Persona 5 Confidants Are a Key Part of Gameplay

Deep Silver have uploaded videos for 3 of the Persona 5 Confidants – this game’s equivalent of the Social Links from Persona 3 and Persona 4. In these videos, we meet a shogi player, a teacher, and a politician who the protagonist can befriend. Befriending each of the different Confidants has a range of benefits for the Phantom Thieves.

Hifumi Togo

It’s never a good idea to go out Phantom Thieving without some sort of plan, but luckily the team can learn all about strategy from the brilliant, and beautiful, Shogi player Hifumi Togo. Spending time playing Shogi with Hifumi will help develop useful abilities to use during battle, such as swapping out members mid-fight, fleeing from ambushes, and more! There’s a lot to learn from a grandmaster such as herself, plus it’s amusing to watch her get insanely competitive during games.

Sadayo Kawakami

Sadayo Kawakami is the protagonist’s homeroom teacher at Shujin Academy… who also secretly moonlights as a maid. She doesn’t want her side job to be made public, so to keep it a secret she strikes a deal with the protagonist: She’ll let him slack off in her class in exchange for his silence. While this may not seem like a big deal, IT TOTALLY IS! Having to freedom to slack off gives the protagonist extra time for important endeavors like reading books, creating infiltration tools, or sleeping. Oh, and she can cook and clean for you if you pay for it (maid outfit included).

Toranosuke Yoshida

Finding an honest politician is like finding a needle in a haystack, but Toranosuke Yoshida is a public servant who genuinely cares for the people. He may not have the most successful track record, but he’s a humble man who certainly doesn’t lack confidence. Toranosuke can be found at Shibuya Station Square giving rousing sermons about changing the corrupt system and protecting Japan’s future. While his words fall on mostly deaf ears, the protagonist can spend time with him to learn the invaluable art of speech. Developing a silver tongue will unlock negotiations skills in battle, such as being able to ask for more money or items from enemies.

This is just a small selection of the Confidant characters you can use to your advantage, and I look forward to seeing introductions for more of them! I think this is a unique way to interpret the Social Link system in a manner that’s not only useful to the player, but also in keeping with the atmosphere and themes of Persona 5.

 

Persona 5 Confidants

Persona 5 releases outside of Japan on 4th April (we hope) for PS4 and PS3.

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