At this rate, we’ll see the entire game before launch
Atlus, never ever ones to hold their cards to their chest, has released footage of the prologue from the upcomingPersona 5 Royal,letting us see the debut of new girl Kasumi Yoshizawa some six months or so before the game hits western shores.
The footage comes from the non-succinctly titled “Let’s Players Gathering!Persona 5 RoyalNewcomer Preparation Special” live stream, which took place at the weekend, and features the famous opening to the 2017 RPG, which sees Joker attempting to escape the casino palace after a heist gone awry. A new scene sees our new hero drop in battle to help the Phantom Thief out, taking out enemies with a rapier and a blaze of balletic gunfire. Once this battle is done, the escape scene continues as normal.
In theory, crowbarring scenes of an entirely new character into a pre-written, pre-existing story is, frankly, kinda messy and not good for the flow of a narrative. But hopefully, Kasumi’s inclusion is smartly integrated throughout the entire game, as Joker failing to acknowledge her existence – outside of Kasumi’s specific scenes – would make for very weird storytelling.
Persona 5 Royallaunches on PS4 in Japan October 31, before heading west in spring 2020.
