Persona 5 Vanilla and Royal Differences - Major Changes

It is time to detail the differences between the original release of Persona 5 and it's successor, Persona 5 Royal. In this video, we detail the major changes made between both versions.

0:00 - Intro
0:49 - Persona 5's Many Releases
3:53 - Graphical Improvements
4:21 - New Character Portraits
5:06 - New Characters
5:23 - New Personas
5:30 - New Palace
6:00 - Grappling Hook
6:56 - Third Semester & Third Awakenings
7:30 - Akechi Confidant & Confidant Rebalancing
8:01 - DLC
8:20 - Trophies
8:46 - Thieves Den
9:37 - Showtimes
9:51 - Will Seeds
10:31 - New Music
10:49 - Vanilla Save Data Bonus...i guess
11:08 - New Area (Kichijoji)
12:00 - Morgana's Sleepy Time
12:14 - New Translation & More Voiced Scenes
12:58 - Palaces & Bosses Reworked
13:40 - New Shadows
14:05 - Persona Traits
14:28 - Outro

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PART 2 (Persona 5 Vanilla and Royal Differences - Prologue/Kamoshida Arc):

So, let me correct a few small errors made in this video.


3:55 - Here I state that the models in Persona 5 Royal have been ripped from Dancing. The source is an article from Inverse but I've also seen the Megami Tensei Wiki and others state similar things. However, this claim has since been disputed by some knowledgeable people in the community. Apparently, Royal uses the same models as Vanilla Persona 5, but the textures have been enhanced.

5:55 - I made an error here and claimed you only have to get Maruki to Rank 8 manually, and Rank 9&10 happen automatically. This is incorrect, you have to get Maruki to Rank 9 manually, and Rank 10 will happen automatically.

13:40 - Savage Shadows are not a new addition to Persona 5 Royal and existed in Vanilla Persona 5. They do seem to appear more commonly in Royal however.

I apologize for all of these errors.

And no, this series is not cancelled but has been on the backburner for quite a while, however, with Persona 5 Royal getting a recent port to all platforms I feel now would be the perfect time to continue the series, so I plan to get it started soon. Although, I also have Randomizer to upload as well so give me time.

[sayu]

Man, for me, just the fact that Morgana asks you to sleep less often is a huge improvement.

[pauljackson]

Major difference: Gun ammo is replenished after every fight so you can use your gun more often.

[oreo]

In vanilla if the palace security level got to 100% it would kick you out the palace, but in royal just more enemies spawn

[ErenE]

In the introduction during royal, the character portraits are blacked out, while in vanilla they were just completely empty

[adamtideman]

This is very interesting for someone like me who played Royal but never played the vanilla version. With the exception of Kasumi I never knew what content was added in Royal and what was in the base game all along.

[Galvinize]

Another good change I think is worth mentioning is that in P5R, your ammo for your guns reload after every fight. This encourages you to use your guns more and a Huge quality of life upgrade in my books cause in Vanilla P5 you couldn't reload until you left the palace or used a very rare item.

[BorsPepsi]

Morgana not telling you to sleep is actually way bigger then you make it out to be, cause during that time you could at least do stuff in LeBlanc like read a book, play a video game, watch TV, exercise, make coffee etc. In the original you would lose a bunch of these opportunists because of Morgana telling you to go to sleep.

[fagitocumaeda]

For those who don’t have p5r and are hesitant because of the price, it goes on sale very often for about 39.99 or more depending on the sale. Specially neat if you’ve already played the original. If you can wait a little, it’ll definitely be worth the extra cash in my opinion.

[labadaba]

You need to get maruki confidant to lvl 9, only 10 is automatic.

[phantomjoo]

You see takemi walking in the backstreets on your way to sakura’s house

[eliotrotach]

Damn Persona traits seemed so natural and logic that i forgot it wasnt in the original game

[josueravena]

There's also sadly a story telling mechanic in the will seed but was scraped, but some people found due to a bit of hacking and was left in the coding.

It is essentially a way for the player to convey each time you get a will seed, you get to see the perspective of the palace holder and their desires getting distorted, and collecting all the will seeds, you get a scene where the moment when their palaces began to manifest and after that the Palace ruler feels like someone was going through their palace, they're slowly aware of your presence.

The ones that are revealed in Kamoshida and Madarame, since those are the ones found in the code. Theirs even that early part in the P5R trailer was scrapped

[advmx]

And there's a LOT of small details in Persona 5 Royal that are not in Persona 5, load screens, textures, etc. There are things you only notice while playing both games one after another, as P5 is a masterpiece, and if you play you may think there's nothing that needs to be changed there BUT after you play P5R you just can't go back to P5. That's how good an upgrade it is.

[pspublic]

The best thing about the vanilla version is the intro and the ending. I wish there was a option in Royale to pick which intro and ending version plays in a new game.

[phenompy]

In the vanilla version, Makoto texts you to go for a movie date during 7/30, if you accept there's a short funny cutscene where she's waiting for you outside the theater. But in Royal, Makoto only sends you a message the 28/7 but you can only see that text if you reject Ryuji's offer to spend the day in Leblanc since he will ask you the day before to hang out during the 28th. If you decide to go with Makoto during the evening, the cutscene where she is waiting for you is completely skipped and you will be teleported directly into the movie theater with her.

[jackjohnson]

5:55 False, you need to get him to rank 9 not 8, once you get him to 9 you basically maxed him out. i think you're confusing maruki with akechi cuz you only need to get akechi to rank 8

[togedemarusiridescence]

I played the game twice and I never knew that you could increase party members’ technical damage.

[pentagonyx]

I think that everyone should play Royal, because it goes on sale a LOT, plus with how long the game is, it’d make more sense to simply save up and play Royal. Also, even if you for SOME reason hate Royal stuff, for the most part you can just ignore the Royal stuff like Maruki and Kasumi.

[unknownusername]

Any and all money is worth it for this game, even if you’ve played the content in the vanilla version and just want the third semester’s story content. It’s just that good.