Persona 5 Royal

Persona 5 Royal
Also known as: Persona 5 The Royal (JP/KR/CN) Developer: Atlus Publishers: Atlus (JP), Sega (US/EU/KR/CN) Platform: PlayStation 4 Released in JP: October 31, 2019 Released in US: March 31, 2020 Released in EU: March 31, 2020 Released in AU: March 31, 2020 Released in KR: February 20, 2020 Released in CN: February 20, 2020 This game has unused areas. This game has unused code. This game has hidden development-related text. This game has unused enemies. This game has unused objects. This game has unused graphics. This game has unused models. This game has unused cinematics. This game has unused items. This game has unused abilities. This game has unused sounds. This game has unused text. This game has regional differences. This game has revisional differences.

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Persona 5 Royal is the enhanced re-release of a Persona 4 spin-off game. Don't let the title fool you too.

NOTE: This version has some unused leftovers from the original release. This page and its subpages will only cover material exclusive to this version.

To do: So much stuff to do! A few more oddities to cover, such as the Mementos room being grouped in with Kaneshiro's Palace internally. Look for any unused graphics and models. Several voice clips to upload. Quite a bit of unused text. Unused music, like an early Ideal and the Real theme.

Sub-Pages

Resources

Scrapped Thieves Den Items What IS your subconscious hiding?

Unused Cutscenes You'll never see it coming! Literally.

Unused Graphics Say Cheese!

Unused Models Ren: Mama mia! Here we go again!

Unused Voice Clips Morgana talks less, but everyone else does more.

Unused Text Do you want to ride the limosine?

Data

Debug Scripts Checking story points, confidants, and the like.

Unused Encounters Prepare for an ass-whoopin'.

Unused Items Actually using them to pull a prank.

Unused Personas Psych(e)!

Unused Skills and Cards ...Traits?

Unused Traits

Hex ID	Name	Description	Notes
098	Flawless Spirit	Decrease SP cost of allies support/almighty skills by half.	Unused trait for Akechi's Hereward.
0C5	Blessed Spirit	Doubles amount of HP/SP restored to self.	This trait is technically used; It makes up the HP recovery effect of Messiah (& Picaro's) unique trait, Hallowed Spirit.

Royal has 299 traits and only 96 of them are used; Rest are RESERVE.

Unused Skills

To do: Move to Persona 5 Royal/Unused Skills and Cards, filter out unused from original.

Hex ID	Name	Element	Description	Target	Cost	Notes
30C	Mona/Ryuji Unison Attack	Almighty	BLANK		N/A
314	UNUSED: Akechi Unison Attack	Almighty	BLANK		N/A	Akechi, alongside Sumire, are the only characters in the game with only one Showtime attack, only having one with the protagonist. This may have been intended for both of them together.
3E6	Trait DLC for Bitedown	Physical	BLANK	One enemy	N/A

Out-of-Bounds Objects

Misplaced Horse Statue

A duplicate horse statue can be found under the room in one of Maruki's flashback scenes.

Hidden Test Track Room Door

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  another angle

There is a non-functional hidden door in the Test Track room of Maruki's Palace, which may have been from an earlier revision of the area.

Jazz Jin Room

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There is a hidden small storage room in the Kichioji jazz club, where it is never seen in view. It seems to look a bit unfinished, and may have intended to be seen from the right side.

Futaba's Palace Old Room Leftover

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  in the room

The old room from Futaba's Palace, which was replaced by a Will Seed room, exists under it.

Unused Areas

File: f013_026. A backdrop of a sauna? Seen in an unused cutscene.

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File: f012_031. A museum location. This is actually used in a unused cutscene about Madarame's past.

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  outside

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  front

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  back

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  interior

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  interior back

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  interior front: driver's seat

File: f062_190. A piece of a palace field that's a mostly texture-less limousine. Might be related to this early cutscene of Joker, Kasumi, and Akechi entering the auditorium.

The unused areas from Kamoshida's Palace from the original with the exception of the Sewer Area (finally used and redesigned) and the Early Main Hall are still here, still unused; As well as the placeholder room and placeholder safe rooms. The unused station field is now empty, with only a skybox.

