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'''''Persona 5 Scramble: The Phantom Strikers''''', alternatively known as '''P5S''', is an action-based sequel of ''[[Persona 5]] / [[Persona 5 Royal]]''. It is part of the Koei Tecmo and Omega Force created "Musou" or "Warriors" series of games, which involves defeating a large flock of enemies at once. It is the first Action RPG in the ''[[Persona (Series)|Persona]]'' series.
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'''''Persona 5 Scramble: The Phantom Strikers''''', alternatively known as '''P5S''', is an action-based sequel of ''[[Persona 5]]''. It is part of the Koei Tecmo and Omega Force created "Musou" or "Warriors" series of games, which involves defeating a large flock of enemies at once. It is the first Action RPG in the ''[[Persona (Series)|Persona]]'' series.
   
 
The Japanese demo for ''Persona 5 Scramble: The Phantom Strikers'' has been released for the PS4 and Nintendo Switch on February 6, 2020.
 
The Japanese demo for ''Persona 5 Scramble: The Phantom Strikers'' has been released for the PS4 and Nintendo Switch on February 6, 2020.
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==Plot==
 
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Months after the events of ''[[Persona 5]]'', the [[Phantom Thieves of Hearts]] plan to go on summer vacation as the protagonist and [[Morgana]] reunite with them upon their return to [[Tokyo]]. The group downloads popular digital assistant [[EMMA]], notable for its incredibly accurate predictions and answers to everyday life. Under its advice, the protagonist, Morgana and [[Ryuji Sakamoto|Ryuji]] travel to [[Shibuya]] in order to buy camping tools in preparation for their travels, only to encounter an idol known as [[Alice Hiiragi]] with abnormal popularity, who gives the protagonist a card to her "wonderland." This card instructs the reader to input the keyword "Wonderland" in the EMMA app. Afterwards, everyone around them found themselves trapped in an unknown area in the [[Metaverse]], as people were attacked by [[Shadow (Persona)|Shadows]] and had their desires stolen in the form of gems, with the instigator being none other than Alice herself.
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Months after the events of ''[[Persona 5]]'', the [[Phantom Thieves of Hearts]] plan to go on summer vacation as the protagonist and [[Morgana]] reunite with them upon their return to [[Tokyo]]. The group downloads the popular digital assistant [[EMMA]], notable for its incredibly accurate predictions and answers to everyday life, then had a reunion meal. During that night, [[Lavenza]] appears as the Velvet Room's sole resident and warns him of a "potential calamity" that may happen to the "future he took back."
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The next day, under EMMA's advice, the protagonist, Morgana and [[Ryuji Sakamoto|Ryuji]] travel to [[Shibuya]]'s 705 Building in order to buy camping tools in preparation for their travels, only to be notified of an event by an idol known as [[Alice Hiiragi]] with abnormal popularity. The trio attend the event and Alice gives the protagonist a card to her "wonderland." This card instructs the reader to input the keyword "Wonderland" in the EMMA app. Afterwards, everyone around them found themselves trapped in an unknown area in the [[Metaverse]], as people were attacked by [[Shadow (Persona)|Shadows]] and had their desires stolen in the form of gems, with the instigator being none other than Alice herself.
   
 
As the trio attempts to escape, they get surrounded and captured by Shadows. They are brought to Alice for interrogation, before being all dumped in the junkyard area. There, they encounter an AI called [[Sophia (Persona 5 Scramble)|Sophia]], who claims herself to be a friend of humanity and has no memories of herself. She shows herself to be capable of defeating Shadows, and escorts the trio back to reality, where she forms a new AI over the EMMA app.
 
As the trio attempts to escape, they get surrounded and captured by Shadows. They are brought to Alice for interrogation, before being all dumped in the junkyard area. There, they encounter an AI called [[Sophia (Persona 5 Scramble)|Sophia]], who claims herself to be a friend of humanity and has no memories of herself. She shows herself to be capable of defeating Shadows, and escorts the trio back to reality, where she forms a new AI over the EMMA app.
   
Back in the real world, the party finds out that everyone who had their desires stolen fell into fervor with Alice, with a majority of the Shibuya populace affected, which also leads to cases of property loss and violent confrontations. After obtaining enough information, the protagonist and [[Ann Takamaki]] visit the TV station at [[Akasaka Mitsuke]] to meet Alice personally, whom would be attending a talk show. There, they witness the host attempting to talk about Alice's crush, only to be suddenly silenced and have his heart changed into falling in love with Alice. The talk show is interrupted, and Alice's manager tries to stop her in the hallway, in which she responds by physically attacking him and taking pictures with the intention of humiliating him. Ann and the protagonist witness her, and successfully stop her from doing further harm for the time being. It turns out that Shibuya is being overlaid by a Metaverse structure known as a "[[Jail]]," which is abused by its ruler to mesmerize an entire population. The Phantom Thieves put off their trip until Alice is neutralized.
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Back in the real world, the party finds out that everyone who had their desires stolen fell into fervor with Alice, with a majority of the Shibuya populace affected. The abnormalities manifested by the mass [[Change of Heart]]s created by Alice to bolster her popularity to uncanny levels consist of property loss and violent confrontations. After obtaining enough information, the protagonist and [[Ann Takamaki]] visit the TV station at [[Akasaka Mitsuke]] to meet Alice personally, whom would be attending a talk show. There, they witness the host attempting to talk about Alice's crush, only to be suddenly silenced and have his heart changed into falling in love with Alice. The talk show is interrupted, and Alice's manager tries to stop her in the hallway, in which she responds by physically attacking him and taking pictures with the intention of humiliating him. Ann and the protagonist witness her, and successfully stop her from doing further harm for the time being. It turns out that Shibuya is being overlaid by a Metaverse structure known as a "[[Jail]]," which is abused by its ruler to mesmerize an entire population. The Phantom Thieves put off their trip until Alice is neutralized.
   
That night, the party runs into member of the Public Security Bureau, [[Zenkichi Hasegawa]], who stops a drunkard from harassing them. Once they enter Leblanc, Zenkichi takes the opportunity to blackmail them for cooperation, as the police believes that they're the ones responsible for the recent mass [[Change of Heart]] cases happening all over Japan, although he suspects another culprit is responsible; if they do not cooperate, they risk being arrested for the incident instigated by Alice yesterday, while she escapes unscathed. The party turns down his deal, and instead decides that they will clear their name by confronting Alice.
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The night after the party explore the Jail's outskirts, they ran into a member of the Public Security Bureau, [[Zenkichi Hasegawa]]. Zenkichi stops a drunkard from harassing them. Once they enter Leblanc, Zenkichi takes the opportunity to blackmail them for cooperation, as the police believes that they're the ones responsible for the recent mass [[Change of Heart]] cases happening all over Japan, although he suspects another culprit is responsible; if they do not cooperate, they risk being arrested for the incident instigated by Alice yesterday, while she escapes unscathed. The party turns down his deal, and instead decides that they will clear their name by confronting Alice.
   
Once they reach the end of [[Shibuya's Jail]], they find out that there is no [[treasure]]. Instead, the stolen desires in the form of diamonds are evaporated, then rise up into the pink fog above the Jail. However, the King herself is absent and a barricade blocks the path ahead. It turns out that the King is sealed inside a bird cage, which represents a specific trauma and must be heard in order to gain access to clues for unlocking the cage, summoning the King to action. With help from Zenkichi, the party deduces that Alice is actually an alumnae from [[Shujin Academy]], and she was bullied very badly by jealous girls at school for having a crush. This results in a confrontation with a powerful [[Lock Keeper]] Shadow, representing one of these bullies from Shujin. The party then issues a [[Calling Card|calling card]] to Alice via a broadcast hijack, and goes into the Metaverse to defeat her; it turns out that unlike past targets, Alice is actually not intentionally malicious, but was driven by desire of revenge against the bullies who took away her crush and her future. Refusing to become another forgotten victim, she transforms into a monstrous rabbit-like creature, but was defeated and convinced to release all of the desires in hostage.
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Once they reach the end of [[Shibuya's Jail]], they find out that there is no [[treasure]]. Instead, the stolen desires in the form of diamonds are evaporated, then rise up into the pink fog above the Jail. However, the King herself is absent and a barricade blocks the path ahead. It turns out that the King is sealed inside a bird cage, which represents a specific trauma and must be heard in order to gain access to clues for unlocking the cage, summoning the King to action. With help from Zenkichi, the party deduces that Alice is actually an alumnae from [[Shujin Academy]], and she was bullied very badly by jealous girls at school for having a crush. This results in a confrontation with a powerful [[Lock Keeper]] Shadow, representing one of these bullies from Shujin, who was seen humiliating Alice in a similar way as she did with her manager the other day. The party then issues a [[Calling Card|calling card]] to Alice via a broadcast hijack, and goes into the Metaverse to defeat her. It turns out that unlike past targets, Alice is actually not intentionally malicious, but was driven by desire of revenge against the bullies who took away her crush and her future. Refusing to become another forgotten victim, she transforms into a monstrous rabbit-like creature, but was defeated and convinced to release all of the desires in hostage.
   
