Although each mainlinePersonagame is largely standalone, the one major throughline for the series is the Velvet Room where players go to unlock new Personas. The Velvet Room’s proprietor, Igor, has stayed the same throughout thePersonaseries, but his attendants, along with the room design itself, have differed between entries. As such, it’s likely thatPersona 6will have a new incarnation of the Velvet Room, but it’s unclear what form this incarnation will take.
Details surroundingPersona 6are still shrouded in mystery, as Atlus has yet to officially reveal the next title in the popular JRPG franchise. Rumors and speculation have dominated discussion of the game in the past year in an attempt to remedy this lack of news, with most rumors pointing towards a game utilizing green as the primary color theme and a narrative focusing on the yin and yang of nature versus modern life. While none of this information is confirmed, it could provide fans with a glimpse into what theVelvet Room could potentially look like inPersona 6.
How Persona 6’s Velvet Room Could Reflect Its Rumored Nature Theme
Past Persona Velvet Rooms Play a Role in Establishing Each Game’s Identity
TheoriginalPersonagame’s Velvet Roomgave the now-iconic location a humble start, appearing as a simple blue room where Igor, along with his attendants Belladonna and Nameless, resided.Persona 2: Innocent Sin and Eternal Punishmentfollowed this same design, and the series didn’t really start shaking up the Velvet Room’s look untilPersona 3. This change opened the floodgates for each subsequent entry to follow, changing up the Velvet Room’s design across both mainline and spin-offPersonagames.
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Despite the wide variety of Velvet Room designs throughout thePersonaseries, the blue motif has remained. The form the Velvet Room takes also serves as a reflection of the game’s theme, such as the elevator design ofPersona 3’s Velvet Room mirroring SEES' struggle to scale the tower Tartarus, and the jail design ofPersona 5’s Velvet Room reflecting the Phantom Thieves' conflictwith the rules and expectations of society. With a clear pattern for the Velvet Room’s design emerging based on the major overarching themes of a particular game, there are a few designsPersona 6’s incarnation of this room could take based on rumors and fan theories.
Predicting Persona 6’s Velvet Room Design
The prevailing theory based onleaks and rumors is thatPersona 6will likely involve greenas its main color theme, with the underlying narrative focusing on modernity versus tradition and nature. With this in mind, one potential form the Velvet Room could take is that of a cabin in the woods. A cabin could be used to symbolize the invasion of humanity into nature, balancing the disruption of nature with a building inspired by nature itself.
Persona 6could also go in the opposite direction and base the game’s Velvet Room on something like a secret garden hidden within the concrete jungle of a city. PastPersonagames have stretched the definition of a “room” for the Velvet Room, with a notable example beingPersona 4’s use of a limousine designfor its version. So it wouldn’t be out of the ordinary ifPersona 6’s Velvet Room was technically outdoors, and utilizing a balance between nature and civilization would be a natural way to represent the game’s rumored conflict in the Velvet Room’s design.