Unused QR Code Display Function

MSG_QR_HIT
You will occasionally discover "QR Codes" when you use Third Eye in town.
These codes can be used to gain points to summon Personas in the "PERSONA O.A." application.
There are a total of "100" QR codes to be found in various places on various dates,
so try using Third Eye all around the city to find QR codes.

There exists an unused QR code search/display function. It would display a QR code for the use of the now-defunct smartphone app Persona O.A. On its own, it softlocks if executed due to a folder it is looking for that has since been deleted - field/qr/ - and field (overworld) data associated with it.

If executed with the correct parameters (via modding), it would display a display box with a image of a QR code and pressing the OK prompt exits it out.

Scrapped DLC

Item Packs

Name	Translation
ハッピーギフト (カット)	Happy Gift (Cut)
当たりの宝くじ (カット)	Winning Lottery (Cut)

There are two unused DLC item packs which do not give anything if triggered. The text is dummied out with "RESERVE" in international releases.

Personas

There exists unused data for DLC Personas Psyche, Psyche Picaro, Orpheus Telos, Orpheus Telos Picaro, and Neo Arsene Picaro. More info on them can be found on this page.

Persona 3: Dancing in Moonlight Costumes

Outfit name and attached accessory Moonlight Phones are set, but the outfit is just everyone's Phantom Thief attire, likely as placeholder. It also has a DressTalk conversation, but it's blanked out as "RESERVE".

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Unknown what this would be, as it never got as far as using everyone's Phantom Thief attire as a placeholder.

Scrapped Showtimes

To do: Explain.

Ryuji/Morgana

sp_attack_02_03.BCD
sp_attack_02_03_boss.BCD
sp_attack_wipe_start_02_03.EPL
sp_attack_wipe_end_02_03.EPL

Ryuji/Ann

sp_attack_02_04.BCD
sp_attack_02_04_boss.BCD
sp_attack_wipe_start_02_04.EPL
sp_attack_wipe_end_02_04.EPL

Yusuke/Makoto

sp_attack_05_06.BCD
sp_attack_05_06_boss.BCD

Unused Behaviors

Yoshizawa at 2nd Floor Leblanc Hideout

Kasumi (Sumire) actually has animations and behaviors for the hideout on the second floor of LeBlanc, which is never seen because by the time she joins your party your hideout is moved to the first floor of LeBlanc, and the Hideout does not change after that. She may have intended to be a temporary party member early on before eventually joining for the third semester, which might've been scrapped, along with the original Will Seeds' purpose due to Atlus' past experiences of receiving a lot of backlash about added or changed things to the original story from the previous re-releases of Persona games and they don't want the same thing to happen for 5 Royal.

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  Sitting on the protagonist's bed

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  Meeting

Unused Flags

Yoshizawa also has an unused follower flag, but she uses Ann's animations, thus bugged.

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  In motion

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  Idle (bugged)

Oddities

Yoshizawa

Yoshizawa's Name and Codename(s)

Kasumi (Sumire) is internally named Uzuki in some places, like in her battle sprites, all-out attack data, and some confidant data. In two unused attacks, she's named Ikumi and Yayoi (latter blanked out in the international release).

Her codename was originally Clown, according to weapon.pak and Morgana's unused navigator lines for her.

Yoshizawa's Extra Animations

All her unused animations are derived from Ann's, likely as placeholders.

Development Oversights

Error in Thieves Den Gallery

Sumire's leotard in the bad ending credits is pink, while in the Thieves Den gallery, as full picture inserts, puts it as blue. This error (or correction, as Sumire's leotard is blue in all of its appearances) is only in the international releases; the Japanese release keeps the pink leotard.

Japan	International

(Source: Faz)

Akechi

Akechi's Critical Cutin Error

Akechi (Black Mask)'s cutin uses his prince version's alpha mask. The Thieves Den's gallery image shows the correct render of it.

