Persona 5 Royal (ペルソナ5 ザ・ロイヤル, Perusona 5 Za Roiyaru?), alternatively known as P5R and called Persona 5: The Royal in Japan, is a role-playing video game developed by Atlus' P-Studio and an enhanced version of the previously released Persona 5 video game, making it the overall sixth game in the Persona video game series, which is in itself a spin-off of the more widely known Megami Tensei role-playing video game series primarily developed by Atlus and currently owned by Sega.
Persona 5 Royal is featured in the Final Fantasy series as part of a collaboration with War of the Visions: Final Fantasy Brave Exvius which debuted in the game's Japanese version in December 12th of 2021, introducing several characters, Vision Cards, and equipment related to the game. The collaboration is noteworthy for being the rare case of an initiative that doesn't involve a franchise owned or related to Square Enix. It is also the overall second video game collaboration in the Final Fantasy Exvius Universe to have this trait, after Monster Hunter in 2016 in the Japanese version of Final Fantasy Brave Exvius.
Featured units[]
- Joker (ジョーカー): The silent, unnamed protagonist (named Ren Amamiya or Akira Kurusu in various media) and a student at Shujin Academy. He is described as a normally quiet and silent, but courageous young man with a strong sense of justice and with the heart of a rebel who doesn't conform with rigid and unjust societal norms and impositions and is steadfast on his resolve to oppose injustice. He is represented by the Fool Arcana and uses knives and pistols.
- Queen (クイーン): The identity used by Makoto Niijima. The Student Council President of Shujin Academy she is despised by her fellow alumni due to believing her to be a figurehead who does nothing for the students. In truth she is deeply angered and frustrated over her downright inability to do anything meaningful, but changes after meeting the Phantom Thieves of Hearts and vows to fight, no longer being content with fitting with societal role model norms. She is represented by the Priestess Arcana and is a martial artist. She fights through a mix of hand to hand combat, magic and can use firearms.
- Violet (ヴァイオレット): The identity used by Sumire Yoshizawa and a character exclusive to Persona 5 Royal, she is a skilled gymnast first year at Shujin Academy. Although a cheerful and friendly person on the outside, Yoshizawa suffers from a suicidal inferiority complex in relation to her older sister, causing her to act like her as a defense mechanism. Upon encountering the Phantom Thieves of Hearts, she reconciles with herself developing more confidence and resolve. She is represented by the Faith Arcana and fights using a Rapier and a Rifle.
Feautured Enemies[]
- Shadow Kamoshida (認知存在・カモシダ): The Shadow Self of Suguru Kamoshida, the volleyball coach of Shujin Academy. A former successful Olympic Athlete, Kamoshida is a power drunk, physically and emotionally abusive pervert who harrasses the entire student body to exercise his power with impunity. He is represented by the sin of lust due to sexually chasing female students, morphing into the demon Asmodeus a giant, semi-naked pink monstrosity in regal clothing. He holds a trophy with several naked female representations inside, and uses a knife and fork both as both weapons and tools to consume the females within his trophy. A representation of Ann Takamaki, the latest object of his lust is within a cup of wine he drinks to empower himself. He can also summon a volleyball ball and perform a collossally powerful spike.
- Shadow Kaneshiro (認知存在・カネシロ): The Shadow self of Junya Kaneshiro, a mafia don and con-man who built a criminal enterprise through blackmail and scams. An initially poor man, he engaged in fraudulent activity in order to rise money for himself and indulge himself in hedonism. His target of preference is teenagers whom he believes easily swayed and exploitable to sustain his riches. He is represented by the sin of gluttony, as he seeks money as a means to squander it for self-pleasure, and morphs into the demon Bael, a purplish, fly humanoid version of himself in a business suit. His abilities revolve around hiring thugs to fight for him, buff through granting "rewards" and raining down excessive amounts of money for damage.
- Shadow Niijima (認知存在・ニイジマ): The Shadow self of Sae Niijima and sister of Queen. A deeply frustrated woman, and embittered prosecutor, she is obsessed with victory and has engaged in prosecutorial malpractice, by charging innocent people of crime as a means to get ahead on her career. She is represented by the sin of envy, as she is jealous of her sister's freedoms while she is overburdened by work and made to be part of a corrupt system. She morphs into the demon Leviathan a tall, armored beast who equips a large blade and gattling gun, presiding over a casino with rigged games. As a reflection of her unhinged need for victory, she employs cheap and dirty tactics like granting herself several buffs, while using highly debilitating debuffs.
Gallery[]
- Artwork
- Bosses
- Vision Cards
