History VideoGame / Persona5ThePhantomX

* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute:8 Strangely, despite the overworld being 95% identical to ''Persona 5''[='s=] world, a few locations and names have been inexplicably replaced by generic equivalents. Wonder can still visit Café Leblanc's location in Yongen-Jaya, but it is now a generic coffee bar run by a woman named Ena Kageyama, and Luffel has no unique dialogue for interacting with Sojiro's house. Big Bang Burger locations can still be visited, but they now bear the name "Big Burger".

* ActuallyADoombot: InUniverse, any character recruited via the Velvet Room's gacha pull are this. Specifically, they're stated to be cognitions who help aid Wonder and the Phantom Thieves in battle.

You are an OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent living out a fairly mundane student life at Kokatsu Academy in Tokyo. What seems to be a normal train ride home is disrupted when you suddenly awake in a mysterious otherworld, no less helped by a strange owl-like creature appearing before you. Under the guidance of this creature known as "Luffy", you discover that you are trapped in Mementos, a manifestation of humanity's subconscious wills and desires. At risk of imminent death at the hands of hostile Shadows, you suddenly awaken to an awesome power - "Persona", your will of rebellion given form.

* UnderTheSea: In contrast to the prison cell block it was for Joker, the Velvet Room takes on the form of an underwater hallway, with fish and even a ''whale'' drifting above Wonder and the residents of the room. Merope describes it as an "underwater tunnel dug into the sea of the mind".

* AndNowForSomeoneCompletelyDifferent:
** Rather than follow one of the original Phantom Thieves like Joker, the game puts you in the shoes of a brand new protagonist going by the codename "Wonder".
** For those hoping to see Sojiro Sakura and Leblanc again, you'll be disappointed to know his shop has been replaced by a regular coffee shop owned by a woman named Ena Kageyama.

* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute:
** Luffel is more or less Morgana if he were an avian cartoonish being rather than a cat, who briefly serves as the fledgling Phantom Thieves' mentor and teaches them about the Metaverse. He acts somewhat more arrogant and ominous than Morgana, however.
** Strangely, despite the overworld being 95% identical to ''Persona 5''[='s=] world, a few locations and names have been inexplicably replaced by generic equivalents. Wonder can still visit Café Leblanc's location in Yongen-Jaya, but it is now a generic coffee bar run by a woman named Ena Kageyama, and Luffel has no unique dialogue for interacting with Sojiro's house. Big Bang Burger locations can still be visited, but they now bear the name "Big Burger".

* DefeatMeansFriendship: Unlike ''Persona 5'', where you can negotiate with Shadows to recruit them as Personas, here simply defeating them in combat has a chance for them to turn to your side and give you a new Persona.

* UnderTheSea: In contrast to the prison cell block it was for Joker, the Velvet Room takes on the form of an underwater hallway, with fish and even a ''whale'' drifting above Wonder and the residents of the room. Merope describes it as a "underwater tunnel dug into the sea of the mind".

* {{Expy}}: Strangely, despite being 95% identical to ''Persona 5''[='s=] world, a few locations and names have been inexplicably replaced by generic equivalents. Wonder can still visit Café Leblanc's location in Yongen-Jaya, but it is now a generic coffee bar run by a woman named Ena Kageyama, and Luffel has no unique dialogue for interacting with Sojiro's house. Big Bang Burger locations can still be visited, but they now bear the name "Big Burger".

* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Luffel is more or less Morgana if he were an avian cartoonish being rather than a cat, who briefly serves as the fledgling Phantom Thieves' mentor and teaches them about the Metaverse. He acts somewhat more arrogant and ominous than Morgana, however.

** The gameplay trailer ends on a cutscene of Joker crashing through a window with a corkscrew jump and striking a three-point landing, identical to how he escaped Sae's palace in the opening cutscene of the original game.

* CallBack: Like in ''[=P5=]'', the opening segment sees a character informing players that the story is fictional and relations to actual persons and places are coincidental. ''Un''like Igor, however, who asks players if they agree about the game being a work of fiction in order to play the game, the narrator warns players that "becoming part of the story" will lead to hardship and asks if they still want to play ''X''.

* HerdHittingAttack: Knocking down all enemies will produce the chance to execute a Highlight. Unlike All-Out Attacks or Showtimes, Highlights involve a single character performing a flashy cinematic attack to deal massive damage of a specific attribute.

