History YMMV / Persona5Strikers

** Ichinose's past, [[spoiler:where she creates Sophia to be an AI that can learn about the human heart so Ichinose herself can learn to understand it. After she brings Sophia online, the newborn intelligence immediately starts asking Ichinose about the human heart. You'd expect the "emotionless" scientific genius to simply explain to Sophia that she doesn't have the answers, and wants Sophia to find the answer and report it back to her. Instead, she lashes out and shuts down Sophia immediately, abandoning her greatest invention less than two minutes after its activation and going on to create another AI that would become the villain of the entire story, effectively creating a catastrophe out of nowhere.]]

*** Another one for her takes place before the start of the game. [[spoiler:Ichinose creates Sophia to be an AI that can learn about the human heart so Ichinose herself can learn to understand it. After she brings Sophia online, the newborn intelligence immediately starts asking Ichinose about the human heart. You'd expect the "emotionless" scientific genius to simply explain to Sophia that she doesn't have the answers, and wants Sophia to find the answer and report it back to her. Instead, she lashes out and shuts down Sophia immediately, abandoning her greatest invention less than two minutes after its activation and going on to create another AI that would become the villain of the entire story.]]

* FoeYayShipping: Alice keeps calling "Joker" cool, and she takes an interest in him after she sees that [[ILoveYouBecauseICantControlYou he's the only man who isn't instantly charmed by her]]. When the Phantom Thieves manage to turn off the searchlights to her castle, she announces that she finally has something that she wants after seeing Joker make progress. Among most fans of Joker in Japan, they enjoy the ship; however, reactions are mixed in the West due their age difference since she's his senior.

*** If nothing else, the fact that [[VideoGame/Persona4 Naoto and Chie]] don't appear at all despite ''being police officers'' seems weird in a game that's trying to show the police in a better light than Persona 5. Even just having Naoto alone would have been a massive WhamShot for fans of 4.

* FoeYayShipping: Alice keeps calling "Joker" cool, and she takes an interest in him after she sees that [[ILoveYouBecauseICantControlYou he's the only man who isn't instantly charmed by her]]. When the Phantom Thieves manage to turn off the searchlights to her castle, she announces that she finally has something that she wants after seeing Joker make progress. Among most fans of Joker in Japan, they enjoy the ship; however, reactions are mixed in the West due their age difference.

** Vanilla ''P5'' was criticized for the lack of SliceOfLife episodes where there was a lack of opportunities for the Phantom Thieves to hang out together as a group, with many moments either being cut short or mainly tied to the plot. Many felt that the lack of such moments portrayed the Phantom Thieves less as TrueCompanions and more like co-workers. However, the premise of ''Strikers'' being a road-trip plot rectifies this problem by giving more opportunities for the Phantom Thieves to hang out together as friends. A lot more social events take place in-between the Jails, and the game encourages taking more time to spend with the other party members outside of combat with additional BAND events.

** Similarly, there's Ambusher and Oracle Recovery to help with healing woes in the event there's a shortage of items to use. Ambusher restores a bit of health every time an ambush is successfully pulled off, and at its max level, it can even be a full heal. Meanwhile, Oracle Recovery has Futaba provide smaller boosts to both HP and SP after winning a battle, which is even more of a lifesaver considering that there are fewer ways to reliably restore SP this time around.

* {{Adorkable}}: Sophie bounces adorably when praised, fails to see what's wrong when using crypto-currency to pay for a ''gold bar'', and roles up into a ball when in the [[SlippySlideyIceWorld Sapporo Jail]].

* BrokenBase:
** One of the trailers for the game ended on a scene hinting at another HotSpringsEpisode CallBack to the [[VideoGame/Persona3 last]] [[VideoGame/Persona4 two]] games. And then after the game was finally released the scene played out exactly as anticipated, with the girls [[UnprovokedPervertPayback beating up the guys]] even after they tried to explain how it was a honest mistake. Naturally the fanbase has been vocal over finding this type of humor in the series tired and those who don't see the big deal and actually find humor from it.
** Ann constantly talking about how she can't eat too much food due to dieting for her modeling job bothers a crowd of fans who are bothered by eating disorder-related jokes, especially when you, as Joker, can even point out that she'll get fat if she eats too much.

