Persona 5: The Phantom X

Persona 5: The Phantom X, also known as Persona 5 X or P5X, is a turn-based role-playing video game developed by Black Wings Game Studio and published by Perfect World Games. It is a spin-off of Persona 5 that takes place in a parallel universe and is officially authorized by SEGA with deep involvement by Atlus.收下你的心！P5 IP系列首款正版手游《女神异闻录：夜幕魅影》预约开启, 《女神异闻录：夜幕魅影》官网 (2023.03.17)
It was originally announced under the alias Code Name: X in April 2021Persona 5: The Phantom X announced for iOS, AndroidPerfect World Games announces Persona 5 mobile game Code Name: X As with the previous Persona 5 installments, the game is planned to be released overseas starting in South Korea.[페르소나5: 더 팬텀 X (perfectworld.com)]
The first beta lasted from March 29, 2023 to April 1, 2023. The second beta test started on August 18, 2023. The third started on January 16, 2024 and lasted until January 31st.
==Characters==
===Playable Characters===
*Protagonist (Code Name: Wonder): This game's main character. A boy in his second year of high school at Kokatsu Academy. He struggles with floating aimlessly through life and is noted to not have much of a desire or goal until meeting Ruferu. His initial Persona is Jánošík.Persona 5: Phantom Of The Night Mobile Game Announced - Noisy Pixel
*Ruferu (Code Name: Cattle): A mysterious creature in the form of an owl that can speak human language and can transform into a van. A reliable partner. His Persona is Rob Roy.
*Motoha Arai (Code Name: Closer): A second-year student and classmate of the protagonist's with a talent for baseball. Active and has a cheerful personality. Her Persona is Awilda.
*Shun Kanou (Code Name: Soy): A second-year student and classmate of the protagonist's who desires to be a chef. Though outwardly menacing looking, he actually has difficulty with communication and suffers from indecisiveness. His Persona is Mandrin.https://douliu.wanmei.com/article-detail.html?aid=1623955
*Riko Tanemura (Code Name: Wind).
====Cognitive Manifestations====
Throughout the game, there are multiple characters who don't themselves appear, but are only playable as cognitive manifestations from the Sea of Souls. Many of these cognitions are based on people the protagonist met on his journey.
*Seiji Shiratori (Code Name: Fleuret): His Persona is Leucothea.New Persona 5: The Phantom X Characters and their Personas revealed. Seji, Mont, and Yuki - @ScrambledFaz
*Kotone Montagne (Code Name: Mont): Her Persona is Terpsichore.
*Yukimi Fujikawa (Code Name: Yuki): Her Persona is Styx.
*Tomoko Noge (Code Name: Moko): A student at Kokatsu Academy. Her Persona is Prosymna.https://douliu.wanmei.com/article-detail.html?aid=1633379
*Reo Kamiyama (Code Name: Leon): His Persona is Erytheia.https://douliu.wanmei.com/article-detail.html?aid=1635195
*Yaoling Li (Code Name: Rin): A first-year university student in Japan who was born in Sichuan, China. Her Persona is Meng Po.https://douliu.wanmei.com/article-detail.html?aid=1626125
*Kiyoshi Kurotani (Code Name: Key): Another student at Kokatsu Academy. His Persona is Syke.https://douliu.wanmei.com/article-detail.html?aid=1642176
*Kayo Tohyama (Code Name: Okyan): Her Persona is Cleodora.https://douliu.wanmei.com/article-detail.html?aid=1646763
*YUI (Code Name: Bui): Her Persona is Apseudes.https://douliu.wanmei.com/article-detail.html?aid=2047422
*Miyu Sahara (Code Name: Puppet): Her Persona is Nemertes.https://douliu.wanmei.com/article-detail.html?aid=2048743
*Toshiya Sumi (Code Name: Sepia): His Persona is Gorgyra.https://douliu.wanmei.com/article-detail.html?aid=2058488
*Hina Nishimori (Code Name: Riddle): Her Persona is Daeira.https://douliu.wanmei.com/article-detail.html?aid=2059537
*Phantom Thieves of Hearts
**Ren Amamiya
**Ryuji Sakamoto
**Morgana
**Ann Takamaki
**Yusuke Kitagawa
**Makoto Niijima
**Futaba Sakura
**Haru Okumura
*Goro Akechi
===Supporting Characters===
*Igor: The man who operates the Velvet Room.
