| This article is about the year-wide event. For for the local festival based on the event, see Persona 25th FES. |
Artwork of the protagonists for the Persona 25th Anniversary.
Persona 25th Anniversary was a special event to celebrate the respective anniversary of the Persona series.
The event was first announced on July 13th, 2021, and would begin months later on September 20th. 7 new Persona-related projects were unveiled, announced throughout the respective year, with the event officially concluding on October 8th, 2022.
The event mostly consisted of merchandise and collaboration events primarily in Japan, with the West getting minor events in its place, such as themed wallpapers. The event was overall highlighted by the announcements of ports or remasters of several Persona games, including Persona 4 Arena Ultimax, Persona 5 Royal, Persona 4 Golden and Persona 3 Portable.
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Artwork representing the conclusion of the event.
During The Game Awards 2021 on December 10th[1], the ports of Persona 4 Arena Ultimax on PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch and Steam were announced, later releasing on March 17th, 2022.
During the Xbox and Bethesda Showcase on June 12th, 2022,[2] ports of Persona 3 Portable, Persona 4 Golden and Persona 5 Royal were announced for the Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S and Microsoft Windows via the Microsoft Store. Persona 5 Royal would be released on October 21st, 2022. The event was labeled to be part of the 25th anniversary.
The next day on June 13th, it was confirmed that Persona 3 Portable and Persona 5 Royal would also be ported on Steam*, and that P5R would be released for the PlayStation 5. Additionally, P3P and P4G would be set to release in 2023.[3] It was also confirmed that P3P and P4G would be distributed on the PlayStation 4.[4] On June 28th, during a Nintendo Direct Mini, ports for the three games were also announced to arrive on the Nintendo Switch.[5]
During the final event of the anniversary, which took place on October 8th, 2022, it was confirmed that Persona 3 Portable and Persona 4 Golden would release as soon as January 19th, 2023.[6][7]
Persona 25th Times[]
Persona 25th Times is a web series based on revealing announcements on major projects around the Persona 25th Anniversary, and would be the primary marketing device used for the first half of the event. Similarly to Morgana's Report and Traveling Morgana's Newsletter, some volumes in the series would be hosted by Morgana, whereas others would have Teddie hosting instead. The series is captioned in English.
Vol. 1[]
Vol. 1 was released on September 20th, 2021.
A Symphonic Concert will be held on November 21, 2021 in celebration of the Persona series 25th Anniversary.[8][9]
All previously produced Persona anime series (this includes all 4 Persona 3 movies, Persona 4 The Animation, Persona 4 The Golden Animation, Persona 5 The Animation, Dark Sun..., Stars and Ours and Persona -trinity soul-)[10] were released onto Japan streaming services along with Persona 5 The Stage.
The singer of the Persona 5 soundtrack, Lyn Inaizumi, would also appear on the "Love Sega special Live" segment of the "Sega Atlus Channel" for Tokyo Game Show 2021, scheduled on October 3rd, 9:40PM JST.
Vol.2[]
Following the announcement of Persona 4 Arena Ultimax's port on December 12th, several additional news were brought to light:
The soundtracks of Persona 5 Royal and Persona 5 Strikers were announced for pre-order, this time including Colors Flying High and Towards a Dream.[11]
A 2nd set of merchandise was revealed, which would all go on sale in March 2022. Together with it, a record box set, featuring selections from the entirety of the mainline Persona series, has been released for pre-order, specifically around December 15th. Additionally, a portable record player has been announced.
Additionally, the collaboration between Persona 25th Anniversary and Sega Collaboration Cafe has been announced.
Vol.3[]
Hosted on February 28th and Teddie returning as the ambassador, several announcements to events and goods were made:
- The Persona 25th FES event has been announced, which would take place from May 28th to July 10th in Tokorozawa Sakura Town.[12]
- A stream featuring Yu Narukami's Japanese voice actor, Daisuke Namikawa, will be held before the release of Persona 4 Arena Ultimax.[12]
- 1st half of the SEGA Collaboration Cafe is now available, featuring taiyaki of Koromaru, Teddie and Morgana.[12][13]
- SEGA Lucky Lottery Online: a lottery featuring themed merchandise.[12]
- Pop-up stores are to be held in Tokyo, Osaka and Fukuoka.[12]
- Ani-Arts goods are on sale, will be sold in said pop-up stores.[12]
- The aforementioned Tarot Card replica merchandise will be given by lottery to 5 people.[12]
Vol.4[]
As teased beforehand[11], the hosts of volume 4 are both Teddie and Morgana.