*** '''He could had been:''' Check the Madicce database for records [[spoiler:of the Kings after telling EMMA to trap the Phantom Thieves, which would most certainly contain Akane as one of them, then ask EMMA who is Akane. Not that it matters anyway, but at least he would be more aware of the consequences if that ever fails and be prepared for a real contingency plan.]]
*** '''Or he could had been:''' Ask Ichinose for [[spoiler:video clips of the Kyoto Jail, considering she's been monitoring the Jails to observe EMMA's potential, and she would most obviously recognize who the Phantom Thieves are or did they break free of Akane's clutches.]]

* StrawmanHasAPoint: [[spoiler:Zenkichi may have had his daughter Akane threatened by TheConspiracy, but Akane was right for pointing out that he still pinned his wife's murder on the secretary of the man who actually did it, letting him get away and leaving the family of the falsely-accused secretary with guilt and shame over a crime they never even comitted, as well as covering up the murder of his own wide, even from his own daughter. Yet Akane is portrayed as the unreasonable and consumed with rage, despite rightfully pointing out her father's role as an accessory to murder who kept quiet only for his own happiness. Granted, [[CharacterDevelopment he does get better]].]]

* StrawmanHasAPoint: [[spoiler:Zenkichi may have had his daughter Akane threatened by TheConspiracy, but Akane was right for pointing out that he still pinned his wife's murder on the secretary of the man who actually did it, letting him get away and leaving the family of the falsely-accused secretary with guilt and shame over a crime they never even comitted, as well as covering up the murder of his own wide, even from his own daughter. Yet Akane is portrayed as the unreasonable and consumed with rage, despite rightfully pointing out her father's role as an accessory to murder who kept quiet only for his own happiness.]]

** Ann constantly talking about how she can't eat sweets due to dieting for her modeling job bothers a crowd of fans who are bothered by eating disorder-related jokes, especially when you, as Joker, can even point out that she'll get fat if she eats too much.

* BrokenBase: One of the trailers for the game ended on a scene hinting at another HotSpringsEpisode CallBack to the [[VideoGame/Persona3 last]] [[VideoGame/Persona4 two]] games. And then after the game was finally released the scene played out exactly as anticipated, with the girls [[UnprovokedPervertPayback beating up the guys]] even after they tried to explain how it was a honest mistake. Naturally the fanbase has been vocal over finding this type of humor in the series tired and those who don't see the big deal and actually find humor from it.

** There are those that enjoy the story for being LighterAndSofter than the original ''Persona 5'', having the game's villains be sympathetic in terms of backstory and motivation instead of being a lineup consisting of mostly {{Hate Sink}}s, the focus on the character interactions between the Thieves, as well as the police no longer being portrayed in a purely negative fashion. On the other hand, detractors of ''Strikers'' call its story "predictable" and too similar to those in the original ''Persona 5'' but with motifs straight out from ''Royal'', the quality of the in-game graphics being debatable (with the [=PS4=] version of ''Strikers'' receiving the most scrutiny on this front), and the absence of several characters from ''Royal'' like [[spoiler:Maruki, Kasumi, and Akechi]] despite their ability to fight with Personas and the latter two being members of the Phantom Thieves.

** ''Scramble'' is a soccer/football game.[[labelnote:Explanation]][[https://twitter.com/Persona_Central/status/1206629868181569537 Reports have stated]] that the [[MarketBasedTitle English title]] for ''Scramble'' could be ''Persona 5 Strikers''. People have jokingly said that it sound like a soccer/football game, and [[https://twitter.com/Nitomatta/status/1206658045247291393 comparisons]] [[https://youtu.be/G-4bYXIw8qw have]] also been made to the ''VideoGame/MarioStrikers'' games[[/labelnote]]

** One of the main complaints about ''Persona 5'' was Haru hardly received any meaningful character development outside of her Confidant or screentime due to being a late addition to the cast, as well as her Confidant being the last to open up in the vanilla game. ''Royal'' did not do much to help either other than several ChekhovsGunman scenes. ''Scramble'' gives her as much focus and relevance as the other Thieves featured in the game. In fact, she even has a personal connection to one of the Jail Kings in the game, as if to make up for her arc being overshadowed by Morgana in ''Persona 5''.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeArt: One of the most warmly received aspects of ''Scramble'' other than the music is the game's menu interface, noted for being as stylish as it was in the original. The game's opening animation also drew a lot of praise and favorable comparison to ''Royal's'', which in contrast was met with lukewarm reception for its choppy-looking animation.

