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Dengeki recently interviewed both Atlus' Katsura Hoshino and Shigenori Soejima about Project Re Fantasy and their goals with their new studio, Studio Zero.
A few interesting tidbits:
Hashino wants to explore the conflicts between different races that results from a journey, and the growth in people that it brings. This is an essence that he has drawn from Shin Megami Tensei and Persona, which he wants to apply to this fantasy. He is confident that, if he is able to finish it, he will be able to do something that builds upon what his seniors have created, allowing them to make an original work.
He is not striving for what tends to be called a AAA (Triple A) title, but aiming it to be of 5-star interest all the same. Similar to what he has done before. For that reason, they are fleshing out various things at the core of the fantasy they envision.
Dengeki PlayStation asks whether the elf woman depicted in the first piece of concept art is the hero of the story, and Hashino responds by saying he cannot say anything about story details yet. However, the woman depicted in the concept art is not the image of the main character. The main characters of current games and anime are often designed to be ages where theyre shortly before becoming an adult, such as high school students who are easy for users to empathize with the most. Hashino is creating the image of a different type of protagonist (player).
Link to the Full Interview.
(Big thank you to Persona Central for the image & translation)