Ranking all the Persona intros from WORST to BEST

Every Persona intro (mainline titles only) ranked from least to most favorite. I cannot associate with people who skip the intro, they are dirt to me

[@L_Giancarlo]

"Most Persona 4 players are Persona 5 players that are playing P4G's PC port" Deadass caught me lacking wtf

[@Double400]

Ironically I'm the complete opposite and got into Persona 5 from the P4G port

[@SenhorKoringa]

Caught you lacking? Caught everyone lacking.

[@dustoo]

I’m playing p4 on a jailbroken ps3

[@L_Giancarlo]

@@dustoo nice

[@L_Giancarlo]

@@SenhorKoringa LMAO

[@CaddyKiddo]

I never even thought about how P5 opening keeps the later characters a mystery, that's actually pretty neat

[@franconunez925]

I actually tought about it but in the "funny" way like in the OP we have The Hackerwoman Futaba, Plan master Makoto and seductive Haru and in game we have a Gremlin wich know how to pirate minecraft, Beep bop(actually the best portraded) and the Mighty fluff goddes wich will bring fluff and wholesome things to this world.

[@TamerlaneYT]

The PS3 persona 5 splash screen isn’t as subtle it just has all the phantom thieves lined up lmao

[@CaddyKiddo]

@@TamerlaneYT I think it does the same for the PS4 version, and all of them are straight up on the box art too LOL

[@TamerlaneYT]

@@CaddyKiddo yeah the identities of persona users were never something that the games tried to hide, I think the real twist for 5 was how they managed to get out of that predicament in the prologue and even anticipated it

[@kakao-katze]

I immediately noticed that when I played through Royal and saw Yusuke burst into scene. I like a lot about royal's opening, but I pretty much share the same opinions with this guy here about the openings. Except I know almost nothing about P1 to 2, I can still appreciate the intros, though. I guess I noticed that the p5r opening had a lack of mystery as I am always hooked on something if it has a great mystery element. Hense why I hate spoilers. Why I got into the Persona fandom is still a mystery to me (heh...), the amount of p5 that has been spoiled for me is unreal.

[@d.j6578]

the persona 4 and 3 intros are so good just hearing the opening piano for 4 and the guitar in 3 is just phenomenal

[@Laevatei1nn]

Pov : you went back home after long day at school, play this game and chilling on the start menu with corners of memories playing and the characters were running around

[@Grey-i2o]

FINALLY SOMEONE WHO LIKES DREAM OF BUTTERFLY

[@zeeqwan6477]

Ikr, that song is stunningly beautiful

[@phantomzack9842]

Finally, I found my people

[@lewis9s]

I have to admit, it’s extremely underrated

[@hozefish666]

Took long enough

[@Eekieookie]

Finally p1 getting acknowledged

[@original5865]

I feel sad that p3p opening was put this low.

[@tr4sh37]

It's his opinion so don't be so down. I love the hell out of Soul Phrase and know people who love it too. Danger Zone (FeMC Boss Theme) also is good proof for me that Soul Phrase is a kickass theme.

[@TechnicalOtaku]

Yeah I really love that opening

[@dsfmdiya7500]

Same, that’s one of my favorites

[@snailthelostcow63]

Intro wise? Nah, I don't like it too As a standalone song? BANGER

[@thegamerfe8751]

@@tr4sh37 Yeah but he was contradicting himself, he said some parts of Soul Phrase were lazy but 3 FES OP doesn't take a hit from pretty much mashing up in-game cutscenes and gameplay, he did say he liked the music but I guess he liked it so much the visuals don't matter.

[@daemonlynn7616]

As someone who joined the fandom after P5 I feel like ive missed out on all the "glory" the older ones had.

[@loodng7616]

same

[@patrickserrats6919]

I mean, you can still play them, 3 and 4 really hold up to this day

[@pengudiegu]

Emulate em or buy a vita/psp, persona 1 and 2 are masterpieces that should never be skipped

[@notafbiagent473]

@@pengudiegu Persona 1 is the most negligible out of the 6 mainline games. Persona 2 Innocent Sin and Eternal Punishment are the unskippable masterpieces.

