Persona 5 Spinoffs Hinted at by Atlus Website Registrations

Persona 5: Dancing All Night and Arena on the way?

By Alex Osborn

Atlus has registered several Persona 5-related domains names that suggest spinoffs of the recently released RPG could be on the horizon.

The domain registrations were spotted by Twitter user MysticDistance, who noted that both P5D.jp and P5U.jp were registered earlier this week on April 18.

As reported by Persona Central, several other domain names were registered, including P5AG.jp, P5R.jp, Persona-Dance.jp, PQ2.jp, Persona8.jp, Persona9.jp and Persona10.jp.

While the registrations for Persona 8-10 are almost certainly a forward thinking move by Atlus to secure the names for the distant future, the P5-related domains could point to new spinoff games. After all, Persona 4 received several spinoffs, including the rhythm-based Dancing All Night, which has a Persona 5-inspired outfit hidden in its game data. Persona 4's other spinoffs include a pair of fighting games, Arena and Arena Ultimax. As such, it's quite possible that P5D.jp and P5U.jp are for Persona 5: Dancing All Night and Persona 5 Arena Ultimax, respectively.

It's also worth noting that a crossover RPG called Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth, which features the casts of Persona 3 and Persona 4, released for 3DS in 2015. The registration of PQ2.jp could suggest that a sequel is on the way.

IGN has reached out to Atlus for comment and will update this story when we receive a response.

For more on Atlus' stylish new role-playing game, read IGN's Persona 5 review to find out why its "gorgeous, vibrant world and captivating story make Persona 5 a new gold standard for Japanese RPGs." While you're at it, check out this overview of the new outfits and music coming to Persona 5 as DLC.

Alex Osborn is a freelance writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter and subscribe to his YouTube channel.

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