*Merope: Igor's assistant in the Velvet Room.
*Kumi Katayama: A teacher at Kokatsu Academy.
*Munehisa Iwai: The owner of the airsoft shop, Untouchable in Shibuya.
*Tae Takemi: The owner of the Takemi Medical Clinic in Yongen-Jaya.
*Ena Kageyama: The owner of the coffee store in Yongen-Jaya. Replaces Sojiro Sakura and Café Leblanc.
*Chihaya Mifune: a fortune teller active in Shinjuku.
===Antagonists===
*Takeyuki Kiuchi: A former professional baseball player. Once a promising athlete, a six-year old Motoha managed to score a home run against him ten years prior, embarrassing him in front of his colleagues and the media. Viewing this event as the catalyst for his professional career and personal life falling apart, he now holds a venomous grudge against Motoha and is willing to destroy her life through any means necessary.
*Miyazawa Hiromu: A presenter in TV food shows. Visiting different kinds of restaurants, Hiromu gives positive reviews on the food he eats. However, in reality, Hiromu is a demanding and conceited man as restaurant owners are forced to give him bribes so they won't receive negative reviews. He also gives these kinds of reviews to his followers, causing the other restaurants owners out of business for refusing to offer Hiromu bribes.
=== Mementos Targets ===
* Takahashi Otoko: A girl who struggles with social anxiety and a fear of being alone. Her desperate desire for friendship has become so twisted that she has resorted to kidnapping a cat named Chatai and holding him against his will in her backyard.
==Gameplay==
Much of the gameplay takes direct reference from Persona 5, where the player will live a dual life between spending time in the real world, as well as roaming and fighting in the Metaverse.
Many of the locations and activities in the overworld have a striking resemblance to the original game, as districts like Shibuya and Yongen-Jaya can be visited, and minigames such as batting and fishing can be played. One difference from the original game is that Zoshigaya, the protagonist's residence, can be visited.
The game's combat system also has several key features of its predecessor, including One Mores, Baton Passes, Gun Attacks and All-out Attacks. A new feature to this game are Highlight attacks which are performed in a similar vein to Royal’s Showtime Attacks albeit it’s performed with only one character rather than two.
The method of character obtainment is via a gacha banner system. It is explained that characters obtained in this fashion are cognitive manifestations of the original individual taken from the Sea of Souls, and not the real person. Additionally, as the game does not follow a calendar system, the protagonist's free time in the city is only limited by a special currency taking the form of hourglasses.Persona 5: The Phantom X - "Last Strike" Music Video and Interview with Lyn, YouTube (Gematsu, Mar 29, 2023)
==Development==
===Promotion ===
====ChinaJoy 2023====
As promotion for the game an exhibit was held at ChinaJoy 2023 on July 28thhttps://douliu.wanmei.com/article-detail.html?aid=1615665. The exhibit featured an in-person demo of the game, new merchandise, and cosplayers dressed as characters from the game.https://p5x.wanmei.com/news/gamenews/20230724/244948.htmlhttps://p5x.wanmei.com/news/gamenews/20230802/245084.htmlhttps://douliu.wanmei.com/article-detail.html?aid=1616059https://douliu.wanmei.com/article-detail.html?aid=1616435https://douliu.wanmei.com/article-detail.html?aid=1618159https://douliu.wanmei.com/article-detail.html?aid=1618233https://douliu.wanmei.com/article-detail.html?aid=1618789https://personacentral.com/p5x-chinajoy-2023/https://personacentral.com/p5x-chinajoy-2023-video/
