.The Personality series is actually currently in a fascinating place. Complying with the launch of Identity 5 back in 2016, the series has actually grown exponentially a lot more popular. Back in December 2023, Atlus confirmed the Personality 5 set-- that includes the authentic video game, Royal, Strikers, Tactica, and also Dancing in Starlight-- has actually marketed more than 10 million duplicates. When Persona 3 Reload released earlier this year, it sold over 1 million copies in its very first week, making it the fastest-selling Persona video game to time. Compare that with Personality 4 at 2.5 million duplicates marketed-- 1 countless those from the last year-- and you may find the franchise business's fabulous momentum.Suffice to say, there is actually never ever been additional eyes on the Person series, as well as this creates the center's current switch and also trajectory especially exciting. For recent 8 years, the studio has actually only launched remakes, slots, and added content pertaining to the series' existing access. Even more distinctive, however, is actually that the crew working with these jobs (Atlus' P-Studio) has likewise found an exodus of long-time Identity designers, with Katsura Hashino, Shigenori Soejima, Yuichiro Tanaka, Azusa Kido, Yujiro Kosaka, and also Yasuhiro Akimoto all leaving the Identity series to begin a new crew and also deal with the forthcoming imagination RPG Metaphor: ReFantazio. I can not aid yet ponder, after that, what is actually following for P-Studio and also the Identity series?I lately possessed the possibility to delve into this along with Atlus' Kazuhisa Wada, a long-time producer as well as supervisor at the studio who right now leads P-Studio observing Hashino's departure. Though the discussion focused on the center's following release, Persona 3 Reload: Incident Aigis, I was actually additionally capable to gain some understanding into the future of the Personality series, if our experts'll one day receive Persona 1 as well as 2 remakes, and also why our experts the staff can not appear to quit launching luxurious editions of its own games.Yukari as well as Mitsuru ready to attack.GameSpot: Why performed the staff choose to release Episode Aigis as DLC rather than combining it in to the foundation activity as Identity 3 FES did?Wada: FES was launched months after Persona 3, which found yourself being actually the "complete" variation of the video game. Episode Aigis on its own was a standalone part of material you could pick coming from the main-menu monitor, even though it was featured in the bottom game. A number of the explanation is that our experts experienced it made sense to discharge it as a distinct DLC rather than as a full variation of Person 3 Reload. Having said that, a larger factor was actually that our company were actually just incapable to plan for Episode Aigis ahead of time. Late in to the growth of P3R, our team found ourselves under incredibly difficult instances-- our team still desired to create Episode Aigis a reality, however we didn't have the proper resources to make it take place. Fortunately, in 2013, our team had the capacity to safeguard the crew important to carry out thus. Yet also then, our experts had not picked the general group framework for the task. While our team were uncertain at that time whether our team can get it all over the finish line, I was found out to produce Incident Aigis observe the light day. Therefore, I drove through, and also we had the capacity to build it as DLC.I've consistently experienced that The Solution was a lengthy metaphor for pain-- that it looks into exactly how the globe seems to be to stand still and also our company discover our own selves pressing away emotional states rather than processing all of them. What is it like taking another look at these motifs all these years later, with more life experience?Rather [than the group's notions], I would be interested to know just how you and also others that discussed those exact same emotions at that time think concerning these themes right now, all these years later on as well as with that expertise. The essence of Incident Aigis is essential to totally convey the overall implication of P3, therefore if our team may assist folks understand it a lot better, that might be actually one answer.In truth, our company have actually attempted to create a few changes to the video game if you want to aid gamers much better comprehend these styles, and to eventually assist all of them proceed from 3/31. Our company looked back at the case as well as analyzed the several point of views of followers at the time as well as picked the aspect of the case that were actually "disputable" beyond the primary plot. In the original, our team experienced that the limited description of each personality's actions and also selections created it tough to impart the required mental ground, so we brought in some fragile changes around that. I ensure there are various opinions on just how this will certainly affect the video game typically, however I want to ask you to play the game and also find for yourself, and then provide our team your sincere feedback.What are actually the best meaningful adjustments, both story-wise as well as in relation to gameplay, in Episode Aigis?In relations to account, the dialogue of the major account was actually adjusted based upon the policy illustrated in your second concern, while the overlooking relevant information in terms of emotional states and relationships between good friends was filled in through linked incidents and dungeon conversations.In relations to gameplay, brand new