Persona noticed an enormous presence at Anime Expo final weekend, that includes a devoted sales space, panels, and merchandise to advertise the sequence’ thirtieth anniversary, in addition to the upcoming Persona 4 Revival and Persona 6. The workers behind P4R was additionally giving press interviews, and one remark by Common Producer Kazuhisa Wada has been drawing consideration.
Talking to Anime Nook, Wada mentioned some adjustments could be made to elements of the sport, notably with regard to at least one particular character.
“We’ve not modified something core concerning the characters,” says Wada. “However we have simply kind of brushed up the type of corners, to verify all of it matches and actually is acceptable for the characters and for the age that we stay in now.”
“We’ve not actually modified something concerning the story of the characters’ ideas or how they act,” he continues. “We have simply … modified the best way we categorical a few of this a bit bit, principally with Yosuke actually. He is a bit bit insensitive when it comes to how he treats outsiders generally. We needed to lighten that up and make it a bit extra becoming for the world that we stay in now.” He goes on to verify that different hot-topic social hyperlinks for characters like Kanji and Naoto won’t be altered “at base.”
Yosuke has been criticized for being considerably abrasive, with a few of his feedback and actions coming off to gamers as homophobic. Whereas some gamers see his perspective and phrases as somewhat typical of a youngster fighting themselves, others have discovered him to be repellent. It is comprehensible why the workforce would possibly need to reign Yosuke in a bit.
This would not be the primary time a Persona re-release toned down some extra controversial materials: for instance, Persona 3 Reload altered a scene that was largely seen as transphobic from the unique recreation. What makes this a bit extra fascinating is that followers have discovered unused character dialogue and voiceover on the unique PlayStation 2 disc of Persona 4 hinting on the important character with the ability to forge a close–perhaps romantic–relationship with Yosuke. Whether or not or not this angle could possibly be explored within the remake remains to be up within the air–Wada does affirm that some new content material can be current within the game–but one factor’s for positive: If Atlus does take this step, hundreds of fan-fiction writers the world over can be ecstatic.
