Atlus Breaks the Shackles on Persona 5, Reveals Protagonist

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Atlus Breaks the Shackles on Persona 5, Reveals Protagonist

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The star of Persona 5 quietly rides a train in Atlus' Persona 5 trailer; the game will release on PS4 and PS3 in 2015.

Atlus released an animated trailer yesterday for Persona 5, the next Persona game after a long line of Persona 4 spinoffs. At the end of this trailer, Atlus announced Persona 5 will not be a PS3 exclusive, nor will it be coming out this holiday, as originally anticipated. [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/129936-Persona-5-Announced-For-PS3] The game will be available to play on both the PS3 and the PS4 in 2015.

The unnamed protagonist of Persona 5 quietly rides a train, getting off in Shibuya at the iconic, busy crosswalk. Time suddenly stops, a sign that his life is going to take a drastic turn.

With his glasses and shaggy, dark hair, some Japanese fans have nicknamed the Persona 5 protagonist "Potter." [http://kotaku.com/the-persona-5-protagonist-has-a-very-appropriate-nickna-1629454205]

Atlus has not confirmed a localization for Persona 5 yet. The game has been delayed from Winter 2014 to 2015 in Japan, but now the game has also been confirmed for PS4.

The official Persona 5 site [http://persona5.jp/] has also been updated with a new image of one of the shackles on the row of chairs being broken. So far, much of the imagery surrounding the game has had a chain motif around the theme of slavery and emancipation.

Source: Atlus (YouTube) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Y5U8n4Ie3I]


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[go-10]

hmmm... so?

am I the only one that sees this?

 

[Shocksplicer]

He looks like the Persona 3 Protagonist stole the Persona 4 Protagonist's glasses and forgot to get a haircut and no I don't really have a point here do I...

 

[Fappy]

Persona 5 was planned for a holiday 2014 release? I thought it had always been holiday 2015. Anyway, I like the look of the protag. Can't wait to see more!

 

[Someone Depressing]

Soejima's art style is gorgeous, as always.

And as usual, Atlus serves as a lighthouse in the clusterfuck that is gaming's current state. Good to see that's not changing.

 

[Kaimax]

Look, it's the boy who lived.
All the Jokes about P5 right now is how he looks like Harry.. lol

 

[kael013]

Alright, a new Persona game! Dude looks like a lady, but I'm not complaining; I'm tired of the (hopefully dying) trend of grizzled guys dominating the protagonist place.

 

[antigodoflife]

Looks good, I tried playing Persona 3 a while back, couldn't stand the music so I stopped playing pretty early on.

I heard Persona 4 was a lot better than 3 unfortunately I still haven't been able to play it, so just like 4, if Persona 5 has some a tolerable OST, I will definitely give it a go.

 

[ZiggyE]

As far as I'm aware, it hasn't been confirmed this character is the protagonist, though do correct me if I'm wrong. It's also worth noting that the chain is only broken on the chair on the far right. If these chairs represent characters, then wouldn't the center chair most likely be the protagonist? It's possible Atlus will release trailers showing different core characters from now until TGS and then show the protagonist (and thus break the chain on the middle chair) during TGS.

That's just speculation though, but I might have something to back it up. When P4 Arena 2 was released, a new character named Sho was released. People went digging through the game files and found that the character data in game labelled Sho as "P5HERO". Image below.

Spoiler

But yeah, no one from Atlus or Sony has come out and said this character is the protagonist. I think people might be jumping the gun simply because he's the first new character we've seen.

Also Persona 5 was confirmed for localisation some months ago. Here's the Atlus USA website. http://www.atlus.com/persona5/

 

[Irridium]

hmmm... so?

am I the only one that sees this?

I was thinking more along the lines of this.

 

[VanQ]

Oh look, a Persona 5 article only about 48hours after the rest of the internet heard about it.

As far as I'm aware, it hasn't been confirmed this character is the protagonist, though do correct me if I'm wrong. It's also worth noting that the chain is only broken on the chair on the far right. If these chairs represent characters, then wouldn't the center chair most likely be the protagonist? It's possible Atlus will release trailers showing different core characters from now until TGS and then show the protagonist (and thus break the chain on the middle chair) during TGS.

