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After what amounted to a five-year development cycle, ''Persona 5'' was released in September 2016 in Japan and April 2017 worldwide. The game went on to become Atlus's single best-selling title in Japan in just three weeks as well as the fastest selling ''Persona'' game ever internationally, selling 3.2 million copies worldwide by the end of 2019. Critics praised the evolution of the game's combat, Social Links, and story and called it one of the best Japanese role-playing games of its generation and of all time. The game went on to receive many Game of the Year nominations throughout 2017 and placed highly in many outlets' "RPG of the Year" category. An enhanced version with additional characters, locations, and quality-of-life improvements called ''{{iw|wikipedia|Persona 5 Royal}}'' was released in Japan in October 2019 and March 2020 worldwide. Reviews of ''Persona 5 Royal'' have eclipsed those of the original, with outlets citing the improvements to exploration, menuing, and the gameplay and story additions as welcome ones and calling ''Royal'' a defining example of how to do an updated re-release. Eventually, ''Persona 5 Royal'', along with ''{{iw|wikipedia|Persona 4 Golden}}'' and ''{{iw|wikipedia|Persona 3 Portable}}'', were revealed to come to additional platforms throughout the Persona 25th Anniversary event in 2022, including a Nintendo Switch port of the three titles announced during the Nintendo Direct Mini: Partner Showcase of June 28, 2022. It happened three and a half years after the announcement of the franchise crossing over with ''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate'' in [[The Game Awards|The Game Awards 2018]].

Throughout the series' history, few spin-off titles appeared for it, with different game genres deviating from the role-playing game genre.

* The ''{{iw|wikipedia|Persona 4 Arena}}'' series of fighting game started in 2012, with the help of [[Arc System Works]] as gameplay elements from the ''{{iw|wikipedia|BlazBlue}}'' series reappear there. It features original fighters among others from ''Persona 3'', though they appear two years older than their sourced game, and ''Persona 4'', overall set two months after the latter's main story as they partake in the returns of the Midnight Channel. Characters from the duology would reappear later in ''{{iw|wikipedia|BlazBlue Cross Tag Battle}}''.

* Also starting as a spin-off of ''Persona 4'', the ''[[wikipedia:Persona 4: Dancing All Night|Dancing]]'' series of rhythm game began in 2015. Characters from ''Persona 5'' and ''Persona 3'' also appear in their respective ''Dancing'' titles later in 2018.

* ''Persona 5 Strikers'' is a hack-and-slash game developed by ω-Force, the primary developers of the ''[[Warriors]]'' franchise, and [[Koei Tecmo]] and released in 2020.

**{{gameIcon|SSBU}} [[Eiha]] first appeared in this game.

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*Music:

**{{gameIcon|SSBU}} "'''{{SSBUMusicLink|Persona|Aria of the Soul}}'''": An arrangement of the recurring Velvet Room theme, which debuted in this game.

**{{gameIcon|SSBU}} [[List of voice actors|Xander Mobus]] and [[List of voice actors|Jun Fukuyama]], Joker's English and Japanese voice actors, reprise their role in all regions.

**{{gameIcon|SSBU}} The visuals for Joker's All-Out Attack are taken from this game.

**{{gameIcon|SSBU}} Joker's Red costume represents this game's thematic color.

**{{gameIcon|SSBU}} Morgana appears as a headgear for Mii Fighters.

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**{{gameIcon|SSBU}} The Phantom Thieves appear in the background of Mementos.

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**{{gameIcon|SSBU}} Igor uses artwork from this game.

*Music:

===''{{iw|wikipedia|Persona 5 Strikers}}''===

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