Persona 5 Strikers Launches February 23, 2021 for Switch, PS4, and PC - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 04 February 2021 / 2,493 Views
Publisher Atlus announced Persona 5 Strikers will launch for the Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and PC via Steam in North America and Europe on February 23, 2021.
The game is titled Persona 5 Scramble: The Phantom Strikers in Japan and launched in the country on February 20 for the Switch and PS4.
Trailer is pulled now but I can assure you it's real https://t.co/uMOhqQBgcH
— Wario64 (@Wario64) December 4, 2020
Here is an overview of the game:
An Action RPG Featuring a Completely New Story
Persona 5, which has sold more than 2 .7 million copies worldwide, makes its long-awaited action RPG debut on PlayStation 4 and Switch!
This is a completely new story set after the events of Persona 5.
The game is a collaborative effort between the Persona Team and Koei Tecmo’s Omega Force.
The Phantom Thieves’ Journey Throughout Japan Begins
Half-a-year after the ending of Persona 5, the Phantom Thieves of Hearts get together for summer vacation, but get wrapped up in a new incident. Mystery cases are occurring all over Japan. Palaces, the cognitive worlds of warped adults, have returned? Donning their disguises once again, the Phantom Theives set out to resolve this new incident…
Scramble Action
Joker is not the only protagonist of Persona 5 Scramble: The Phantom Strikers—you can directly control all members of the Phantom Thieves other than the navigator. Switch up characters to fight as the situation calls for it. Run through the cities full of Shadows with dynamic, Persona-summoning action.
First-Print Purchase Bonus DLC: Persona Series Battle BGM Set
Use battle music from previous Persona series titles as the standard background music for Persona 5 Scramble: The Phantom Strikers via this downloadable content. It includes the following background music:
- Revelations: Persona (PS1) – “Standard Battle (Refine Version)”
- Persona (PSP) – “A Lone Prayer”
- Persona 2: Innocent Sin (PSP) – “Standard Battle Music”
- Persona 2: Eternal Punishment (PSP) – “Standard Battle Music”
- Persona 3 – “Mass Destruction”
- Persona 3 Portable – “Wiping All Out”
- Persona 4 – “Reach Out to the Truth”
- Persona Golden – “Time to Make History”
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