[@alexwagner9674]

It's not too late to experience the older ones! You should play each and every Persona game! And then after that, go ahead and jump to the main SMT series, I suggest starting from the first one up to IV Apocalypse or Strange Journey, and then you play the rest of the spinoffs next! And then you play SMT V last!

[@terrific4715]

I may not agree entirely with this list, but the reasons for where you put each one make a lot of sense and I find it really respectable.

[@elderberryva9282]

I just love how stylish P5 is, like the art design of that game in particular just struck me as so… elegant (but like in a “rebellious” way??) and the intro’s use of, like you said, exaggerated dance-like movements and stylistic shadows n smooth transitions and i don’t know i’m not making any sense, bottom line, it fucks

[@helloworld366]

Honestly, I just love the song

[@del4028]

* friendly reminder P5 is just style without transcendence * that's all I've got to say. Continue with your life

[@SpinningTurtle66]

@@del4028 Yep, and that’s all it needs to be. It looks great and that fact doesn’t detract from how visually appealing it is, whilst also being in line with the whole gentleman thief idea.

[@Aigis31]

P3P's intro is such a banger, watching the upscaled versions makes it resonate so well with me personally. Really love the big anime intro vibes it gives; it really stands out from the rest.

[@cragl3yman343]

I think Shadow World is WHOLEFULLY UNDERRATED because it's so catchy

[@Frijol4122]

bro its my favorite persona intro i fuckin love it

[@EliteEpicGamerz]

Agreed, its one of my absolute favorites

[@electro806]

So is like every other opening

[@cragl3yman343]

@@electro806 The thing iwth Shadow World is it doesn't really show off WHAT P4 is about it's more nostalgic for people who played the OG first.

[@chibs1235]

That song is terrible

[@alejandrotti10]

First of, yeah, Atlus needs to remaster at least one last time Persona 1 and both 2 for a console or even Steam. Not just because fans wants them, but at least to fix the weird IS/EP translation issue (seriously, not just for the fact of the openings, but because EP has more content on his remake). And second, even if it's a personal opinion, it's a valid one. Specially for the four last ones.

[@Grey-i2o]

Especially persona 2 since y’know you need to pay a ridiculous amount of money to play the entirety of persona 2 without emulation since you need a psp a ps1 and two expensive ass games

[@yasahana4447]

The fact that someone else in the world thinks dream of butterfly is the best Persona OP made me so happy I liked the video. So thanks for surprising me! :)

[@unfunnyclown5959]

p4g's hits just for that harmonica

[@Blueglitter73]

I agree with "Dream of Butterfly" opening being #1. That opening really captured my interest into playing Persona 1 and I know I'm not alone on this.

[@carl_wheezing6401]

those "dancing" that the characters do in the p5 intro are actually figure skating elements performed in competition like yusuke was doing a camel spin while joker was performing a lay back ina bauer. just a small trivia

[@ausahthewren1421]

I was waiting for someone to mention this 😂

[@manuelmateo3392]

PSX Persona is absolutely thematically relevant to the rest of the franchise, just not "musically" so. The intro touches on one of the outstanding philosophical questions that forms the core of the series: discovering or trying to determine one's identity, as well as examining our perception of the world around us.

[@thorhit]

Dream of Butterfly is such a banger

[@amelrick7603]

Thank God SOMEONE ranked the Persona 4 GOLDEN AND the Persona 5 ROYAL Intro lower than their original versions. I really couldn't get why people would prefer those over the more thematic and fitting songs of the original. Also wow... I can't believe someone would rank Dream Butterfly this high... You've got a new sub dude.

