Another day, another Persona 5 spin-off.\u00a0<\/p>\n
SEGA and ATLUS are celebrating\u00a0Persona\u2019s 30th anniversary<\/a> as a franchise this year, marking the occasion with a mystery announcement on 8 January on\u00a0its official website.<\/a> As per the official Fitness Boxing Twitter\/X account, we might already know what that announcement is set to reveal: an all-new Persona 5 Fitness Boxing game.\u00a0<\/p>\n This week, the account teased that the Phantom Thieves is taking up a new kind of training in an image post:<\/p>\n Are we getting a Persona 5 Fitness Boxing game?<\/p>\n If you\u2019re a fan of both the Fitness Boxing and Persona game franchises, boy do we have some good news for you. For those unfamiliar, Fitness Boxing is a series of rhythm-based Nintendo Switch video games that have players use the Joy-Con controllers to mimic punching and dodging in rhythm-based workouts. The series is exclusive to the Nintendo Switch.\u00a0<\/p>\n This week, the series\u2019 official social media account teased a crossover with the Persona game franchise. The account posted an image depicting texts exchanged between unknown members of the Phantom Thieves, with the same artstyle as ATLUS\u2019 acclaimed 2016 RPG Persona 5.\u00a0<\/p>\n According to a Google translation of the text messages, the first text reads \u201cWhat are you preparing for?\u201d The reply then reads \u201cHehehe, this time I\u2019m going to train everyone in a slightly different way than usual. As a Phantom Thief, physical strength is essential!\u201d<\/p>\n It\u2019s very likely that the series is teasing a crossover Persona 5 game, akin to its previous crossover titles featuring the Vocaloid idol Hatsune Miku and manga series Fist of the North Star. This would be the first installment in the series since 2024\u2019s Fitness Boxing 3: Your Personal Trainer.\u00a0<\/p>\n Persona 5 is no stranger to spin-offs, having received four spin-off titles since its release in 2016: Persona 5: Dancing in Starlight, Persona 5 Strikers, Persona 5 Tactica, and Persona 5: The Phantom X. The game also received a re-release with new content in 2019, entitled Persona 5 Royal.\u00a0<\/p>\n