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 areas. This game has hidden development-related text. This game has unused graphics. This game has unused models. This game has unused sounds. 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, unused weapons. There's more unused areas. Finish unused Persona list.

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Unused Graphics A portrait says a thousand words.

Unused Text Debug Time goooooo!

Unused Voice Clips Let's not say that today.

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 straight 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 symbol saying "left" floating above it.

Early Models

Earlier versions of several characters models can be found unused in the game's data. A lot of these models have animations attached that appear corrupted when loaded into model viewing software, but load perfectly fine in-game. A video of some of these unused animations in action can be viewed here.

Ren Amamiya

An earlier version of the protagonist's school uniform, where he looked a little more scruffier, as well as looking more like a delinquent. This model can be seen in early footage of Persona 5.

Early	Final

Ryuji Sakamoto

Earlier Ryuji's hair is a darker shade of blonde. He also has buttons... on the other side of his jumper? What a rebel.

Early	Final

Ann Takamaki

Ann's early model loads oddly in rendering software. As her skeleton renders to a laying down animation, but only her head calibrates to the skeleton, the rest of her body loads in a classic T-pose. As such, both the head and body of her early model have been included as seperate images.

In terms of differences, early Ann's skirt is shorter than in the final, and her pigtails are messier.

Early	Final

Morgana

Early Morgana wears the scarf of his Metaverse form aroud his neck, instead of a yellow collar. He is also more realistic looking than the final's Morgana. His design was probably changed due to how horrifying his earlier model looked.

Early	Final

Sojiro

The earlier Sojiro wears garishly bright clothing in comparison to the final's. He also has gray hair and doesn't appear hunched over, unlike final Sojiro.

Early	Final

Unused Texture

An alternate texture for Goro Akechi's Phantom Thief outfit exists in the game but goes unused. This texture depicts him with darker colors than his regular metaverse outfit. This texture is smaller than the one used for his outfit in game (512x512 and 256x256 compared to 1024x1024 and 512x512), so it appears stretched out when applied to his model.

Unused Areas

Placeholder Room

Room filename: f000_100_0.GFS. A room with a texture reading ダミーフィールド (Dummy Field) repeatedly over the floor and walls. The cylindrical shape implies it was used as a test battlefield at some point.

Kamoshida's Palace

As seen in early gameplay footage, the dungeon area of Kamoshida's Palace was originally meant to be larger than what is seen in the final game, and originally contained the mouse puzzles which would eventually be moved to Shido's Palace.

Room filename: f052_053_0.GFS. A cylindrical room containing several cages suspended over a pit. A duplicate of this room with a smaller filesize can be found at f052_071_0.GFS.

Room filename: f052_090_0.GFS. A cut dungeon area featuring the mouse puzzle seen in early gameplay footage.

f052_043_0.GFS contains a room with several wooden platforms suspended over a pit.

Unused Personas

0D2 contains a unique version of Loki, the Persona used by the traitor during their boss fight. It is classed under the Justice Arcana, but is unfinished, and it lacks any weaknesses or resistances and has no skills programmed. It also lacks a unique Compendium description, and uses a placeholder description. When summoned during battle, it uses blue lighting like a regular Persona, instead of the red lighting effects used during the traitor fight. It likely was intended to be used for Goro Akechi, as unused voice clips exist of him calling Loki's name. If Loki is hacked to be Goro's Persona, he will use those voice clips when performing a critical hit.

Another version of Loki can be found at 0EE, however, it crashes the game if a battle is started with it in the player's Persona stock.

Aside from Loki, several more unused Personas exist in the game. Most of these Personas seem to have been carried over from previous games, and have no model data in this game so they are invisible in the Status screen and when summoned in battle. The protagonist has no corresponding voice clips for calling out any of these Personas. None of these Personas seem to have skills programmed.

