Persona 5 Is Getting Its Own Co-Op Card Game
Atlus recently shared news that it is producing a new card game for its popular role-playing title Persona 5 Royal. Quite different from the Persona VS card game that was announced and released last year, the Japanese video game developer and publisher will be collaborating with hobby and mass-market board game publisher Pandasaurus Games to bring the new card game to the tabletops of the Persona 5 community.
This is not the first time that Atlus has created its own card game featuring the Persona series. As part of the Persona 25th anniversary celebrations, the Persona VS card game was announced and released to the public back in 2021. However, the card game was only available in Japanese, making it hard for Western fans to play the game if they were able to get their hands on it. With the upcoming Persona 5 Royal card game being produced by Atlus and a Western partner, fans will now have an English card game to play and enjoy.
Persona 5 Royal Gets New Limited Edition Bundle
According to the official announcement on the Pandasaurus Games website, the game board publisher is working together with Atlus to create a card game featuring Persona 5 Royal. The post shares that the target release date of the new card game will be October 21, 2023. Unfortunately, the press release does not share the card game's official title. However, fans are given a short teaser about the game's features. Players will be able to act as the Persona 5 Phantom Thieves with the goal of changing the world using cooperative strategy as the card-based tabletop title's main gameplay.
The official post also shared that the Persona 5 Royal card game will be designed by board game designer Emerson Matsuuchi. Known for his work in the Century: Eastern
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