Persona 6 Could Try Leaving the High School Tradition Behind
It does not seem like Atlus is done with thePersona series just yet, and all signs suggest that Persona 6 is on the way. Further, this year marks Persona's 25th anniversary, and Atlus has been celebrating by porting some of the best titles in the series to different platforms. This is good news for Xbox and Nintendo Switch players, who will be receiving Persona 3 Portable, Persona 4 Golden, and Persona 5 Royal.
Persona 5 elevated the series, and gamers will be expecting Persona 6 to raise the bar once again. One of the ways it can do this is by switching up the regular Persona formula and setting the game somewhere other than a high school. This would be a radical shift, but it would also open up plenty of new themes and topics for the series to explore. Going this route would not require Persona 6 to drop the slice-of-life elements that have characterized the series, as they can also be implemented into adult lives.
Where Do the First Two Persona Games Factor into Atlus' 25th Anniversary Celebration?
The Persona series stands out thanks to its ability to blend several unique elements to produce games with heavy psychoanalytical themes, compelling narratives, and action-packed gameplay. In each of the games, players take control of a teenager who must solve a mystery while battling against Shadows. Fortunately, players can call on their Persona to aid them. The games draw heavily from Jungian psychology, which describes Shadows as the repressed aspects of the psyche, while Personas are the masks that people wear when confronting society.
The use of psychoanalytical concepts allows for some pretty interesting and complex narrative threads. This is seen, for instance, in Persona 4, which takes players to the fictional Japanese
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