Good news to all "Persona" fans! It looks like that you'll be able to get the new game installment before the year ends. This, following reports revealing the game's official release.
Youth Health has reported that Atlus has finally revealed when will its new "Persona 5" arrive -- "any time between October and December this year." And that's already for both Japan and North America.
Persona Central said that the new piece of information was sourced through the latest financial report of Sega Sammy.
If you look into the financial report, you would see that SEGA is slated to release four games for their first and second quarters of the 2016 fiscal year, translating to between April and September 2015. These games are "Hatsune Miku: Project Mirai Deluxe" which is scheduled for May 28; "Stella Glow" set for June 4; "Alien Isolation" on June 11; and "Persona 4: Dancing All Night" on June 25.
"This means that Persona 5 is included in the full year forecasts for the number of titles planned for release in Japan, and it will not release before September. SEGA's fiscal year 2016 fourth quarter represents January, February and March 2016. Therefore, unless Persona 5 has once again been delayed into the next year in Japan-and they've recently stated that Persona 5 is still planned for a fiscal year 2016 release-it will be releasing during FY 2016 Q3, or between October and December 2015," Persona Central argued.
Sounds plausible. What do you think? Should Atlus release this earlier? Or should it stick with its plan?
"Persona 5" director Katsura Hashino earlier spoke about the upcoming game. Here is what he said (as translated by Siliconera):
"For this game, we're going with a challenge that fuses together a juvenile school setting that is as large as life, together with a picaresque romance. In the previous game, we wrote a story that involved having a justice group chase down a bad guy that could easily be feared by just about anyone.
"This time, it's about a group of high school students that are being "chased" by unexpected occurrences due to the justice they believe in. We're writing [the story] to convey a thrilling everyday life in the shoes of these characters, that are as large as life, in this juvenile school setting.
"We, the team, are working together as we advance through development so you can enjoy something with evolved graphics and sound, along with party members that are just a tad bit more ill-behaved than what you've been used to up until now.
"We all have so many feelings that are going into this title. While this is a product by Atlus that is known for its individualistic side, some say that a strong personality can break away from common rules and models... so it can be seen as a nuisance as well.
Watch the game's official trailer below: