Persona 5 Strikers Ps5 Vs Pc
Brie Hoffler
Persona 5 Strikers was released in Japan on February 20, 2020 for the PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch. It was released in the West on February 23rd, 2021 for those platforms and an additional port for Microsoft Windows via Steam.
Months after the events of Persona 5, the Phantom Thieves of Hearts plan to go on summer vacation as the protagonist and Morgana reunite with them upon their return to Tokyo. Despite their celebration, during that night, Lavenza appears as the Velvet Room's sole resident and warns the protagonist of a "potential calamity" that may "consume the world whose heart he strove so greatly to change."
The next day, the protagonist, Morgana and Ryuji travel to Shibuya's 705 Building in order to buy camping tools in preparation for their travels. They do it under the advice of EMMA, a popular digital assistant notable for its incredibly accurate predictions and answers to everyday life. On the way, they pass by a public event hosted by an idol known as Alice Hiiragi, who appears to be very popular. They attend the event and Alice gives the protagonist a card to her "Wonderland." This card instructs the reader to input the keyword "Wonderland" in the EMMA app. After doing so, the three find themselves trapped in an unknown location in the Metaverse in their Phantom Thief attire, along with three other men who get attacked by Shadows and have their Desires stolen in the form of gems, with the instigator being none other than Alice herself.
The trio attempt to escape, but they are eventually ambushed and captured by the Shadows. They are brought to Alice's Shadow self, who then decides to dump them into the underground waterway. There, they encounter an A.I. called Sophia, who claims herself to be a friend of humanity and has no memories of herself. Capable of fighting by manifesting some Pithos as a pseudo-Persona, she helps the group escape from the area, upon which Sophia, being comprised of data, turns into an A.I. over the "EMMA" app on the protagonist's phone.
Back in the real world, the three boys gather the rest of the group and tell them about their discovery. Upon further investigation, they find that most of Shibuya has fallen into a fervor about Alice. After obtaining enough information on the matter, the protagonist and Ann visit the TV station at Akasaka Mitsuke to personally meet Alice, who would then be attending a talk show. There, they witness the host attempting to talk about Alice's crush, only to be suddenly silenced and have his heart changed into falling in love with her. The show is interrupted, and Alice's manager tries to stop her in the hallway, only for her to show her true colors by physically attacking him and taking pictures or videos of him with the intention of humiliating him. Ann and the protagonist witness her, and successfully stop her from doing any further harm for the time being. It turns out that Shibuya is being overlaid by a Metaverse structure known as a "Jail," which is abused by its ruler to mesmerize its entire population. The Phantom Thieves reform and put off their trip until Alice is neutralized.
The night after the party explores the Shibuya Jail's outskirts, they run into a member of the Public Security Bureau, Zenkichi Hasegawa. When the party returns to Caf Leblanc, he takes the opportunity to blackmail them into cooperating, as the police believes that they're the ones responsible for the recent mass Change of Heart cases happening all over Japan. Although he suspects another culprit is responsible, if they do not cooperate, they risk being arrested for the incident instigated by Alice yesterday, while she escapes unscathed. Suspicious of Zenkichi's motives, they decline his offer, intending to clear their names on their own accord.
Barging through the castle, they eventually reach its core and discover that there is no Treasure, and instead witness two Shadows dropping gems which evaporate into the pink fog above the Jail, which they refer to as Desires. It turns out that the Monarch is sealed inside a bird cage, a device that traps them in a past trauma or disdainful experience and prevents them from moving on. A vocal clue hints the party towards where they need to go to unlock the cage; a school where Alice was bullied in, but they do not know what school she attended until Zenkichi arrives, where they deduce that Alice is actually an alumna of Shujin Academy: she was actually badly bullied by jealous girls at school for having a crush.
This results in a confrontation with a powerful Lock Keeper Shadow in the Trauma Cell, representing one of these bullies from Shujin. Back in the real world, the Phantom Thieves hijack a broadcast to issue the calling cards on Alice, who evokes her Shadow self to defend her Desires. Freed from her cage, the gang then confronts her at the rooftop, where it turns out that unlike the previous targets, Alice is not malicious, but was driven by desire of revenge against the bullies who took away her crush and her better future. Refusing to become another forgotten victim, she transforms into a monstrous rabbit-like creature, but is defeated and convinced by Ann to release all of the Desires.