** The game's final boss being [[spoiler:the Demiurge]] was predicted by many, especially since one of the playable characters in ''Scramble'' was revealed as Sophia and her AmbiguouslyHuman nature emphasized by pre-release material.

** There are those that enjoy the story for being LighterAndSofter than the original ''Persona 5'', having the game's villains be sympathetic in terms of backstory and motivation instead of being a lineup consisting of mostly {{Hate Sink}}s, the focus on the character interactions between the Thieves, as well as the police no longer being portrayed in a purely negative fashion. On the other hand, detractors of ''Scramble'' call its story "predictable" and too similar to those in the original ''Persona 5'' but with motifs straight out from ''Royal'', the quality of the in-game graphics being debatable (with the [=PS4=] version of ''Scramble'' receiving the most scrutiny on this front), and the absence of several characters from ''Royal'' like [[spoiler:Maruki, Kasumi, and Akechi]] despite their ability to fight with Personas and the latter two being members of the Phantom Thieves.

* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: According to Taiwanese video game website GNN Gamer, Scramble sold so many copies in South Korea and Taiwan that it was in the top 5 games in their video game charts for a few weeks.

** A fan-made crossover with ''VideoGame/CodeVein'' called ''Fanfic/AkaneNoMai'' is planned to have a consolidated revised final draft with the same title as the series. Even before that, the early draft had Hifumi gaining a goddess form named Sophia that was written before the actual Sophia was introduced. Come January 27, 2020's announcements, Hasegawa was revealed to have a daughter named ''Akane''. Of course, the author and his main contributor have confirmed plans to incorporate the events of ''Scramble'' (alongside ''Royal'') in the revisions.
** One of the lyrics to the song "Life Will Change" from the original ''Persona 5'' is "I'm not a robot, I'm not an AI challenging you". In ''Scramble'', one of your teammates is an AI...And then the AI part gets removed from "I Believe", now it's just not a robot or phantom...and it's in your face.
** During the trailer stages of ''Persona 5 Royal'', many people speculated that Kasumi will be the instigator of the Third Term's contradictory events due to her "stealing dreams" in the trailer. While this is revealed to be [[spoiler:false, in this game, the {{Big Bad Ensemble}}'s goal in this game is to steal the "Dreams" (Or desires) of people to create an utopia.]]

** A common complaint against the game is that a lot of the game's plot beats are almost identical to those in the original ''Persona 5'' mixed with tones from ''Royal'''s third term campaign, such as having the bosses of the first, seventh and final dungeons sharing the same sin motif (lust, pride and [[spoiler:melancholy]] respectively, with the last one clearly based on [[spoiler:Eden]]), Akane and Futaba's backstories being almost identical, [[spoiler:both games having a character based on the Demiurge as the final boss]], a lineup of targets [[spoiler:that uses a false god to create illusions of grandeur or comfort from pain,]] complete with the instigator of the events being a [[spoiler:more radical, female version of Maruki.]][[note]]Part of the hilarity of these observations comes from the fact that Omega Force's work on ''Scramble'' occurred in conjunction with the main ''Persona'' team's work on ''Royal'', hence the lack of direct references to the updated plot.[[/note]]
** Almost like it's a running gag for Atlus at this point, ''Scramble'' has its own HotSpringsEpisode. The only difference is the boys actually did stay in the bath past their allotted time but they didn't realize this until after they heard the girls entering. They quickly try to escape, but are caught and [[SarcasmMode fairly]] [[UnprovokedPervertPayback dealt with]] [[UnintentionallyUnsympathetic by the]] [[DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale girls]]. A lot of players disliked this scene due to how the joke had already been overplayed in the previous two games.

