Persona Diamond is a Japanese-American [genre] game based on the Persona series, itself a spin-off to the Shin Megami Tensei series. It is developed by Atlus and published by Sega, being released for Sega Orion on October 15th, 2020.
Synopsis
Set in the fictional city of Okam, a teenager moves to it as she encounters a conspiracy involving another world as she creates a group to help people out when possible.
Characters
Main
- Diamond (voiced by Cassandra Lee Morris) - a slightly shy yet friendly teenager who becomes embroiled in dimension hopping shenanigans and is out to save the world. Her Persona is TBD.
- Gideon (voiced by Sam Riegel) - a gerbil-like creature who was sent by Igor of the Velvet Room in order to help and guide Diamond. His Persona is TBD.
- Shun Naginami (voiced by Robbie Daymond) - an extremely nerdy and intelligent teenager who instantly befriends Diamond as he, alongside Misa, initially get warped in the other world as he helps her. His Persona is TBD.
- Misa Sabane (voiced by Cristina Vee) - a slightly unhinged yet friendly teenage girl who has a terrible home life as she lets her anger out as she befriends Diamond and, alongside Shun, is one of the first of her party members. Her Persona is TBD.
- Junji Tamura (voiced by Yuri Lowenthal) - a highly dramatic and flamboyant student who is a member of the drama club as he is soon convinced to join Diamond's crew. His Persona is TBD.
- Sama Kodama (voiced by Allegra Clark) - an extremely shy and introverted teenager who is Miki's primary victim as she joins Diamond's group in order to finally stand up for herself. Her Persona is TBD.
- Yodo Okuda (voiced by Daman Mills) - a former star athlete who was cut from the team for supposedly taking illegal drugs as he joins Diamond's group to clear his name and his image. His Persona is TBD.
- Ari Fujiwara (voiced by Carrie Keranen) - an extremely ditzy and party-loving teenager who is also an aspiring pop idol as she is convinced to join Diamond's team. Her Persona is TBD.
- Ryozo Watari (voiced by Grant George) - a highly stoic teenager who was trained by his mother to hold back all of his emotions as he soon joins Diamond's team and tries to become a bit lighter. His Persona is TBD.
- Nyoko Yamabe (voiced by Michelle Ruff) - a short-tempered and hot-headed student who is known for her anger issues as she is soon convinced to become a member of Diamond's group. Her Persona is TBD.
Supporting
- Igor (voiced by Kirk Thornton) - the benefactor of the Velvet Room who is mysterious and trains Diamond in mastering Personas.
- Violet (voiced by Erika Harlacher) - Igor's assistant who is fashioned after a secretary as she speaks in a monotone voice and doesn't really care for much.
- Akira Naginami (voiced by Kyle Hebert) - Shun's mild-mannered father who decided to take in Diamond as he cares for his son's safety and soon warms up to Diamond herself.
- Kae Shinorara (voiced by Erica Lindbeck) - the school nurse of Okam High who is known for giving students medicine as soon she begins to warm up to Diamond.
- Shojiro Yajiyama (voiced by Bryce Papenbrook) - Junji's best friend who is another member of the Drama Club as he shows a similar love of the arts.
- Gin Hirota (voiced by Elizabeth Maxwell) - a teacher at Okam High who has been sexually harassed by Hiro as she is cold to several people but after Hiro's arrest for breaking several school laws, begins to warm up, especially to Diamond and her party.
- Chikaze Haruyama (voiced by Laura Post) - an extremely perky student who runs the newspaper club as soon she decides to start up a blog detailing the mysterious happenings that have been going on.
Antagonists
- Lilith (voiced by Marisha Ray) - a demon known by her moniker of the mother of demons as she is capable of bending reality to her desire as she is the focus of Hideaki's plans.
- Hideaki Kajiwara (voiced by Roger Craig Smith) - the CEO of Kajiwara Manufacturing who is secretly in charge of a conspiracy to free Lilith as he wants her free so she can bring back his deceased wife and daughter.
- Emu Chino (voiced by Kira Buckland) - Hideaki's assistant who is revealed to be both in on the conspiracy and heavily unstable as she has a highly obsessive crush on her boss and will do anything to protect him.
- Miki Nishizaki (voiced by Caitlin Glass) - an aggressive and snotty teenager who is able to get anything she wants due to her dad being the principal as both she and her father are willing members of Hideaki's conspiracy.
- Hiro Nishizaki (voiced by Matthew Mercer) - the cold principal of Okam High who is Miki's father and while even doing what his daughter wants is still considerably corrupt as he willingly sided in Hideaki's conspiracy.
- Kane Sabane (voiced by DC Douglas) - Misa's abusive and alcoholic father who hasn't gotten arrested due to his surprising amount of charisma as he becomes the first target of Diamond.
Shadows
Missions
Gameplay
The game mixes common Persona gameplay with hack and slash gameplay as the prime world sections are almost identical to how they play in Persona 5. As for the flip world, you and a max of three other party members enter a dungeon as all four fight at the same time. You are capable of using regular melee attacks, persona attacks which take up MP and gun attacks which there is a limited amount. You are able to command your party members to use their guns or to use their Personas. You also have a skill tree which you can use to level yourself up and get more powerful.
Trivia
- Additional media gives Sugi Tsuonie as Diamond's name.