The next day, Alice confesses to her crimes on live television. Although the Phantom Thieves assumed that their names were cleared, Zenkichi tells them that suspicions instead have intensified, as the calling card they submitted had made the police suspect their involvement behind the change of heart cases. They have no other choice but to accept Zenkichi's pending offer. Told about the other world, he agrees to protect them from the police as long as they cooperate with him. He suggests they travel to Sapporo soon to deal with another mass Change of Heart incident.
Futaba investigates Alice's phone, discovering that someone had been monitoring her actions on the app, but does not know who the person is. The Phantom Thieves decide to borrow an RV from Sojiro as their means of transportation, with Makoto serving as the primary driver.
Back at the Police Station, Miyako Kaburagi, the chief of the Public Security Bureau, warns Zenkichi that he has to take down the Thieves, should any suspicions arise. She also advises him to take a break in Kyoto to take care of his daughter.
Weary from the road trip, Sophia suggests they stop in Sendai for food and rest, but soon detects the presence of another Jail. The group stops at Mt. Aoba and decide to eat at a nearby restaurant, where they encounter a woman who introduces herself as Kuon Ichinose.
During their trip, the group notices numerous posters advertising a book called Prince of Nightmares. They later find a crowd assembled for what appears to be an autograph signing. This causes the Phantom Thieves to suspect that Ango Natsume is the Monarch of Sendai and begin to investigate. On the way, they attend a book-signing event hosted by Natsume, but he does not appear to say anything suspicious. After the event, they examine the book by buying a copy, curious as to see what made it so popular. To their surprise, the book is full of plagiarized excerpts, cementing their suspicion even more.
Zenkichi meets with the Thieves at the RV, where he confirms that Ango is indeed suspicious, as his novel is only popular in Sendai and that everyone who added him as a friend on EMMA began buying numerous copies of his book, running into debt. With Zenkichi's help, they manage to get in contact with Ango by attending his party to celebrate a million copies sold and obtain his keyword, "Prince of Nightmares."
Exploring Sendai's Jail, they also discover that like Alice, Ango had no malicious intentions; being the grandson of a famous writer, his publishers staged the competition he participated in order to profit off of his name. Having learned of this, Ango used the EMMA app in order to make his readers love his novels and to take the money from his publishers. Ready to send their calling card, the following day, as Ango heads to the store, he finds them plastered all over his stall and its contents evoke his Shadow self.
Upon defeating Ango's Shadow self in his bird cage, he promises to redeem himself after Yusuke convinces him to restart anew in the arts, citing his friends as the reason why he was able to move on. The following day, Ango holds a press conference in which he confesses that he had plagiarized his writings but promises to reimburse all of his readers, vowing to never write again. Yusuke walks up to Ango and convinces him to keep writing. Ango then retracts his statement and promises to return to writing once he clears up his name, vowing to create a novel that would honor his grandfather's legacy.
Clearing the case, Zenkichi commends them for their efforts and points them to Sapporo for their next investigation. He also has them attend a lecture hall on his behalf to investigate Akira Konoe, the CEO of Madicce and see if he would reveal anything about EMMA. The visit is fruitless, as Konoe does not reveal anything out of the ordinary. As the Thieves decide on what to do, a woman who introduces herself as Kuon Ichinose and the creator of EMMA learns of their identities. She had sold it to Konoe for money, making him the legal owner of EMMA. She offers to help the Thieves, who accept, seeing that the coder of EMMA may be able to detect abnormalities in the app.
Arriving at Sapporo, the Thieves begin exploring the city, and meet Mariko Hyodo, who then recognizes Haru and is delighted to see her again, apologizing for her father's death because of Mental shutdown. Zenkichi then contacts the group, informing them that Mariko is the suspect, having obtained an abnormal amount of supporters in a short amount of time. Haru finds it hard to believe that an old family friend would be a Monarch, having known her for her kindness as a child.
After temporarily investigating Sapporo Jail, back in the real world, they find Mariko reprimanding one of her staff for being late for the job even though he was sick, despite the man being in danger of collapsing. Haru scolds Mariko for treating her staff terribly, becoming upset at how Mariko had turned cold and wonders what made her so cruel. Returning to the Jail the next day, they discover that Mariko's hostility came after she approved of an ice sculpture from a unscrupulous construction company that bribed one of her staff members, which collapsed and killed a young girl named Kaho Nanase. She wept for the child's death, but did not know of the true culprit until she stumbled onto a conversation between one of her staffers and a shady person, who happens to by the councilman, who had approved of the deal from her. The staffer then threatened to link her to the incident if she tried anything against him by calling the police on them.
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