Hex ID	Name	Arcana	Compendium Description	Notes
047	RESERVE	Fool	Taira no Masakado, hero of the Heian period. He claimed the title "Shinno" (New Emperor) and rebelled against the government. He was killed, but it is said he became a demigod.	Intended to have been Masakado. Was a Tower Arcana Persona in Persona 3 and Persona 4.
053	RESERVE	Fool	Among the eight Yashaou and one of Bishamonten's attendants. Originally a child-eating demon, he was converted by the Buddha and became a protector figure.	Intended to have been Atavaka. Was an Aeon Arcana Persona in Persona 3 FES/Portable and a Chariot Arcana Persona in Persona 4.
067	RESERVE	Fool	BLANK	Uses Slime Mara's model.
091	RESERVE	Fool	BLANK
092	RESERVE	Fool	BLANK
093	RESERVE	Fool	BLANK
094	RESERVE	Fool	BLANK
095	RESERVE	Fool	BLANK
096	RESERVE	Fool	BLANK
09B	RESERVE	Fool	The Arabian mother goddess also known as Allat. She was thought to reside in the Black Stone at the Kaaba. She and her son, Dusura, were worshipped there by desert nomads.	Intended to have been Alilat. Was an Empress Arcana Persona in Persona 3 and Persona 4.
0A5	RESERVE	Fool	BLANK
0E5	RESERVE	Fool	???	Crashes the game.
0EF	RESERVE	Fool	RESERVE231 Mythology	Duplicates of this Persona can be found at 0F0, 0F1, 0F2, 0F3, 0F4, 0F5, 0F6, 0F7, 0F8, 0F9, and 0FA
0FB	RESERVE	Star	A fallen angel in Judeo-Christian lore whose name signifies "Morning Star". Primarily known for defying god but also worshipped as a bringer of light to mankind.	Intended to have been Helel.
101	RESERVE	Star	A Hindu god of war, known as Skanda or Murugan. He rides atop a peacock called Paravani, with bow and arrow drawn. He commands the army of the gods and defeated the forces of Asura.	Intended to have been Kartikeya.
102	RESERVE	Hanged Man	Seven days after its birth, a wolf killed its mother. Yoshizane Satomi later promised his daughter's hand if it could defeat the enemy, but after Yatsufusa's success, Yoshizane's retainer shot it dead.	Intended to have been Yatsufusa.
104	RESERVE	Emperor	RESERVE Mythology
107	RESERVE	Temperance	RESERVE Mythology
10B	RESERVE	Hierophant	A god who migrated from Silla to Kyushu to give oracles to the people. Later deified as a guardian of samurai across Japan. Also called Yahata, or "a figure for gods to possess".	Intended to have been Hachiman.
10C	RESERVE	Moon	A cursed Norse spirit in the form of a beautiful woman, known to bloom from the blood of hanged men. She was believed to tell secrets if properly tended to.	Intended to have been Alraune. Crashes the game.
122	RESERVE	Emperor	RESERVE Mythology
123	RESERVE	Chariot	The god of war in Greek myth. Other gods despised him for his cruel and violent nature. He opposed Athena, who resented war.	Intended to have been Ares. The compendium description is slightly reworded compared to the one used in Persona 4.
126	RESERVE	Hermit	Japanese god of words, thought to be the deification of echoes. Said to proclaim good and bad in a single word, and all words uttered by him come true.	Intended to have been Hitokoto-Nushi.
12E	RESERVE	Moon	RESERVE Mythology
132	RESERVE	Magician	Shiva's first consort in Hindu myth, she threw herself into a sacrificial fire in protest of her father's treatment of Shiva. Reborn as Parvati, she was reunited with Shiva.	Intended to have been Sati. Arcana was changed back to Magician after being changed to Aeon in Persona 4 Golden.
135	RESERVE	Fool	???	Crashes the game.
15F	P5 Unused	Fool	???	Attempting to view its compendium entry crashes the game. There are 107 duplicates of this Persona.
162	P6 Unused	Fool	???	A duplicate entry of the above with the same compendium crashing ability and a misspelling in the name.

Unused Arcana Entry

There is an entry in the Arcana name table for the Aeon Arcana. There is no Confidant who represents the Aeon Arcana in game, and no corresponding tarot card for this Arcana exists. The Aeon Arcana has traditionally appeared in the enhanced editions of games in the Persona series since Persona 3 FES, what it's doing here is a mystery.

(Source: TGE)

Oddities

Internal Names

Several places in the game's data (such as datCharaOrder.bmd) refer to Haru as Ranko internally.

Likewise, nearly every instance internally refers to Chihaya as "uranai", which literally translates to Fortune Teller/Diviner. What stands out about this particularly is that Chihaya is the only confidant in the game who isn't referred to by their name internally.

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)

Regional Differences

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