History Trivia / Persona5Tactica

* SerendipityWritesThePlot: [[https://youtu.be/4SLsACHxM-A?si=pYr3-2VDj2Rs9jPg&t=299 An interview with director Naoya Maeda]] revealed this to be the reason for the game's chibi artstyle, as using the realistic anime models from the original game would have made the characters too difficult to tell apart from a bird's-eye perspective, while the exaggerated SuperDeformed designs of ''VideoGame/{{Persona Q|ShadowOfTheLabyrinth}}'' were too limiting for the dynamic action they wanted to portray, ultimately leading to the creation of a "cute" art style with an emphasis on limbs.

* WordOfStPaul: Shortly after ''Tactica'' was released, Leeanna Albanese (Erina's VA) took part in [[https://www.reddit.com/r/Persona5/comments/187szt4/were_proud_to_host_an_ama_for_leeanna_albanese/ an AMA on the Persona 5 subreddit]] and answered a number of questions regarding Erina [[spoiler:and Eri]].

* YouSoundFamiliar: Some of the new characters in ''Tactica'' are played by actors who previously were in ''Persona 5''.

** Yuki and her real-world counterpart, [[spoiler:Yuki Kasukabe]], are played by Creator/AbbyTrott, who previously was the voice of Tae Takemi, the Death Confidant, in both ''[[UpdatedRerelease Persona 5 Royal]]'' and ''Anime/Persona5TheAnimation'', [[TheOtherDarrin replacing]] Kristen Potter from the vanilla game.

* PromotedFangirl: Cat Protano is a big fan of the series, and had done fandubs of ''Persona''-related comics under pseudonyms before being cast as Marie. [[https://twitter.com/catprotano/status/1725592238720430541 In her role announcement tweet]], she states the series meant a lot to her and she always wanted to be a part of it.
* SerendipityWritesThePlot: [[https://gamerant.com/persona-5-tactica-cute-chibi-graphics-why-dev-diary/ An interview with director Naoya Maeda]] revealed this to be the reason for the game's chibi artstyle, as using the realistic anime models from the original game would have made the characters too difficult to tell apart from a bird's-eye perspective, while the exaggerated SuperDeformed ''VideoGame/{{Persona Q|ShadowOfTheLabyrinth}}'' designs were too limiting for the dynamic action they wanted to portray, ultimately leading to the creation of a "cute" art style with an emphasis on limbs.

** Creator/RieTakahashi and Leeanna Albanese plays Erina, [[spoiler:Eri and Shadow Toshiro (taking the form of Eri)]].

** The name of the game itself was already dropped alongside ''VideoGame/Persona3Reload'' by ''Franchise/{{Persona}}'' leaker Midori on Website/{{Twitter}} before they were officially revealed. This game and ''Reload'' would also end up accidentally revealed early by Creator/{{Atlus}} West themselves via Instagram. Promotional images of this game's DownloadableContent have also been leaked before the first one with Crow and Violet was officially announced.
** Though Atlus and Sega had quickly fixed this, [[https://twitter.com/Wario64/status/1722270027054014582 the full game somehow launched one week early on Steam]].
* DarkhorseCasting: Unusually for the series, most of the new characters are played by either up-and-coming or obscure voice actors in the English dub. Most notably, Erina is Leeanna Albanese's ''very first role ever'' in a major production.
* PreOrderBonus: Pre-ordering the game provided players with access to the Picaro versions of [[VideoGame/Persona3 male Orpheus]] and [[VideoGame/Persona4 Izanagi]], two Personas not included in the Picaro Summoning pack.
* PromotedFangirl: Cat Protano is a big fan of the series, and had done fandubs of ''Persona'' related comics under pseudonyms before being cast as Marie. In her [[https://twitter.com/catprotano/status/1725592238720430541 role announcement tweet]], she states the series meant a lot to her and she always wanted to be a part of it.
* SerendipityWritesThePlot: [[https://gamerant.com/persona-5-tactica-cute-chibi-graphics-why-dev-diary/ An interview with director Naoya Maeda]] revealed this to be the reason for the game's chibi artstyle, as using the realistic anime models from the original game would have made the characters too difficult to tell apart from a bird's-eye perspective, while the exaggerated SuperDeformed ''Persona Q'' designs were too limiting for the dynamic action they wanted to portray, ultimately leading to the creation of a "cute" art style with an emphasis on limbs.

* WordOfStPaul: Shortly after ''Tactica'' was released, Leeanna Albanese (VA for Erina) took part in an [[https://www.reddit.com/r/Persona5/comments/187szt4/were_proud_to_host_an_ama_for_leeanna_albanese/ AMA on the Persona 5 subreddit]] and answered a number of questions regarding Erina [[spoiler:and Eri]].

* WorkingTitle: According to its Game Pass listing, ''Tactica'' is internally known as Project Snowball.

* {{Blooper}}: Ann Takamaki is spelled "Anne" in the credits.

* SerendipityWritesThePlot: [[https://gamerant.com/persona-5-tactica-cute-chibi-graphics-why-dev-diary/ An interview with director Naoya Maeda]] revealed this to be the reason for the game's chibi artstyle, as using the realistic anime models from the original game would have made the characters too difficult to tell apart from a bird's-eye perspective, while the exaggerated SuperDeformed ''Persona Q'' designs were too limiting for the dynamic action they wanted to portray, ultimately leading to the creation of a ''cute'' art style with an emphasis on limbs.

* ActingForTwo: Creator/RieTakahashi and Leeanna Albanese plays Erina, [[spoiler:Eri and Shadow Toshiro (taking the form of Eri)]].

* ActingForTwo: Leeanna Albanese plays Erina, [[spoiler:Eri and Shadow Eri]].

* DarkhorseCasting: Unusually for the series, most of the new characters are played by either up-and-coming or lesser known voice actors in the English dub. Most notably, Erina is Leeanna Albanese's ''very first role ever'' in a major production.

** The name of the game itself was already dropped alongside ''VideoGame/Persona3'' ''[[VideoGameRemake Reload]]'' by ''Franchise/{{Persona}}'' leaker Midori on Website/{{Twitter}} before they were officially revealed. This game and ''Reload'' would also end up accidentally revealed early by Creator/{{Atlus}} West themselves via Instagram. Promotional images of this game's DownloadableContent have also been leaked before the first one with Crow and Violet was officially announced.

* ContentLeak: The name of the game itself was already dropped alongside ''VideoGame/Persona3'' ''[[VideoGameRemake Reload]]'' by ''Franchise/{{Persona}}'' leaker Midori on Website/{{Twitter}} before they were officially revealed. This game and ''Reload'' would also end up accidentally revealed early by Creator/{{Atlus}} West themselves via Instagram. Promotional images of this game's DownloadableContent have also been leaked before the first one with Crow and Violet was officially announced.