Persona 5

Persona 5
Developer: Atlus Publishers: Atlus (JP/US), Deep Silver (EU) Platform: PlayStation 3 Released in JP: September 15, 2016 Released in US: April 4, 2017 Released in EU: April 4, 2017 Released in KR: June 8, 2017 This game has unused graphics. This game has unused text. This game has regional differences. This game has a notes page This game has a prerelease article

Persona 5 is the latest in the series of Persona 4 spin-off games. Don't let the title fool you.

To do: Dubious textures, probably some more unused graphics, unused weapons. There's more unused areas.

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Unused Text Debug Time goooooo!

Unused Voice Clips Let's not say that today.

Unused Graphics

Debug

A development related UI left in the game's executable.

A simple debug font, identical to the one found in Persona 4: Dancing All Night. This, along with various identical file formats highly suggest that Persona 5 runs on a variant of the same engine.

(Source: Original TCRF research)

2015 Portraits

These portraits are from early 2015, and all share the same art style. There is a base portrait for each, accompanied by eye and mouth overlays. Ryuji's portrait and a close-up of Ann's eyes can be seen in the first trailer for Persona 5, which was released in February 2015. These portraits were far more animated, as can be seen in the trailer. Ryuji's portrait is fully animated with a head tilt back that eventually lands on the idle portrait leftover in the game. All of the eye and mouth overlays have been applied to the base in separate versions below for easier viewing. The last portrait in each set is the character's used portrait, displayed for comparison. The protagonist doesn't have any conversational portraits in this style, so there's no comparison available for him. The final game uses a traditional portrait setup, very similar to Persona 4: Dancing All Night.

Protagonist

Ryuji Sakamoto

Early	Final

Ann Takamaki

Early	Final

Morgana

Early	Final

Yusuke Kitagawa

Early	Final

Makoto Niijima

Early	Final

Yuki Mishima

Early	Final

(Source: Original TCRF research)

Other Portraits

Early	Final

These additional portraits for Ryuji don't entirely match the 2015 art style. The blinking frames for the first portrait are the same as the base. The second portrait is much closer to the final compared to the 2015 design.

Early
Final

Three early portraits for Sugimura. The main artwork is identical to final, but each early portrait is missing the core shading and coloring features. The early portraits also contain more of Sugimura's body at the bottom than the final versions.

(Source: Original TCRF research)

Placeholder Graphics

A placeholder TV texture that reads "e433_001 獅堂改心会見スクショ". This translates to "Shido reform interview screenshot".

(Translations: Divingkataetheweirdo)

Placeholder	Final

A placeholder image for a roulette tutorial. There are additional final images for the other winning fields.

Japanese	Translation
二階席の力ツト	Scene cuts to 2nd floor.

Japanese	Translation
命中率 回避率 与ダメージ Place your bets! No more bet!	Accuracy rate Evasion rate Damage caused Place your bets! No more bet!

Placeholder text for an All Out Attack, with "temporary" laid on top.

Pre-Release	Early	Final

An early version of the protagonist's All Out Attack portrait was left in the game. Both the early and final versions differ drastically from the initial design seen in pre-release footage. Between the early and final versions, the protagonist's face was heavily altered along with the back of his neck and a small bit of hair.

A placeholder background image for a flashback. It's worth noting that this image is 1024x512, while final flashback backgrounds are 1280x720.

A placeholder texture for car decals with some fun designs.

(Source: Original TCRF research)

Tutorial Images

To do: Compare final controller images.

All of the images in this section are for various tutorial prompts throughout the game, intended as visual aid for whatever concept or mechanic is being described. They can be found in \font\system\field.

A generic placeholder image.

Placeholder button prompts for a PlayStation 3 controller. Each one says "Image (temporary)" at the bottom.

Placeholders relating to deadlines(?), Confidant rankings, Safe Rooms, and Missions respectively.

"Mission Technic" graphics featuring Ann, Ryuji, and a silhouette. These images may actually intend to say "technique", instead of "technic".

(Source: Original TCRF research)

Unused Models

A mouse form for Akechi, complete with animations. The only things capable of inflicting the Rattled status are the Mot enemies in Futaba's Palace and the Mementos Depths, as well as the statue puzzles in Shido's Palace. Akechi doesn't join the Thieves until long after Futaba's Palace is completed and leaves before Shido's Palace, rendering this unused.

Joker's Phantom Thief model with an amusing face overlayed.

A hablerie from Persona 4. More specifically, the type found in Yukiko's Castle. Likely here for testing purposes as it's the first model in the "items" folder (it0000_000). In addition, a giant plain lime green billboard texture can be found in the "items" folder with the filename it0000_007.

A gun with a giant pink kanji meaning "left" floating above it.

Texture Oddities

Fan Art

Game Texture	Fan Art

A few pieces of official Persona 4/Golden artwork are used as a small nod to the previous game, however a fan's artwork is also thrown in the mix for some reason without their knowledge. The source fan artwork can be found here.

(Source: Original TCRF research)

Akihabara Film Posters

To do: Source Ocean's Eleven & add more textures that include posters/covers.

A large number of film posters used in various parts of Akihabara are actually real movie posters and DVD covers squished down to a tiny resolution. These films originate from the US and Japan, and also include a fan made Star Wars film.

	Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4	Column 5	Column 6	Column 7	Column 8	Column 9	Column 10
Row 1	I Could Never Be Your Woman	Play the Game	Unhitched	Falling For Grace
Row 2	Did You Hear About the Morgans?	The Switch	Jack and Jill vs. the World	Man Trouble	My Life in Ruins	How Do You Know	Definitely, Maybe	Feast of Love
Row 3	Fight Club	Braveheart	Bringing Up Baby	My Sassy Girl	Dedication	Table for Three	The Holiday	The Romantics	Something's Gotta Give	The Upside of Anger
Row 4	The Magnificent Seven	The Great Escape	West Side Story	Edward Scissorhands	The Wild One	Kingdom of Heaven	Speed	The Day After Tomorrow	Independence Day	Vanishing Point
Row 5	Big Fish	Soul Food	All That Jazz	Get on the Bus	Michael Jackson's This Is It	Easy Rider	Taxi Driver	Sideways	Drumline	Stand By Me
Row 6	Ocean's Eleven (back)	Ocean's Eleven (front)	Rent	Lords of Dogtown	In God's Hands	Waking Life	In Her Shoes	Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid	Tora! Tora! Tora!	The Longest Day
Row 7	REM - Storytellers (fan made cover, back)	REM - Storytellers (fan made cover, front)	Vlad (back)	Vlad (front)	Dark Blood (fan made film, back)	Dark Blood (fan made film, front)	Ginger Snaps (back)	Ginger Snaps (front)	Art of the Devil 2 (back)	Art of the Devil 2 (front)

(Source: Ehm, divingkataetheweirdo, Emeraldrox303, Rightman, Mike Hattsu)

Unused Area

The game contains an unused area which is modeled after the dormitory area seen in Persona 3. This may have been a test area used in the early stages of the game's development.

Regional Differences

Ryuji's shoes have the rising sun symbol removed in the Korean version, due to its association with Japanese imperialism.