This week’s Dengeki Live stream featured some new PS4 gameplay forPersona 5 Scramble The Phantom Strikers.While Atlus Producer Daisuke Kanada was present on stream and shared some comments, as far as I could tell, nothing particularly big was revealed. The one thing he mentioned we didn’t know yet is how you can go back to a certain Jail even after clearing it. Unlike Palaces inPersona 5 (Royal), Jails don’t disappear after you clear them. This means there are no missable content inPersona 5 Scramble, and you can always go back to a previous Jail to clear sidequests you left behind.
We first saw some Okinawa exploration gameplay, with the characters in swimsuits as that’s where the beach event of the game is happening:
Later we saw some exploration of the Sapporo Jail, covered in ice. The party is Joker, Sophie/Sophia, Makoto, and Haru:
Lastly, we saw some mid-game gameplay, in the Okinawa Jail and in Hard Mode. That was to show how the game feels like in harder difficulties. Note that Hard isn’t the hardest difficulty available. The active party is Joker, Sophia/Sophie, Haru, and Ryuji:
Personally speaking, I believeP5Sfeels like an actual action RPG instead of the usualMusoustuff Omega Force and Koei Tecmo does. Plus, seeing it’s an actual sequel I’m much more hyped for it than I was forP5R. While I like the classicSangokuandSengoku Musouseries, I’ve always felt zero interest toward the licensed games, andP5Slooking so appealing is a first for me.
Persona 5 Scramblelaunches on February 20 in Japan, on PS4 and Switch.Pre-downloadfor the Switch’s digital version has started this week. Atlus West hasn’t announced the game yet but it’s not like it won’t come over. Meanwhile,Persona 5 Royallaunches on March 31 in the west on PS4, and it’ll most notably include translations in French, Spanish, Italian, and German. Only English was available in the original game so this is pretty nice. As a reminder, having aPersona 5 Royalsave will unlock BGMs inPersona 5 Scrambleon PS4, while having aSuper Smash Bros. Ultimatesave will unlock these BGMs on Switch.
You can read more onP5Swith our previous coverage. We’ve got thefirst trailer,which revealedP5Sis a sequel to the originalPersona 5and not toPersona 5 Royal, somecommercials,comments from the staff,morestaff comments through Famitsu, detailson the difficulty levels,somegameplay, the new artworks for the game, and details on the save unlocked BGMs.Lastly, we have thesecond trailer,which reveals some kind of Shadow Joker, and the game’sopening animation sequence,which revealed new character Zenkichi Hasegawa joins the Phantom Thieves.
Next, we have the Morgana Travel Guide videos, each introducing gameplay, game systems, characters, and story details:Shibuya and profiles for Sophia, Zenkichi and Alice,Sendai and an explanation of the Jails and the Band System,Sapporo and an explanation of the Velvet Room,Okinawa and the cooking system, sidequests and hacking battles.The final Morgana Travel Guide stream will happen next week.
You can also check out the character-focused trailers:Joker,Sophia/Sophie,Ryuji,Morgana,Anne,Yusuke,Makoto, and Haru
