Persona

The Deadly Decisions of Persona 3

High school is tough and Persona 3 did a masterful job capturing the complexities of student life. Easily one of the best JRPGs I’ve played, the game gave players an extremely difficult choice near its end that still haunts me. With the New Year here, I thought it’d be interesting to revisit that choice and…

Persona 5 Cosplay Is On The Case

Here’s a Kotaku.com cosplay rule: if there’s good Persona 5 cosplay, it goes on the website. And this, here, is some very good Persona 5 cosplay. Ann is being cosplayed by Shirogane-sama, while photos are by pollypwnz

The Challenge Of Designing Two Of Persona 5’s Best Characters

Persona 5’s art book, now available in English, has some…interesting things to say about the design of a couple of the game’s best characters, Takemi and Kawakami. The book—which is incredible, by the way—is full of developer commentary, explaining the design process behind everything from the Phantom Thieves to the game’s boss battles. A lot…

In Defence of Persona 5’s Ryuji

Ryuji Sakamoto is the first friend you make in Persona 5, a fellow 16-year-old outcast at Shujin Academy. He’s loudmouthed, thoughtless, and has been the recipient of a significant amount of fan hate. I love him. I spent the first third of my Persona 5 playthrough waiting to hate Ryuji. I’d been watching for it…

Persona Q2 Announced For Nintendo 3DS

Atlus launched a teaser sign with the Persona 5 catchphrase “Take Your Heart” and theArsene top hat logo. Below that, it reads Persona Q2 and Nintendo 3DS. That’s about it! No word yet on when Persona Q2 will be released in Japan or internationally. The previous game brought together cuted-up versions of Persona 3 and…

Atlus Is Releasing Two New Persona Dancing Games

Atlus revealed that Persona 3 Dancing Moon Night and Persona 5 Dancing Star Night are headed to the PS4 and the Vita next spring in Japan. The release date for both is “Spring 2018,” and there’s no word if and when they’ll be released outside Japan. Have a look at their debut trailers below: Since…

There’s A Persona 5 Messaging App For Android

There’s an IM app available on the Play Store that will let you message just like the protagonist from Persona 5. It’s great, including everything from the swish animations to the colour-coded days of the week. Made by Nick Greenan, it’s free, though once you download it there’s the option of donating. And if you…

Persona 5 Gets A Small Change To Avoid Further Controversy In South Korea

When PlayStation Korea uploaded the Persona 5 title sequence for the game’s upcoming release in the country, fans noticed something: Ryuji Sakamoto’s shoes. As Record China reports, fans were upset that his shoes depicted a Rising Sun Flag motif. Obviously, due to historical associations Korean people have with that flag, there will certainly be greater…

Here Is A Fun Thing To Do If You’ve Finished Persona 5

Say you just spent 100 hours finishing Persona 5. You feel exhausted, satisfied, probably a little sad. Here’s something fun you can now do. WARNING!!! SPOILERS FOR PERSONA 5 OMG !!! Now that you’re done, think back to a million years ago when you first started the game. You played through the first half hour, named…

Persona 5 Confidants, Ranked

Persona 5 is a game entirely about making friends with magic teens and well-meaning (well, mostly) adults. Yet not all friends are created equal. In Persona 5, certain important figures are known as “Confidants”, and are the characters who you’re able to become close to—or at least form strong bonds with—and who over the course…

Here Come The Buffs

While we’ve seen a ton of Japanese Persona 5 cosplay, the game has been out long enough in the West now for a fresh wave to come rolling in. This is Sea Of Rabbitz as P5’s Futaba, with photos by The Will Box The costume and room decor are perfect! But that meal looks way…

Persona 5’s New Game Plus Is Great

I finished Persona 5 a few weeks ago and, unable to get my magical high school friends out of my head, decided I’d jump back in and give its New Game Plus mode a try. It’s not something I normally do with games, but I’m sure glad I did it here. I don’t usually bother…

Atlus Apologizes For Persona 5 Streaming Restrictions, Loosens Them

Earlier this month, Atlus warned streamers to not broadcast beyond an early point in the game, seemingly threatening content claims and strikes for anyone who defied their wishes. Today, Atlus is walking some of that back. Recognizing that Persona’s popularity can be partially attributed to streamers, Atlus says it has reconsidered how it will approach…

A slew of Persona 5 trademarks have been registered in Japan, including p5d.jp, p5u.jp, p5ag.jp and p5r.jp. Place your bets now for Persona 5 Dancing, Persona 5 Ultimax, Persona 5: After Golden and, uh, Persona 5 R…something? 

Persona 5’s Sexual Relationships Can Get Complicated

Most of the women available for romance in Persona 5 are your fellow high school students. But not all of them. PERSONA 5 STORY & RELATIONSHIP SPOILERS AHEAD Taking the role of a kid in his second year of high school—which in Japan would put the player at roughly 16-17 years old—Persona 5 surrounds you…

The Gentleman Thief Who Inspired Persona 5‘s Killer Look

Persona 5 stars a group of Phantom Thieves who go on heists to steal the twisted desires of targets in the land of Tokyo’s collective unconscious, the Metaverse. The main characters also get a costume change in these heists. Persona 5’s protagonist doesn’t talk in the game, but they say everything you need to know…

Real Life Should Have JRPG Victory Music

JRPG victory music is one of the best types of video game music. Every time you emerge from battle victorious, a familiar, stirring theme plays. I want that music to play in my everyday life. This post originally ran on 4/26/2012. Five years later, I’ve bumped it up and made a few edits, because Persona…

Stop Making Me Go To Bed, Persona 5, I’m A Big Boy

Here’s a bad thing about a very good video game: there are too many nights in Persona 5 where I want to go out on the town and improve myself and hang out with my sexy teen friends, but I’m not allowed, because a talking cat thinks I need some sleep. Here’s how it works:…

This Might Be Persona 5‘s Biggest Localization Fail [Update]

Persona 5, an otherwise wonderful game, definitely has some localization issues. You can find many examples of clunky writing and awkward translation decisions, but this one might be the biggest flub of them all, for a variety of reasons. Nathaniel Chapman, a senior encounter designer for World of Warcraft, pointed out the particular spot on…

Persona 5 Menus Make Everything Better

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, “Persona 5 is one of the most stylish video games I’ve ever played. It restlessly pulses toward the corners of your TV screen,…