Theurgy, switches, as well as exclusive skills were incorporated based upon the concept standards of Reload to do away with the tension of the FES age as well as to bring in dungeon strike and also struggles even more pleasurable. Furthermore, 5 challenge degrees are actually offered listed below, allowing a range of play designs. The highest possible problem degree is actually also incredibly tough yet worthwhile at the same time.Lastly, not only is the Character Compendium consisted of, however any manual progress may be carried over coming from the foundation model of P3R making use of existing save information, so our company wish supporters appreciate all these changes.Aigis prepares various personas to attack.What is actually the best tough facet of remaking an activity virtually two decades later?The very most uphill struggle was to create a production design and also receive the task composed as well as permitted. From there, our team must discover the greatest way to communicate the essence of the content, which was actually divisive at the time, and also exactly how to tune it right. It was actually just as daunting, but also just like important and rewarding, to locate a means to portray both Metis, a personality that had actually certainly not stood for virtually twenty years, as well as the video game's styles in a pleasing way.With the introduction of Episode Aigis, Persona 3 Reload seems like it is the luxurious model of the activity yet it is skipping a necessary attribute: the women protagonist. Why was she omitted? Will our company find her once again one day?Unfortunately, the female protagonist will definitely not be included in P3R. When our company were organizing Incident Aigis, our team had actually taken into consideration including the female lead character, but the even more our team looked at what this will take to bring in take place, the much more improbable it became. The advancement opportunity and cost would certainly not have been actually convenient as well as as a result of the nature of the web content, it's challenging to entrust this outwardly. Even if our experts managed to continue, the true release will end up being far right into the future.Beyond that, our experts would certainly be anticipated to create not simply a remake, yet a completely brand-new activity, so our company would certainly need to have to dedicate our limited progression information for it. I say sorry to the followers who have actually sustained our team for as long, yet this observes the exact same reasoning that enabled our company to accomplish Episode Aigis: Our team may refrain any sort of additional content like generating a women protagonist for P3R unless our experts produce and also launch it at this very second where enthusiasm in P3R is at its highest.But due to the fact that it is certainly not achievable for our team to launch P3R along with the women lead character in this home window, our team merely can't perform it. I'm definitely unhappy to every one of the enthusiasts that were actually holding out hope, yet it is actually likely never ever visiting happen.Atlus tends to return to video games and also launch brand-new editions with new components fairly consistently. Why is actually that? When do you make a decision to hit a quiting point?Persona 4 Golden and also Character 5 Royal included several expanded attributes that couldn't be actually consisted of in a DLC format, so our company had to handle them as completely new activities. This moment, our experts've kept that in thoughts for Incident Aigis, so our experts have actually made certain that the grown content merely works as DLC. Moving forward, if the material doesn't dramatically extend on the base video game, at that point we would like to deliver that web content in an ideal format.The SEES team discusses its own next mission.As Character 3 Reload finishes up, exist any programs to remake Person 1 and also Person 2? It is actually out my schedule at the moment. I want to perform it someday.I know a number of the team members have actually carried on to Metaphor: ReFantazio. Just how does this influence the future of the Identity series?Many years ago, some of the problems our company wanted to fix as a business was to improve the development ability of the company. Luckily, as of today, really proficient younger and also mid-career individuals are actually gradually expanding through tasks like P3R and P5R, thus if our experts are asked them about the influence on the future away on, the answer may just be "for the better." Our team activity designers, myself included, possess a number of issues that require to become settled in action to the extensive as well as enhanced video game advancement method. I think that of one of the most crucial things to carry out is to hand down the feeling of the game to the next generation. Among one of the most important traits is actually to build an association that allows that transition to occur naturally.In purchase to build as well as sustain a lasting, high quality set of titles, I feel that the methodologies of company reform as well as generational adjustment during that time were inevitable as well as highly required. Even at that point, I feel the reality our company can easily lead to the growth of the Identity collection from then to now is actually the greatest evidence our team possess that our team get on the appropriate monitor. For that reason, our team will be incredibly delighted and encouraged if you all have even greater requirements of each our team as well as the activities our team make later on, so please keep up the good work.