But he needs to be designing the characters and demons for SMTV (if there was one). Especially after the bland designs of SMTIV.
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Famitsu info on Atlus new fantasy RPG Project Re Fantasy (Studio Zero, Hashino)
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So they can be less secretive when hiring people? Announcing the basic premise of the game as being fantasy allows them to attract people who would not be interested in working on a non-fantasy/Persona game.
eyeball_kid
Member
I sure hope Soejima being on this new IP means that Kaneko might come back to active duty on SMT. But I don't want to get my hopes up.
Pretty sure he said something about leaving it to the younger people and just staying in the back helping when needed.
What's the correlation? It's not like Soejima was the artist at Team Maniax working on the recent SMT games.
That's a nice way of putting it.
eyeball_kid
Member
True. Just wishful thinking that they might put Ishida and Doi on Persona and Kaneko back on SMT. I guess they have other artists who could take over Persona, but would they trust their money-maker to someone unproven?
But it's in the OP....
Soejima is an indispensable member of the Persona series staff, but we dont want his work to stop there. Meguro is the same. Both will continue to participate in the Persona series in the future."
Magicpaint
Member
Look forward to it releasing within the next 10 years! ;-)
eyeball_kid
Member
Well, yeah.. it's a bit ambiguous. I guess either he'll be hands-on on both IPs, or he'll step back to more of an advisory role on Persona. Either way I'm sure Kaneko isn't coming back...
I think he'll still do illustration work, but everything else will be other people.
Which is pretty similar to his role in all the spinoffs.
I would be curious to know why they feel the need to start an entirely new studio for this, though. If Hashino, Soejima and Meguro are all onboard, why go through the hassle of building the rest of the studio from scratch when they already have a talented staff? Why not leverage the notoriety of P-Studio and say you're turning it into a two-team studio? Is it a cultural thing?
Err... I was expecting a reveal in two days but it sounds like this game hasn't even got a full development team yet, so I imagine it'll be a while before we actually see this game.
Atlus seems to be notorious for doing this lately - with Persona 5 being announced so early and SMTxFE also being announced even before any ideas had been made (although that might be Nintendo's fault).
Try not to get any ideas of this game in your head it'll likely change drastically before its actual reveal. The redhead elf girl is actually a cosplayer and the game is set in modern Tokyo lol.
Atlus seems to be notorious for doing this lately - with Persona 5 being announced so early and SMTxFE also being announced even before any ideas had been made (although that might be Nintendo's fault).
Try not to get any ideas of this game in your head it'll likely change drastically before its actual reveal. The redhead elf girl is actually a cosplayer and the game is set in modern Tokyo lol.
"Studio" in this sense just means "new internal team" really. There's really no hassle here. They're going to recruit aggressively using this new project as an attraction because they need the staff. It doesn't mean they're not going to have leads in the company also working on this. The main message is that the company is expanding now, and they'er going to work on more things moving forward.
Which is cool in itself, and I hope it goes well.
Yeah, #FE doesn't count because that was on Nintendo. I would say that Etrian Odyssey V and Persona 5 are the two games that were announced abnormally early on for the company. Seems that Project Re Fantasy might be another, however it seems that this is because it's part of a large recruitment push.
Sounds like they have titlesor at least a titlethat are way further along in development than this game. Interested in hearing about them soon.
So basically, Atlus are creating a new internal team and expanding their size, and also announcing a brand new game due to that effort, in addition to the games they are already working on now a P-studio
Sounds good to me.
I would not be surprised if they eventually went PS4/Switch/PC and aimed much higher for both their domestic market and the global market.
Sounds good to me.
I would not be surprised if they eventually went PS4/Switch/PC and aimed much higher for both their domestic market and the global market.
Son Of Sparda
Member
It'll be a home console game then? Yaaaaay!
Won't be released till 2020 at earliest? Booooo!
Seriously though, I'm happy that they are trying new things but I wish they had not announced it yet. I guess they had to do that since they need to recruit a lot of devs and they probably want those devs to know what kinda of project they'll be working on and what is expected of them and what sort skills/knowledge they need to bring to table. But still, I wish they could've done that without actually announcing the game.
Won't be released till 2020 at earliest? Booooo!
Seriously though, I'm happy that they are trying new things but I wish they had not announced it yet. I guess they had to do that since they need to recruit a lot of devs and they probably want those devs to know what kinda of project they'll be working on and what is expected of them and what sort skills/knowledge they need to bring to table. But still, I wish they could've done that without actually announcing the game.
BRSxIgnition
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Re:Fantasy OT | Coming Winter 2024
I could see Atlus doing very well with PS4/Switch(/PC) multiplatform, with perhaps some smaller games (thinking EO) staying Switch exclusive, or they could port those sorts of game and hope for strong coat-tails to, mostly, Persona.
They're the kind of company that could really benefit from being able to hit a Nintendo portable and a Sony home console with the same games. I hope they do so.
Kenzodielocke
Banned
This kinda guarantees no 3ds, yes?
Imagine that 3DS support in 2018 !
Nah, it'll be 3DS until like 2019 when it will be moved to Switch and delayed. 3DS version will still come out.
DrunkShogun
Member
Really sounds like Switch is the platform it's aiming for which isn't ideal but I can work with that. Glad Atlus has put their faith in Hashino when the man hasn't made a error since he started with directing Smt3. The only thing I can see is social link being carried over but not a extract replica, romantic options don't have to be in it of course.
Not even slightly? Pretty sure it will be a console title.
formasymphonic
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Y'know what, nm... see you in time for PS5 Pro brehs
encephalon
Member
See you all in three years.
Switch? I don't see that implied as their primary platform especially with their huge build up...why would they bother with no real actual evidence of how it would do at launch or beyond? My guess is they are starting with PS4 as a base but don't want to say at the moment. It was the same for Platinum's new game.
I hope it's not going to be some anime boy who collects waifusDrunkShogun
Member
Your probably right. Just the lack of platform makes me think it's for a unreleased platform. Would prefer ps4 myself either way. As long as it's not mobile is a win for me.
Can Crusher
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A bunch of nothing, incredible.
LifeBrandRobot
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Well at least it's confirmed to be on a home console. I can't imgine the game not be on PS4 now.
This was more of a statement of intent for their new studio and plans for their first project of that studio rather than an official game reveal. Did they ever try and make it sound like an official game announcement?
Even so, i think we'll see a conceptual trailer pretty soon
Even so, i think we'll see a conceptual trailer pretty soon
LifeBrandRobot
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Will probably release on PS4... the year after PS5 comes out lol. It's a trend I'm noticing.
Nightengale
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Think it about this way.
Sure, it sucks that this was announced this early.
But this announcement also means there's higher likelihood that this game would be out earlier and better than what it would had been had this been kept secret.
Because it would mean that Studio Zero would be able to staff up the right talent and get to speed on this game faster than if they're hiring via "hush hush we're making a new IP can't tell you what it is till the interview hush hush"
Sure, it sucks that this was announced this early.
But this announcement also means there's higher likelihood that this game would be out earlier and better than what it would had been had this been kept secret.
Because it would mean that Studio Zero would be able to staff up the right talent and get to speed on this game faster than if they're hiring via "hush hush we're making a new IP can't tell you what it is till the interview hush hush"
Maintenance
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I can't wait for the Switch to be released so people can stop saying "Huh, this might be for the Switch".
It is really annoying.
It is really annoying.
LifeBrandRobot
Member
Crossing my fingers for at least a teaser trailer at the live stream a la Death Stranding.
Psycho_Mantis
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PS5 launch title confirmed