*Note that this article contains MAJOR spoilers for 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Persona 5 Royal.*
When Atlus released 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Persona 5 Royal a couple of months ago, fans were excited to see all the changes and additions to the game, including refined battle mechanics and an emotional third-semester storyline. However, one new aspect that caught many ꦜpeople by surprise was when Akechi suddenly took on the role of The Phantom Thieves' Navigator at the beginning of the brand new eighth palace.
A💧nd boy oh boy, is it one of the best additions to the game.
For some context - at the beginning of January, the start of Royal's new storyline, Joker awakens to find reality distorted. To make matters even weirder, the only people who notice the sudden abnormalities in the universe are Akechi and Kasumi. The three decide to band together and investigate a mysterious palace in Odaiba in hopes of figuring out the meaning behind this strange reality. A꧅s they begin their investigation, they run into various shadows and must fight them in ♓order to proceed.
However, Joker's normal crew isn't there, meaning Futaba, Makoto, or even Morgana aren't around to give fighting strategies and act as the group's u𓆉sual navigator. Plus, Kasumi is still relatively new as a persona-user, so she can't be much help. And obviously Joker can't shout out tips since he barely talks - uh, we mean, since he's the group leader!🐼 So who does that leave?
Akechi. Specifically, Black Mask Akechi.
That's right -🙈 this pretty-boy-turned-ruthless-fighter is suddenly the main person shouting out commands in battle. Which leads to some pretty hilarious and amazing lines. Especially because by this point, Akechi's compl♌etely dropped his "princely" act and has fully embraced his mercilessness.
Additionally🃏, because Akechi is acting as both a Phantom Thief and the Navigator at the same time, we get to hear his own personal react♏ions when getting inflicted with certain ailments:
It's also nice t🍌o see that, for someone who, only a month ago, claimed that teammates were "trash", is finally getting around to the idea of working together. Sure, his way of bringing it can sometimes be a bit ruthless, but... baby steps.
There are also some great reactions to Joker gett🍒ing hurt orꦬ dying:
As well as one very ironic line, especially given his hist๊ory with the Phantom Thieves:
Unfortuna🌠tely, Akechi's Navigator lines only last about two days, as the other Thieves soon reunite with Joker once they realize the truth of their reality. But Akechi's lines have left such an impression on fans that many of them have advocated for a full Akechi Navigator DLC or some future update where players can choose which Thief can navigate the ♊party.
While🔯 there's, unfortunately, no official word from Atlus regarding whether we'll ever see that, at least they blessed us with these iconic lines froཧm Black Mask Navigator Akechi!
Persona 5 Royal is avail🃏able now, exclusively for the PlayStation 4.