That's just speculation though, but I might have something to back it up. When P4 Arena 2 was released, a new character named Sho was released. People went digging through the game files and found that the character data in game labelled Sho as "P5HERO". Image below.

Spoiler

But yeah, no one from Atlus or Sony has come out and said this character is the protagonist. I think people might be jumping the gun simply because he's the first new character we've seen.

Also Persona 5 was confirmed for localisation some months ago. Here's the Atlus USA website. http://www.atlus.com/persona5/

This is what I was thinking. I'm still holding out for a female protagonist. I think after 5 games with male leads (Persona 3 Portable isn't canon, unfortunately) that the Persona series is finally due for a canon FeMC.

 

[ZiggyE]

As far as I'm aware, it hasn't been confirmed this character is the protagonist, though do correct me if I'm wrong. It's also worth noting that the chain is only broken on the chair on the far right. If these chairs represent characters, then wouldn't the center chair most likely be the protagonist? It's possible Atlus will release trailers showing different core characters from now until TGS and then show the protagonist (and thus break the chain on the middle chair) during TGS.

That's just speculation though, but I might have something to back it up. When P4 Arena 2 was released, a new character named Sho was released. People went digging through the game files and found that the character data in game labelled Sho as "P5HERO". Image below.

Spoiler

But yeah, no one from Atlus or Sony has come out and said this character is the protagonist. I think people might be jumping the gun simply because he's the first new character we've seen.

Also Persona 5 was confirmed for localisation some months ago. Here's the Atlus USA website. http://www.atlus.com/persona5/

This is what I was thinking. I'm still holding out for a female protagonist. I think after 5 games with male leads (Persona 3 Portable isn't canon, unfortunately) that the Persona series is finally due for a canon FeMC.

I really wouldn't get your hopes up. The core demographic that the Persona games appeal to in Japan is male.

Also, there was one Persona game with a canon female protagonist. Maya was the protagonist of P2EP.

 

[VanQ]

I really wouldn't get your hopes up. The core demographic the Persona games appeal to in Japan is male.

Also, there was one Persona game with a canon female protagonist. Maya was the protagonist of P2EP.

Oh, I'm well aware that it's highly unlikely. It's still nice to dream. And you're right. I forgot about Maya because I haven't actually played Eternal Punishment since my modded PS1 broke. Ironically, my original PSX still works though it's unmodded so I can't play EP on it. Still, that console has outlasted every single console that came after it.

 

[balladbird]

I really wouldn't get your hopes up. The core demographic the Persona games appeal to in Japan is male.

Also, there was one Persona game with a canon female protagonist. Maya was the protagonist of P2EP.

Oh, I'm well aware that it's highly unlikely. It's still nice to dream. And you're right. I forgot about Maya because I haven't actually played Eternal Punishment since my modded PS1 broke. Ironically, my original PSX still works though it's unmodded so I can't play EP on it. Still, that console has outlasted every single console that came after it.

if you have a PS3 or a vita, Eternal Punishment is for sale on the PSN, although it's, sadly, the original PS1 version, rather than the PSP remaster. :/

 

[Mister K]

hmmm... so?

am I the only one that sees this?

I was thinking more along the lines of this.

Holly hell! And considering that Vincent was in P3P (I think)... This may actually be true.

 

[PoolCleaningRobot]

Ah, I see Japan has finally upgraded to smart phones. I don't know why, but it always threw me off in p3 and p4 when they whipped out flip phones (even though those games came out in 2007 and 2009)

 

[ZiggyE]

Ah, I see Japan has finally upgraded to smart phones. I don't know why, but it always threw me off in p3 and p4 when they whipped out flip phones (even though those games came out in 2007 and 2009)

Flip phones were really popular in Japan back then, apparently.

 

[PoolCleaningRobot]

Ah, I see Japan has finally upgraded to smart phones. I don't know why, but it always threw me off in p3 and p4 when they whipped out flip phones (even though those games came out in 2007 and 2009)

Flip phones were really popular in Japan back then, apparently.

I read they were so popular in some Asian countries, Samsung released a flip phone with a quad core processor. Its a culture thing, but seeing teenagers with flip phones in modern times weirds me out. Its like if they used floppy disks instead of flashdrives