==Gallery==
===Persona 5: The Phantom X===
Persona 5 The Phantom X Wonder and Jánošík Official Art.jpg|Protagonist and Jánošík
Persona 5 The Phantom X Wonder and Janosik Official Art.jpg|Wonder and Jánošík
Persona 5 The Phantom X Suwa Arai and Awilda Official Art.jpg|Arai Suwa and Awilda
Persona 5 The Phantom X Closer and Awilda Official Art.jpg|Closer and Awilda
Persona 5 The Phantom X Luffy and Rob Roy Official Art.jpg|Luffy and Rob Roy
Persona 5 The Phantom X Cattle and Rob Roy Official Art.jpg|Cattle & Rob Roy
Persona 5 The Phantom X Characters promo art.png|
P5X Star Arcana Character Card.png|Reo Kamiyama (found in the files of beta 1 before Reo Kamiyama's official reveal)
Persona 5 The Phantom X Game Promotion Wonder.jpg|Wonder game promotion
Persona 5 The Phantom X Game Promotion Closer.jpg|Closer game promotion
Persona 5 The Phantom X Game Promotion Cattle.jpg|Cattle game promotion
Persona 5 The Phantom X Game Promotion Joker.jpg|Joker game promotion
Persona 5 The Phantom X Game Promotion Wonder and the Phantom Thieves.jpg|Wonder with the Phantom Thieves
Persona 5 The Phantom X Game Promotion Wonder, Closer, and Luffy.jpg|Wonder, Closer and Luffy
Persona 5 The Phantom X Game Promotion Wonder summoning Jánošík.jpg|Wonder summoning Jánošík
Persona 5 The Phantom X Dual Life Art.png|Dual Life art
Persona 5 The Phantom X Game Promotion Wonder Without Mask.jpg|Wonder without mask
Persona 5 The Phantom X Game Promotion Wonder sketch by Shigenori Soejima.png|Wonder sketch by Shigenori Soejima
Persona 5 The Phantom X Game Promotion Cast Silhouette Artwork.jpg|Ominous artwork of the crew and their masks
Persona 5 The Phantom X Game Promotion Zoshigaya.png|Zoshigaya
P5X new character all out attack.jpg|Yaoling Li (Code Name Rin)'s All-out Attack
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P5X character customization.jpg|Character customization
P5X halloween.jpg|Promo art released to celebrate Halloweenhttps://douliu.wanmei.com/article-detail.html?aid=1699809
P5X christmas 1.jpg|Promo art released to celebrate Christmashttps://douliu.wanmei.com/article-detail.html?aid=2018567
P5X christmas 2.jpg|Promo art released to celebrate Christmas
Phantom-X-Valetines.jpg|Promo art released to celebrate Valentine’s Day
Phantom-X-Lantern-Festival.jpg|Promo art released to celebrate the Lantern Festival
Emote Perfect World Games P5X forum 1.png|Emote from the official P5X forum on the Perfect World Games community site
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Emote Perfect World Games P5X forum 6.png|Emote from the official P5X forum on the Perfect World Games community site
Emote Perfect World Games P5X forum 7.png|Emote from the official P5X forum on the Perfect World Games community site
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Emote Perfect World Games P5X forum 10.png|Emote from the official P5X forum on the Perfect World Games community site
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====Videos====
Persona 5- The Phantom X - Gameplay Trailer|Persona 5: The Phantom X gameplay trailer
Persona 5- The Phantom X - Concept Trailer|Persona 5: The Phantom X concept trailer
Persona 5- The Phantom X - Interview with Kazuhisa Wada|Persona 5: The Phantom X interview with Kazuhisa Wada
Persona 5- The Phantom X - "Last Strike" Music Video and Interview with Lyn|Persona 5: The Phantom X interview with Lyn + "Last Strike" music video
Persona 5- The Phantom X - TapTap Game Conference 2023 Trailer|Persona 5: The Phantom X TapTap Game Conference 2023 trailer
