Atlus have announced that Persona Super Live 2019, their annual Persona concert, will be livestreamed this year, through NicoNico (restricted only to NicoNico Premium members), as well as the official Persona Twitter page. The concert runs from April 24th to 25th in Tokyo.

While the concert will, of course, be host to live performances of songs from soundtracks heard in Persona games, the event has also seen several major Persona announcements made in recent years. This year, April 24 will see Atlus pulling back the curtain on Persona 5: The Royal, while on April 25th, they’ll be formally unveiling Persona 5 S, which has been long rumoured to be a Nintendo Switch version of Persona 5.

More recent rumours have also pegged Persona 5: The Royal as an enhanced version of Persona 5 that will be exclusive to the PS4, and Persona 5 S as a Switch version of the base game with Nintendo-exclusive features. Read more about that through here.

4/24-25日の「PERSONA SUPER LIVE 2019」がニコニコ生放送で配信決定！
Twitterでも一部を配信するぜ！是非見てくれよな！https://t.co/0WGtYArN5t

ニコニコプレミアム会員はライブを全部見られるから、忘れずに予約しておこうぜ！https://t.co/U1myK9FF3r#ペルライ #PSS2019

— モルガナ_ペルソナ広報 (@p_kouhou) April 22, 2019

While we wait until the end of this month to find out what exactly the mysterious Persona 5 R and Persona 5 S are, it seems like someone claims to have spilled the beans on both games. According to an unsubstantiated report by GearNuke, citing unnamed sources, Atlus is about to announce two re-releases of Persona 5.

Persona 5 The Royal, the one that has gotten more fanfare, is apparently an enhanced re-release of Persona 5. It’s a re-release in the vein of Persona 3 FES and Persona 4 Golden, and features new content, new characters (including the female character shown off in the game’s debut trailer), an extended epilogue that’s 20 hours long or so, and new Personas and Social Links. Persona 5 The Royal is a PS4 exclusive, and Atlus was hoping for a worldwide release, but won’t be achieving that owing to the amount of work necessary for the localization.

Persona 5 S is apparently a Switch re-release of the original game. It will not feature any of the additional content that The Royal will add, but will have some “Nintendo-specific enhancements”, which I assume will be something inconsequential like Nintendo-themed costumes or maybe a Kirby Persona or something.

There is a Persona 5 Arena game in the works, but it is early in development, according to this report.

For now, I would advise extreme caution trusting any reports about Persona. Given the general anticipation around the pressing announcements, there are loads of leaks going around, that may not be accurate. Generally speaking, the information in this report sounds reasonable enough, and not too out of the ordinary—but until we have an official indication of what we are looking at, I wouldn’t count on any of this happening.

Atlus recently announced Persona 5: The Royal for the PS4, a game we don’t know much of beyond what its teaser hinted at- but P5R isn’t the only thing they’ve been teasing for the past few months. Something else they’ve been teasing is P5S, which many have assumed is going to be a Switch port of Persona 5, especially given how protagonist Joker is on his way to join the fight in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.

One other thing that has led to that speculation is Atlus’ registration of the P5S.jp domain. Interestingly enough, that domain has now been updated, with its splash screen proudly displaying April 25th as the date more information will be revealed. April 25, of course, is one of the days the annual Persona Concert takes place. Given how April 24, the first day of the concert, has already been confirmed as the day we will receive more information on PS4’s Persona 5: The Royal, could April 25 be the day Atlus makes the long-awaited and long-rumoured Persona 5 Switch announcement?

We’ll find out soon either way, so stay tuned to GamingBolt for continued updates.