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Persona 5 Royal Game's 3rd Promo Video, Hero Character Video Streamed

Atlus began streaming the third promotional video and a character video for the Persona 5 Royal (Persona 5 The Royale in Japan) role-playing game on Friday. The character video highlights the game's hero, also known as Joker.

Promo Video #3

Joker Character Video

Atlus also began streaming a teaser video that reveals that it will share more information about Koei Tecmo Games, Omega Force, and its Persona 5 Scramble: The Phantom Strikers game for Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4 on October 24. The video reveals that "the thieves leave Tokyo and invade Japan" and teases locations such as Shibuya, Sapporo, Sendai, Osaka, and Okinawa.

Persona 5 Royal will launch for the PlayStation 4 in Japan on October 31. The game will then launch in the Americas, Europe, and Asia in 2020.

The game will feature the new character Kasumi Yoshizawa (voiced by Sora Amamiya in Japanese) and the new confidant character Takuto Maruki (voiced by Satoshi Hino in Japanese). Additionally, the game will reveal the untold third school semester and have new school life and phantom life content. New features will also include Status Assist, more songs, and enhanced graphics with PlayStation 4 Pro support.

Persona 5 shipped for the PS4 and PS3 in Japan in September 2016. The game shipped in North America in April 2017 after a delay. The game features animation sequences from Production I.G

Persona 5 Scramble: The Phantom Strikers will be the series' first action role-playing game.

Sources: Atlus' YouTube channel via Gematsu (link 2)