Ahead of the release of the first Persona strategy game, Atlus shared a Persona 5 Tactica developer diary. In it, Producer Atsushi Nomura spent three minutes talking about how it came to be.
Nomura first discussed his past with the Shin Megami Tensei spin-off series. He noted he worked on the Persona 3 Portable and Persona 4 Golden remasters, as well as Persona 5 Royal. After that, he noted the goal with the Persona strategy game was to focus on showing off how they work together. He noted how the idea was to show how joint attacks and different skills would work together. He also pointed out how they show how All-Out Attacks and One More features fit into the gameplay.
From there, Nomura talked more about the setup for Persona 5 Tactica. He noted how the Phantom Thieves find themselves in a new world that isn’t like the Palace or Jail from the original game or Strikers. He then said they work with newcomer Erina to face the “unjust ruler” and “revolt.”Â
Here’s the full developer diary with Atsushi Nomura’s thoughts about the game.
Persona 5 Tactica will appear on the Nintendo Switch, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X, and Windows PC via Steam on November 17, 2023. There will also be Repaint Your Heart DLC with Goro Akechi and Kasumi Yoshizawa released on launch day.
