In spite of how robust the original Persona 5 already was, Persona 5 Royal managed to expand on it in just about every department. Combat in Persona 5 Royal feels like a major upgrade on the first game, thanks to streamlined Baton Passes, enemy reworks, and the powerful new Showtime mechanic. Persona 5 Royal also has significantly more free time than the first game, which gives players more power to interact with Confidants and explore the game's side activities. Perhaps the most important new feature is the game's additional characters, like Jose, who builds on the Persona 5 mythos by helping the players out in Mementos.
Jose is an odd character in that his presence in the game isn't overly important to the plot, and yet he seems to have a very rich backstory going on behind the scenes. While the Phantom Thieves pursue justice with the help of their Personas, Jose quietly studies the human heart in the background. Jose's role in Persona 5 Royal is pretty similar to other character like Persona 5 Strikers' Sophia, but the open-ended nature of his story and the cosmic questions that he raises could mean that Atlus intends to reuse him in a future game. There's a variety of pivotal roles that he could play in Persona 6.
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For most of Persona 5 Royal, Jose's role is pretty static, in spite of hinting that he's working for someone. Once he introduces himself as a merchant based in Mementos and gives Joker the stone that enables Showtimes, he simply accompanies the Phantom Thieves as they slowly delve into the world's depths, collecting more and more flowers. Only in the third semester of Persona 5 Royal does Jose's story turn. Jose finally expresses
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