{"id":50164,"date":"2025-07-17T17:45:44","date_gmt":"2025-07-17T08:45:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=50164"},"modified":"2025-07-17T17:45:47","modified_gmt":"2025-07-17T08:45:47","slug":"official-atlus-x-account-makes-reference-to-persona-references","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/official-atlus-x-account-makes-reference-to-persona-references\/","title":{"rendered":"Official Atlus X account makes reference to Persona references\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>While <strong>Persona<\/strong> fans wait with bated breath for the official reveal of a sixth mainline entry, the official Atlus West X account is hopping on the meme train with its own meta franchise reference. A recent post with the text \u201cis this a persona reference\u201d cheekily nods to Persona fans\u2019 eternal search for obscure references, whether it be in <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/persona-and-shin-megami-tensei-artist-kazuma-kaneko-talks-about-similarities-to-jojos-bizarre-adventure-creator-hirohiko-araki\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">other franchises<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/GillGrunt792\/status\/1945532015563940271\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">completely random objects<\/a>. Given its status as an official account, several fan-made theories regarding upcoming Persona 6 news have started to surface.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">is this a persona reference<\/p>&mdash; Official ATLUS West (@Atlus_West) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Atlus_West\/status\/1945528866656678297?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 16, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Persona 6 theories aren\u2019t as numerous or outlandish as those posted by, say, <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/toby-fox-makes-fake-hidden-message-from-his-own-post-to-promote-undertales-90-sale-referencing-fan-conspiracy-theories\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Deltarune fans<\/a>. There is the usual influx of people asking for <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/sjfostersound\/status\/1945534616418291883\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Persona 6 news<\/a>, and those looking for <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/StephenMBlack82\/status\/1945536549208399934\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">hidden meanings in the post<\/a>.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It seems the majority of the Persona fanbase understands that the post isn\u2019t meant to be taken seriously. This hasn\u2019t stopped others from poking fun at it, however, as many have sent <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/alyssul\/status\/1945529033426702852\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">snappy replies<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/damaxzambie\/status\/1945535970507723159\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Persona references<\/a> of their own.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1351\" height=\"758\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1351px) 100vw, 1351px\" src=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/20240117-50164-001.jpg\" alt=\"Persona 4\" class=\"wp-image-50170\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/20240117-50164-001.jpg 1351w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/20240117-50164-001-380x213.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/20240117-50164-001-768x431.jpg 768w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The official Atlus West X account has been on a bit of a meme streak recently, posting everything from <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Atlus_West\/status\/1944083133567025320\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Persona 3 plushie dances<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Atlus_West\/status\/1943717093033083093\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">clips of Metaphor: ReFantazio\u2019s protagonist doing sick skateboard tricks<\/a> while atop his sword. The chances of a Persona 6 reveal seem unlikely, but at least the X account manager is having fun engaging with fans.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Is this a Persona reference?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":50169,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-50164","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-japan-related-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Official Atlus X account makes reference to Persona references\u00a0 - AUTOMATON WEST<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"While Persona fans waits for the official reveal of a 6th game, the Atlus West X account has taken to poking fun at the fandom.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/official-atlus-x-account-makes-reference-to-persona-references\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Official Atlus X account makes reference to Persona references\u00a0 - 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