===Code Name: X===
File:Code Name- X animated logo.gif|Code Name: X logo
File:Code Name- X icon.png|Code Name: X icon
File:Code Name- X promo art.jpg|Code Name: X promo art featuring Yukimi Fujikawa, known at the time as Yuki Takikawa
File:Code Name- X character profile 1.png|Yuki Takikawa's bio released with the Code Name: X announcement
File:Code Name- X character profile 2.png|Character bio released with the Code Name: X announcement
Code Name- X (Persona 5 Mobile Game) - Announce Trailer|Code Name: X Announce Trailer
===ChinaJoy 2023===
P5X ChinaJoy 2023.jpg|Promo art
ChinaJoy 2023 character cosplay.jpg|Character cosplayers
P5X ChinaJoy 2023 Protag Motoha Kotone Merope cosplay 1.jpeg|Group cosplay
P5X ChinaJoy 2023 Protag Motoha Kotone cosplay 1.jpg|Group cosplay
P5X ChinaJoy 2023 Protag Motoha Kotone Ruferu cosplay 1.jpg|Group cosplay
P5X ChinaJoy 2023 Protag cosplay 1.jpg|Protagonist cosplay
P5X ChinaJoy 2023 Protag cosplay 2.jpg|Protagonist cosplay
P5X ChinaJoy 2023 Motoha Arai cosplay 1.jpg|Motoha Arai cosplay
P5X ChinaJoy 2023 Motoha Arai cosplay 2.jpg|Motoha Arai cosplay
P5X ChinaJoy 2023 Kotone Montagne cosplay 1.jpg|Kotone Montagne cosplay
P5X ChinaJoy 2023 Kotone Montagne cosplay 2.jpg|Kotone Montagne cosplay
P5X ChinaJoy 2023 Merope cosplay 1.jpg|Merope cosplay
P5X ChinaJoy 2023 Merope cosplay 2.jpg|Merope cosplay
==Trivia== 
*In an interview with Kazuhisa Wada, the supervisor of the content of the game, P5X will include several original musical tracks, featuring Lyn as a vocalist.Persona 5: The Phantom X Interview With Persona Series Creative Director, Concept Art, Persona Central (Reggy, March 21, 2023)
*P5X altered the design of some Personas from the base Persona 5 to be less sexual due to censorship regulations in China: 
**Incubus wearing shorts
**Succubus has a full outfit
**Angel fixes up the upper body area's nudity
**Lilim wears a full-body outfit to cover her slight nudity
**Lamia has a shirt
**Mara wearing a hat.
**Yaksini is given a full design that covers her slight nudity.
**Ose now wears a full pair of shorts
*It also removed skulls. However Ryuji's codename, Skull, remains the same, as well as his mask and Persona design.Screenshot of Ryuji's character page in P5X
**Hell Biker is shown with a helmet
**Daisoujou wearing a mask.
*Excluding the false Igor in Persona 5, this game marks the first time that recycled voice lines of Isamu Tanonaka are not used for Igor's Japanese voice. Igor instead has a new voice actor that provides him with brand new voice lines.
*From the promotional trailer for "Code Name: X," at the end of the video, a set of binary numbers appears at the end of the teaser trailer, which translate to PERSONA5X.https://pastebin.com/raw/yRdBvNva
*The explanation for the game's "gacha" mechanic is similar to that of the Persona 5 Royal DLC boss fights against Makoto Yuki and Yu Narukami in that they are cognitive beings rather than the actual individual.
*There are several changes that have been made to locations in the overworld compared to the original game due to being set in an alternate timeline:
**Café Leblanc has been rebranded to "Coffee"Screenshot of Coffee in P5X
**Big Bang Burger has been rebranded to "Big Burger"Screenshot of Big Burger in P5X
**Untouchable's sign is unlit or changed to no longer be a neon sign.Screenshot of Untouchable in P5X
==External Links==
*Persona 5: The Phantom X Official Website
*Official forum on the Perfect World Games community site
==References==
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