Possible ‘Persona 5 R’ Announcement Imminent

On April 20, 2017 we found that ATLUS had registered various Persona series related domain names, including “P5R.JP.” This domain name was updated yesterday December 25, 2018.

This rumor suggets that it would be a new edition of Persona 5 to be released in 2019.

Also in 2017 ATLUS make a survey and asked the fans if they would be interested in a new edition of Persona 5 with new elements:

Q53: Please select all that applies for proposed Persona series titles below.

The games are the following:

• “Persona 2: Innocent Sin / Eternal Punishment” HD console remake
• Completely new “Persona 6”
• “Persona 5” dance game (sound action)
• New Persona fighting game for “Persona 5”
• “Persona 3” HD console remake
• “Persona 1” HD console remake
• “Persona” series board game
• “Persona” series online game
• “Persona” series shooting game
• “Persona 5” with added scenarios and new elements
• Continuation of “Persona Q” and remake to other platforms
• “Persona 3” dance game (sound action)

Possible Announcement Date
Whenever these name server changes for Atlus related domains have occurred previously, the game reveals have taken place within two weeks of the update.

An upcoming event of note where an announcement could take place in is the “Dark Sun…”, 1-hour special broadcast for Persona 5 the Animation on December 30th. News for the Persona Super Live 2019 concert has recently been confirmed to be announced on that day, as well.

Previous Domain Name Examples
The following are examples of recent Atlus related domain names which had their reveals shortly after their name server changes:

Persona Q2

“PQ2.JP” was registered on April 18, 2017 and its name servers were moved on July 27, 2017. The game was formally announced 6 days later, at the “Persona Super Live P-Sound Bomb!!!! 2017” concert on August 2, 2017.

Persona 3: Dancing in Moonlight & Persona 5: Dancing in Starlight

“PERSONA-DANCE.JP” was registered on April 18, 2017 and its name servers were moved on July 28, 2017. The games were formally announced 5 days later, at the “Persona Super Live P-Sound Bomb!!!! 2017” concert on August 2, 2017.

Catherine: Full Body

“FULLBODY.JP” was registered on October 31, 2017 and its name servers were moved on December 11, 2017. The game was formally announced 8 days later independently.