#ReFantazio Director reveals concepts for a possible sequel

Atlus’ Metaphor: ReFantazio is among the greatest and most profitable JRPGs of 2024, and it appears the sport’s director is already considering of its potential sequel, to the purpose that he even disclosed what setting he wish to use in it.

In keeping with PersonaCentral, the subsequent difficulty of Weekly Famitsu Journal options an interview with Katsura Hashino, the founder Atlus’ Studio Zero and the director of Metaphor: ReFantazio. In it, he revealed some fascinating details about the way forward for this brand-new IP, like the truth that he wish to set a future title within the Sengoku interval. Though he jokingly stated this will likely lead to a world much like Capcom’s Sengoku Basara collection.

That is significantly intriguing as a result of a brand new sport set within the Sengoku interval, one of the crucial well-known and well-known intervals of feudal Japan, can be extraordinarily totally different from the medieval fantasy setting by which Metaphor: ReFantazio takes place: the UK of Euchronia. Nonetheless, a world with this idea would feel and appear completely wonderful, particularly if the identical gifted artists who crafted ReFantazio‘s deep and sophisticated world additionally get to work on the sequel.

Is Metaphor: ReFantazio going to turn out to be a collection?

In the identical interview, Katsura Hashino revealed that he and his group created Metaphor: ReFantazio with the aim of creating a brand new JRPG collection that would seamlessly go alongside Shin Megami Tensei and Persona, Atlus’ different two iconic JRPG IPs and that he wish to develop it right into a flagship. Nevertheless, Hashino additionally confirmed that Atlus presently has no concrete plans on making Metaphor: ReFantazio right into a full-fledged collection at the moment, even when he hopes that it may possibly turn out to be one sometime.

The sport was an enormous important and business success, promoting one million copies worldwide in someday (changing into the fastest-selling online game within the firm’s historical past), obtained extraordinarily constructive evaluations throughout the board and obtained awards for Finest Narrative, Finest RPG and Finest Artwork Route at The Sport Awards 2024, which additionally nominated it for Sport of the 12 months (though it misplaced to Astro Bot). Many gifted individuals at Atlus labored on this venture, together with its director, who already has some actually artistic concepts for a sequel that’s brimming with potential and followers would positively like to expertise it within the close to future.