Just one week after Metaphor: ReFantazio's release, Persona director Katsura Hashino says he's already cooking up his next JRPG

Metaphor: ReFantazio screenshot showing an anime-style young blond man with light blue eyes, a window's light glowing behind him
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Katsura Hashino, the legendary director behind both the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Persona series and more recent JRPG 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Metaphor: ReFantazio, reveals that he's already made a start on hiᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚs next projeꦡct.

Speaking alongside 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Silent Hill creator Keiichiro Toyama in a recent interview with , Hashino is asked whether he's thinking about what to make now that Metaphor's monumental release has passed. Surp🐈risingly, the lead does indeed have something in mind -ꩲ and likely has even since before his new JRPG's launch. "Oh, I have already started," he explains. He doesn't "really think about what to do as an individual," however.

Instead, Hashino looks to his studio and potential players while conceptualizing new games. "I look at Atlus as a whole and think about what is best for our team to create right now," describes the director. "Firstly I want the users to be happy, and as a result, I hope the company will be happy as well." This thoughtful ꧟process is nothing novel for the P-Studio veteran. According to Hashino, "That is how I always work."

There's no telling just yet what this mysterious new project that Hashino has "already started" considering is, but it's not Persona 6. Shortly after the release of 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Persona 5, the lead stepped down from his role at P-Studio to help establish Studio Zero - the Atlus team behind Metaphor. After hearing that 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:splitting the team was "for the better" though, I'm personally certඣain that whatever is coming will be big.

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Anna Koselke
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After spending years with her head i🐓n various fantastical realms' clouds, Anna studied English Literature and then Medieval History at the University of Edinburgh, going on to specialize in narrative design and video game journalism as a writer. She has written for various publications since her postgraduate studies, including Dexerto, Fanbyte, GameSpot, IGN, PCGamesN, and more. When she's not frantically trying to form words into coherent sentences, she's probably daydreaming about becoming a fairy druid and befriending every animal or she's s🍰pending a thousand (more) hours traversing the Underdark in Baldur's Gate 3. If you spot her away from her PC, you'll always find Anna with a fantasy book, a handheld video game console of some sort, and a Tamagotchi or two on hand.