The game does call back and rehash notions from the original Persona 5 in a way that makes sense, but can also be repetitive for existing Persona 5 fans. Atlus does maintain the mantra that "anyone" can enjoy Persona 5 Strikers, regardless of their knowledge of Persona 5, even though that's only technically true. Granted, the actual canonicity between all games hasn't been officially denoted, but Strikers is specifically Persona 5's "follow-up story." While it's unfortunate that now-iconic Phantom Thieves like Kasumi and Akechi don't get to join Joker on his summer road trip, the game was likely far enough in development before Royal began. ![]() While it's unfortunate considering Persona 5 Royal can be quantified as the definitive version of the fifth entry, Strikers originally released in Japan (known as Persona 5 Scramble) before Royal, so the latest game is not canon to Strikers. Along those lines, Phantom Thieves like Kasumi and Akechi are not featured in Strikers as well. The events of the third semester, certain characters, and certain events throughout the main game are not considered canon to Strikers. Specifically, Persona 5 Strikers is a direct sequel to the events of Persona 5, not Persona 5 Royal. However, for Persona 5 Royal fans, there's an important caveat to Strikers' existence as a sequel. Everything about the gameplay resembles the original Persona 5, just at a much faster pace for combat among some idiosyncrasies in between. Strikers plays like a traditional Persona RPG: players collect and fuse Personas, learn new magic skills, target enemies' weaknesses, and combine attacks together to optimize damage. On a surface level, Persona 5 Strikers certainly looks like the action-infused Dynasty Warriors games that its foundation is based on, but underneath the gameplay systems are much closer to Persona 5 proper. ![]() ![]() This time, however, Persona 5 Strikers breaks the mold, and is the closest thing to a " Persona 5-2" if there ever was one. As a direct sequel to Persona 5, Persona 5 Strikers will look and feel largely the same as the original installment while innovating and changing some aspects of the game to feel more modernized. That's without even counting the Persona Q spin-offs, which are very clearly separate from any Persona canon, acting more as fan service for the hardcore Persona fans. Previous Persona games not only had Dancing counterparts, but Persona 4 had the Arena and Arena Ultimax fighting game spin-offs, which also featured Persona 3 characters. Persona 5 Strikers is the first entry in the franchise that actually resembles a true-to-form sequel, rather than just a spin-off in a different genre. Of course there was Persona 5: Dancing in Starlight, one of the many Persona rhythm game spin-offs, but obviously that wasn't anything close to a canon sequel.
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