20 Persona 5 Fast Facts We Learned at E3 2016

There’s a Third-Eye ability

• Dungeons in Persona 5 are incredibly detailed and they also look pretty large. You’ll have access to a Third-Eye ability that gives you hints about which paths to take in the dungeon. You’ll have to pull levers to open up paths in the dungeons too.

You can negotiate with Shadows

• Here’s a cool mechanic that Persona 5 is adopting straight from the Shin Megami Tensei series: you can now negotiate with the Shadows and talk to them. From the looks of it, this might be the primary way of acquiring new Personas.

You can scale rooftops and walls

• Dungeons aren’t limited to just indoor exploration. The gameplay footage we were shown featured our party members jumping to rooftops and scaling brick walls.

Morgana has a slingshot and a pirate sword

• Yeah. The cat looks awesome.

Morgana can turn into a house cat

• When you’re in the dungeons, Morgana stands on two feet and attacks the enemies like a normal fighter. But when you’re back in the real world, Morgana turns back into a house cat that hangs out with the protagonist. Morgana will also stay in your backpack when you’re out and about, or when you’re in school.

You can get expelled from school

• There’s a timer in the upper right corner of the screen that shows the number of days left until you get expelled from school. Atlus didn’t go into detail, but we’re guessing you’ll probably have to meet a few objectives to extend that timer or it’s game over.

There are things you can do outside of school

• You can go to the movies with Morgana. When you do, the game literally shows you sitting in the movie theater with Morgana occupying a seat beside you. It’s cute as hell. You’ll probably be able to bring your love interests along too. The protagonist can also visit the hot springs in his free time.

The map looks bigger

• The map in Persona 5 seems pretty huge, and you’ll be able to travel to real locations in Tokyo, including Shibuya.

You can run around with friends

• In the gameplay footage we saw, the protagonist was able to run around the city with his friend Ryuji. This is most likely a story-related section, but you’ll actually be able to roam around the city with your friends next to you. This could also be how the social links work in the game, where you get to literally travel around with your friends.

You can give yourself stat boosts

• When you get home at the end of each day, you can do things like work out to give yourself a HP or strength boost.

Persona 5 is set to be released for the PS4 and PS3 on February 14, 2017.