Persona 5 is a 2016 role-playing video game developed by Atlus.
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35 Facts About Persona 5
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Persona 5 is the sixth installment in the Persona series, which is part of the larger Megami Tensei franchise.
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An enhanced version featuring new content, Persona 5 Royal, was released for the PlayStation 4 in Japan in October 2019 and worldwide in March 2020, published by Atlus in Japan and North America and by franchise owner Sega in Europe and Australia.
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Persona 5 was developed by P-Studio, an internal development studio within Atlus led by game director and producer Katsura Hashino.
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Persona 5 won several awards and has been cited as one of the greatest role-playing video games of all time, with praise given to its visual presentation, gameplay, story, and music.
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Persona 5 is a role-playing video game where the player takes on the role of a male high school student, codenamed Joker, who lives out a single year while attending school in modern-day Tokyo.
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Persona 5 can perform part-time jobs and pursue leisure activities or create battle items.
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The number of days a Persona 5 must remain to gain strength lessens based on its arcana strength.
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Persona 5 takes place within the Persona universe, revolving around a group of high school students who harness Personas, physical manifestations of their inner psyche.
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Persona 5 is sent to Tokyo to stay with family friend Sojiro Sakura and attend Shujin Academy during his year-long probation.
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Persona 5 would be Hashino's last game in the series as the leader of P-Studio, as he would afterwards form a separate internal team called Studio Zero.
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The Negotiation system for Persona 5 was tied into the origins of Shadows as suppressed psyches within the Collective Unconscious.
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In contrast to Persona 4, which has a general deformed look due to the PlayStation 2's hardware limitations on the variety of body shapes, the technology available to the team for Persona 5 enabled unique customization for all relevant character models.
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Persona 5 marked the first time a large number of Personas had been rendered in high definition, something which proved a grueling challenge for the team.
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Persona 5 wanted to make the game more "thematically approachable" for newcomers to the series, and to be an emotional experience that left its audience with a strong sense of catharsis and the inspiration to take on problems in their lives.
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Narrative of Persona 5 was designed like an omnibus, with the antagonists pursued by the party changing regularly.
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Joker's initial Persona 5 was originally the German demon Mephistopheles, but was changed to Arsene as the latter character better fit the game's themes.
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Soejima designed the logo to convey the high-speed existences of the young cast, while elements such as Joker's Persona 5 Arsene were designed to appear old-fashioned by comparison.
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Persona 5's solution was to imagine him as the type of person who made plans but did not share them with others.
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The Persona 5 designs, being based on characters from literature, were intended to evoke both familiarity and surprise from players.
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Persona 5 was the first time Production I G had worked on the series, though many staff at the studio were fans.
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The scene where Joker first summons his Persona 5 was requested by Atlus to appear "wild", which was difficult as Joker's purpose is as an extension of the player.
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The blue flame effects related to the Persona 5 were not created with CGI, but hand-drawn by the animators.
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Persona 5 wanted to make the music sound more realistic than previous entries, aiming to match the visuals.
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Persona 5 was first announced with a teaser trailer in November 2013, alongside spin-off games Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth, Persona 4: Dancing All Night, and the PlayStation 3 port of Persona 4 Arena Ultimax.
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Localizing Persona 5 was described by Namba as a massive project with the largest staff yet dedicated to the series.
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Persona 5 has been cited as one of the greatest role-playing games of all time, receiving "universal acclaim" according to review aggregator Metacritic.
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IGNs Andrew Goldfarb said Persona 5 "stands out as an extraordinary, memorable experience and easily one of the deepest JRPGs of the last decade".
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Kenneth Shepard noted in Paste that the only characters to exist outside of the game's thoroughly heteronormative setting are a "lecherous" gay couple who are treated as a joke, which led him to conclude that Persona 5 sees gay men "at best as a joke and at worst something revolting to be feared".
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Persona 5 Royal received "universal acclaim" from critics, according to review aggregator Metacritic, garnering an even higher score than the original.
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Persona 5 Royal won the award for "Best Music" at the Famitsu Dengeki Game Awards 2019, where it was nominated for "Best RPG".
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