The Phantom X is Perfect for One Fan-Favorite P5 Character

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The Phantom X is Perfect for One Fan-Favorite P5 Character



Spoilers ahead for Persona 5 Royal.

The legacy of the Phantom Thieves continues with Persona 5: The Phantom X, a mobile game that’s set in a parallel universe to the original Persona 5. It follows a high school student named Wonder, who, like Joker, wants to reform the world with the help of his powerful Persona and his friends. But unlike the original game, Persona 5: The Phantom X has a gacha system, allowing players to pull for powerful characters every update.

Last month, Persona 5: The Phantom X revealed during its Version 3.0.1 stream that it’s collaborating with Persona 5 Royal, which includes Goro Akechi as one of the new playable 5-star characters. Also known as Crow, Akechi is a talented student detective who joins the Phantom Thieves, but later becomes an antagonist near the end of Persona 5. Despite his betrayal of the Phantom Thieves, he continues to be a fan-favorite character, and his appearance in The Phantom X may just be the perfect redemption arc for him — at least in terms of gameplay.

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Goro Akechi Has More Screen Time in Persona 5: The Phantom X

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Name

Goro Akechi

Phantom Thieves Codename

Crow

Persona

Robin Hood/Loki

Nicknamed “The Second Coming Detective Prince,” Akechi is like a celebrity because of his ability to solve mysterious cases at a young age. This led to him investigating the Phantom Thieves, eventually joining them with the initial intention of betraying them to expose their identities. Although fans are able to befriend Goro Akechi as the Justice Confidant in both Persona 5 and Persona 5 Royal, they don’t really get to play him for very long because he sacrifices himself near the end of the story, and he doesn’t return until Royal‘s third semester dungeon in the very last story arc of the game. This is understandably a frustration among fans who became invested in his story and his friendship with Joker, with many wishing he could be playable until the end.

Since then, Akechi has only shown up in Persona 5 Tactica as a DLC-exclusive character, along with Kasumi Yoshizawa. Persona 5: The Phantom X is the first time that players can add Akechi to their teams. If they manage to pull him from the 5-star gacha pool, they get to keep him on the roster and use him and his Persona in battles, regardless if he dies again in the game’s story or not. Plus, depending on the new stories The Phantom X tells, he could also have a totally different character arc, where he doesn’t turn into a traitor halfway through joining the Phantom Thieves.

Longtime Persona 5 fans finally got their wish: a chance to play Akechi permanently in their Phantom Thieves team and the possibility of a redemption arc in an alternate universe. The only problem is that Persona 5: The Phantom X is not available globally yet, and there’s no final date yet as to when Black Wings Game Studio and Atlus will officially roll it out in other territories. Fortunately, it’s confirmed that Persona 5: The Phantom X will release on Steam in Japan, so there’s a big chance that the studios will gradually bring the mobile game to other countries, hopefully in the coming months.

With the global release getting closer by the day, perhaps Persona 5: The Phantom X should make it easier for players to obtain Akechi, especially if he’s a limited 5-star unit. The gacha game could take some notes from Honkai: Star Rail and either give out a free Akechi or let players choose from a character selector after reaching a certain level. It’s the least that Black Wings Game Studio could do to help international players catch up after almost a year of being out in China.

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