The latest news surrounding the highly anticipated Persona 5 while it's still on its way for release this coming winter for both Japan and US is that the upcoming title's gameplay including Phantom and two other protagonists were unveiled in an exclusive bonus disc that comes with pre-order for Persona 4: Dancing All Night game.
Master Herald reports, however, that the said Persona 5 gameplay trailer containing details of the game's thief hero and his companions were leaked and circulated online in Japan. in the leaked video, the game's new characters are revealed as regular high school students who become thieves at night and each one of them has their own 'persona', where the game basically got its name as well as its theme.
The main protagonist dubbed as Phantom is seen wearing a bird mask with various pistols and knives for weapons. Phantom is reportedly getting similar look with Arsene Lupin who is a popular classic thief.
The two characters are known as Ryuji Sakamoto and Anne Takamaki, Phantom's classmates. Based on the footage, Ryuji Sakamoto appears to use a skull mask as a form of disguise with weapons and shotguns while Anne Takamaki has a cat mask with a whip and machine guns.
Apart from the 3 characters is Morgana who can transform herself into a cat armed with swords and slingshots as weapons. Morgana is claimed to have connection with Seven Deadly Sins and one of the major characters in the storyline of the upcoming Persona 5 title.
Latino Post has quoted Persona 5 director Kastura Hashino revealing more about what the fans can expect from the game where he said, "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."
He went on adding, "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."
Also, Design and Trend adds that the said gameplay trailer has been fully translated for U.S. gamers noting that the clip was not meant to public viewing just yet but was retrieved from a scrapped content on YouTube. The said content reveals the same details as to the game's main characters including some new game mechanics.
Persona 5 is the fifth installment of the Persona franchise developed by P Studio and published by Atlus. The game arrives as an exclusive title for PlayStation consoles, PS4, PS3 and PS Vita before year-end both in Japan and North America.
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