[@matheustran8009]

I love the songs (possibly more than the original openings) but the visuals are just eh

[@SpinningTurtle66]

I really like the P4G and P5R openings but yeah the originals of course fit the games way better

[@kennard3106]

Shadow world is better and I will die on that hill

[@SpingotGoomer]

@@kennard3106 shadow world is my favorite opening, I am angered by this video

[@augustoschimuda7096]

full respect for putting Dream of Butterfly on first, subbed on the spot

[@GeaForce]

Pursuing My True Self will always be my number 1

[@karuko4072]

I 100% agree, Persona psp has the absolute best opening. I love P1 to death despite all of its multiple... multiple... flaws. Please, I need more of classic persona

[@Limit02]

When I played p4 on the pc port for the first time, I would go to the cutscene viewer a ton so I could listen to the original opening. I wish that Royal and golden could have swapped between the original and new openings whenever you booted it up so that people who only played those could appreciate both openings

[@forgottenmessiah]

Innocent Sin intro will be always my number 1

[@slackot3423]

The fact that you don't have more following boggles me! I'm quite the fan on how you write your videos. :)

[@rvth]

Persona Q has probably my favorite opening, and I'm really shocked no one is mentioning that one in the comments lmaoo

[@matheustran8009]

I liked persona q 2 the most

[@rvth]

@@matheustran8009 That one slaps as well

[@joerogan4507]

i believe so strongly tomorrow never falls away

[@KanaIzumiya]

tsukibikari shita

[@chibbychaps6445]

You have probably already heard this comment a million times, but "Soul Phrase at 10?!" Really??

[@Game_Erica]

Tbh might be a weird pick but one of my favourite Persona openings is Persona Q2. It's just a lot of fun to listen to!

[@CivilChev]

I respect your opinion, but my opinion differs for one major reason: I'm a SUCKER for Jazz. So P5 is my absolute favorite. I will say I prefer Wake Up Get Up Get Out There more than Flying Colors due to the fact my two favorite P5 songs are continuations of the original intro; Life Will Change and I Believe. The way the OST all fits together without a single song being out of place and how it's literally all jazz means I'm unapologetically bias of P5. (Though P4 Dancing was way better than P3 and P5)

[@9crv]

The remixes on p4D are on another level

[@Lu15d4]

You forgot the psx intro of persona 2 IS and the psp intro of persona 2 EP. Aka. The 2 best intros

[@ale_alma]

👆👆

[@hozefish666]

He was only doing ones released in the west, but those ones are amazing

[@ryoshii2070]

Dude, I 100% agree with your #1. It's not only just straight-up by far my favorite song in the series, I also agree that it me want to play through it. Sadly, I don't have the hardware to play it on so I'll just be dreamin' for now :(

[@drowzee6076]

im glad someone else likes dream of butterfly the best. That opening is honestly amazing despite how trippy it is

[@honeydewblue]

DREAM OF BUTTERFLY AT 1ST??? I'VE FOUND MY PEOPLE

[@PrevTsukasaRui]

I only skip the intros only because I want to quickly get to the game, although sometimes I watch or listen to it

[@fruitlion8]

I actually much prefer Shadow World to the original P4 intro. It really reminds you that the game is much more character driven and has more memorable moments because of the characters themselves.

[@del4028]

It could be. I hated the first time I watched tho 😂

[@kennard3106]

I appreciate you.

[@JiD2227]

p4g hits so different after finishing the game

[@yhjidid7375]

p4*

[@sidekic1109]

@@yhjidid7375 he's talking about golden

[@mannysmith5397]

Me, who began with 4: *sees Pursuing My True Self pop up* Me: Ah yes play the ANTHEM

[@nituniverse]

:) Burn My Dread is a bop

[@grievousart]

Shadow World will forever be my favorite game opening

[@Gervino]

i love Dream of Butterfly so much, its honestly SUPER underappreciated

[@qq-st9xo]

I know I'm late but I can't help but agree on his opinion about 'dream of butterfly'. It did what an op is supposed to accomplish although I find the visuals boring. In my case, it's probably the music what I find interesting the most.

[@everettwatsonrazorearcwolf6553]

Dream of Butterfly love is something I can stand for!

[@kain1799]

Was sad some of my favs were so low. But so glad my fav persona opening was number 1. Like everytime I hear this and watch it im motivated to lay p1. And I've never finished it or enjoyed a lot of my time. But it works every single time. Even with me not enjoying the game.

