Highlights
- Persona 5 Tactica introduces new ideas that could be integrated into future Persona games, including reimagining the Velvet Room.
- The Velvet Room's ever-changing forms in each game keeps the recurring element interesting and adds variety to the series.
- Persona 6 could potentially follow Persona 5 Tactica's lead by transforming the Velvet Room at pivotal moments, adding tension and showcasing the story's progression.
Persona 5 Tactica's approach to the series' mainstay Velvet Room could create a blueprint for Persona 6 to follow in the future. Even beyond being a spin-off, Persona 5 Tactica felt like a game that tried to incorporate a lot of new ideas that could be worked into the series. Among these new ideas are some ways to reimagine longtime aspects of Persona. Even the Velvet Room itself could be subject to a reinterpretation. Persona 5 Tactica provided an interesting idea for what the Velvet Room could do next, and Persona 6 could gain a lot from trying it.
There are always questions surrounding Persona's Velvet Room every time a new game comes out, because it's never a static location. In Persona 3, the Velvet Room is an elevator, while it appears as a luxurious limousine in Persona 4. Persona 5 saw the most drastic change, turning the Velvet Room into a prison. In Persona 5 Tactica, the Velvet Room takes on one of its most unique forms as a steampunk blacksmith shop run by Lavenza, fitting the spin-off's aesthetic. The varying forms that the Velvet Room takes help to keep one of the series' recurring elements interesting from one game to the next.
Why Persona 5 Tactica's Erina is the Perfect Blueprint for Persona 6's Mascot
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Persona 6 Could Follow Up on Persona 5 Tactica's Biggest Velvet Room Surprise
Persona 5 Tactica's Velvet Room Held a Big Secret
Later in the game's story, Persona 5 Tactica's iteration of the Velvet Room transforms into a train that Lavenza can pilot. While there was arguably some foreshadowing due to the forge's steam engine aesthetic, the reveal itself is a cool moment in the game. It's also quite impactful since most of the time, the Velvet Room acts mostly as an extraplanar space rather than involving itself significantly in the plot, with the exception of the final twist at the climax of Persona 5's story. Persona 5 Tactica's Velvet Armory train was an exciting development and introduced an interesting new concept to the series.
A Velvet Room Transformation Has Potential For Persona 6
Transforming the Velvet Room at a crucial moment could be one way that Persona 5 Tactica could inspire Persona 6. A full-blown transformation of the Velvet Room would be a great way to show that the story is reaching a turning point, or to show that the final chapter is approaching. After all, the Velvet Room is generally a safe area where the player can upgrade their Persona arsenal and prepare for what lies ahead. Disrupting that in any way would have a significant impact, both for the story and the player. The developers could take note of this to add tension to Persona 6's story.
Persona 6's Velvet Room Could Have a Personal Touch
The idea of the Velvet Room evolving during the story could evolve further by involving all of Persona 6's party members in the Velvet Room. The Velvet Room could gradually change over the course of the game, either as more party members join or as more features get unlocked. This would turn the Velvet Room into a good gauge for the player's progress. It could go from a rather basic room at the game's start to a more stylistic, decorated space as it expands. The Velvet Room hasn't been used in this way yet, and it could give Persona 6's iteration far more personality.
Transforming the Velvet Room at a crucial moment could be one way that Persona 5 Tactica could inspire Persona 6 .
The Velvet Room of Persona 6 is likely to end up as one of the game's most iconic features, similar to past games. There are a few ways that Persona 6 can break series tradition, and one of them would come with some help from Persona 5 Tactica. Turning the Velvet Room into a more dynamic location would be a big change that could work in Persona 6's favor. Persona 5 Tactica's take on the Velvet Room could inspire Persona 6 to change the status quo.
Persona 5 Tactica
Atlus' Persona 5 Tactica drops the Phantom Thieves in a Medieval Europe-style world as they are dragged into an ongoing revolution by a mysterious figure. Rather than a traditional turn-based JRPG, the Persona 5 spin-off falls within the tactics genre.
