Soul Hackers 2 New Story, Character and Villain Details

Atlus has revealed a new trailer and story details on Soul Hackers 2like Personais another subsection of Shin megami tensei JRPG series,

Soul Hackers 2 is a brand new JRPG that will be coming to all consoles but Nintendo Switch later in 2022. Atlus revealed on March 14 a new trailer and updated official Japanese website for the game play, revealing new details about its characters and lore.

New Soul Hackers 2 trailer and profile reveal story, characters, villains

The new trailer most notably introduces the concept of Covenants, the tube-like fluorescent things you see in the trailer. The Phantom Guild, who seem to be the bad guys in Soul Hackers 2trying to collect all the Covenants, and collecting all of them can bring the end of the world.

More, Ringo’s profile page includes a Talk button where you can now see various comments from her. There are more than 16 lines, and more lines will be added later. Ringo, as the game’s main character, was introduced when the game was announced, so let’s take a look at the other characters. I have translated their profile below.

Iron mask

“A demon summoner and leader of Project C, a mysterious plan carried out by the Ghost Order. Pursue your goals ruthlessly. He always wears his mask, and even within the organization, very few people have ever seen his face.” Iron Mask is voiced by the famous seiyuu Yuichi Nakamura.

Zenon

“An artificial demon serving the Iron Mask. Good at fighting but low intelligence. By order of Iron Mask, he kills Onda and steals his Red Covenant”.

Ichiro Onda

“A world-renowned computer engineer, with various achievements, participates in government-led projects. He also invented the Vanishing System, but was murdered by Zenon and the Iron Mask”.

Interestingly, the characters also mention they are looking for a Kuzunoha in the trailer, which means a new Kuzunoha Raiden will be introduced.

The trailer has official English subtitles, make sure closed captioning is enabled.

Soul Hackers 2 Trailer 2

ONE Persona 5 collab has been confirmed for Soul Hackers 2 In Japan, be sure to read its details and about the limited edition with our previous coverage.

Soul Hackers 2 will release on PS4, PS5, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, Windows 10/11, and Steam on August 26, 2022. It will launch a day early in Japan, on August 25, 2022.