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 Basic 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 at least one particular character.
“We have not modified something core in regards to the characters,” says Wada. “However we have simply kind of brushed up the sort of corners, to verify all of it suits and actually is acceptable for the characters and for the age that we dwell in now.”
“We have not actually modified something in regards to the story of the characters’ ideas or how they act,” he continues. “We have simply … modified the best way we specific a few of this slightly bit, principally with Yosuke actually. He is slightly bit insensitive by way of how he treats outsiders generally. We needed to lighten that up and make it slightly extra becoming for the world that we dwell in now.” He goes on to substantiate that different hot-topic social hyperlinks for characters like Kanji and Naoto won’t 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 relatively typical of an adolescent scuffling with themselves, others have discovered him to be repellent. It is comprehensible why the workforce would possibly need 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 fascinating is that followers have discovered unused character dialogue and voiceover on the unique PlayStation 2 disc of Persona 4 hinting on the important character with 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 will likely be current within the game–but one factor’s for positive: If Atlus does take this step, 1000’s of fan-fiction writers the world over will likely be ecstatic.
