Three Atlus employees revealed what their hopes for 2021 were. Some of the responses given are more on the philosophical side, while others are a little more tangible and have to do with various games in theShin Megami Tenseiseries, which, for those unfamiliar, is the seriesPersonais a part of.
The first creator interviewed was Shinjiro Takada, who, this year, worked onTokyo Mirage Sessions #FE Encore. He iscurrently working onShin Megami Tensei 5for the Nintendo Switch, and while he doesn’t provide any additional info on the title, he does say that it is being “enthusiastically” developed despite “various difficulties during development.”
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Persona Central notes, however, that more info onShin Megami Tensei 5may be coming in early 2021. There is currently a concert entitledShin Megami Tensei Online Live 2021that is scheduled for March, so it is not unreasonable to think more info will be revealed there.
Second, comes Katsura Hashino who worked onthe last three mainlinePersonagamesas well asShin Megami Tensei 3andCatherine. He states that despite the chaos that coronavirus has caused this year, he is looking forward to detailing more of their new fantasy RPG title which is currently tentatively known asProject Re Fantasy.
Finally, comes Kazuhisa Wada’s interview responses. Wada has worked onPersona 4 Arena,Persona 5 Royal,as well as the spin-offPersona Dancinggames. He doubles down on hisprevious remarks aboutPersona’s 25th anniversaryand the exciting announcements Atlus plans to make to commemorate it.
It is unclear what the anniversary announcement could be, asPersona 5 Strikerswas recently announced for a Western releaseandPersona 6is likely a long way off. One reveal that would be possible, however, isPersona 5 Arena. Given that Wada worked onPersona 4Arena, it would be quite possible he is working on another sequel to it as well. Hopefully, if that turns out to be the case, players will get to see how the cast ofPersona 4is doing year after their game like players did thePersona 3cast in the first twoArenagames.