In-game cut-in (incorrect)	Thieves Den Gallery (correct)

Black Mask Akechi's Tactics Animation

Akechi (Black Mask) uses a series of early tactics selection animations from his (Prince) variant.

Early Prince Animation	Black Mask Animation	Final Prince Animation

Safe Room Idle Animation

Goro (Black Mask)'s idle animation has his right hand displaced. This bug affects his Prince Suit, Dark Suit, Winter Uniform, Winter Clothes, Gekkoukan High Uniform, Yasogami High Uniform, Kasugayama High Uniform, Butler Suit, Shadow Ops Uniform, and New Cinema Outfit.

(Source: Faz)

Old Portraits

The portraits of the main characters are redrawn in Royal, but in a few scenes, the original portraits show up.

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  Ann's awakening battle

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  Yusuke's awakening battle

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  Third Semester: Ryuji's Apology

(Source: Krebbit)

P3 and P4 Hero Textures

The texture files for the P3 and P4 Hero fought in DLC Velvet Room battles have textures for Ryuji's Persona Q2 costume.

Maruki Palace Flashbacks

When discussing with Lavenza about Maruki's Actualization, one flashback shot taking place in Maruki's Palace is different from what actually happened, seemingly from an earlier version of this area.

Actual Scene	Flashback (in-game)	Flashback Image

And while in another scene, when talking to human Morgana if he's happy with his wish, the same happens.

Actual Scene	Flashback (in-game)	Flashback Image

Cursor in Showtime

Viewing Ann/Morgana's Showtime from Thieves Den, a mouse cursor is shown around the top left corner.

Regional Differences

Game

Like previously, Ryuji's shoes have the rising sun symbol removed in the Chinese and Korean versions, due to its association with Japanese imperialism, but also the icon for almighty skills.

In some translated versions, two conversations between the protagonist and some male friends and some stereotypical gay men in were changed as to remove the implications that they were flirting with them.

System

The opening image for the game is colored silver in the western releases while it is gold with slightly enlarged text and correct punctuation in the Japanese, Chinese, and Korean versions. The sparkles are also positioned differently.

Japan/China/Korea	Western

The save data icon is a rough sketch of Joker in the Japanese, Chinese, and Korean versions, while the west uses a (finished) piece of him.

Japanese/China/Korea	Western

Add-on Content

Special Morgana Car

"PlayStation Store" Special Persona 5 Royal Morgana Car Sticker

This DLC was only released in Japan and Asia if it was pre-ordered from the Playstation Store, and is unavailable to be obtained in the western release.

"Unlockable" PS4 Dynamic Themes

For the west, upon certain achievements being obtained while playing the game (the ones for each palace and one for obtaining all achievements), an email would've gone out rewarding you with Themes of the Protagonist, all party members, Caroline and Justine, Lavenza, and Dr. Maruki. However, obtaining the emails were spotty at best, meaning that many players were not able to obtain these themes without contacting customer support.

Pre-Order Theme

A special theme was given to those who pre-ordered the game in Japan and Asia, and another, different theme was given to those who pre-ordered the game in other regions.

Japan/Asia	Western

Revisional Differences

Japan

v1.01

• various bug fixes

v1.02

• fixes a bug where the player can get locked out of the book-sorting puzzle in Kamoshida's palace
• various bug fixes

v1.03

• various bug fixes

v1.04

• fixes an bug when during boss battles in Mementos, initiating negotiations can cause the game to softlock.

China and Korea

v1.01

• various bug fixes

v1.02

• various bug fixes

Western

v1.01

• Minor bug and text fixes.
• Allows the players to select Japanese or English audio when starting a new game, and also instructs them on how to change audio language.
• Adds FIGS screenshots to in-game tutorials.
• Adds FIGS localization of weapon customization abbreviations and certain Mementos areas.
• Adds correct FIGS area names to the seventh Palace.
• Updated tutorial content for clarity.

(Source: Atlus West)

v1.02

• minor text corrections
  • The biggest change is one of the answers you can give to Akechi when about to challenge Maruki and his reality.

Initial	v1.02 Patch
This isn't small potatoes.	This isn't "trivial"!