Atlus and Koei Tecmo published a video interview with Koei co-founder Kou Shibusawa chatting about thePersonaseries andPersona 5 Scramble. He was supposedly interviewed by Morgana, who infiltrated Koei Tecmo’s headquarters. This is very similar to the video interview withMasahiro Sakurai we translatedback when Joker was announced inSuper Smash Bros. Ultimate.
Kou Shibusawa mentioned thePersonagame he played the most isPersona 4 Goldenon PlayStation Vita, with over 200 hours of playtime over 3 or 4 runs. InPersona 5games, his most favorite character is Anne because of how cool she is. His favorite male character is Ryuji because he’s the person Joker gets along the most with.
Next, Shibusawa chatted about thePersonaseries in general, and how it’s one of the RPGs series whose games are always fun from start to finish, with great battles systems and balancing, and how the stories are always surprising. He’s been playing the(Shin) Megami Tenseiseries since the nineties and he was really hyped whenPersona 5 Scramble’s project was decided.
Lastly, we got to see some gameplay from the first chapter ofPersona 5 Scramble, with the Phantom Thieves trying to change the heart of Alice Hiiragi:
You can check out our previous coverage onPersona 5 Scramblehere:P5Sfirst trailer,P5Ssecond trailer,trailers for Joker,Sophia/Sophie,Ryuji,Morgana,Anne,Yusuke,Makoto, Haru,andZenkichi.Futabavideo where she’s explaining the game. Next, we’ve got details onShibuya,Sapporo,Kyoto, Osaka,Sendai,Okinawa,theNew Game +.commercials,artworks, BGMs unlocked via save link withP5Ron PS4 andSmash Ultimateon Switch.Lastly, you can check out theopening animation sequence,acompilation of the Show Time attacks,and thefinal trailer.
Persona 5 Royal, coming out on March 31 in the west, also got a collaborationwithSword Art Onlinegames. Atlus is wonderingwhich games you’d like to see on Switchas well.
Persona 5 Scramble The Phantom Strikerslaunches on February 20 on PS4 and Switch in Japan. It wasn’t announced in the west yet. A demo is also available on theJapanese PSNandNintendo Eshop. A release commemoration stream(YouTube)will also be held on February 19, at 19:30 JST(Click here for time conversions).
