'Persona 5' Gameplay Trailers Introduces Three More Potential Confidants

Three new Persona 5 trailers debuted this week, featuring a trio of new confidants for the game’s protagonist, and the latest additions to Persona 5 continue to fill out the game’s already eclectic cast of characters. The studio also released background information on all three characters.

For those who aren’t familiar, the Confidant system in Persona 5 replaces the Social Link system from Persona 3 and Persona 4. Players improve their relationship with confidants, some of whom won’t be part of your team, by speaking with them sporadically throughout the Persona 5 campaign. (When you aren’t busy saving the world, of course.) This week, we met three more potential confidants, each of whom can be beneficial to the Phantom Thieves of Hearts if players put in the effort to become friends.

Here’s what Atlus had to say about each new addition to Persona 5:

• Hifumi Togo – It’s never a good idea to go out Phantom Thieving without some sort of plan, but luckily the team can learn all about strategy from the brilliant, and beautiful, Shogi player Hifumi Togo. Spending time playing Shogi with Hifumi will help develop useful abilities to use during battle, such as swapping out members mid-fight, fleeing from ambushes, and more! There’s a lot to learn from a grandmaster such as herself, plus it’s amusing to watch her get insanely competitive during games.

• Sadayo Kawakami – Sadayo Kawakami is the protagonist’s homeroom teacher at Shujin Academy… who also secretly moonlights as a maid. She doesn’t want her side job to be made public, so to keep it a secret she strikes a deal with the protagonist: She’ll let him slack off in her class in exchange for his silence. While this may not seem like a big deal, IT TOTALLY IS! Having to freedom to slack off gives the protagonist extra time for important endeavors like reading books, creating infiltration tools, or sleeping. Oh, and she can cook and clean for you if you pay for it (maid outfit included).

• Toranosuke Yoshida – Finding an honest politician is like finding a needle in a haystack, but Toranosuke Yoshida is a public servant who genuinely cares for the people. He may not have the most successful track record, but he’s a humble man who certainly doesn’t lack confidence. Toranosuke can be found at Shibuya Station Square giving rousing sermons about changing the corrupt system and protecting Japan’s future. While his words fall on mostly deaf ears, the protagonist can spend time with him to learn the invaluable art of speech. Developing a silver tongue will unlock negotiations skills in battle, such as being able to ask for more money or items from enemies.

For more on Persona 5, take a few minutes to watch all three of the new confidant trailers from Atlus. Then head down to the comments section and let us know which confidant(s) you’ll be relying on when Persona 5 debuts next year:

Persona 5 is in development for PlayStation 4. The game debuts April 4, 2017.

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