Take your time
The time has come to sign up for Japanese studios at the end of the year via Famitsu’s annual maintenance series. So far, we have learned vague plans for both Platinum and Square Enix, but the Atlus portion of the sign-up is fascinating in itself.
Famitsu caught up with three of Atlus’ main developers, all of whom have different goals. Shinjirou Takata, producer on the Shin Megami Tensei series, is very much on the ground in the near future Shin Megami Tensei V. Their key word for 2021 is “think outside the box” (this series, and Person, usually), and he and his team “work hard on development,” but we’ll have to wait a little longer ‘until it’s realized. Take your time!
What Katsura Hashino (which includes almost everything at Atlus, including both of the above franchises), is going to focus on ‘silence’ in 2021, implying that the impact of the current pandemic on game development has caused him and his team. to be more focused. Nevertheless, he wants to ‘announce the title’ [they’re] to develop as soon as possible, ” which is a ‘fantasy RPG’ project.
Kazuhisa Wada (chief designer and sometimes director / producer for Person games) is fully focused on Person it seems, and their project is “constantly underway.” However, Wada gets the last word and succeeds in making ‘exciting plans’ for the 25th anniversary of Person. Vague! But promising.
Creator interviews at the end of the year [Famitsu via Gematsu]
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