One of many video games trade’s many badly saved secrets and techniques broke cowl yesterday when Atlus lastly got here out and admitted that, yup, it certain is remaking Persona 4. In a trailer working on the very limits of ‘telling us nothing in any respect,’ we bought a glimpse of excellent ol’ Inaba in scintillating ultra-HD.
Hey, I am going to play that when it comes out, however not less than a number of individuals have been a tad upset. Remakes and spin-offs apart, the final wholly new Persona recreation we bought was Persona 5 all the best way again in 2016, when dinosaurs walked the Earth. The truth that the following recreation within the queue was yet one more remake had some of us in low spirits. I reckon Atlus anticipated that, which might be why it accompanied Persona 4 Revival’s announcement with an announcement from P-Studio director Kazuhisa Wada.
Cue the standard stuff about how excited the devs are about P4R. However there, on the finish, is a faint ember of future risk: “Moreover, we’re actively making ready for the long run growth of the Persona collection as a studio. We’re working exhausting to satisfy the expectations of followers world wide and our work is progressing nicely.”
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Which I reckon you’ll be able to solely interpret a technique: as a roundabout assertion that, sure, the studio does truly keep in mind methods to make a brand-new Persona recreation and a few sort of work is already beneath approach on that. Both that or the staff is remaking Persona 5, which might virtually be humorous sufficient to be forgivable.
In fact, it is value stressing that no matter Atlus has within the tank is completely gonna have to attend till P4R is safely in and out our arms, and with Wada saying the studio is “actively making ready for” future growth, that sounds like all sort of hypothetical Persona 6 is not even in pre-production but. Nonetheless, if Wada is keen to even gesture at a attainable P6, I might tentatively be keen to wager that it is what’s subsequent on Atlus’ agenda after P4R.
With long-time Persona director Katsura Hashino ensconced over at Studio Zero making video games like Metaphor: ReFantazio, it will be the primary mainline Persona since 2 to not have his hand on the helm. Are we prepared for a world the place that is true? Most likely not. Perhaps it’s higher if Atlus simply places out one other dancing recreation or one thing.