''Persona 5: The Phantom X'' (abbreviated as ''[=P5X=]'') is a MobilePhoneGame spin-off of ''VideoGame/Persona5'' developed by Chinese developer Perfect World under Atlus' oversight, set to be released for [=iOS=] and Android devices as well as for [=PCs=]. Although no release window has been announced, the game is undergoing a Beta trial from March 29 to March 31, 2023 and is currently only available in China.

''Persona 5 the Phantom X'' (abbreviated as ''[=P5X=]'') is a MobilePhoneGame spin-off of ''VideoGame/Persona5'' developed by Chinese developer Perfect World under Atlus' oversight, set to be released for [=iOS=] and Android devices as well as for [=PCs=]. Although no release window has been announced, the game is undergoing a Beta trial from March 29 to March 31, 2023 and is currently only available in China.

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''Persona 5 the Phantom X'' (abbreviated as ''[=P5X=]'') is a MobilePhoneGame spin-off of ''VideoGame/Persona5'' developed by Chinese developer Perfect World under Atlus' oversight.

Similar to the main game, ''The Phantom X'' follows a group of teenage high school students who encounter the Metaverse and become Phantom Thieves to change the corrupt hearts of Tokyo's social elite. Although no release window has been announced, the game is undergoing a Beta trial from March 29 to March 31, 2023 and is currently only available in China.

* DemotedToExtra: Munehisa Iwae and Tae Takemi, two Confidants of Joker's in the main game, are relegated to being mere shop owners in ''[=P5X=]''.

** With the exception of Igor's aides from the ''Persona 2'' duology, Merope is a marked contrast from previous Velvet Room attendants. For starters, [[ThemeNaming she is not named after a character from]] [[{{Literature/Frankenstein}} Maryy Shelley's]] ''{{Literature/Frankenstein}}'' [[ThemeNaming novel]], instead being named after various female figures from Greek mythology. Secondly, she does not have gold eyes and instead has gray-colored eyes.[[note]]She's actually the ''second'' Velvet Room resident who doesn't have gold eyes. The only other resident was Belladonna, who hasn't been since after Tatsuya and Maya's tenure as guests.[[/note]] If we're talking about recent Velvet Room attendants, Merope acts considerably kinder and more friendly with Wonder than Caroline and Justine ever were with Joker, [[spoiler:at least when they weren't fused as Lavenza]].

* UnderTheSea: In contrast to the prison cell block it was for Joker, the Velvet Room takes on the form of an underwater hallway, with fish and even a ''whale'' drifting above Wonder and the residents of the room.

* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Luffy is more or less Morgana if he were an avian cartoonish being rather than a cat, who briefly serves as the fledgling Phantom Thieves' mentor and teaches them about the Metaverse. He acts somewhat more arrogant and ominous than Morgana, however.

** Joker was a high school student forced to move to Tokyo after being wrongly accused of a crime he did not commit, whereas Wonder is a native and little more than a regular, if unremarkable student. How they obtain their Personas also differs: Whereas Joker was spurned on from watching Ryuji's life being threatened and violently ripped off his mask to summon Arsene, Wonder finds himself at the mercy of a Shadow in Mementos and summons Janosik without needing to rip off his mask; in fact, he summons it into his hand ''after'' Janosik manifests.

* DemotedToExtra: Munehisa Iwae and Tae Takemi, two Confidants of Joker's in the main game, are related to being mere shop owners in ''[=P5X=]''.

* DemotedToExtra: Munehisa Iwae and Tae Takemi, two Confidants of Joker's in the main game, are related to being more shop owners in ''[=P5X=]''.

''Persona 5 the Phantom X'' (abbreviated as ''[=P5X=]'') is a MobileGame spin-off of ''VideoGame/Persona5'' developed by Chinese developer Perfect World under Atlus' oversight.

* ContrastingSequelMainCharacter: Spin-off character, but you get the gist. Joker was a high school student forced to move to Tokyo after being wrongly accused of a crime he did not commit, whereas Wonder is a native and little more than a regular, if unremarkable student. How they obtain their Personas also differs: Whereas Joker was spurned on from watching Ryuji's life being threatened and violently ripped off his mask to summon Arsene, Wonder finds himself at the mercy of a Shadow in Mementos and summons Janosik without needing to rip off his mask; in fact, he summons it into his hand ''after'' Janosik manifests. Speaking of their Personas, Arsene is a demonic-looking red and black-colored Victorian era gentleman thief who fights using his combat stilettos and claws whereas Janosik is a white-clad warrioruses his axes, which also function like guns.