Take your time
The time has come to get in touch with Japanese studios at the end of the year, through Famitsu’s series of annual interviews. So far, we’ve learned vague plans for Platinum and Square Enix, but the Atlus part of the check-in is fascinating in itself.
Famitsu reached three of Atlus’ top developers, all with different goals. Shinjirou Takata, producer of Shin Megami Tensei series, it is very direct in what is to come Shin Megami Tensei V. Your keyword for 2021 is “think outside the box” (this series, and Persona, they usually do), and he and his team are “working hard on development”, although we have to “wait a little longer” for this to materialize. Take your time!
Katsura Hashino (who gets involved in almost everything at Atlus, including the two franchises mentioned) will focus on “silence” in 2021 and implies that the current pandemic’s impact on game development has caused him and his team to be more focused . Even so, he would like to “announce the title [they’re] develop as quickly as possible “, which is a” fantasy RPG “project.
Kazuhisa Wada (chief designer and occasionally director / producer of Persona games) is fully focused on Persona it seems, and his project has been “constantly underway”. Wada gives the last word and manages to provoke “exciting plans” for the 25th anniversary of Persona. Vague! But promising.
End-of-year interviews with creators [Famitsu via Gematsu]
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