Thread:GazzaB9/@comment-24839525-20190728175149/@comment-30134917-20190910142901

Yes, the third game had a dog, fourth had a bear, and fith had a cat. I decided to shake it up and make it a clown though.

And yes, there is a villain above Shadows. Usually there's a human main villain for most of the game but at the end they're replaced by a supernatural threat like Yaldabaoth in Persona 5 and Nyx Avatar in Persona 3.