Overwatch 2’s Persona 5 collaboration was introduced shortly before the game’s current season began, and on the time, we didn’t know who can be dressing up as a Phantom Thief in Blizzard’s hero shooter. I’ve grown more and more bored with how Blizzard has turned Overwatch into Fortnite with all these licensed crossovers changing its personal iconography and worldbuilding, however I’m additionally a Persona superfan, and I get to be a mark typically. As we speak, Blizzard introduced the 5 heroes who shall be suiting up because the vigilante excessive schoolers, and whereas I’m excited that considered one of my mains is getting a collab pores and skin, I’m additionally glad to see that Kiriko, Overwatch 2’s teacher’s pet, is nowhere to be seen this time round.
Blizzard confirmed off Wuyang, Genji, Lifeweaver, Mercy, and D.Va sporting costumes primarily based on the Phantom Thieves. These will all be out there tomorrow, September 16, and so they look, nicely, just about precisely just like the characters they’re referencing. There are some fascinating particulars, although, such because the rose petals falling from Mercy’s wings, that are evocative of Ann’s Persona Carmen; Lifeweaver’s flower-petal again piece, in the meantime, has a few of Yusuke’s iconography connected to it, and D.Va’s mech has been made to appear like Makoto’s motorbike Persona, Johanna. The complete rundown:
- Wuyang as Joker (Ren)
- Mercy as Panther (Ann)
- Lifeweaver as Fox (Yusuke)
- D.Va as Queen (Makoto)
- Genji as Cranium (Ryuji)
These skins will possible include different cosmetics, however Blizzard hasn’t revealed these but. When the collaboration was first teased, we noticed what gave the impression to be a spotlight intro primarily based on Persona 5’s All-Out Assault animations, so we’ll see if all 5 characters get that, or simply Wuyang. Ryuji is my favourite Persona 5 character, so I want I performed Genji, however I do play Lifeweaver, so I shall be donning the Fox masks for a couple of matches later this week.
