Persona 5 Royalisn’t even out yet and the game is already getting multiple collaboration events. There was one withIdentity V, which I didn’t cover as I lacked the time to do so (and I don’t care much about that game). At Tokyo Game Show 2019, Sega and Atlus announced anotherPersona 5 Royalcollaboration, this time with Square Enix’sStar Ocean Anamnesis.
Square Enix revealed thePersonacollab during theStar Oceanstage event on the last day of TGS. Right after the announcement was made, Yusuke’s seiyuu Tomokazu Sugita was invited on stage(timestamp)and here’s the first thing he said:
Sugita:P5Rgetting into another game before release reminds me of how they decided to includeG GundaminShin Super Robot Taisenbefore it even started airing. Or was itGundam Wing? I don’t remember anymore. I should just shut up.
It was indeed actuallyGundam Wing.While the series had finished airing by the timeShin Super Robot Taisenreleased, Banpresto started developing the game and addedWingbefore it aired.
Sugita kept going on with the jokes when reading Joker’s profile, adding “Joker is trash living in an attic. He’s a womanizer, the worst kind of guy. Also, the attic is in a café owned by an old guy with a really cool voice”.
Anyway.Persona 3’s Makoto Yuki,Persona 4’s Yu Narukami (the “emperor of collabs” according to Sugita),Persona 5 Royal’s Joker, Futaba, and Kasumi will all be joiningStar Ocean Anamnesis.Star Ocean 2’s Rena is also getting aPersonathemed version. They said it’s the first time they’re making aStar Oceancharacter wear a costume from a collab series. Yusuke won’t be playable, but he’ll appear in the collab’s story, which was written by Atlus. They also gave Rena aPersonacostume in reference to how Sugita is voicing her brother figure Dias.
They also mentioned there are no spoilers regarding Kasumi, “except the fact that she has a really nice voice” according to Sugita, so you should play the game without worries.
They also showed a short ingame video featuring Joker. and another one showingMakoto and Yu.They also playeda message from Aoi Yuuki.She explained how even if Futaba doesn’t actually fight herself, you’ll be able to use her in battle inAnamnesis. And you’ll need to play the game to get why.
The collab event will start in October. The stage event also included amini live by Lotus Juice and DJ WakawithPersonaandStar OceanOSTs.
Persona 5 Royalgot some live gameplay at TGS 2019 played by Joker’s seiyuu Jun Fukuyama. Hideo Kojima also announcedSugita is inDeath Stranding. A remake of the firstStar Oceangameis launching this December.The previous coolAnamnesiscollab I had the time to write about wasthe one was withSakura Taisen,and you may read all about the newSakura Taisengamehere.
Persona 5 Royallaunches on October 31 in Japan and in Spring 2020 in the west, on PS4.
Star Ocean Anamnesisis available on iOS and Android. Needless to say this all concerns the Japanese version of the game, as the English version will shut down on November 5, as it always happen with mobage’s English versions.