[@ODUBlue]

Putting Dream of Butterfly at #1 immediately validates this list

[@brookmikal]

The biggest sin of original P5 opening is that it somehow focused on the first five party members while the girls were in the background.... Not even Akechi And oh Haru looked different

[@Thegameslayer2yt]

I think they wanted to not spoil players by showing them too much about later party members

[@hunterXhamster]

@@Thegameslayer2yt not much to spoil since Haru only gets 5 minutes in the game

[@PepperonibeatsZombie]

Persona 5 Scramble’s opening is actually my favorite Persona 5 opening now

[@hhouse7504]

Put revelations persona in last, smh.

[@nigele8625]

ikr right smh head

[@nathanbrewer408]

I respect your opinion, but P3F over P4G and P3P? P3F by far has the laziest opening and weakest song from the P3 games to go with it in my opinion.

[@csaba4444sub]

I will agree on the visuals part. And I love both Soul Phrase and Shadow world. But something about the mix of Burn my dread and Memories of you is soo perfect for what p3fes is

[@Seven_DB]

P3FES opening is way better then Soul Phrase lol. Maybe not Shadow World but it's still close. Soul Phrase just isn't good

[@nathanbrewer408]

@@Seven_DB Thats the first time I've heard that.

[@Seven_DB]

@@nathanbrewer408 I have very different opinions when it comes to Persona then most. When it comes to these 2 ops tho I like the animation of Soul Phrase more then FES but FES has the better song imo. Maybe my dislike for FeMC and portable in general has affected my opinion of the song tho idk.

[@snailthelostcow63]

Funny, I actually getting pumped up to play P3F thanks to the opening, lol And I played it after P4 too So I actually kinda baffled with how many people actually hated the intro

[@cookiez6688]

I like how he talks about the importance of intros for video games when nearly no game has one. Except for some Jrpg's and even for them it's rare XD

[@wolfywonder8480]

Am I blind, or was Eternal Punishment's opening not included on here?? Not necessarily top tier, but definitely worth a mention at least.

[@karuko4072]

The original eternal punishment’s opening was included but not the psp version. Eternal Punishment’s psp rerelease was not available in America and he said he was only going to include games released in America (hence why the original innocent sin isn’t here)

[@wolfywonder8480]

@@karuko4072 Ah okay, I must’ve just missed it then

[@cmv_1869]

AYO DREAM OF BUTTERFLY AT NUMBER 1??? Good taste

[@adachivineboom]

Pursuing My True Self over Shadow World? Jesus Christ, how does it feel to be right?

[@adriansrsa90]

I think PMTS and, BMD especially, are the pinnacle of creating an intro that doesn’t spoil so much as, calmly introduce the elements of the game (and the pursuing my true self lyrics on the background is just stylistically perfect imo so people dont have to argue over the engrish like everyone was probably doing in 2006 with no official lyrics for burnmydread)

[@labrys1608]

Shoutouts to persona 3 opening with someone trying to shoot themselves right after the animation though

[@fancyclown3593]

both P3 and FES intros are my personal favorite

[@TrumpCardMAGA]

Always was a Burn My Bread lover myself, glad to see it so high

[@jacksonbrickmedia939]

Mine 11. Revelations persona 10. P3 FES 9. P2 Intro 8. Soul Phrase 7. Shadow World 6. Colors Flying High (I hate the animation but love the song so much) 5. Dream of Butterfly 4. Unbreakable Tie 3. Pursuing My True Self 2. Wake up Get up 1. Burn my Dread

[@bigguygabe]

FINALLY SOME DREAM OF BUTTERFLY RECOGNITION IT'S SOOOOO GOOOOD

[@thatkenesu9843]

persona 2 innocent sin's intro was my favourite even if its not my favourite persona game. its just so hyped and then continues with a soothing melody

[@RedPandaStan]

P5 is my fav opening of all time. The intentional vagueness that makes party members a mystery, the incredible foreshadowing (including that igor is the only one To not have ANY color on him whatsoever), and the pure AESTHETIC that it bleeds. It is by far my favorite opening from anything whatsoever.

[@MakoTenseii]

Eyy yessss p1 psp intro it the top for me as well.

[@bulletmagnet1038]

Wake Up, Get Up, Get out there was My first perosna experience as My friend recommended I play the persona games after falling in love with his smash representation. The second that intro started I was entirely hooked and knew I was in for one hell of a game. And one gem of a series

[@robinuchiha3567]

Wait Until Bro Hears about Persona 3 Reload OP

[@boomboom6410]

Persona 4's opening will forever be my favorite video game opening. It's not stylistic or that symbolic but I don't care because it's tone just speaks to me.

