{"id":519404,"date":"2026-04-08T11:19:15","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T11:19:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/519404\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T11:19:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T11:19:15","slug":"rumour-persona-1-and-2-re-release-hinted-at-by-new-merchandise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/519404\/","title":{"rendered":"Rumour: Persona 1 and 2 Re-Release Hinted at by New Merchandise"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Persona<\/a> Image: Push Square<\/p>\n

Oh no, Atlus is doing that thing again where it gets everyone’s hopes up with weirdly vague naming conventions!<\/p>\n

As you probably already know, 2026 marks the 30th anniversary of Persona<\/a> as a series, with developer Atlus having already teased a number of “updates” that’ll be shared throughout the year.<\/p>\n

The new hope is that one such update will feature the original Persona<\/a> and Persona 2<\/a> \u2014 or more specifically, the re-release or remastering of those two games.<\/p>\n

Basically, there’s an official Persona 30th Anniversary clothing range now available on Amazon<\/a> \u2014 and multiple products are based on the first two Persona titles.<\/p>\n

Anything to do with the original Persona is called ‘Persona 1 Origins’, while anything related to Persona 2 is named ‘Persona 2 Duality’. Suspicions are on the rise because Atlus has never used either of these subtitles in the past.<\/p>\n

So, the reasoning here is that Persona 1 Origins and Persona 2 Duality are the leaked names of yet-to-be-announced re-releases, remasters, or even remakes.<\/p>\n

We can certainly see the logic \u2014 especially since every item of clothing is listed under these names \u2014 but let’s not jump the gun. It could just be that these are the names of each specific product range (as weird as that might appear, but this is Atlus we’re talking about).<\/p>\n

\"Persona<\/a> Image: Push Square<\/p>\n

Obviously, it’s been a long time since the developer did anything with the original Persona and Persona 2; the titles have effectively been left to rot in favour of their much more popular successors.<\/p>\n

With that in mind, bringing them back would make for an interesting proposition. The Persona formula that most people are familiar with began with Persona 3, and so its predecessors can almost feel like completely different kinds of RPGs.<\/p>\n

Still, Atlus has shown clear interest in reviving its older games. Last year, for example, saw the release of Raidou Remastered<\/a>, and the company’s said that it intends to revive more of its back catalogue under SEGA’s guidance.<\/p>\n

What do you make of this, then? Is this an actual leak of some kind, or are fans reading too much into Atlus’ strange product names? Bear an original sin in the comments section below.<\/p>\n

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[source amazon.com<\/a>, via reddit.com<\/a>]<\/p>\n

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\tSee Also<\/p>\n

\"Robert<\/p>\n

Robert (or Rob if you’re lazy) is an assistant editor of Push Square, and has been a fan of PlayStation since the 90s, when Tekken 2 introduced him to the incredible world of video games. He still takes his fighting games seriously, but RPGs are his true passion. The Witcher, Persona, Dragon Quest, Mass Effect, Final Fantasy, Trails, Tales \u2014 he’s played ’em all. A little too much, some might say.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Image: Push Square Oh no, Atlus is doing that thing again where it gets everyone’s hopes up with…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":519405,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[131386,59,4245,614,86,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-519404","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-technology","8":"tag-atlus","9":"tag-gb","10":"tag-persona","11":"tag-rumours","12":"tag-technology","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom","15":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/519404","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=519404"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/519404\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/519405"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=519404"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=519404"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=519404"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}