* SpiritualAdaptation: ''Scramble'' is possibly the closest thing to a third ''[[VideoGame/RaidouKuzunohaVsTheSoullessArmy Raidou]] [[VideoGame/RaidouKuzunohaVsKingAbaddon Kuzunoha]]'' title, due to the game having Demon Negotiations and the use of Persona skills during battle, as well as Persona fusion.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: Sophia, just like Kasumi before her, was the main focus during a lot of ''Scramble'''s marketing. While unlike Kasumi she was around Joker for most of the game, she ''does not'' play much of a role save for the Okinawa Arc and the final act, and even then the final act is more [[spoiler:focused on Ichinose than anything]]. One can say [[spoiler:Zenkichi actually gains more attention in the story than her]].

* WinBackTheCrowd: Initially dismissed as a shallow ''Warriors'' clone and even being the target of scorn for ''not'' being a Switch port of ''Persona 5'', the first full trailer for ''Scramble'' managed to pull this off by showing other varied aspects of the gameplay, like platforming sections and daytime social interactions in the real world.

** Vanilla ''P5 was criticized for the lack of SliceOfLife episodes where there was a lack of opportunities for the Phantom Thieves to hang out together as a group, with many moments either being cut short or mainly tied to the plot. Many felt that the lack of such moments portrayed the Phantom Thieves less as TrueCompanions and more like co-workers. However, the premise of ''Strikers'' being a road-trip plot rectifies this problem by giving more opportunities for the Phantom Thieves to hang out together as friends. A lot more social events take place in-between the Jails, and the game encourages taking more time to spend with the other party members outside of combat with additional BAND events.

** Vanilla P5 was criticised for the lack of SliceOfLife episodes where there was a lack of opportunities for the Phantom Thieves to hang out together as a group, with many moments either being cut short or mainly tied to the plot. Many felt that the lack of such moments portrayed the Phantom Thieves less as TrueCompanions and more like co-workers. However, the premise of Scramble being a road-trip plot rectifies this problem by giving more opportunities for the Phantom Thieves to hang out together as friends.

** The ultimate mastermind, [[spoiler:Kuon Ichinose]], is hardly lacking in this department either. [[spoiler:Her [[OrphansOrdeal parents' death]] set off a massive domino chain of trauma and isolation, as nobody even ''bothered'' to reach out to her or try to understand her unique way of looking at the world, instead writing her off as an inhuman, emotionless doll. Eventually, [[SelfFulfillingProphecy she came to believe everyone around her]], becoming an absolute mess of a woman who desperately ''wants'' to help people, but is so immersed in self-loathing she's come to believe emotion ''itself'' is a toxic concept, which led to her creation of EMMA - not out of greed or anger, but out of the true and sincere belief that creating such an amoral AI was the only thing that could make people happy.]]

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: Sophia, just like Kasumi before her, was the main focus during a lot of ''Scramble'''s marketing. While unlike Kasumi she was around Joker for most of the game, she ''does not'' play much of a role save for the Okinawa Arc and the final act, and even then the final act is more [[spoiler:focused than Ichinose than anything.]] One can say [[spoiler:Zenkichi actually gains more attention in the story than her.]]

** One of the main complaints about ''Persona 5'' was Haru hardly received any meaningful character development outside of her Confidant or screentime due to being a late addition to the cast, as well as her Confidant being the last to open up in the vanilla game. ''Royal'' did not do much to help either other than several ChekhovsGunman scenes. ''Scramble'' gives her as much focus and relevance as the other Thieves featured in the game.
** In past games, the player does not have much oppurtunities to use any late game party members or awakenings such as the aforementioned Haru in ''Persona 5'' or [[spoiler:Violet and Black Mask Akechi in ''Royal'' (And especially their third tier Personas, Ella and Hereward)]] due to how late they actually join. In this game, the player starts with Sophia (With [[spoiler:Pandora awakened]]) and Zenkichi during a New Game Plus.

** After months of radio silence regarding a Western release, much rejoicing was had when it was revealed that one was not just in the works to be released in February 2021 (''an entire year after its initial Japanese release''), but that it would be coming to Steam in addition to PS4 and Switch.