Persona 5 Royal: New Personas and Activities announced

The Persona 5 Royal game which is set to release this October 2019 has some exciting news to be revealed. On this week’s issue of Weekly Famitsu, an 8-page feature on Persona 5 Royal will be focused around the new personas of Ryuji, Ann and Yusuke along with the new activities in Kichijoji.

The new personas of Ryuji, Ann and Yusuke are called William, Celestine and Gorochiki. These personas are named after Captain Kidd’s real name, the original actress for Carmen and the younger name of Ishikawa Goemon.

Regards to Kichijoji will contain the following activities such as playing billiards to benefit technical attacks and other effects in battle, playing darts to enhance Baton Touch abilities by ranking them up with specific characters, non-alcoholic drinks at the Jazz Club to enhance persona abilities. Meditating at the temple to increase the maximum capacity for SP.

Players can also sell gear found in Mementos at the used clothes shop to gain points which can later be exchanged for prizes along with mysterious stories and food shops.

Baton touch ranks have also been introduced. Levelling ranks increase the offensive and beneficial effects of the Baton Touch. Characteristics have been added to each persona with attributes such as SP consumption for skills decreased, skill damage increased, etc.

The Weekly Famitsu magazine containing this feature will be released on 18 July 2019.