Collaborations[]
Persona x Roll Ice Cream Factory key art
On September 30th, 2021, it was announced that the Persona series would be having a collaboration event with Roll Ice Cream Factory.[14] Over time, details of the event were revealed, including key art[15][16][17] and a hosting date: from October 22nd to November 21st, 2021. The collaboration would feature a menu and merchandise utensils.[18][19][20]
On November 11, 2021 a collaboration event at Namjatown was revealed to take place from December 17, 2021 to January 30, 2022.[21][22]
Merchandise[]
Persona 25th Anniversary Cutie1+ figures
On September 30th, 2021 it was announced that Prime 1 Studio will be releasing figures based on the Persona protagonists under their Cutie1+ line of figures in commemoration of the event.[23][24] The figures will all be released within November 2022.[25]
On October 11th, 2021 it was announced that a card battle game called Persona VS will be released in December 2021. The product is manufactured in commemoration of the event as well.[26][27]
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![Persona 25th Anniversary Music Box[28]](/wiki/File:Persona25th_MusicBox.jpeg "Persona25th MusicBox.jpeg (65 KB)")
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Trivia[]
- The protagonists' trading cards are sold in a set of 8, with one of the cards being kept secret.
- Similarly a set of 11 posters from all games in the series has two posters kept a secret.
- The beginning of the event, or rather the first Persona 25th Times, occurred on September 20th, the release date of Megami Ibunroku Persona, or exactly on the day of the series' 25th anniversary.
External Links[]
- General
- Remasters
- Official Japanese portal for the P3P/P4G/P5R ports
- Official Western portal for the P3P/P4G/P5R ports
- Official Korean portal for the P3P/P4G/P5R ports
- Official Traditional Chinese portal for the P3P/P4G/P5R ports
- Official Simplified Chinese portal for the P3P/P4G/P5R ports
- Collaborations
- Persona 25th Anniversary x Roll Ice Cream Factory collaboration website
- SEGA Collaboration Cafe website
References[]
- ↑ Persona 4 Arena Ultimax Announced For PS4, Switch, And PC, IGN (Kat Bailey, Posted: 10 Dec 2021 3:01 am / Updated: 10 Dec 2021 3:05 am)
- ↑ Xbox and Bethesda Games Showcase 2022: Everything Announced and Revealed, IGN (Kevin Lee, Posted: 12 Jun 2022 8:11 pm / Updated: 13 Jun 2022 4:22 am)
- ↑ The Persona series is coming to Xbox and Windows PC, Eurogamer (Ed Nightingale, Updated on 13 Jun 2022)
- ↑ Persona 5 Royal Confirmed for PS5, Steam Release. Persona 4 Golden for PS4, Persona 3 Portable for PS4, Steam, Persona Central (Alex, June 14, 2022)
- ↑ Everything Announced During Today's Nintendo Direct Mini, Including Persona 5 on Switch, IGN (Matt Kim, Updated: 28 Jun 2022 4:56 pm, Posted: 28 Jun 2022 4:10 pm
- ↑ Persona 3 Portable and Persona 4 Golden release for modern platforms on January 19, 2023! #P3P #P4G, Twitter (@Atlus_West, Oct 8, 2022)
- ↑ Persona 3 Portable and Persona 4 Golden Remastered Release Dates Announced for January 19, 2023, Persona Central (Reggy, October 8, 2022)
- ↑ http://p-ch.jp/news/6569/
- ↑ https://personacentral.com/persona-25th-times-symphonic-concert/
- ↑ http://p-ch.jp/news/6548/
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 【P25th】ペルソナ25thタイムズVol.2公開！詳しい情報はコチラ！, Persona Channel (2021.12.10)
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 12.4 12.5 12.6 【P25th】「ペルソナ25thフェス」開催決定！「ペルソナ25thタイムズVol.3」公開！, p-ch (2022.02.28)
- ↑ 【P25th】「セガコラボカフェ ペルソナ25th 前期」まもなく開催！モルガナ・クマ・コロマルのたい焼きも登場！, p-ch (2022.02.08)
- ↑ https://twitter.com/ROLLICECREAM_F/status/1443773065511329794
- ↑ https://personacentral.com/persona-roll-ice-cream-factory-collaboration/
- ↑ https://twitter.com/ROLLICECREAM_F/status/1445947049086652418
- ↑ https://personacentral.com/persona-x-roll-ice-cream-factory-key-art/
- ↑ https://edith-online.shop-pro.jp/apps/note/lp/persona-rollice/
- ↑ http://p-ch.jp/news/6689/
- ↑ https://personacentral.com/persona-x-roll-ice-cream-factory-collaboration-cafe/
- ↑ https://bandainamco-am.co.jp/tp/namja/NEWS/events/20211109.html
- ↑ https://personacentral.com/persona-series-namjatown/
- ↑ https://twitter.com/Cutie1Toys/status/1443459989595561986
- ↑ http://p-ch.jp/news/6691/
- ↑ https://personacentral.com/persona-protagonist-cutie1-figures-announced/
- ↑ https://personacentral.com/persona-vs-announced/
- ↑ https://banso.stores.jp/items/615f8edf230557594cb6ff5f
- ↑ MusicBox