Metaphor: ReFantazio lead says “the desire is still there” to make a fantasy game, but the team’s more interested in “how we can evolve our JRPG and what it looks like”

Persona 3, 4, 5, and Metaphor: ReFantazio director Katsura Hashino says Atlus’ Studio Zero still has a “desire” to create fantasy games after the release of its 2024 JRPG gem, but more than that, the devs are looking for ways to “evolve our JRPG and what it looks like.”

Although Metaphor: ReFantazio isn’t a Persona game, it still took clear inspiration from Atlus’ previous works in a number of ways, from its calendar system to the return of social links (even if it gave those a new name). Going forward, though, it sounds like Hashino and his team are considering spicing things up even more, as he states in an interview with Game Informer.