that the internet is now plastering it on nearly everything as a joke.
In his review of the game, editor-at-large Kirk Hamilton says, āPersona 5 is one of the most stylish video games Iāve ever played. It restlessly pulses toward the corners of your TV screen, as if unable to contain its overabundance of verve. This game doesnāt run, it bounces, helped along by a giddy and unusually cohesive audio-visual aesthetic.ā
The battle menus in the dungeons have an especially kinetic feelāthey pulsate and react to every button you press, giving the player a sense of forward momentum as they beat up demons. Itās such a visually distinct style that plunking it on top of other media is just inherently funny.
After Twitter user Brent_Bento made a transparent version of the battle menu, thereās been a nonstop stream of new memes made with it.
People put it on top of other games, of course:
https://twitter.com/embed/status/851651303952482304
https://twitter.com/embed/status/851521864543457282
https://twitter.com/embed/status/851795373861556225
https://twitter.com/embed/status/851288752257253376
https://twitter.com/embed/status/851270012513861634
https://www.tumblr.com/maxalaatikko/159420909983/
But honestly, this menu works on anything. And I mean anything
https://twitter.com/embed/status/851259154480078848
https://twitter.com/embed/status/851248841596817409
https://twitter.com/embed/status/851245323192340485
https://twitter.com/embed/status/851585310303453184
https://www.tumblr.com/dodostad/159426347070/
https://www.tumblr.com/handsomezack/159442071264/
https://www.tumblr.com/maxalaatikko/159420559503/
https://www.tumblr.com/sounds-neet/159444469625/
https://www.tumblr.com/professorrenegade/159441031308/
https://www.tumblr.com/thathiddencat/159437393787/
Chris Person, video editor for Gizmodo Media Group and voice of Highlight Reel, has been having a lot of fun with this meme. God bless him.