Maybe you forgot that Atlus, the creators of Persona, are now owned by Sega, the makers of Sonic. Well, the internet got a terrible reminder of this fact yesterday, and it’s hilarious.
Sonic Forces, the next 3D Sonic game, will have a costume that dresses custom original characters as the protagonist of Persona 5. The “Joker” costume on its own doesn’t look too bad, I don’t think, except that it’s weird as hell to see Joker without his gloves. Okay, maybe it’s strange to see such a dapper hedgehog, too. Mostly, though, the internet seems to be riffing on the idea that this is actually Akira’s fursona, not Persona:
https://www.tumblr.com/nyarlylicious/164831777671/
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https://www.tumblr.com/cheydumpling/164829455556/
https://www.tumblr.com/actual-haise/164826600185/
https://www.tumblr.com/third-energy/161760323408/
https://www.tumblr.com/robreshiram98/164858723276/
Guys the signs were all there we just pleaded ignorance pic.twitter.com/LWuYHDjcaf
— sean (🟦himeya.art) (@Haurmeya) August 31, 2017
>tfw the persona 5 sonic forces skin is the closest thing xbone owners will ever get to having a smt game on their console pic.twitter.com/0w92De2cpP
— Ash (@SantanaelChan) August 31, 2017
https://twitter.com/embed/status/903278672156774403
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Persona 5 is my favorite game pic.twitter.com/3dRc6zBRlm
— cain (80/100) (@PrimordiaISoup) August 31, 2017
https://twitter.com/embed/status/903272291135619074
logistically sega owning atlus and willing to give the sonics persona clothes means that someday the morgana bus could be in a kart racer… pic.twitter.com/G5YZH5klSR
— Topher Florence (@topherflorence) August 31, 2017
Excuse me but is this Sonic character BARE HANDED
WHERE ARE THE GLOVES I'M FREAKIN' OUT pic.twitter.com/EnGiKGuf7O
— Syd, the Sovereign (@Obsydianyte) August 31, 2017
Correction 4:27 PM: This article originally identified the hedgehog as Sonic, when in fact it is an OC.