While Alice did genuinely revert back to the status prior to becoming King, suspicions against the Phantom Thieves further increased, as Zenkichi informs them that the calling card they've submitted had made the police suspect their involvement behind the change of heart cases further. The party has no choice but to make a deal with him to use their Japan-wide trip to assist him in investigating the case. Back at the Police Station, [[Miyako Kaburagi]], the chief of the Public Security Bureau, also warns Zenkichi that he has to take down the Thieves, should any suspicions arise, and advises him to take a break to his hometown at [[Kyoto]] to take care of his [[Akane Hasegawa|daughter]]. The party burrows Sojiro's van and goes to their Japan-wide trip together with Zenkichi and Sophia.
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While Alice did genuinely revert back to the status prior to becoming King, suspicions against the Phantom Thieves further increased, as Zenkichi informs them that the calling card they've submitted had made the police suspect their involvement behind the change of heart cases further. The party has no choice but to make a deal with him to use their Japan-wide trip to assist him in investigating the case. Back at the Police Station, [[Miyako Kaburagi]], the chief of the Public Security Bureau, warns Zenkichi that he has to take down the Thieves, should any suspicions arise. She also advises him to take a break to his hometown at [[Kyoto]] to take care of his [[Akane Hasegawa|daughter]]. The party burrows Sojiro's van and goes to their Japan-wide trip together with Zenkichi and Sophia.
   
Landing to [[Sendai]] and [[Sapporo]], they encounter two more EMMA-related change of heart cases with a pattern shared with the Alice case back in Shibuya; disillusioned, yet non-inherently malicious personalities using the application to steal desires in order to artificially inflate their fame and to gain some resemblances of self-esteem that they didn't have or lost in the past:
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Landing to [[Sendai]] and [[Sapporo]], they encounter two more EMMA-related change of heart cases with an identical modus operandi as the Alice case back in Shibuya; disillusioned, yet non-inherently malicious personalities using the application to steal desires in order to artificially inflate their fame and to gain some resemblances of self-esteem that they didn't have or lost in the past:
   
 
* [[Ango Natsume]]: A popular writer from Sendai who was being fleeced for money with his heavily plagiarized novel, using his superior grandfather's name. He used the EMMA application to create a Jail in order to take the money for him and to make sure his publishers get none.
 
* [[Ango Natsume]]: A popular writer from Sendai who was being fleeced for money with his heavily plagiarized novel, using his superior grandfather's name. He used the EMMA application to create a Jail in order to take the money for him and to make sure his publishers get none.
* [[Mariko Hyodo]]: The former mayor of Sapporo who cared for its people, but was forced to step down due to a political scandal that resulted in an ice statue collapsing accident that killed a child, in which a corrupt senator used it to take power for himself. She's using the EMMA application to take back the power and is now overworking her civil wards.
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* [[Mariko Hyodo]]: The former mayor of Sapporo who cared for its people, but was forced to step down due to a political scandal that resulted in an ice statue collapsing accident that killed a child. A corrupt senator used the incident to take power for himself. She's using the EMMA application to take back the power and is now overworking her civil wards.
   
During their tour around Sendai, they also meet a mysterious woman known as [[Kuon Ichinose]], who is a researcher working in a nearby university, and [[Akira Konoe]], the CEO of [[Madicce]] and the owner of the EMMA application. However, Ichinose was the creator of EMMA, and sold the source code to Konoe for money.
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During their tour around Sendai, they also meet a mysterious woman known as [[Kuon Ichinose]], who is a researcher working in a nearby university, and [[Akira Konoe]], the CEO of [[Madicce]] and the owner of the EMMA application. Ichinose also exposes herself as the creator of EMMA, and she sold the source code to Konoe for money once she made it. She makes a deal with the party before they leave Sendai.
   
After leaving Sapporo, the party and Zenkichi make a brief stop to [[Kyoto]] to meet Zenkichi's daughter, [[Akane Hasegawa]], who is a big fan of the Phantom Thieves, although very distant from her father. In reality, she hates him for being unable to investigate the culprit that killed her mother, [[Aoi Hasegawa]]. The crime was instead pinned on a patsy that committed suicide, and not only did Zenkichi refrain from investigating the case, he even talked of her as a burden. This led Akane to believe that the Phantom Thieves will rise and crush the police force.
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After leaving Sapporo, the party and Zenkichi make a brief stop to [[Kyoto]] to meet Zenkichi's daughter, [[Akane Hasegawa]], who is a big fan of the Phantom Thieves, although very distant from her father. In reality, she hates him for being unable to investigate the culprit that killed her mother, [[Aoi Hasegawa]]. The crime was instead pinned on his secretary who quickly committed suicide. Not only did Zenkichi refrain from investigating the case, he even talked of her as a burden. This led Akane to believe that the Phantom Thieves will rise and crush the police force.
   
The party and Zenkichi then tour [[Okinawa]], before quickly finding out that its residents have become insane, to the point of attacking the camping van. Okinawa is another one of the regions connected by a Jail, which took the form of a research laboratory. However, a while back, its King [[Shuzo Ubukata]] lost his sanity and committed suicide, leaving the Jail without a ruler. Sophia also hears voices that only she can hear, and once they reach the abandoned bird cage, a voice resembling her owns can be heard, claiming that Sophia is useless because she cannot state her purpose. When they investigate an abandoned apartment, they discover that Akira Konoe is cooperating with politician [[Jun Owada]] to change the hearts of his political enemies, in order to help set him as the next prime minister.
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The party and Zenkichi then tour [[Okinawa]], before quickly finding out that its residents have become insane, to the point of attacking the camping van. Okinawa is another one of the regions connected by a Jail, which took the form of a research laboratory. However, a while back, its King and its head researcher [[Shuzo Ubukata]] lost his sanity, then committed suicide by jumping off a cliff when a greater power told him to hand out his desires, leaving the Jail without a ruler. Sophia also hears voices that only she can hear, and once they reach the abandoned bird cage, a voice resembling her owns can be heard, claiming that Sophia is useless because she cannot state her purpose. When they investigate an abandoned apartment, they discover that Akira Konoe is cooperating with politician [[Jun Owada]] to change the hearts of his political enemies (largely consisted of unscrupulous politicians), in order to help set him as the next prime minister.
   
As Zenkichi leaves, the party visits [[Fukuoka]], only for Zenkichi to phone in and tell them that he has an important incident back at Kyoto. As the group returns to Kyoto, Zenkichi reveals that Owada is actually a former lobbyist of [[Masayoshi Shido]], the corrupt politician who terrorized Japan a year ago. Konoe also began to issue an arrest order against the Phantom Thieves for supposedly hacking the EMMA application and murdering the King of Okinawa, a native AI researcher.
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As Zenkichi leaves, the party visits [[Fukuoka]], only for Zenkichi to phone in and tell them that he has an important incident back at Kyoto. As the group returns to Kyoto, Zenkichi reveals that Owada is actually a former lobbyist of [[Masayoshi Shido]], the corrupt politician who terrorized Japan a year ago. Konoe began to issue an arrest order against the Phantom Thieves for supposedly hacking the EMMA application and murdering the King of Okinawa. In reality both of them are fabricated cases and it's heavily implied that Konoe indirectly murdered Ubukata by telling him to hand out his desires, which functions as a [[Calling Card]].
   
Owada then bribes Kaburagi into arresting the Phantom Thieves, who proceeds to take action in a nearby hot springs resort with a heavily armed police force, only to be stopped by Zenkichi, whom she arrests instead. When Zenkichi is being interrogated, the police also began to search and clear the Hasegawa residence, in which an officer told Akane that her father is being an accomplice of the Phantom Thieves. She then pleads someone to save her, only for EMMA to respond and unwittingly create a Jail in Kyoto. Back at the Madicce headquarters, Konoe asks EMMA for ways to catch the Phantom Thieves. EMMA proposes to him that the police are useless in catching them and he should use the Jail of "an associate of the Phantom Thieves" to catch them instead, without letting Konoe know about their identity.
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Owada bribes Kaburagi into arresting the Phantom Thieves when they are enjoying free time in a nearby hot springs resort, and she reluctantly goes along. Kaburagi arrives there that night with a heavily armed police force, only to be stopped by Zenkichi, whom she arrests instead. When Zenkichi is being interrogated, the police also began to search and clear the Hasegawa residence, where an officer told Akane that her father is being an accomplice of the Phantom Thieves. After the police empties the Hasegawa residence, Akane pleads for someone to save her, only for EMMA to respond and unwittingly create a Jail in Kyoto. Back at the Madicce headquarters, Konoe asks EMMA for ways to catch the Phantom Thieves. EMMA proposes to him that the police are useless in catching them and he should use the Jail of "an associate of the Phantom Thieves" to catch them instead, without letting Konoe know about their identity.
   
