Visually, Persona Q is an immediate palate cleanser. The characters are rendered in a "chibi" art style—big heads, small bodies—which initially signals a lighter, perhaps easier experience. This is a deception.

(Strength, Magic, or Agility) can completely shut down an enemy's ability to use certain skills. Navigators

The subtitle Shadow of the Labyrinth is not a metaphor. This game is a labyrinth in every sense.

Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth may look like a lighthearted Persona spinoff, but its bones are built from thousand-year-old European tales of grief, clocks, and haunted mazes. It asks the same question old fairy tales did: What happens when you refuse to let go of a memory?

The North American version received several pieces of DLC (free and paid), including: