Atlus mobile RPG Code Name X is now a Persona 5 spinoff

[Spectremint]

Back in 2021, Atlus announced a mobile RPG called "Code Name X" with generally a lot of mystery surrounding it, only having a roughly minute long teaser for the entire game. However, today, the company announced through an official Weibo page that this game is now a new entry in the Persona franchise, specifically taking place in the universe of Persona 5 with a new cast of characters, called Persona 5X. No word on any release dates yet, however the first playtest in China will be happening later this month, and the game will be released on Android, iOS, and Windows. You can watch the trailer for the game below.



Source:
Weibo, The Verge

 

[Viorlu]

Damn that looks good!

 

[Reploid]

Maybe it'll be one of those half decent mobile games worth of single playtrought without deeping into service stuff.

 

[dh3lix-pooch]

Bringing 4x games to another level .. God that joke was awrfull.

 

[Bladexdsl]

stopped reading at mobile

 

[AkiraKurusu]

I've seen the trailer, and damn does it look good there...but WHY MOBILE
That just reeks of monetisation, which would suck for a goddamn Persona game.

Also, tangentially related Atlus, but when Persona 6 out plz - I think we've all had enough 5 now. We had the base game, the expanded game, the dancing game, the Persona Q game, the weird spin-off game (for P3 and 4 that was Arena and Arena Ultimax; for 5 it's Strikers), and now this.
I think that's enough 5, don't you?

 

[Reploid]

I've seen the trailer, and damn does it look good there...but WHY MOBILE
That just reeks of monetisation, which would suck for a goddamn Persona game.

Also, tangentially related Atlus, but when Persona 6 out plz - I think we've all had enough 5 now. We had the base game, the expanded game, the dancing game, the Persona Q game, the weird spin-off game (for P3 and 4 that was Arena and Arena Ultimax; for 5 it's Strikers), and now this.
I think that's enough 5, don't you?

It's mobile because of monetization system. Kinda like Deemo Reborn was a console game, but Deemo II is mobile only. Yet it still a decent playtrough.

 

[Spectremint]

Just updated this to do some clarification: the beta test is happening at the end of this month and the game WILL be releasing on PC, thank goodness

 

[Hayato213]

Too bad it is a mobile game.

 

[duwen]

Hope it's better than that last SMT mobile game.

 

[Bladexdsl]

Hope it's better than that last SMT mobile game.

don't count on it it's made by Black Wings Game Studio, the developer owned by Chinese company Perfect World Games