Persona 5 Getting Free-to-Play Mobile Spin-Off Featuring New Characters, Mascot
Publisher Perfect World and developer Black Wings have announced Persona 5: The Phantom X for iOS and Android. A free-to-play game with in-app purchases, playtest A new Persona 5 spinoff will launch in China on March 29th.
Phantom X has exactly the same style and gameplay as Persona 5, but the game’s user experience is tailored for mobile gamers. Atlus oversees the development of the game.
Persona 5: Phantom X follows a new group of Phantom Thieves and focuses on the theme of “desire”. Like in Persona 5, Phantom X’s protagonist can participate in classes during class and engage in activities such as watching movies and playing baseball. After school, the new Phantom Thieves can infiltrate the Metaverse and its attached palace.
brand new Gameplay trailer releasedIt features Lyn’s song “Life Will Change” from Persona 5. Designed by Atlus’ Shigenori Soejima, the protagonist uses a singular pistol in combat, while the now-unnamed Persona uses his two shotguns with hook grooves on the ends. There’s also what appears to be two female Phantom Thieves, one with a crossbow and his other with a rifle.
While Persona 5’s mascot was Morgana, the black cat, Phantom X’s animal mascot is an owl wielding dual tonfas as her weapon of choice. There are also familiar characters like Igor, as well as what appears to be the new attendant of the Velvet Room.
In many ways, it basically looks the same as the original game, with the addition of some new characters.
The Persona 5: Phantom X release date has yet to be announced. Atlus hasn’t announced any big upcoming projects so far this year, other than the Etrian Odyssey Origins Collection, and Project Re: Fantasy is still in development.
Persona 5 first released in North America in 2017 to wide acclaim and a new generation of fans. Persona 3 Portable, Persona 4 Golden, and Persona 5 Royal have all recently been re-released on modern platforms, making fans curious about what’s next in the series.
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