Konoe then tells EMMA to fabricate a distress call to trick the Thieves. Despite initial doubts among the group, all of the party's members are baited, then imprisoned by a resentful Shadow Akane, although Futaba managed to escape due to her low physical stamina. Thankfully, [[Sae Niijima]], hired by Makoto, arrives in time to save Zenkichi. Once he's free, he enters [[Kyoto's Jail]] alongside Futaba. Akane reveals that Owada deliberately killed her mother and covered the incident up, even claiming that she saw him before. Zenkichi admits that he was unable to protect Akane, as once he tried to investigate the murder incident, he was blackmailed by a death threat. This revelation results in him awakening [[Valjean]], allowing him to save the imprisoned Phantom Thieves. Zenkichi officially joins the group and works with them in infiltrating Kyoto's Jail to confront Akane. Once they reach the end, a resentful Akane sends out cognitive copies of the Phantom Thieves of Hearts to fight the originals, in which the protagonist deals with a doppelganger of himself known as [[My Dear Joker]]. Once this is done for, Akane gets a change of heart and officially reconciles with Zenkichi.
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Konoe then tells EMMA to fabricate a distress call to trick the Thieves. Despite initial doubts among the group, all of the party's members are baited, then imprisoned by a resentful Shadow Akane, although Futaba managed to escape due to her low physical stamina. Thankfully, [[Sae Niijima]], hired by Makoto, arrives in time to save Zenkichi. Once he's free, he enters [[Kyoto's Jail]] alongside Futaba. Akane reveals that Owada killed her mother and covered the incident up, even claiming that she saw him before. Zenkichi admits that he was unable to protect Akane, as once he tried to investigate the murder incident, he was blackmailed by a death threat. However, Akane didn't seem to be in her right mind, and she appears to be more concerned about the patsy killer than her mother. This revelation results in him awakening [[Valjean]], allowing him to save the imprisoned Phantom Thieves. Zenkichi officially joins the group and works with them in infiltrating Kyoto's Jail to confront Akane. When directly confronted at the end of the Jail, Shadow Akane delusionally calls the Phantom Thieves as fakes and sends out cognitive copies of the Phantom Thieves of Hearts to fight the originals, claiming that they are "real." The protagonist deals with a doppelganger of himself known as [[My Dear Joker]] while the rest fight their own fakes. Once My Dear Joker was defeated, Akane gets a change of heart and officially reconciles with Zenkichi.
   
 
To prevent the [[Conspiracy]] from re-igniting, the party travels to [[Osaka]] to confront Konoe. Upon the end of the Jails' exploration, they discover that in the past, he was being physically abused by his father, the former Madicce CEO who hated him so much that he tried to murder him, only for Konoe to kill his father instead by accident. Konoe genuinely sought to make the world a better place, and he made use of EMMA to make sure no such cases can happen anymore, with every wronged or traumatized person getting solace from the pain of society's injustice. His cooperation with Owada is also a ruse, as he planned on changing his heart once the Phantom Thieves were done for.
 
To prevent the [[Conspiracy]] from re-igniting, the party travels to [[Osaka]] to confront Konoe. Upon the end of the Jails' exploration, they discover that in the past, he was being physically abused by his father, the former Madicce CEO who hated him so much that he tried to murder him, only for Konoe to kill his father instead by accident. Konoe genuinely sought to make the world a better place, and he made use of EMMA to make sure no such cases can happen anymore, with every wronged or traumatized person getting solace from the pain of society's injustice. His cooperation with Owada is also a ruse, as he planned on changing his heart once the Phantom Thieves were done for.
   
After hijacking a Madicce zeppelin to shower Osaka with their calling cards, Konoe seems unaffected, only to be angered as EMMA refuses to tell him if the Thieves are done for, which makes him realize that the Phantom Thieves are on his tail. Once they confront him in his Jail, Shadow Konoe announces the details of his "Operation Oracle"; After Ichinose sold the application to him, he sent it to Okinawa in order to allow it access to cognitive psience and drive the King to suicide. He would then let downtrodden people use EMMA for salvation, one city at a time. Once the entire Japan is filled with Kings, the world will be devoid of crime. The party denies this and he transforms into a form resembling his childhood superhero "Zephyrman" and drives a robot to attack the party. After his robot was destroyed, he then fights them on foot as Hero Akira, but was defeated, as the real Konoe confesses during the next day and ends service of the EMMA application. Zenkichi and a reformed Kaburagi now go to the Madicce headquarters to arrest Konoe, so he can help arrest Owada as well with his testimony.
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After hijacking a Madicce zeppelin to shower Osaka with their calling cards, Konoe seems unaffected, only to be angered as EMMA refuses to tell him if the Thieves are done for, which makes him realize that the Phantom Thieves are on his tail. Once they confront him in his Jail, Shadow Konoe announces the details of his "Operation Oracle"; After Ichinose sold the application to him, he sent it to Okinawa in order to allow it access to cognitive psience and drive the King to suicide. He would then let downtrodden people use EMMA for salvation, one city at a time. Once the entire Japan is filled with Kings, the world will be devoid of crime. The party calls out his actions as a deprivation of free will and he isn't any different from his father, angering him. He transforms into a form resembling his childhood superhero "[[Zephyrman]]" and drives a robot to attack the party. After his robot was destroyed, he then fights them on foot as Hero Akira, but was defeated and persuaded to give up and atone. The real Konoe confesses during the next day and ends service of the EMMA application. Zenkichi and a reformed Kaburagi now go to the Madicce headquarters to arrest Konoe, so he can help arrest Owada as well with his testimony. Konoe only knew that he manipulated Zenkichi's daughter to change the Phantom Thieves' hearts when he told him about it during his arrest.
   
To celebrate their victory, the Phantom Thieves return to Tokyo and stop at [[Yokohama]] to view the summer fireworks. However, right before Sophia can designate a route for the party to go back home, she senses a Jail under Tokyo itself, with Tokyo Tower, EMMA's central server, being its center. Zenkichi also phones the protagonist that EMMA has fired itself up again, despite supposedly being shut down, before a strange occurrence began occurring at Tokyo Tower. Once the party arrives there, they find a massive group of people standing under the tower, waiting for salvation and the ultimate answer to happiness. The EMMA application then fires up itself and teleports them to the "Promised Land," which takes the form of an area resembling the Depths of [[Mementos]]. The voices that only Sophia can hear also return. Once they go to the center of the Jail, they find EMMA, which has now evolved into a physical God known as the Holy Torah, and [[Kuon Ichinose]], exposing herself as the mastermind.
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To celebrate their victory, the Phantom Thieves return to Tokyo and stop at [[Yokohama]] to view the summer fireworks. However, right before Sophia can designate a route for the party to go back home, she senses a Jail under Tokyo itself, with Tokyo Tower, EMMA's central server, being its center. Zenkichi also phones the protagonist that EMMA has fired itself up again and was impossible to shut down, before notifying about a strange occurrence under Tokyo Tower. Once the party arrives there, they find a massive group of people standing under the tower, waiting for salvation and the ultimate answer to happiness. The EMMA application then fires up itself and teleports them to the "Promised Land," which takes the form of an area resembling the Depths of [[Mementos]]. The voices that only Sophia can hear also return. Once they go to the center of the Jail, they find EMMA, which has now evolved into a physical God known as the Holy Torah. The Holy Torah briefly greets them and vanishes. [[Kuon Ichinose]] then appears in front of the party, exposing herself as the mastermind.
   
 
Ichinose used the EMMA application as a front to help her research human desires and find the ultimate answer to happiness. She sold it to Konoe so EMMA may use him to spread itself into the public, and with Konoe and Ubukata's meddling, it decided that overwriting all desires with the "true desire" were the most effective method to fulfill this answer. However, the Jails were not responsible for EMMA's current state; instead, daily counseling from the application by the public triggers the changes. Furthermore, as the public's cognition considers EMMA a granter of wishes, it was capable of firing itself back up on her own volition, and prevent the servers from shutting down.
 
Ichinose used the EMMA application as a front to help her research human desires and find the ultimate answer to happiness. She sold it to Konoe so EMMA may use him to spread itself into the public, and with Konoe and Ubukata's meddling, it decided that overwriting all desires with the "true desire" were the most effective method to fulfill this answer. However, the Jails were not responsible for EMMA's current state; instead, daily counseling from the application by the public triggers the changes. Furthermore, as the public's cognition considers EMMA a granter of wishes, it was capable of firing itself back up on her own volition, and prevent the servers from shutting down.
   
When Sophia denies her, Ichinose exposes that Sophia is actually a failed EMMA prototype and demonstrates it by commanding her to attack the party, only to fail because Sophia will never attack her friends for long. Sophia then blacks out and drops to the bottommost area of the Jail, with the party being knocked out by a diamond that Ichinose summoned to blast them off the cliff.
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When Sophia denies her, Ichinose exposes that Sophia is actually a failed EMMA prototype and demonstrates it by commanding her to attack the party, only to fail because Sophia will never attack her friends for long. Sophia then blacks out and drops to the bottommost area of the Jail. Ichinose exposes herself as a misanthrope without a heart, before summoning a diamond to knock the party off the cliff.
   
