Persona 5 Trailer Awakens Inner Beast, Features Cat With Slingshot

Update: As expected, the Persona 5 trailer that leaked earlier today and included in this story was pulled down from YouTube.

An Atlus representative has contacted GameSpot explaining that the the company did not release the trailer. It was included on a blu-ray disc as part of the bonus items in Persona 4: Dancing All Night Crazy Value Pack released in Japan, and was intended for private use. That, of course, didn't prevent anyone from uploading it to the internet.

The original story follows below:

Atlus has released a new trailer for Persona 5, teasing the game's story and offering a new look at its gameplay.

The trailer, which you can watch below, opens with the main character awakening his inner Persona. From there it sets up the player to be a student by day, but a thief by night.

It's worth noting that, although a new Persona 5 trailer was expected soon, this video appears to be a leak. Should it be pulled, GameSpot will update this story with a working version as soon as it becomes available.

The trailer also highlights a big emphasis on traps in the dungeon, which is likely to tie into the idea of the player and his friends being thieves. Also shown are a few of the support characters, which includes a cat with a slingshot.

Persona 5 director Katsura Hashino previously offered information about the game, saying the developer is "going with a challenge that fuses together a juvenile school setting that is as large as life, together with a picaresque romance."

Persona 5 was originally announced as a PS3 game back in 2013. It was then confirmed for release on PS4.

Atlus has confirmed the Persona 5 release will be before the end of 2015 in North America. This release window had previously been cited for the game, at least in Japan, but it was unclear if western audiences would also get it before 2016.