Sometimes I nonetheless do not fairly imagine it. After years, many years, of Atlus stubbornly refusing to place a bunch of Persona video games on something however a PlayStation, I now have 3, 4 and 5—of their expanded-edition types—plus a 3 remake in my Steam library. What a time to be alive.
Of course, there’s nonetheless one thing lacking, is not there? Persona 1 and a pair of, the unique PS1 video games that have been made earlier than the sequence got here underneath the directorship of Katsura Hashino (who’s now off engaged on Metaphor: ReFantazio), are laborious to play these days. The first recreation technically got here out on PC, however good luck getting a maintain of it legitimately, whereas the second has by no means damaged freed from its Sony jail.
The excellent news is that Persona sequence common producer Kazuhisa Wada is well-aware individuals wish to get their palms on the originals in some type, and it appears like he’d love to do it. The dangerous information is that—if it ever occurs—it would not sound prefer it’ll be quickly. In a chat with GameSpot, Wada stated that remakes of the unique video games weren’t “on [his] schedule proper now,” however he’d “love to do it sometime.” Which sounds just like the type of factor my mother and father used to inform me once I requested for a toy I used to be completely, definitively, by no means, ever going to get.
Right now, in fact, Wada and co are centered on the approaching launch of Persona 3 Reload’s Episode Aigis DLC, the brand new model of Persona 3 FES’ Aigis-focused epilogue. After that? Well, I’d must think about somebody’s chipping away at a Persona 6 someplace within the bowels of Atlus’ workplaces. Perhaps as soon as that is accomplished, it’s going to appear value Atlus’ time to make us some P1 and P2 remakes?
To be sincere, I’m not solely certain I want them. If I have been the philosopher-king-tyrant of the world, Atlus would simply fairly up the unique video games with some light-touch remasters and put these out earlier than shifting onto to one thing solely new. I most likely will not get my method, although. People like their remakes: Persona 3 Reload grew to become the fastest-selling recreation in Atlus historical past nearly immediately, in any case.
Another factor I’m not getting? The feminine protagonist from Persona 3 Portable in Reload. Asked about her absence, Wada stated that the group thought-about it when planning Episode Aigis, however “the extra we checked out what this may take to make occur, the extra unlikely it grew to become.” It’s simply too cost- and time-prohibitive, says Wada, and too delicate a process to farm out to an exterior studio. Which he is just about stated earlier than, thoughts you, however I do type of like that the keenness for P3’s feminine protagonist (Kotone Shiomi, put some respect on her identify) is so excessive that it is haunting each interview he does.
