Katsura Hashino, who, after directing Catherine, Persona 3, Persona 4, Persona 5, and now Metaphor: ReFantazio, we contemplate to be one of many greats, is already again at work. Intriguingly, whereas particulars concerning Studio Zero’s subsequent recreation are exceedingly scant, we all know it will not be one other Persona; what path Hashino finally decides to go stays to be seen.
Relayed by GamesRadar+, the studio head not too long ago spoke to Famitsu alongside Silent Hill creator Keiichiro Toyama and was requested what he plans on engaged on subsequent, to which he mentioned: “Oh, I’ve already began.” Hashino explains that it’s much less a query of “what to do as a person”; as a substitute, he should contemplate the corporate writ giant and the participant: “I take a look at Atlus as an entire and take into consideration what’s finest for our crew to create proper now. Firstly, I would like the customers to be pleased, and because of this, I hope the corporate may even be pleased. That’s how I at all times work.”
Atlus operates underneath a fairly labyrinthine studio construction and, like Sq. Enix, has a aptitude for departmental naming conventions. Following the discharge of the landmark Persona 5, Hashino stepped down from his function at Artistic Division 2nd Manufacturing, higher referred to as P-Studio, which is now headed by Kazuhisa Wada.
Artistic Division third Manufacturing, or Studio Zero, is Hashino’s private fiefdom, and with Metaphor out within the wild, he’s free to proceed its mandate to create new IP unrelated to Persona. Artistic Division 1st Manufacturing, Crew Maniax, for those who hadn’t guessed, is the shepherd of the Shin Megami Tensei franchise and handles the Nintendo-exclusive Trauma Middle and Etrian Odyssey sequence.