Once the party goes back to Ichinose, the party attempts to convince her that the human heart is undeniable, angering her as she summons a massive herd of Shadows to buy time for her to charge up the diamond again. Sophia however, returns to block the attack, and attempts to convince Ichinose that EMMA is a misguided creation because it does not understand the human heart, and thus is unable to understand humanity. Ichinose scrapped Sophia because she was too curious about the human heart and she has none, eventually creating EMMA, who was only able to determine raw desires. Sophia now awakens [[Pithos]] into its true form, [[Pandora]], and Ichinose is further angered, summoning a [[Hecatoncheir]] as a last ditch deterrent. Once this falls apart, Ichinose is persuaded by Sophia to ditch her heartless former self, as she breaks out her first tears. Reforming for good, she assists the party in defeating EMMA once and for all.
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When the party goes back to Ichinose, the party attempts to convince her that the human heart is undeniable, angering her as she summons a massive herd of Shadows to buy time for her to charge up the diamond again. She was successful only for Sophia to return in time and block the attack. She attempts to convince Ichinose that EMMA is a misguided creation because it does not understand the human heart, and thus is unable to understand humanity. Ichinose reveals that she shut off her emotions because both of her parent's died, and people around her saw her as being abnormal. In order to see if she was indeed, abnormal for "lacking a heart," she created Sophia to understand the human heart, only for her to scrap Sophia because she was too curious about the it and she has none. This led to her working on EMMA instead, who was wasn't able of understanding the heart, but only desires. Unfortunately, due to lacking a heart, EMMA thinks that humanity's true desire was to ask it for advice, since that is the only information it actually collects. Sophia then awakens [[Pithos]] into its true form, [[Pandora]], further sending Ichinose into rage. She summons a [[Hecatoncheir]] as a last ditch deterrent, only for it to fail as well. Once defeated, Ichinose is persuaded by Sophia to ditch her heartless former self, as she breaks out her first tears. Reforming for good, she assists the party in defeating EMMA once and for all.
   
Once the party and Ichinose escape the underground area, more and more people flock to Tokyo Tower waiting for salvation. The city then blacks out and a massive tree sprouts out from the tower. The Metaverse melds with the real world once again with an [[Eden]]-like structure. The party scales the [[Tree of Life and Wisdom]] and reaches the Holy Torah, only for it to trap them in an infinite path of fog that can only be escaped by walking sideways on the reverse direction of the path. Once they return, a desire fog can be seen, which must be materialized by sending a calling card to it. In order to perform this operation, Futaba and Ichinose cooperate to hack into its incredibly secured servers and replace EMMA's interface with a calling card notice, summoning the [[False God Demiurge]] from the Torah and defeating her after a grueling fight and a 10-people [[All-Out Attack]].
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Once the party and Ichinose return to the surface world, more and more people flock to Tokyo Tower waiting for salvation. The city blacks out and a massive tree of light sprouts out from the tower, melding the Metaverse with the real world once again with an [[Eden]]-like structure, the [[Tree of Life and Wisdom]]. The party scales the tree and reaches the Holy Torah, only for it to outright refuse combat and ask them to hear the public's voices. The Torah traps them in an infinite path of fog that can only be escaped by walking sideways on the reverse direction of the path. Once the protagonist returns back to reality, a desire fog can be seen, which must be materialized by sending a calling card to it. However, EMMA knows exactly how a calling card works (and thus cannot be affected by it herself) and the desires lack a owner. Ann deducts sending the Calling Cards to the public instead. Despite initial difficulties of this operation, Futaba and Ichinose cooperate and manages to hack into its incredibly secured servers, replacing EMMA's interface with a calling card notice, summoning the [[False God Demiurge]] from the Torah and defeating her after a grueling fight and a 10-people [[All-Out Attack]].
   
The Demiurge and the tree have vanished, and the crowd near Tokyo Tower reverts to normal and the destruction was undone as if it never happened. Returning to Leblanc for a celebration meal, Sophia tells the group that she heard the Demiurge admitting that Sophia and the Phantom Thieves' assessment of humanity are correct. Before the party parts ways, Ichinose requests to meet them in Shibuya's central square, in which she takes Sophia out for a journey across the world and would return to her old home to Shibuya. Despite confessing to the police on her involvement with the change of heart incidents, the police do not believe her testimony, setting her free. Meanwhile, Owada was successfully arrested as well. The Phantom Thieves part their ways once again, promising to meet again next winter.
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The Demiurge and the tree have vanished, and the crowd near Tokyo Tower reverts to normal and the destruction was undone as if it never happened. Returning to Leblanc for a celebration meal, Sophia tells the group that she heard the Demiurge admitting that Sophia and the Phantom Thieves' assessment of humanity are correct. Before the party parts ways, Ichinose requests to meet them in Shibuya's central square, in which she takes Sophia out for a journey across the world and would return to her old home to Shibuya. Despite confessing to the police on her involvement with the change of heart incidents, the police do not believe her testimony, setting her free. Meanwhile, with valuable testimony from Konoe, Owada was successfully arrested for bribery, tax evasion, running over Aoi by accident while drunk driving and covering the whole incident up. The Phantom Thieves part their ways once again, promising to meet again next winter.
   
 
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Persona 5 Scramble: The Phantom Strikers, alternatively known as P5S, is an action-based sequel of Persona 5. It is part of the Koei Tecmo and Omega Force created "Musou" or "Warriors" series of games, which involves defeating a large flock of enemies at once. It is the first Action RPG in the Persona series.

The Japanese demo for Persona 5 Scramble: The Phantom Strikers has been released for the PS4 and Nintendo Switch on February 6, 2020.

Plot

Months after the events of Persona 5, the Phantom Thieves of Hearts plan to go on summer vacation as the protagonist and Morgana reunite with them upon their return to Tokyo. The group downloads the popular digital assistant EMMA, notable for its incredibly accurate predictions and answers to everyday life, then had a reunion meal. During that night, Lavenza appears as the Velvet Room's sole resident and warns him of a "potential calamity" that may happen to the "future he took back."

The next day, under EMMA's advice, the protagonist, Morgana and Ryuji travel to Shibuya's 705 Building in order to buy camping tools in preparation for their travels, only to be notified of an event by an idol known as Alice Hiiragi with abnormal popularity. The trio attend the event and Alice gives the protagonist a card to her "wonderland." This card instructs the reader to input the keyword "Wonderland" in the EMMA app. Afterwards, everyone around them found themselves trapped in an unknown area in the Metaverse, as people were attacked by Shadows and had their desires stolen in the form of gems, with the instigator being none other than Alice herself.

As the trio attempts to escape, they get surrounded and captured by Shadows. They are brought to Alice for interrogation, before being all dumped in the junkyard area. There, they encounter an AI called Sophia, who claims herself to be a friend of humanity and has no memories of herself. She shows herself to be capable of defeating Shadows, and escorts the trio back to reality, where she forms a new AI over the EMMA app.

Back in the real world, the party finds out that everyone who had their desires stolen fell into fervor with Alice, with a majority of the Shibuya populace affected. The abnormalities manifested by the mass Change of Hearts created by Alice to bolster her popularity to uncanny levels consist of property loss and violent confrontations. After obtaining enough information, the protagonist and Ann Takamaki visit the TV station at Akasaka Mitsuke to meet Alice personally, whom would be attending a talk show. There, they witness the host attempting to talk about Alice's crush, only to be suddenly silenced and have his heart changed into falling in love with Alice. The talk show is interrupted, and Alice's manager tries to stop her in the hallway, in which she responds by physically attacking him and taking pictures with the intention of humiliating him. Ann and the protagonist witness her, and successfully stop her from doing further harm for the time being. It turns out that Shibuya is being overlaid by a Metaverse structure known as a "Jail," which is abused by its ruler to mesmerize an entire population. The Phantom Thieves put off their trip until Alice is neutralized.

The night after the party explore the Jail's outskirts, they ran into a member of the Public Security Bureau, Zenkichi Hasegawa. Zenkichi stops a drunkard from harassing them. Once they enter Leblanc, Zenkichi takes the opportunity to blackmail them for cooperation, as the police believes that they're the ones responsible for the recent mass Change of Heart cases happening all over Japan, although he suspects another culprit is responsible; if they do not cooperate, they risk being arrested for the incident instigated by Alice yesterday, while she escapes unscathed. The party turns down his deal, and instead decides that they will clear their name by confronting Alice.

Once they reach the end of Shibuya's Jail, they find out that there is no treasure. Instead, the stolen desires in the form of diamonds are evaporated, then rise up into the pink fog above the Jail. However, the King herself is absent and a barricade blocks the path ahead. It turns out that the King is sealed inside a bird cage, which represents a specific trauma and must be heard in order to gain access to clues for unlocking the cage, summoning the King to action. With help from Zenkichi, the party deduces that Alice is actually an alumnae from Shujin Academy, and she was bullied very badly by jealous girls at school for having a crush. This results in a confrontation with a powerful Lock Keeper Shadow, representing one of these bullies from Shujin, who was seen humiliating Alice in a similar way as she did with her manager the other day. The party then issues a calling card to Alice via a broadcast hijack, and goes into the Metaverse to defeat her. It turns out that unlike past targets, Alice is actually not intentionally malicious, but was driven by desire of revenge against the bullies who took away her crush and her future. Refusing to become another forgotten victim, she transforms into a monstrous rabbit-like creature, but was defeated and convinced to release all of the desires in hostage.

