[PS3/PS4] Persona 5 - Primeiros detalhes

Details include a profile for the protagonist, information about his first Persona, and an interview with the game’s staff. The magazine itself has new screenshots, too.
Get the details below.

Staff

• Director: Katsura Hashino
  
• Character Designer: Shigenori Soejima
  
• Composer: Shoji Meguro
  

Characters

• Protagonist – A second year high school student who moves to the big city in the spring. He lives with his parents’ friends at their coffee shop on the outskirts. He and his friends share common ground in having lost a place to live before.
  
• Arsene (Persona) – The protagonist’s exclusive Persona. Whether it’s connected to the well-known thief is unknown.
  

Sound Change

The previously mentioned sound change (“The sound characters make when summoning Personas is no longer a ‘ka!’ but rather a ‘buchi!'”) applies to cut-ins in general, not just Persona summons.

Katsura Hashino (Producer and Director) Interview Tidbits

• The first five bullets are repeats of the interview excerpt we covered last week, so they have been cut from this summary.
  
• Unlike the heroes of Persona 3 and Persona 4, the protagonist of Persona 5 has a problem of some sort that, if not faced down, could spell big trouble in the future. The scene in the trailer where he appears to be a prisoner is a “mental prison,” so to speak.
  
• The protagonist meets other two characters and cat creature in the trailer at the beginning of the game. The other two have their own life problems as well, and cat creature is mysterious, can transform, and is key to storyline.
  
• The characters sliding around in the anime bit in the trailer was suggested by the anime director. (Production I.G is confirmed to be the studio behind Persona 5‘s anime scenes.)
  
• The battle system is still turn-based, but is said to have a lot of changes to make it feel better to play and enjoy.
  
• Lots of Personas are being rendered in high-definition for the first time, making it a grueling production process on that end.
  
• Hashino is choosing to remain quiet about why Personas are appearing as actual enemies and where the protagonist has his fights. There are reasons behind those details, though.
  
• There are indeed randomly generated elements, but major places in the storyline are designed to play up the burglary motif and have special gimmicks.
  
• Each character has a distinct gun for their long distance weapon, though short range ones are present, too. They aren’t actual guns, but for reasons, they remain effective as weapons in combat.
  
• Working with sympathizers around town (the original Japanese literally uses “cooperation” like in the menu) is advantageous in some way for combat.
  
• Social Link-esque features will be discussed later, but will have new twists while still serving to power things up.
  

Shigenori Soejima (Character Designer) Interview Tidbits

• The protagonist’s seemingly docile nature is a profound ruse.
  
• The logo design is meant to play up on the youth ensemble nature of the plot and its cast, conveying a sense of speed and dynamism.
  
• Arsene, meanwhile, is designed to be a little more old-school, including his name, though making the whole thing come together and look stylish with that sort of constraint wasn’t without its share of challenges. Its cape / wings are meant to portray the image of a thief who lurks around places where normal people don’t belong.
  

Read more at http://gematsu.com/2015/02/persona-5-protagonist-first-persona-detailed-famitsu#lt7KQ5VpbCo45qYT.99

Find our summary of new information below. It’s worth noting that given these magazines work with publishers to issue this information, anytime the magazine “speculates” something, it’s likely just public relations speak in disguise.

• Protagonist - The article kicks off with the headline, “Steal back the future!” The protagonist gains his Persona after a certain incident unfolds and confronts a great darkness enveloping the city.
  
• Story – The protagonist and friends attend Shujin Academy, a private high school. (The name is a play on the Japanese word for prisoner, shuujin.)
  
• Setting - Gameplay predominantly takes place in Shibuya. As those who read Japanese may have already spotted in the trailer, the name is rendered in kanji on the signs during the subway station scene, making it plausible the game takes place in Tokyo proper. The atmosphere of the game will feature elements to give it the feeling of big city life, like packed train platforms full of commuters.
  
• Awakening - The magazine “theorizes” that the scene with blue flames enveloping the protagonist in last week’s trailer is him awakening to his Persona and another side of himself that’s greatly different from his public demeanor. Blue flames are believed to turn into masks.
  
• Lesson (Classes) - Student life alive and well, and calendar and weather systems also return.
  
• Prisoner - The prison motif seen in the trailer is believed to be in relation to Picaresque Romance motif Hashino discussed earlier.
  
• Hideout - Judging by appearance, it is likely that it’s the cafe the protagonist lives in.
  
• Student by Day, Thief by Night - Nights are for dungeon crawling as cast puts on their masks, seemingly in search of a specific something to steal.
  
• Sneak - As in Persona 3 and Persona 4, battles use a symbol encounter system, meaning you can see enemies on screen and engage in battle by colliding into them. Players can avoid enemy contact by sneaking around in order to proceed, though.
  
• All-Out Attack - The gang-up footage in trailer is confirmed to be return of the All-Out Attack system. It likely still relies on exploiting enemy weaknesses to trigger.
  
• Mask – Characters wear their masks during dungeon crawling, and they’re likely a key item story-wise during those segments, too.
  
• Cooperation - The magazine speculates that the Cooperation menu option is the system replacing Social Links involving getting closer to allies.
  
• Arsene - The protagonist’s Persona. It has black wings and red getup.
  
• Sound - Shoji Meguro’s soundtrack is set to be acid jazz this time around.