{"id":73057,"date":"2020-09-12T01:22:58","date_gmt":"2020-09-12T01:22:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gamerant.com\/persona-6-japan-no\/"},"modified":"2020-09-12T01:22:58","modified_gmt":"2020-09-12T01:22:58","slug":"why-persona-6-likely-wont-take-place-in-japan-game-rant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/2020\/09\/12\/why-persona-6-likely-wont-take-place-in-japan-game-rant\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Persona 6 Likely Won’t Take Place in Japan | Game Rant"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In 2011, after the Great East Japan Earthquake, game director Katsura Hashino made a pivotal design decision for\u00a0Persona 5<\/em>.\u00a0Initially,\u00a0the fifth\u00a0Persona<\/em> <\/strong>game was meant to be a more globe-trotting adventure. The game would still follow the picaresque fiction style that inspired the game, but the setting would be centralized on Japan due to many societal and personal factors. Hashino has since moved on to a completely new project, but there’s a high likelihood that\u00a0Persona 6<\/em> will expand beyond the borders of Japan.<\/p>\n

Even though Katsura Hashino no longer helms the franchise, the desire to expand beyond Japan still remains among the new and existing team members, some of whom have been working on\u00a0Persona<\/em><\/a> for years. That original\u00a0Persona 5<\/em> pitch may have been an early development concept, but remnants of this framework still permeate throughout the final game as well as the\u00a0Persona 5 Scramble<\/em> spin-off\/sequel. While the Phantom Thieves story will be contained to\u00a0Persona 5<\/em>‘s universe,\u00a0Persona 6<\/em> may continue the idea of expanding outside of Japan.<\/p>\n

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During an interview with Japanese media outlet 4gamer.net, Hashino had mentioned that one of the first design concepts for Persona 5<\/em><\/a> was centered around the idea of a “backpacker-like trip around the world, with the theme of a journey to find myself.” Before the Phantom Thieves were ever a concept for\u00a0Persona 5<\/em>, the idea of returning to the high schooler setting wasn’t part of Hashino’s initial plan. However, after the Japanese earthquake in 2011, Hashino felt a personal shift in perspective that carried over into\u00a0Persona 5<\/em>‘s design foundation.<\/p>\n

The core concepts of self-discovery and personal journey still remained in\u00a0Persona 5<\/em>, but the game returned home to Japan for reasons both personal and circumstantial. Rather than following the original design pitch, Hashino believed the setting and characters needed to be re-focused on Japan. This was due to a lot of factors, not only as an act of Japanese pride, but also one of criticism. Many of\u00a0Persona 5<\/em>‘s themes<\/a> were also based on social change in the wake of disaster, something Japan battled with for some time after the earthquake.\u00a0Many of the government actions in response to the quake, and their effects on people, heavily inspired\u00a0Persona 5<\/em>‘s political story.<\/p>\n

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Interestingly enough, that desire to expand Persona\u00a0<\/em>beyond Japan’s borders has still lingered long after\u00a0Persona 5<\/em>‘s release. This is most evidenced by\u00a0Persona 5 Scramble<\/em><\/a>, the spin-off that partially acts as a sequel to the original game. Joker and the Phantom Thieves, while on summer vacation, end up exploring places like Okinawa, Sendai, and Sapporo throughout their adventure. The whole game is based around a camping road trip they had all planned together, among other supernatural happenings in the Metaverse that forces the Phantom Thieves to get the band back together again.<\/p>\n

Granted\u00a0Persona 5 Scramble<\/em> also doesn’t leave Japan, but spends a lot of the game’s time outside of Tokyo, the main setting of\u00a0Persona 5<\/em>. Not to mention the palaces throughout\u00a0Persona 5<\/em><\/a>, like most\u00a0Persona<\/em> games before it, generally depict places outside of Japan like medieval castles or Egyptian pyramids. Even if the metaphysical locations are put aside, it’s clear\u00a0Persona<\/em> doesn’t want to be constrained to just Japanese society. The series has never been restricted to Japan either, it just so happens that the game’s home development country was most relatable to its primarily eastern audience.\u00a0Persona 6<\/em> could easily buck this trend, and based on\u00a0Scramble<\/em>, it clearly wants to.<\/p>\n

RELATED:\u00a0Atlus May Not Return to the First Two Persona Games<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Even though the original director is no longer with the\u00a0Persona\u00a0<\/em>series, Hashino’s concepts could have made a lasting impression on the rest of the\u00a0Persona<\/em> team. Now that a relatively new team is helming the\u00a0Persona<\/em> franchise (granted with several veterans still on the team), now is as good a time as ever to reinvent the\u00a0Persona\u00a0<\/em>series. Hashino was game director and producer for the\u00a0Persona<\/em> series for 13 years<\/a>, starting with\u00a0Persona 3<\/em> and ending with\u00a0Persona 5<\/em>. Now\u00a0Persona 5 Royal<\/em>‘s director\u00a0Daiki Itoh, or anyone else for that matter, could lead the future of the franchise.<\/p>\n

Something new for the setting of\u00a0Persona\u00a0<\/em>would make a lot of sense at this point. Now that the series has seen widespread acclaim with\u00a0Persona 5<\/em>, the series has a chance not only to improve itself, but also innovate the formula. As much as\u00a0Persona 5<\/em> modernizes the series in a big way, the game’s massive success presents an opportunity for\u00a0Persona<\/em> to move forward as well. Whether it’s adding different elements to increase the immersion of the social simulator (like improving the inclusivity of romances<\/a>), or taking even more steps to improve the JRPG systems. However, even above those changes,\u00a0Persona<\/em> will almost certainly expand from its Japanese roots.<\/p>\n

While the long wait for\u00a0Persona 6<\/em> is still underway, there’s a lot still left to do that could improve\u00a0Persona<\/em> even more.<\/p>\n

Persona 6<\/em><\/strong> is reportedly in development.<\/p>\n

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