While Alice did genuinely revert back to the status prior to becoming King, suspicions against the Phantom Thieves further increased, as Zenkichi informs them that the calling card they've submitted had made the police suspect their involvement behind the change of heart cases further. The party has no choice but to make a deal with him to use their Japan-wide trip to assist him in investigating the case. Back at the Police Station, Miyako Kaburagi, the chief of the Public Security Bureau, warns Zenkichi that he has to take down the Thieves, should any suspicions arise. She also advises him to take a break to his hometown at Kyoto to take care of his daughter. The party burrows Sojiro's van and goes to their Japan-wide trip together with Zenkichi and Sophia.

Landing to Sendai and Sapporo, they encounter two more EMMA-related change of heart cases with an identical modus operandi as the Alice case back in Shibuya; disillusioned, yet non-inherently malicious personalities using the application to steal desires in order to artificially inflate their fame and to gain some resemblances of self-esteem that they didn't have or lost in the past:

  • Ango Natsume: A popular writer from Sendai who was being fleeced for money with his heavily plagiarized novel, using his superior grandfather's name. He used the EMMA application to create a Jail in order to take the money for him and to make sure his publishers get none.
  • Mariko Hyodo: The former mayor of Sapporo who cared for its people, but was forced to step down due to a political scandal that resulted in an ice statue collapsing accident that killed a child. A corrupt senator used the incident to take power for himself. She's using the EMMA application to take back the power and is now overworking her civil wards.

During their tour around Sendai, they also meet a mysterious woman known as Kuon Ichinose, who is a researcher working in a nearby university, and Akira Konoe, the CEO of Madicce and the owner of the EMMA application. Ichinose also exposes herself as the creator of EMMA, and she sold the source code to Konoe for money once she made it. She makes a deal with the party before they leave Sendai.

After leaving Sapporo, the party and Zenkichi make a brief stop to Kyoto to meet Zenkichi's daughter, Akane Hasegawa, who is a big fan of the Phantom Thieves, although very distant from her father. In reality, she hates him for being unable to investigate the culprit that killed her mother, Aoi Hasegawa. The crime was instead pinned on his secretary who quickly committed suicide. Not only did Zenkichi refrain from investigating the case, he even talked of her as a burden. This led Akane to believe that the Phantom Thieves will rise and crush the police force.

The party and Zenkichi then tour Okinawa, before quickly finding out that its residents have become insane, to the point of attacking the camping van. Okinawa is another one of the regions connected by a Jail, which took the form of a research laboratory. However, a while back, its King and its head researcher Shuzo Ubukata lost his sanity, then committed suicide by jumping off a cliff when a greater power told him to hand out his desires, leaving the Jail without a ruler. Sophia also hears voices that only she can hear, and once they reach the abandoned bird cage, a voice resembling her owns can be heard, claiming that Sophia is useless because she cannot state her purpose. When they investigate an abandoned apartment, they discover that Akira Konoe is cooperating with politician Jun Owada to change the hearts of his political enemies (largely consisted of unscrupulous politicians), in order to help set him as the next prime minister.

As Zenkichi leaves, the party visits Fukuoka, only for Zenkichi to phone in and tell them that he has an important incident back at Kyoto. As the group returns to Kyoto, Zenkichi reveals that Owada is actually a former lobbyist of Masayoshi Shido, the corrupt politician who terrorized Japan a year ago. Konoe began to issue an arrest order against the Phantom Thieves for supposedly hacking the EMMA application and murdering the King of Okinawa. In reality both of them are fabricated cases and it's heavily implied that Konoe indirectly murdered Ubukata by telling him to hand out his desires, which functions as a Calling Card.

Owada bribes Kaburagi into arresting the Phantom Thieves when they are enjoying free time in a nearby hot springs resort, and she reluctantly goes along. Kaburagi arrives there that night with a heavily armed police force, only to be stopped by Zenkichi, whom she arrests instead. When Zenkichi is being interrogated, the police also began to search and clear the Hasegawa residence, where an officer told Akane that her father is being an accomplice of the Phantom Thieves. After the police empties the Hasegawa residence, Akane pleads for someone to save her, only for EMMA to respond and unwittingly create a Jail in Kyoto. Back at the Madicce headquarters, Konoe asks EMMA for ways to catch the Phantom Thieves. EMMA proposes to him that the police are useless in catching them and he should use the Jail of "an associate of the Phantom Thieves" to catch them instead, without letting Konoe know about their identity.

Konoe then tells EMMA to fabricate a distress call to trick the Thieves. Despite initial doubts among the group, all of the party's members are baited, then imprisoned by a resentful Shadow Akane, although Futaba managed to escape due to her low physical stamina. Thankfully, Sae Niijima, hired by Makoto, arrives in time to save Zenkichi. Once he's free, he enters Kyoto's Jail alongside Futaba. Akane reveals that Owada killed her mother and covered the incident up, even claiming that she saw him before. Zenkichi admits that he was unable to protect Akane, as once he tried to investigate the murder incident, he was blackmailed by a death threat. However, Akane didn't seem to be in her right mind, and she appears to be more concerned about the patsy killer than her mother. This revelation results in him awakening Valjean, allowing him to save the imprisoned Phantom Thieves. Zenkichi officially joins the group and works with them in infiltrating Kyoto's Jail to confront Akane. When directly confronted at the end of the Jail, Shadow Akane delusionally calls the Phantom Thieves as fakes and sends out cognitive copies of the Phantom Thieves of Hearts to fight the originals, claiming that they are "real." The protagonist deals with a doppelganger of himself known as My Dear Joker while the rest fight their own fakes. Once My Dear Joker was defeated, Akane gets a change of heart and officially reconciles with Zenkichi.

To prevent the Conspiracy from re-igniting, the party travels to Osaka to confront Konoe. Upon the end of the Jails' exploration, they discover that in the past, he was being physically abused by his father, the former Madicce CEO who hated him so much that he tried to murder him, only for Konoe to kill his father instead by accident. Konoe genuinely sought to make the world a better place, and he made use of EMMA to make sure no such cases can happen anymore, with every wronged or traumatized person getting solace from the pain of society's injustice. His cooperation with Owada is also a ruse, as he planned on changing his heart once the Phantom Thieves were done for.

After hijacking a Madicce zeppelin to shower Osaka with their calling cards, Konoe seems unaffected, only to be angered as EMMA refuses to tell him if the Thieves are done for, which makes him realize that the Phantom Thieves are on his tail. Once they confront him in his Jail, Shadow Konoe announces the details of his "Operation Oracle"; After Ichinose sold the application to him, he sent it to Okinawa in order to allow it access to cognitive psience and drive the King to suicide. He would then let downtrodden people use EMMA for salvation, one city at a time. Once the entire Japan is filled with Kings, the world will be devoid of crime. The party calls out his actions as a deprivation of free will and he isn't any different from his father, angering him. He transforms into a form resembling his childhood superhero "Zephyrman" and drives a robot to attack the party. After his robot was destroyed, he then fights them on foot as Hero Akira, but was defeated and persuaded to give up and atone. The real Konoe confesses during the next day and ends service of the EMMA application. Zenkichi and a reformed Kaburagi now go to the Madicce headquarters to arrest Konoe, so he can help arrest Owada as well with his testimony. Konoe only knew that he manipulated Zenkichi's daughter to change the Phantom Thieves' hearts when he told him about it during his arrest.

To celebrate their victory, the Phantom Thieves return to Tokyo and stop at Yokohama to view the summer fireworks. However, right before Sophia can designate a route for the party to go back home, she senses a Jail under Tokyo itself, with Tokyo Tower, EMMA's central server, being its center. Zenkichi also phones the protagonist that EMMA has fired itself up again and was impossible to shut down, before notifying about a strange occurrence under Tokyo Tower. Once the party arrives there, they find a massive group of people standing under the tower, waiting for salvation and the ultimate answer to happiness. The EMMA application then fires up itself and teleports them to the "Promised Land," which takes the form of an area resembling the Depths of Mementos. The voices that only Sophia can hear also return. Once they go to the center of the Jail, they find EMMA, which has now evolved into a physical God known as the Holy Torah. The Holy Torah briefly greets them and vanishes. Kuon Ichinose then appears in front of the party, exposing herself as the mastermind.

