See ‘Persona 3: Dancing Moon Night’ and ‘Persona 5: Dancing Star Night’ in first screenshots

The upcoming Persona 3: Dancing Moon Night and Persona 5: Dancing Star Night are Persona 3 and Persona 5 game spinoffs — much like Persona 4: Dancing All Night, which previously released on PS Vita. Both take familiar characters from the Persona series and those unique to each game and thrust them into a pretty uncharacteristic setting where everyone’s dancing for their life.

If it sounds strange for Persona characters, it is, but it’s also amazing. There’s a few new screenshots out as of Thursday that show what to expect from the upcoming games. Be forewarned: What you see might be too fast for your eyes. That’s a little excerpt of the Persona 5 battle theme there.

Persona 3: Dancing Moon Night: First screenshots

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The new screenshots show the main Persona 3 protagonist busting a stone-cold groove, which is pretty funny considering the dark tone and nature of the game itself. This is a role-playing game where kids hold guns called “evokers” to their heads to summon their Persona, after all.

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I didn’t know supporting character Junpei was much of a dancer either, but here he is, totally losing it on the dance floor.

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Yukari can cut a rug, too, but we all already knew that. If she’s half as good at dancing as she is being the worst character in Persona 3, we’re good. Mitsuru for life.

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Finally, Aigis gets a turn at shakin’ it. Wonder which songs they’re dancing to? It had better be “Burn My Dread.”

Persona 5: Dancing Star Night: First screenshots

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With the recent success of Persona 5 and its more adult scenes, it’s fun to see the game’s characters busting it out in their first spinoff title.

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You’ve got Best Girl Ann Takamaki to dance with if you’re not a fan of the protagonist. Ann deserves all the love anyway for dealing with her trash person of a teacher.

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You too, Ryuji Sakamoto?!

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And here’s Makoto, stepping to the beat. Honestly, this is the best squad ever.

If you’re not chomping at the bit to play both Persona 3: Dancing Moon Night and Persona 5: Dancing Star Night, something’s definitely wrong. They’re both due out for PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita by spring 2018, so that’s plenty of time for you to nail down your dancing skills.

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