[@Farne536]

Shadow world is what you see while on drugs and I love it.

[@lunasperidot8760]

Shadow world is my favorite just because of the song. Shadow world is one of my favorite songs ever like even outside of videogames I love it

[@Psycho_Psy]

I wanted to get into Persona so i got the only one i could get for free so I can see if I like it or not. Persona 3 Portable immediately got me with Soul Phrase and I just beat the game 4 days ago and I haven't shed tears for a game in a while

[@snailthelostcow63]

P4 intro felt really rewarding after finishing the game P2 Innocent Sin intro was really unexpected when I first time played and my god it's beautiful Meanwhile, Burn My Bread just lit your emo phase you dunno you have and you can't do anything about it but to accept it as your true self- wait, hold on....

[@ShonenKing]

Never played OG P4 or Golden but the P4 opening actually slaps.

[@Superawesome24]

i fucking LOVE dream of butterfly its so good

[@christinajohnson4238]

It's been 25 years since the Persona series first came out and plus I wanted to play the Persona 3 and 4 now.

[@chrysome4540]

fully agree with the top 3 here

[@cybergloc]

so happy that we share the correct opinion😌

[@Genethagenius]

I felt the same way about the opening to the Persona 1 Re-release on PSP also! Still one of my favorites! Just wish the actual game was better.

[@sleepyheads_4758]

Finally someone giving respect to Pursuing My True Self ! My favourite by far, i've listened and watch it so much that i’m now scared that it became insipid to me !

[@vivianlopez5202]

It's my favorite too, the first time I heard it, it was like, oh my gosh!, oh my gosh! 🤯🤯

[@ultimatewolfexists2378]

Shadow World is easily my favorite opening, your criticism is completely fair, but you can't help but feel absolutely alive listening to it.

[@meritmeryl]

Persona 3 FES's intro always pissed me off, even AFTER I beat the game, because it was always just a huge spoiler for most of the things you should've encountered yourself. I was smart enough to always skip it unless I opened the game and went to grab a snack or something, but after seeing it now and thinking about all the new players just like I once was, I can't help but think about people who watched the full thing and lost some (or more) of the emotional impact that certain scenes brought later in the game, just because they already saw clippets of it in the LITERAL game opening. I love, and will always love Persona 3's original intro (Burn My Dread) for how vague it was while hinting to future events, and you'd never understand it until AFTER that moment happens, and then once you rewatched to that part of the intro again, it would just *click* and you wouldn't have assumed how it connected before. Seeing that opening each time, I was always fooled by the artistic convention. I would've never thought about the hidden meaning behind climbing up all the stairs (Tarturaus), Shinjiro lying down (on his death bed).. the connection all between the main character, Pharos and Ryoji appearing MULTIPLE times together throughout the intro. It only became clear near the end of the game when Ryoji first appeared, for which for a little bit I was like "ooh! new party member!" and then shortly after playing the next day and seeing that intro it became "holy fucking shit, they're all fucking connected, what the fuck". That's all just me in my opinion and I feel like random people playing this game for the first time are more oblivious to all of this happening.

[@herculesbeetle]

as an og p4 fanboy (never played golden lmao) this is good

[@SpinningTurtle66]

Before playing I thought Yusuke was evil because he was splashing red paint across the walls of an alleyway like blood lmao

[@TheWebberLegacy]

Not a super big fan of Dream of Butterfly as a song, but visually, it’s fantastic

[@del4028]

I agree with most part of this. Except I think Unbreakable Tie is the number one. No other opening represents the game better, shows enough or has the hype rhythm as P2 IS port op does. P1 port op is my 2nd one tho

[@pepsiman215]

i wanted to give you the chance before number 1 i was literally saying like "please be q dont be 1 psp please dont do this man" and yet here we are

[@lambbonesdev]

Burn my dread hits

[@eazybuxafew]

Burn my dread! Makes sense. Always thought it was killllll myyyyyyyyy you know the rest

