As certain as evening follows day, remakes that individuals purchase will likely be adopted by extra remakes of video games in the identical collection. So it is maybe not too shocking that, following the success of Persona 3 Reload, the Persona group is at present hyper-sensitive to something that could possibly be perceived as a flicker of an ember of a touch that Atlus has acquired a Persona 4 remake cooking.
Today it is an Instagram submit by Shihoko Hirata, the voice on P4 soundtrack bangers like Reach Out To The Truth; Time To Make History; and Heartbeat, Heartbreak (which has been looping in some nook of my mind for about 15 years now). Over on the ‘gram, Hirata posted a photograph of a recording sales space that followers (through Rudiger__tw) clocked as the exact same one used for an entire bunch of Persona video games. Hirata did not say which recreation she was recording for, solely that it was “new,” after which appreciated a bunch of feedback on the submit referencing P4.
Singer Shihoko Hirata, finest identified for Persona 4, revealed she’s recording for an unannounced recreation.Her picture reveals MIT Studio (Studio 2) in Tokyo—the identical one from the Persona 5 Strikers “Recording Making-of” and the place most Persona soundtracks of the previous decade have been recorded… pic.twitter.com/cjSMhe1jtRFebruary 21, 2025
Which, ah, is just not cast-iron proof of a P4 remake, let’s be sincere, even when I do really feel like a P4 remake is basically inevitable at this level. Still, I’ve been amused by the response of the Persona group to the rumours. In one nook are principally ecstatic P4 followers, thrilled to catch a scent of the hi-definition Yosukes of their desires. In the opposite? An more and more desolate fanbase of the primary three Persona video games: 1, 2 and Eternal Punishment, the PS1 black sheep of the household that weren’t made beneath the directorship of Katsura Hashino, who took over the collection from 3 onwards.
“I’ve been dying for a Persona 2 remake since 2013, man. How lengthy am I supposed to carry on for?” asks one exasperated fan on Reddit. “We nonetheless do not need the right Eternal Punishment. Don’t get me unsuitable, P4 might be the ‘finest’ Persona throughout, but it surely’s fantastic as it’s when there’s Persona 2 that is rotting, simply begging to be advised to a brand new era of avid gamers.”
Others agree: “P1 and P2 are in far more of a necessity for remakes than P4 is,” writes Falsus, “Like P4G is already nice and you may play it on all main platforms.”
And so on and so forth. Meanwhile, Persona 4 followers are loving it. “Finally gonna have the ability to recc [Persona 4]” writes Realcbear. “P4 is my favourite recreation of all time, so I’m concurrently extraordinarily excited past perception and terrified to listen to the brand new VAs,” says gingersisking. All in all, only a massive outdated celebration whereas the poor, benighted P1/2 followers beg Atlus for crumbs.
Which I do discover darkly comedian, I’ve to confess, though I’m on the aspect of the OG Persona individuals right here. I really like Persona 4 as a lot as the subsequent man who religiously watched the Giant Bomb Endurance Run when he acquired residence from college as a youngster, however P4G is out there mainly in every single place and performs fantastic. I can not get too excited a few full-fat remake of it, and would a lot desire to lastly check out the primary video games in some type.
Unless the P4 Remake introduced the unique Chie again. Then I’m on board 110%.
