Persona noticed an enormous presence at Anime Expo final weekend, that includes a devoted sales space, panels, and merchandise to advertise the sequence’ thirtieth anniversary, in addition to the upcoming Persona 4 Revival and Persona 6. The workers behind P4R was additionally giving press interviews, and one remark by Common Producer Kazuhisa Wada has been drawing consideration.
Talking to Anime Nook, Wada mentioned some adjustments can be made to components of the sport, notably with regard to 1 particular character.
“We have not modified something core concerning the characters,” says Wada. “However we have simply type of brushed up the form of corners, to ensure all of it matches and actually is suitable for the characters and for the age that we reside in now.”
“We have not actually modified something concerning the story of the characters’ ideas or how they act,” he continues. “We have simply … modified the way in which we categorical a few of this slightly bit, principally with Yosuke actually. He is slightly bit insensitive when it comes to how he treats outsiders generally. We needed to lighten that up and make it slightly extra becoming for the world that we reside in now.” He goes on to verify that different hot-topic social hyperlinks for characters like Kanji and Naoto is not going to be altered “at base.”
Yosuke has been criticized for being considerably abrasive, with a few of his feedback and actions coming off to gamers as homophobic. Whereas some gamers see his angle and phrases as moderately typical of a youngster battling themselves, others have discovered him to be repellent. It is comprehensible why the crew would possibly wish to reign Yosuke in slightly.
This would not be the primary time a Persona re-release toned down some extra controversial materials: for instance, Persona 3 Reload altered a scene that was largely seen as transphobic from the unique sport. What makes this a bit extra attention-grabbing is that followers have discovered unused character dialogue and voiceover on the unique PlayStation 2 disc of Persona 4 hinting on the primary character having the ability to forge a close–perhaps romantic–relationship with Yosuke. Whether or not or not this angle may very well be explored within the remake remains to be up within the air–Wada does verify that some new content material might be current within the game–but one factor’s for certain: If Atlus does take this step, 1000’s of fan-fiction writers the world over might be ecstatic.
