Atlus has updated the official Japanese website for Persona 5 with a curious new countdown timer.
The 316 hour long countdown (when it was launched) will expire on May 5th.
While Persona 5 is set for a Japanese release sometime this summer, the western release is expected this year (we hope).
KissDisqus
April 22, 2016 at 7:10 amHave they said anything on whether dungeons will use up a day like midnight channel or tartarus?
I wish they just let you visit the dungeons whenever you feel like without time passing. For P3 and P4 I just did all my grinding in one day each month for those precious social links and stats but it would be nicer to space out the battlin and grindan.
ScarredBushido
April 22, 2016 at 7:29 amall i want is a release date. the trailers i’ve seen remind me of P3 and P4 so i am hyped.
Etherblaze
April 22, 2016 at 7:50 amThe hype is real.
Uncle Ocelot
April 22, 2016 at 8:05 amWith the delays it’s had, I hope the localisations don’t take long. I remember Atlus saying they were working on it last year.
XERW
April 22, 2016 at 9:51 amWonder is the NEO will be up by P5 launch~
XERW
April 22, 2016 at 9:53 amIf they announced simultaneous international release I’d lose my mind (not that its likely but hey!)
Persona series is always known for it’s (relatively) large script – not VN huge but still quite a lot.
Guin
April 22, 2016 at 10:09 amDelays are usually a sign production messed up, but I remain optimistic that Atlus is just working out the kinks on this game.
dogmentation
April 22, 2016 at 10:27 amMaybe I’m alone in this, but the subtle changes to fundamental gameplay and departure from formula have me a little worried about this one.
Obbliglol
April 22, 2016 at 11:10 amI hope this includes Europe.
Johnathon
April 22, 2016 at 11:36 amHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHA
HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Mr0303
April 22, 2016 at 11:46 amHopefully not otherwise, if the rumours are true, they’ll have to further delay the game.
Johnathon
April 22, 2016 at 11:48 amI hated SMT4’s changes to the combat from worked since MT and was built upon more and more just dropped to make less viable builds and smirking.
TheManWithPants
April 22, 2016 at 11:57 amSega and Atlus: “What the FUCK is a Europe?”
Johnathon
April 22, 2016 at 11:58 amWelcome to Atlus we make visual Novels I THINK!!!
SiliconNooB
April 22, 2016 at 11:58 amYay – an Atlus game that’s not being ruined by Nintendo!
Johnathon
April 22, 2016 at 11:59 amyou jinxed it, nintendo of america is now going to buy sega and by extension own atlus and censor it.
SiliconNooB
April 22, 2016 at 12:03 pmD:
TheManWithPants
April 22, 2016 at 12:12 pm*snorts a fuck ton of cocaine*
Valwin Mediaz
April 22, 2016 at 12:16 pmFor the love of god show more girls in it im sick of this Fujo crap P4 great cuz waifus
Minuteworld92
April 22, 2016 at 1:28 pmchie was wort waifu
Minuteworld92
April 22, 2016 at 1:31 pmcan’t wait. also perfect chance to shill my new petition that I know won’t do anything but whatevs. https://www.change.org/p/sega-please-consider-porting-the-game-persona-5-and-possibly-other-franchises-to-pc
ahhhaahhh
April 22, 2016 at 3:41 pmPlease Don’t release this on pc
tccboss
April 22, 2016 at 3:42 pmRelease on pc? Ok
tccboss
April 22, 2016 at 3:43 pmGet hyped!!
Listen to Persona 5 ~ 08 Fight Theme. by kuuhaku #np on #SoundCloud
https://soundcloud.com/kuuhaku/persona-5-08-fight-theme
Janok7227
April 22, 2016 at 4:16 pmCalling it now, the countdown is for Persona 4 Cart Racing and it’s accompanying anime, movie, and Persona brand kitchen mixer.
bdp
April 22, 2016 at 4:42 pmYou know sony consoles aren’t region locked right?
Obbliglol
April 22, 2016 at 4:58 pmYeah I know, but I’d rather just be able to, y’know, support a franchise I love in my own country. If Taro Yoko can get a worldwide release for Drakengard 3 – a game literally made with the money found down the back of the couches at Square HQ – then Atlus really have no excuse. Hopefully Sega gets them to actually pull their finger out.
bdp
April 22, 2016 at 5:01 pmSure but given Atlus’ history and it it’s like 4 months after the american release and there’s still no word on a european release i’d definitely just import at that point.
萌えゲー
April 22, 2016 at 7:25 pmDon’t jinx it, that may be the only way this game can get undubbed should Atlus USA fuck up on dual audio for the umpteenth time!
Jack
April 22, 2016 at 11:12 pm5/5, how amazing
Looking forward to it
Jack
April 22, 2016 at 11:26 pmmore like Persona 3: Dancing All Dark Hour
thatguyEZ
April 23, 2016 at 2:55 amI know there’s been a rumor floating around for quite a while now that NA and JP would be having simultaneous releases. But I haven’t seen any evidence of that. Atlus really needs to just do subtitles instead of forcing dubs into the game. Though I did really like P3 and P4’s english VAs and I’m playing through the original Persona so I’m currently forming an opinion on how I feel about the VAs.
I’d really like them to release the NA version along with the JP version. While I could just import it, I’m still learning kanji and with it being such a text heavy game I don’t think I’d enjoy it as much. Here’s hoping to a relatively soon release date for the west.
Dom The Elegy
April 23, 2016 at 8:06 am“I don’t get it. Why do people want us to release our games on an uninhabited Jupiter moon?”
– Atlus
Obbliglol
April 23, 2016 at 11:08 amAye, thank goodness the PS4 is region free.
Thanatos2k
April 23, 2016 at 1:27 pmRelease date for the release date? Sigh.
Thanatos2k
April 23, 2016 at 1:29 pmBoth Persona 3 and 4 had extremely high quality localizations and voice acting. Who the fuck is demanding they stop?
thatguyEZ
April 24, 2016 at 2:58 pmSure they were, but the niche the games target for the most part would be fine with subs instead of full dubs. I quite enjoy the voice work for the games but they’d certainly get locally zed a lot quicker without the English tracks.
Luka?( ▀ ͜͞ʖ▀?)
April 25, 2016 at 4:19 amI muted the audio TBH
Atlus is just being cheap IMO
Thanatos2k
April 25, 2016 at 11:15 amNo, Persona games have a far wider audience than the subs only lunatics.