“We’ve carried out lots of surveys with customers and followers, and each time we did a survey on what folks needed to see as a remake for the Persona sequence, the primary reply was all the time Persona 3,” P3R Producer Ryota Niitsuma advised me. “After Persona 5 Royal got here out, the Persona crew was prepared for one more mission and we had been attempting to consider what to do. We had been saying, ‘Hey, a remake might be fairly good. Everyone desires to see Persona 3, so that is the suitable time.’ The celebs have aligned.”
Respecting the impression that the unique had on gamers, the crew needed to protect the core of Persona 3, whereas additionally bridging the 15 yr plus hole because it launched, and all the technological advances in that timeframe.
“When [the original Persona 3] first got here out, I actually thought that each then and now that this sport is simply unbelievable, one thing that, despite the fact that a few years have handed within the interval, the colours of them haven’t light,” shared Recreation Director Takuya Yamaguchi.
“I needed to depart all the components that made Persona 3 what it was, all of the components that made up the core of how stunning it was, as-is, however then attempt to deal with the issues which have modified within the interim… I needed customers to assume that after they performed this sport. ‘I’m enjoying, not a remake of one thing outdated, however I’m enjoying one thing that’s the latest entry to the Persona sequence.’”