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The Creator Of 'Persona 3' Wants To Revolutionize JRPGs Again

Katsura Hashino envisions JRPG 3.0 as a transformative phase adding new dimensions and altering genre structure, following successful recent titles like Clair Obscur: Expedition 33.

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SegaKatsura Hashino is the mind behind beloved cult classics like Shin Megami Tensei III, Trauma Center, and Catherine, but he’s best known as the director of Persona 3, 4, and 5, which redefined the franchise’s identity and pushed the entire genre forward. Now, it seems Hashino isn’t content to just keep doing the same thing. The creator has said he wants to fundamentally change the genre’s “structure and presentation,” and create “JRPG 3.0.”Sp…

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If there is someone who can be credited with the global acceptance of the JRPG in recent years, that is Katsura Hashino. Director of Shin Megami Tensei, Persona and Metaphor: ReFantazio, and the man who has taken his vision of the genre to place Atlus among the most important companies in the world, challenging a fiefdom where Square Enix always kept his safe bastions of Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest, who have not been able to adapt or change w…

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NewsGaming.net For the producer of Persona and Metaphor ReFantazio, the JRPGs will soon enter a new era Boudés during the PS3/360 generation, the JRPGs are again popular with the public, with licences once considered niche, which are now becoming big commercial cartons. The Saga Persona is the best example of this. Everyone is waiting today to see what Persona 6, and if producer and director Katsura Hashino (producer of Metaphor ReFantazio) does…

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My Nintendo News broke the news in on Monday, November 24, 2025.
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