Ichinose used the EMMA application as a front to help her research human desires and find the ultimate answer to happiness. She sold it to Konoe so EMMA may use him to spread itself into the public, and with Konoe and Ubukata's meddling, it decided that overwriting all desires with the "true desire" were the most effective method to fulfill this answer. However, the Jails were not responsible for EMMA's current state; instead, daily counseling from the application by the public triggers the changes. Furthermore, as the public's cognition considers EMMA a granter of wishes, it was capable of firing itself back up on her own volition, and prevent the servers from shutting down.

When Sophia denies her, Ichinose exposes that Sophia is actually a failed EMMA prototype and demonstrates it by commanding her to attack the party, only to fail because Sophia will never attack her friends for long. Sophia then blacks out and drops to the bottommost area of the Jail. Ichinose exposes herself as a misanthrope without a heart, before summoning a diamond to knock the party off the cliff.

When the party goes back to Ichinose, the party attempts to convince her that the human heart is undeniable, angering her as she summons a massive herd of Shadows to buy time for her to charge up the diamond again. She was successful only for Sophia to return in time and block the attack. She attempts to convince Ichinose that EMMA is a misguided creation because it does not understand the human heart, and thus is unable to understand humanity. Ichinose reveals that she shut off her emotions because both of her parent's died, and people around her saw her as being abnormal. In order to see if she was indeed, abnormal for "lacking a heart," she created Sophia to understand the human heart, only for her to scrap Sophia because she was too curious about the it and she has none. This led to her working on EMMA instead, who was wasn't able of understanding the heart, but only desires. Unfortunately, due to lacking a heart, EMMA thinks that humanity's true desire was to ask it for advice, since that is the only information it actually collects. Sophia then awakens Pithos into its true form, Pandora, further sending Ichinose into rage. She summons a Hecatoncheir as a last ditch deterrent, only for it to fail as well. Once defeated, Ichinose is persuaded by Sophia to ditch her heartless former self, as she breaks out her first tears. Reforming for good, she assists the party in defeating EMMA once and for all.

Once the party and Ichinose return to the surface world, more and more people flock to Tokyo Tower waiting for salvation. The city blacks out and a massive tree of light sprouts out from the tower, melding the Metaverse with the real world once again with an Eden-like structure, the Tree of Life and Wisdom. The party scales the tree and reaches the Holy Torah, only for it to outright refuse combat and ask them to hear the public's voices. The Torah traps them in an infinite path of fog that can only be escaped by walking sideways on the reverse direction of the path. Once the protagonist returns back to reality, a desire fog can be seen, which must be materialized by sending a calling card to it. However, EMMA knows exactly how a calling card works (and thus cannot be affected by it herself) and the desires lack a owner. Ann deducts sending the Calling Cards to the public instead. Despite initial difficulties of this operation, Futaba and Ichinose cooperate and manages to hack into its incredibly secured servers, replacing EMMA's interface with a calling card notice, summoning the False God Demiurge from the Torah and defeating her after a grueling fight and a 10-people All-Out Attack.

The Demiurge and the tree have vanished, and the crowd near Tokyo Tower reverts to normal and the destruction was undone as if it never happened. Returning to Leblanc for a celebration meal, Sophia tells the group that she heard the Demiurge admitting that Sophia and the Phantom Thieves' assessment of humanity are correct. Before the party parts ways, Ichinose requests to meet them in Shibuya's central square, in which she takes Sophia out for a journey across the world and would return to her old home to Shibuya. Despite confessing to the police on her involvement with the change of heart incidents, the police do not believe her testimony, setting her free. Meanwhile, with valuable testimony from Konoe, Owada was successfully arrested for bribery, tax evasion, running over Aoi by accident while drunk driving and covering the whole incident up. The Phantom Thieves part their ways once again, promising to meet again next winter.

Characters

Main article: List of Persona 5 Scramble: The Phantom Strikers Characters

Playable Characters

  • Protagonist: The leader of the Phantom Thieves of Hearts. He returns to Tokyo during his summer vacation and reunites with his former teammates, who join him on investigating the new mysterious cases that occur around Japan.
  • Morgana: The loyal guide of the Phantom Thieves. A strange cat-like creature that attains the appearance of a normal cat in the real world. He returns to Tokyo with the protagonist during his summer vacation. After restoring his memories in the previous case, he is shown to be more relaxed and laid-back.
  • Ryuji Sakamoto: A former track team athlete. He returned to his daily routine after their previous case was over, but was still unable to study accordingly.
  • Ann Takamaki: A quarter-American girl and part-time model. Shows a strong will to help those in need.
  • Yusuke Kitagawa: An aspiring third-year artist attending Kosei High School. His passion for art makes him utter otherworldly thoughts that are often confusing for others.
  • Makoto Niijima: Former student and student council president of Shujin Academy. She is currently a law student aiming to work in the police. Her strict and serious attitude from last year has been mellowed.
  • Futaba Sakura: A former shut-in hacker who serves as the Phantom Thieves' rear support and navigator. After the previous case was over, she's grown accustomed to others and started attending school.
  • Haru Okumura: The daughter of the president of a major food manufacturer, Okumura Foods. She lost her father during their work as Phantom Thieves last year. As a former student of Shujin Academy, she is currently involved in the management of Okumura Foods while studying agriculture at university.
  • Sophia: A mysterious AI who meets the protagonist in the basement of Shibuya's Jail. She has no memories of herself and only remembers that she is humanity's friend. She joins the Phantom Thieves in their investigation. She uses her hood as a mask and wields yo-yos and blasters in combat. Her codename is "Sophie" and her Persona is Pithos, after the large storage container.
  • Zenkichi Hasegawa: A member of the Kyoto Prefectural Police. He's the investigator in charge of looking into the mysterious conversion cases that occur in various parts in Japan, and contacts the Phantom Thieves to help him. He eventually awakens to his Persona and joins the Phantom Thieves. He wears a pinpoint blindfold as a mask and uses dual pistols and two-handed swords. His codename is "Wolf" and his Persona is Valjean, after the literary former convict.

Supporting Characters

  • Lavenza: A resident of the Velvet Room. She is responsible for merging Personas in place of Igor, who seems to be absent.
  • Sojiro Sakura: The manager of Café Leblanc and Futaba's adoptive father. He reunites with the protagonist during his visit back to Tokyo.
  • Alice Hiiragi: An idol with unique fashion and songs that gains uncanny popularity in Shibuya. Behind the scenes however, she can instantly snap and attack others.
  • Ango Natsume: A writer in Sendai and the author of "Prince of Nightmare," a novel that gains abnormal popularity in this specific city.
  • Kuon Ichinose: A mysterious woman who meets the group at a beef tongue shop in Sendai. She is enthusiastic to help the party out with investigating the EMMA application.
  • Mariko Hyodo: A charismatic politician in Sapporo who was an acquaintance of Haru Okumura's father. She wishes to make Sapporo a beautiful city without stagnation.
  • Akane Hasegawa: The daughter of Zenkichi Hasegawa who lives in Kyoto. She is a huge fan of the Phantom Thieves, but has shown to be distant with her father.
  • Akira Konoe: The president of a company named "Madicce", a global IT company headquartered in Osaka which provides innovative services. He is in charge of maintaining the EMMA app and has an unrelenting stance for his own version of justice.
  • Miyako Kaburagi: Zenkichi's boss and a firm police enforcer.
  • Jun Owada: The Chief Cabinet Secretary of Japan. He's incompetent and easily manipulated.
  • Sae Niijima: Currently a defense attorney. The party calls her for help at one point during the story.

Gameplay

Summer Trip

P5S Sendai RealWorld

Sendai, Japan

Although the calendar makes a return in Scramble, the time consumption system of mainline Persona games is absent: the protagonist's choices during their tour will not pass time, and they'll no longer have to work under strict deadlines.

The protagonist can shop from local stores during their travel, with items corresponding to the region they're in. On the other hand, they will have constant access to Sophia's Shop, which builds up on items as the story progresses.

In Joker's Kitchen, the protagonist can cook food that can restore HP and SP in dungeons. Each dish requires different ingredients to be made.

Combat

P5S BattleMenu

The protagonist in combat

Scramble's combat system is a mixture between Dynasty Warriors's hack and slash and Persona's RPG tactics. Instead of being turn-based, battle will now take place on the field, in real time. However, when selecting Persona skills from a menu, the battle will pause, allowing for tactical positioning. All members of the Phantom Thieves can now be controlled both in and out of battle.

Party members will be able to learn special moves that can be initiated through command inputs between two buttons.

If a party member fills the "Showtime" gauge from damaging enemies, they'll be able to initiate a powerful Showtime attack.

The protagonist will be able to collect Personas as drops from defeating enemies in battle, and fusing them in the Velvet Room.

The BAND system allows all party members to access and upgrade useful perks, by exchanging with special points that can be accumulated through winning battles. Over the course of the story, more abilities will be unlocked.

Early Purchase Bonus

There will be an early purchase version of the game, which includes multiple battle BGM tracks from the series for free, which includes the following tracks:

Special editions

In Japan

Persona 5 Scramble: The Phantom Strikers was released for the PlayStation 4 and the Nintendo Switch in Japan for 9,680 yen on February 20, 2020.