[@feliperiva9515]

yes YES FUCK YES, FINNALY SOMEONE THAT UNDERSTANDS THE BEAUTY OF DREAM OF BUTTERFLY

[@TheRiskyforever]

soul phrase tenth hurt my soul

[@megandres412]

I got really mad when I saw Soul Phase at number 10 :(

[@benjoman8252]

I prefer og p4 over golden just because i feel like some of the things they added, like the junes concert event, take away from ghe small isolated town vibe that the game was going for. I really wish they chose to remaster the original p4 but add on goldens shuffle time mechanic, then we'd have the peak persona 4 experience

[@sunniestglobe5717]

I'm surprise you din't put the PSP opening for Persona 2 Enternal Punishment and the Ps1 opening for Innocent Sin because the PSP opening for Enternal Punishment is different from the Ps1 version just like the Innocent Sin Ps1 opening is different from the PSP version. Also you said you only did the mainline Persona games and not the spin-offs when there are spin-offs the are canon to the mainline Persona games like Persona 4 Arena/Ultimax and Persona 4 Dancing being canon to Persona 4/Golden and Persona 5 Scramble/Strikers is canon to the original Persona 5. If I ever did this I will include the spin-offs and the ones you didn't put on this list so in total there are 20 Persona intros throughout the Persona series

[@deutgi]

im so pleased to see number 1! its such an underrated game, but slightly held back by old jrpg mechanics....a remake would be amazing. what better time to announce one than the anniversary? i can dream...

[@ci7210]

I like PS1 intros mainly how simple and sets the tone. Also I'd put P3P never cares for the intro. Hell yes Dream of a Butterfly. Also both P1 intros show Maki as important

[@AZero887]

I literally only picked up Persona 4 golden on pc because of the golden week sale, only prior persona experience was joker in smash ultimate, and now I hope more gets ported to pc or a Nintendo system so I can play them (I refuse to support Sony so)

[@Seven_DB]

Well since you have a PC why not try emulating the first 4 games?

[@raminard7084]

They’re most likely not gonna port the others games on switch, so either wait for the other games to be on steam, emulate then like MadLad said, buy a PlayStation and play it, or play strikers which doesn’t have the same gameplay style

[@yhjidid7375]

you can always emulate it, and if you dont wanna do illegal stuffs then buy the copy and extract the ISO out of it like a boss

[@Inksploded]

BRO is so bias to 3 and 4 sheez

[@Freedomwings99.]

9:29 i need the ost here

[@Gyyghhhhjjjkk]

P4g intro fits a slice of life anime better than p4 tbh. Pursuing my true self is the god given amazing intro that fits p4 perfectly. Especially the opening beats it resembles a TV incredibly well. Gives me the feeling that I am living in a tv show which is exactly what I wanted to feel

[@CheesecakeMilitia]

I'm playing through P3 FES right now, and the intro song is *such* a banger that it makes it all the sadder it quickly transitions to in-game cutscenes. I do have a soft-spot for that one scene of Elizabeth going awkwardly down the slide, though - I just reached that part of the game and it was so exciting. I really hate how the intro cutscenes spoil important characters though (would prefer if characters after the first four only showed in silhouette flashes, like Smash 64's intro), and FES is an especially bad case. But I can't help but like it more than the original P3 intro, which just feels distracting with all the lorem ipsum text in the background and how slow it takes for the song to get going. This was in contrast to my experience playing P5R and P4G, where as soon as I saw the base games' intros (which are easily accessed via the in-game extras) I knew the originals were far superior (though P4G's intro's intro is absolutely stellar and I'm glad you pointed it out).

[@kris1349]

The P1, P2, P3, P4 and P5 classic intros are the best intros no doubt. Persona 1: 9:13 Persona 2: 4:35 Persona 3: 8:17 Persona 4: 7:36 Persona 5: 6:37

[@LumyTheQueen]

Happy to see Innocent Sin so high on the list! ^. ^

[@SuperOtakuKyo]

Putting Dream of Butterfly at 1 makes up for Unbreakable Tie at 6.

[@pedro33pt3]

Persona 5 Strikers should be here, it is not a spin off but a direct sequel