Overwatch 2’s Persona 5 collaboration was announced shortly before the game’s current season began, and at the time, we didn’t know who would be dressing up as a Phantom Thief in Blizzard’s hero shooter. I’ve grown increasingly tired of how Blizzard has turned Overwatch into Fortnite with all these licensed crossovers replacing its own iconography and worldbuilding, but I’m also a Persona superfan, and I get to be a mark sometimes. Today, Blizzard announced the five heroes who will be suiting up as the vigilante high schoolers, and while I’m excited that one of my mains is getting a collab skin, I’m also glad to see that Kiriko, Overwatch 2’s teacher’s pet, is nowhere to be seen this time around.
Blizzard showed off Wuyang, Genji, Lifeweaver, Mercy, and D.Va sporting costumes based on the Phantom Thieves. These will all be available tomorrow, September 16, and they look, well, pretty much exactly like the characters they’re referencing. There are some interesting details, though, such as the rose petals falling from Mercy’s wings, which are evocative of Ann’s Persona Carmen; Lifeweaver’s flower-petal back piece, meanwhile, has some of Yusuke’s iconography attached to it, and D.Va’s mech has been made to look like Makoto’s motorcycle Persona, Johanna. The full rundown:
- Wuyang as Joker (Ren)
- Mercy as Panther (Ann)
- Lifeweaver as Fox (Yusuke)
- D.Va as Queen (Makoto)
- Genji as Skull (Ryuji)
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These skins will likely come with other cosmetics, but Blizzard hasn’t revealed those yet. When the collaboration was first teased, we saw what appeared to be a highlight intro based on Persona 5’s All-Out Attack animations, so we’ll see if all five characters get that, or just Wuyang. Ryuji is my favorite Persona 5 character, so I wish I played Genji, but I do play Lifeweaver, so I will be donning the Fox mask for a few matches later this week.