A 13,800 yen Limited Edition called Persona 5 Scramble: The Phantom Strikers Treasure Box includes the following additional content:

  • Persona 5 Scramble art book
  • Persona 5 Scramble soundtrack
  • Theme Song Making-Of Blu-ray Movie
  • A 350mm x 900 mm hand towel
  • Special illustrated box
 
P5S Treasure Box
Treasure Box Edition

Trivia

  • This is the first Persona game released on Nintendo Switch.
    • It is also the third Persona game overall to be released on Nintendo hardware, after the Persona Q games on the Nintendo 3DS.
  • Persona 5 Scramble is the fourth console game that is a direct narrative sequel to a Persona game, the first being Persona 2: Eternal Punishment for Persona 2: Innocent Sin, and the second and third being Persona 4 Arena and Ultimax, which were to both Persona 3 and 4. Other direct sequels have existed in the form of mobile titles and novels.
  • Based on an article from the Japanese playstation blog, originally one of the early design drafts in the gameplay of Persona 5 was the action-based system incorporating real-time elements, but it was scrapped in fear of sudden changes making fans uncomfortable. The draft could be modified and implemented to the Persona 5 Scramble.
  • The game takes around 45 hours to complete.[3]
  • The marketing behind the Japanese release date (2.20.2020) is tied to the concept that Persona 5 Scramble: The Phantom Strikers is the 2nd entry in the Persona 5 series.
    • In addition, in the 2nd Japanese PV trailer, the logo of the game has temporarily transformed into P52 (lit. "Persona Five Two") before returning back to its normal look as P5S.

Morgana singing the P5S jingle

  • The Japanese release date for Scramble has a complementary meaning behind it: The "2's" seem to be pronounced as "Nya", and the "0s" as "o." This serves as wordplay for the Japanese onomatopoeia for "Meow." It's used as part of a jingle to advertise the game, sung by Morgana: "Persona 5S; 2020.2.20!" (ペルソナ5S・にゃおにゃおにゃにゃお, Perusona Faibu Essu; Nyao Nyao Nya Nyao)?. Before the game's release, it could be played at the bottom of the Persona 5 Scramble website.
  • Scramble was initially planned to be a "Persona Warriors" game spanning the multiple titles. However, when coming together with Atlus for a story, it was decided to make it a direct sequel to Persona 5 and focus on continuing its story.[4] Another early concept was for the game to have the cast time travel to the Warring States era.
  • All characters original to this game are designed by Koei instead of Atlus, although Koei went under Atlus' supervision to ensure their designs are faithful to Persona's worldview.

Gallery

General Gallery
 
P5S Artwork
Boxart
 
P5S DemoSplashScreen
Demo Splash Screen
 
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Persona 5 Scramble: The Phantom Strikers demo's content info screen background
 
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Valentine's Day artwork of Sophia and Morgana (Tweet)
 
P5S Released Art
Artwork of Sophia and Zenkichi for P5S's release by Shigenori Soejima
 
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Artwork of Morgana and Sophia for P5S's Taiwanese demo release
 
P5S Illustration 1
Artwork of the protagonist celebrating P5S's Taiwanese release by @arashialien
(Facebook; Tweet)
 
P5S Illustration 2
Artwork of Sophia celebrating P5S's Taiwanese release by @amatizqueen
(Facebook)
 
P5S Illustration 3
Artwork of Morgana and Futaba celebrating P5S's Taiwanese release by @rolan_ajo
(Facebook)
 
P5S Illustration 4
Artwork of Ann and Morgana celebrating P5S's South Korean release by @RR_youngin
(Facebook; Tweet; pixiv)
 
P5S Illustration 5
Artwork of Makoto celebrating P5S's South Korean release by @dahl_Lange
(Facebook; Tweet; pixiv)
Screenshots
 
P5S TitleScreen
Title Screen
 
P5S Travelling
The Phantom Thieves traveling
 
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The Phantom Thieves in Sendai
 
P5S Sapporo RealWorld
The Phantom Thieves in Sapporo
 
P5S Alice Hiiragi Real World
Alice Hiiragi in Shibuya
 
P5S Shibuya Jail
Shibuya's Jail
 
P5S Alice Hiiragi Jail
Alice Hiiragi in Shibuya's Jail
 
P5S Sophia Animated
Sophia
 
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Sophia meeting the protagonist
 
P5S Zenkichi Animated
Zenkichi Hasegawa
 
P5S Zenkichi RealWorld
Zenkichi Hasegawa
 
P5S SophiasShop
 
P5S JokersKitchen
 
P5S MaskDrop
Mask drop
 
P5S MasterArts
Master Arts
 
P5S BAND
BAND
 
P5S Joker Showtime
The protagonist initiating Showtime
 
P5S Sophia Combat
Sophia in battle
 
P5S Sophia Masked
Sophia Masked
 
P5S Sophia Showtime
Sophia's Showtime
 
P5S Zenkichi Awakening
Zenkichi awakening
 
Zenkichi and Valjean
Zenkichi's Showtime
Wallpapers and Headers
 
P5S Wallpaper Sendai PC
Morgana Sendai ver. (1920x1080)
 
P5S Wallpaper Sendai SP
Morgana Sendai ver. (1080x1920)
 
P5S Wallpaper Sapporo PC
Morgana Sapporo ver. (1920x1080)
 
P5S Wallpaper Sapporo SP
Morgana Sapporo ver. (1080x1920)
 
P5S Header Sapporo
Morgana Sapporo ver. (1500x500)
 
P5S Wallpaper Okinawa PC
Morgana Okinawa ver. (1920x1080)
 
P5S Wallpaper Okinawa SP
Morgana Okinawa ver. (1080x1920)
 
P5S Wallpaper Joker PC
Joker Wallpaper (1920x1080)
 
P5S Wallpaper Joker SP
Joker Wallpaper (1080x1920)
Release Date Mobile Wallpapers
 
P5S ReleaseWallpaper Joker SP
Joker Release Date Wallpaper (576x1024)
 
P5S ReleaseWallpaper Arsene SP
Arsene Release Date Wallpaper (576x1024)
 
P5S ReleaseWallpaper Morgana SP
Morgana Release Date Wallpaper (576x1024)
 
P5S ReleaseWallpaper Zorro SP
Zorro Release Date Wallpaper (576x1024)
 
P5S ReleaseWallpaper Ryuji SP
Ryuji Release Date Wallpaper (576x1024)
 
P5S ReleaseWallpaper CaptainKidd SP
CaptainKidd Release Date Wallpaper (576x1024)
 
P5S ReleaseWallpaper Ann SP
Ann Release Date Wallpaper (576x1024)
 
P5S ReleaseWallpaper Carmen SP
Carmen Release Date Wallpaper (576x1024)
 
P5S ReleaseWallpaper AnnCarmen SP
Ann & Carmen Release Date Wallpaper (576x1024)
 
P5S ReleaseWallpaper Yusuke SP
Yusuke Release Date Wallpaper (576x1024)
 
P5S ReleaseWallpaper Goemon SP
Goemon Release Date Wallpaper (576x1024)
 
P5S ReleaseWallpaper Makoto SP
Makoto Release Date Wallpaper (576x1024)
 
P5S ReleaseWallpaper MakotoJohanna SP
Makoto & Johanna Release Date Wallpaper (576x1024)
 
P5S ReleaseWallpaper Futaba SP
Futaba Release Date Wallpaper (576x1024)
 
P5S ReleaseWallpaper FutabaNecronomicon SP
Futaba & Necronomicon Release Date Wallpaper (576x1024)
 
P5S ReleaseWallpaper Haru SP
Haru Release Date Wallpaper (576x1024)
 
P5S ReleaseWallpaper Milady SP
Milady Release Date Wallpaper (576x1024)
 
P5S ReleaseWallpaper Sophie SP
Sophie Release Date Wallpaper (576x1024)
 
P5S ReleaseWallpaper Zenkichi SP
Zenkichi Release Date Wallpaper (576x1024)
 
P5S ReleaseWallpaper Wolf SP
Valjean Release Date Wallpaper (576x1024)
 
P5S ReleaseWallpaper ZenkichiValjean SP
Zenkichi & Valjean Release Date Wallpaper (576x1024)
Concept arts
 
P5S concept
Concept art
 
P5S concept 2
Concept art (2)
 
P5S concept 3
Concept art (3)

Videos

Trailers
 
First PV
 
August 30 PV
 
PV1
 
PV2
 
PV3
 
3-Minute Overview
 
Morgana infiltrated Koei Tecmo Games!
 
