Persona 5 / Royal: Major Character; Navigator; Hermit Confidant 1. They successfully defeat Shadow Shido, but this makes the real Shido realize that something is amiss, so he attempts to kill the Phantom Thieves by taking a poison that will temporarily kill himself, destroying his Palace and everyone inside.

Death in a random battle will start the game back at the most recent When a party member has knocked down the enemy, a new feature called "When all remaining enemies are knocked down, this will result in a "Unlike traditional RPG where the player has to go through layers of menus in order to give a command in battle, A 13,800 yen 20th Anniversary Edition includes the following additional content:

During the next day, they will be automatically thrown into the Palace and cannot get out until the boss at the end is defeated.

Caroline and Justine regain their memories and merge into Lavenza, their true form. It is the sixth installment in the Persona series, which is part of the larger Megami Tensei franchise. Akechi, as a mysterious figure, enters the interrogation room after she leaves and assassinates the protagonist.

For a list of items in Persona 5 Royal, see List of Persona 5 Royal Items. The Phantom Thieves learn that another secret group, including a black-masked assassin, is using the Metaverse to murder their targets and then framing the Phantom Thieves of Hearts for the killings. Depending on how the protagonist responds to Sae's questioning, he either reveals the names of his friends and accomplices, leading to a "bad ending" where he is assassinated by They all meet at Leblanc days later, where it is revealed that the protagonist is alive and well. As with previous entries in the series, the game uses a New Personas can be gained from battle through successful negotiation, and different Persona types are represented through different arcana linked to Confidant links. They can take During the prologue, the player can select the difficulty from "Safety," "Easy," "Normal" and "Hard." In particular, the Gnostic version of Judeo-Christianity is symbolized in A major theme is that the protagonist and the Phantom Thieves are working to defeat the Seven Deadly Sins that humanity is attached to, such as lust, greed, pride, etc; the protagonist is called the savior of humanity, and defeating these vices is essential to overcoming the enslaved mindset and condition of humanity.

In compensation for the delay, the game had been reprogrammed to support dual audio option and the Japanese voice set is available as free downloadable content permanently.

When he is finally defeated by the Phantom Thieves, he drives his own heart mad and summons his true Persona, After they successfully defeat him again, Shido's cognitive version of Akechi appears to kill the real Akechi for failing him, as Shido has already surmised that Akechi is his son and he cannot have any loose ends that might threaten his power. By spring, Joker's friends drive him back to his hometown. The Phantom Thieves then make it to the site of the treasure, and return to the real world to film a video broadcast to all of Japan that their leader is still alive and they will make Shido pay for his misdeeds. Similar to the "Vox Populi" system from After the protagonist defends a woman from being abused by a drunken man on the street, he is falsely charged with assault and put on As the number of the Phantom Thieves' members and successes grows, they attract the attention of the public and police, including public prosecutor Sae Niijima and detective prodigy Goro Akechi.

After realizing that he sees the Once they defeat these five men, they are confronted by Akechi who has realized that the protagonist never died. Failure to complete the Palace before the deadline will result in a "false ending" Game Over scene where the protagonist misremembers why he was arrested and is assassinated by a mysterious figure when Sae leaves him to remember the truth. Inside, they discover that the public is in chaos and has chosen to give up their autonomy. Persona 3: Dancing in Moonlight: DLC partner 4. Waking in the Velvet Room, Joker confronts Igor, Caroline, and Justine. Battle can be initiated when the protagonist is in stealth mode and ambushes the enemy, which gives preemptive turn. The game was released for the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4 in Japan in September 2016, and worldwide in April 2017. If the protagonist fails in stealth, the After the party successfully makes it to the end of a Palace, they can go back to the real world and send a calling card to their target.

The Phantom Thieves are then ejected from Mementos by the Treasure itself, taking form as the Holy Grail, and vanish after witnessing the Metaverse merge with reality. Maruki reveals that "Kasumi" is her twin sister Sumire, impersonating her to cope with her death, and gives Joker time to choose whether to accept his idealized reality.

The party engages in strategic turn-based combat with If the protagonist dies in battle, the game will end.