Persona 5 Mobile Spin-Off: New Characters and Mascot in Free-to-Play Game

Raymond McKinnon

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Perfect World, the publisher, and Black Wings, the developer announced Persona 5: The Phantom X for iOS and Android. The game is a free-to-play with in-app purchases. Playtests for the new Persona 5 spin-off will start on March 29 in China. The Phantom X follows a new group of Phantom Thieves and focuses on the theme of “desire.”

The game’s style and gameplay are exactly the same as in Persona 5. But the user experience will be tailored for mobile gamers. Atlus is supervising the game’s development.

Like in Persona 5, the protagonist in The Phantom X can participate in classes during the school day and do activities like watching movies and playing baseball. After school, the new Phantom Thieves can infiltrate the Metaverse and the accompanying Palaces.

A brand new gameplay trailer featuring Lyn’s song, “Life Will Change” from Persona 5 was released. Designed by Atlus’s Shigenori Soejima, the protagonist wields a singular pistol in battle, and his currently unnamed Persona wields two shotguns with hook grooves at the ends. There are also what appears to be two female Phantom Thieves, one wielding a crossbow and the other a rifle.

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The game’s animal mascot is an owl who wields dual tonfas as its weapon of choice. There are also some familiar characters, such as Igor. There’s also a brand new attendant in the Velvet Room. In many respects, it looks basically the same as the original game, but with a handful of new characters.

No release date has been announced for The Persona 5: Phantom X yet. Atlus hasn’t announced any big upcoming projects this year so far aside from the Etrian Odyssey Origins Collection, and Project Re: Fantasy is still in development. Persona 5 was first released in North America in 2017, earning widespread acclaim and a new generation of fans. Persona 3 Portable, Persona 4 Golden, and Persona 5 Royal were all re-released on modern platforms recently, so fans are eager to know what’s next for the series.

George Yang is a freelance writer for IGN who has been writing about the industry since 2019. Aside from IGN, he’s worked with other publications such as Insider, Kotaku, NPR, and Variety. When not writing about video games, George is playing them. Follow him on Twitter @Yinyangfooey.

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