Shibuya's Commercial
 
Sendai's Commercial
 
Sapporo's Commercial
 
Okinawa's Commercial
 
Osaka's Commercial
Character Trailers
 
Protagonist's trailer
 
Morgana's trailer
 
Ryuji's trailer
 
Ann's trailer
 
Yusuke's trailer
 
Makoto's trailer
 
Haru's trailer
 
Sophia's trailer
 
Zenkichi's trailer
Traveling Morgana Newsletters
 
Traveling Morgana Newsletter #1 (11/4/2019)
 
Traveling Morgana Newsletter #2 (11/26/2019)
 
Traveling Morgana Newsletter #3 (12/17/2019)
 
Traveling Morgana Newsletter #4 (1/10/2020)
 
Traveling Morgana Newsletter #5 (1/27/2020)

In Other Languages

Language Title
Flag of the United States English Persona 5 Scramble: The Phantom Strikers
Flag of Japan Japanese ペルソナ5スクランブル ザ・ファントムストライカーズ
(Perusona 5 Sukaranburu Za Fantomu Sutoraikaazu)
Flag of South Korea Korean 페르소나 5 스크램블 더 팬텀 스트라이커즈
(Pereusona 5 Seukeuraembeul Deo Paenteom Seuteuraikeojeu)
Flag of Hong KongFlag of the Republic of China Traditional Chinese 女神異聞錄5 亂戰:魅影攻手 (Nǚshén yìwén lù 5 luàn zhàn: Mèiyǐng gōng shǒu)
(Persona 5 Chaos: Phantom Attacker)

External Links

References


Persona 5 Strikers
Characters
Playable Protagonist - Ryuji Sakamoto - Morgana - Ann Takamaki - Yusuke Kitagawa - Makoto Niijima - Futaba Sakura - Haru Okumura - Sophia - Zenkichi Hasegawa
Major Targets Alice Hiiragi - Ango Natsume - Mariko Hyodo - Akane Hasegawa - Akira Konoe - Kuon Ichinose - EMMA / False God Demiurge
Other Lavenza - Sojiro Sakura - Miyako Kaburagi - Kaho Nanase - Shuzo Ubukata‎‎ - Jyun Owada - Aoi Hasegawa - Sae Niijima - Akane's Joker
Locations
Japan Yongen-Jaya (Café Leblanc) - Shibuya - Sendai - Sapporo - Okinawa - Kyoto - Osaka - Tokyo (Tokyo Tower)
Akasaka Mitsuke - Aoyama-Itchome (Shujin Academy) - Ogikubo - Fukuoka - Yokohama
Jail Shibuya Jail - Sendai Jail - Sapporo Jail - Okinawa Jail - Kyoto Jail - Osaka Jail - Jail of the Abyss - Tree of Knowledge
Other Velvet Room
Music
Albums Original Soundtrack
Songs "You Are Stronger" - "Daredevil" - "Life Will Change" - "What You Wish For" - "Axe to Grind" - "Counter Strike" - "Beneath the Mask" - "Last Surprise" - "Rivers in the Desert" - "Towards a Dream"
Archives & Terminology
Story Persona - Persona User - Shadow - Shadow Self (Monarch) - Treasure Demon - I am thou - Cognition - P. A. D. - Metaverse - Metaverse Navigator - Mask - Wild Card - Phantom Thieves of Hearts - Madicce - Antisocial Force - Police - Calling Card - Change of Heart - General Public - Seven Deadly Sins - Zephyrman
Summer Trip Calendar - Yen - Cooking - Hideout - Shrine
Vendors Shops - Vending Machines - Sophia's Shop - Big Bang Burger
Phantom Life Requests - Third Eye - Security Level - Shadows - Bosses - Lock Keeper - Dire Shadows
Battle Items - Skills - Combo Attacks - Master Arts - Party - Battle Stats - Damage - Accuracy - Experience - Level - Difficulty - Status Changes - Weaknesses - Navigator - Party Switch - Baton Pass - One More - Critical - Technical - Follow Up - Protect - Harisen Recovery - Endure - Cut-in - All-out Attack - Showtime - BOND - Game Over
Velvet Room List of Personas - Fusion - Arcana - Persona Points
System Trophies - Patches and Updates - New Game Plus - Cutscenes - Steam Profile Items
Development
Corporate Atlus Co., Ltd. - Koei Tecmo Games Co., Ltd. - Omega Force
Personnel Daisuke Kaneda - Shigenori Soejima - Atsushi Kitajoh - Lyn Inaizumi - Lotus Juice
Other Media
Events Persona Super Live 2019 - Traveling Morgana's Newsletter
Miscellaneous Merchandise
Megami Tensei Megami Tensei (Telenet) - Megami Tensei (Atlus) - II - Kyūyaku
Shin Megami Tensei Shin Megami Tensei - II / Gaiden: Ma To Houkai - if... / Hazama's Chapter - J - NINE -
III: Nocturne / Maniax / Chronicle Edition / HD Remaster / Pachislot - 20XX / Devil's Colosseum - IMAGINE - Tokyo Requiem - Strange Journey (Redux) - Devil Hunter Zero - IV / Apocalypse - Devil Collection - Synchronicity Prologue - Liberation Dx2 - V / Vengeance
Last Bible Last Bible - II - Another Bible - III - Special -
New Testament / II: Hajimari no Fukuin / III: Mugen no Eiyuu
Majin Tensei Majin Tensei - II: Spiral Nemesis - Ronde - Blind Thinker / II
Devil Summoner Devil Summoner / Pinball: Judgment - Soul Hackers / Intruder / Soul Hackers New Generation - Soul Hackers 2
Raidou Kuzunoha vs. The Soulless Army - Raidou Kuzunoha vs. King Abaddon
Persona Megami Ibunroku Persona (PSP Remake) / Ikū no Tō Hen -
2: Innocent Sin / Eternal Punishment / Lost Memories / Infinity Mask -
3 (FES* / Portable* / Reload) / Dancing in Moonlight
4 (Golden*) / Arena / Ultimax / Dancing All Night
5 (Royal*) / Dancing in Starlight / Strikers / Tactica
Q: Shadow of the Labryinth - Q2: New Cinema Labyrinth
Devil Children Black Book / Red Book - White Book - DemiKids Light / Dark - Fire Book / Ice Book -
Messiah Riser - Puzzle de Call! - Appli de Call! - Devil Children Mobile
Digital Devil Saga Avatar Tuner - 2 - A's TEST Server
Devil Survivor Devil Survivor (Overclocked) - 2 (Record Breaker) / The Extra World
Jack Series Jack Bros. - Demonic Help Party
Other games Giten Megami Tensei: Tokyo Mokushiroku - Card Summoner - Tokyo Mirage Sessions ♯FE - Maken X - Catherine / Full Body - Metaphor: ReFantazio
Digital Devil Story (Novels) Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei - 2: Warrior of the Demon City - 3: Demise of the Reincarnation
New Digital Devil Story New Digital Devil Story: Goddess of Enchainment - 2: Queen of the Ice Fields - 3: Planet of the Devil - 4: Wrath of the Young Emperor - 5: Eternal Goddess - 6: Bonds of Reincarnation
Other Novels Devil Summoner: Kuzunoha Raidou tai Shibito Ekishi - Giten Megami Tensei: Distant Flow ~EXILE~ - Megami Ibunroku Persona: Shadow Maze - Persona 3: Shadow Cry / Owari no Kakera / Alternative Heart / Velvet Blue - Persona x Detective Naoto - Quantum Devil Saga: Avatar Tuner - Devil Survivor 2 The Animation: Cetus's Prequel
Anime Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei - Tokyo Revelation - Persona -trinity soul- - Persona 3 The Movie - Persona 4 The Animation / -The Factor of Hope- / The Golden Animation - Persona 5 The Animation The Day Breakers - Persona 5 The Animation - DeviChil - D-Children: Light & Dark - Devil Survivor 2 The Animation
Manga Shin Megami Tensei: Tokyo Revelation - if... / Kahn - IV: DEMONIC GENE / -Prayers- - Gaiten: Hato no Senki - EDEN - CG Senki: Dante no Mon - Majin Tensei - Devil Summoner: Raidou Kuzunoha vs. The Lone Marebito - Megami Ibunroku Persona - Persona: Tsumi to Batsu - Persona 3 / Portable Dengeki Comic Anthology / Portable Dear Girls Comic Anthology - Persona 4 / The Magician - Arena / Arena Ultimax / Dancing All Night - PQ: -Roundabout- / Side:P3 / Side:P4 - Tartarus Theater - Persona 5 / Dengeki Comic Anthology / Comic à La Carte / Comic Anthology (DNA Media Comics) / the Animation Dengeki Comic Anthology / Mementos Mission - Q2: Persona Q2: Roundabout Special - Devil Children / Light & Dark - Digital Devil Saga: Avatar Tuner: Shinen no Matou - Devil Survivor - 2: -Show Your Free Will- / The Animation Manga
Mobile Apps The Night Before - QIX - Chaining Soul - Aegis: The First Mission - Em - Illust Puzzle - Escape - Social - Ain Soph - Mobile Online - The Card Battle - Colors - Persona O.A. - Persona 5: The Phantom X - Mobile Phone Demon Collection - Atlus Casino - Devil Summoning Program - Digital Novel
Other The Amala Multiverse - Earth - Expanse - Great Will
Protagonists - Mascots - Navigators - Birthdays
Patches and Updates - In popular culture - Jungian psychology - Arcana