Writer Excellent World and developer Black Wings have introduced Persona 5: The Phantom X for iOS and Android. A free-to-play sport with in-app purchases, playtests for the brand new Persona 5 spin-off will begin on March 29 in China.
The Phantom X’s fashion and gameplay is strictly the identical as in Persona 5, however the sport’s person expertise might be tailor-made for cellular players. Atlus is supervising the sport’s improvement.
Persona 5: The Phantom X follows a brand new group of Phantom Thieves and focuses on the theme of “want.” Like in Persona 5, the protagonist in The Phantom X can take part in courses in the course of the college day and do actions like watching films and enjoying baseball. After college, the brand new Phantom Thieves can infiltrate the Metaverse and the accompanying Palaces.
A brand-new gameplay trailer was launched, that includes Lyn’s tune, “Life Will Change” from Persona 5. Designed by Atlus’s Shigenori Soejima, the protagonist wields a singular pistol in battle, and his at present unnamed Persona wields two shotguns with hook grooves on the ends. There are additionally what seems to be two feminine Phantom Thieves, one wielding a crossbow and the opposite a rifle.
Whereas Persona 5’s mascot was the black cat Morgana, The Phantom X’s animal mascot is an owl who wields twin tonfas as its weapon of selection. There are additionally some acquainted characters, resembling Igor, in addition to what appears to be like to be a brand-new attendant within the Velvet Room.
In lots of respects, it appears to be like principally the identical as the unique sport, however with a handful of recent characters.
No launch date has been introduced for The Persona 5: Phantom X but. Atlus hasn’t introduced any massive upcoming initiatives this 12 months to date other than the Etrian Odyssey Origins Assortment, and Mission Re: Fantasy remains to be in improvement.
Persona 5 was first launched in North America in 2017, incomes widespread acclaim and a brand new era of followers. Persona 3 Moveable, Persona 4 Golden, and Persona 5 Royal had been all re-released on fashionable platforms lately, so followers are desperate to know what’s subsequent for the collection.
George Yang is a contract author for IGN. He is been writing concerning the trade since 2019 and has labored with different publications resembling Insider, Kotaku, NPR, and Selection.
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