{"id":63077,"date":"2023-06-11T21:35:05","date_gmt":"2023-06-12T04:35:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/?p=63077"},"modified":"2023-06-12T01:26:23","modified_gmt":"2023-06-12T08:26:23","slug":"atlus-announces-new-fantasy-rpg-from-persona-alumni","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2023\/06\/11\/atlus-announces-new-fantasy-rpg-from-persona-alumni\/","title":{"rendered":"ATLUS Announces New Fantasy RPG From Persona Alumni"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">In addition to its official reveals of <a href=\"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2023\/06\/11\/atlus-officially-announces-persona-3-remake-at-xbox-games-showcase\/\"><em>Persona 3 Reload<\/em><\/a> and <em>Persona 5 Tactica <\/em>at Xbox Games Showcase 2023, <strong>ATLUS<\/strong> has dropped an announcement trailer for a new JRPG titled <em>Metaphor: ReFantazio<\/em>, which will launch in 2024 for Xbox Series X\/S and Windows.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><em>Metaphor: ReFantazio <\/em>is the first original title of <span class=\"mw-page-title-main\">ATLUS subsidiary Studio Zero, which was founded back in 2016. Originally known as <em>Project Re Fantasy <\/em>in 2017, the game features<\/span>&nbsp;names like <span class=\"mw-page-title-main\"><strong>Katsura Hashino<\/strong> (director of <em>Persona 3, 4<\/em> and <em>5<\/em>), <strong>Shigenori Soejima<\/strong> (<em>Persona 4<\/em> and<em> 5 <\/em>character designer,<em> Persona 3<\/em> art director), and <strong>Shoji Meguro<\/strong> (Persona 3 music composer) on its team.&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Metaphor: ReFantazio \u2014 Announcement Trailer | Xbox Series X|S, Windows PC\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VoZA6YA7YYQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">The announcement trailer for <em>Metaphor: ReFantazio <\/em>features familiar elements like turn-based combat, stylish UI, and an overworld that is traversed in real-time. A notable difference from the <em>Persona<\/em> games is the full-on fantasy setting. While the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=I5pMeiGh5PQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Project Re Fantasy<\/em> teaser trailer<\/a> made clear the departure from<em> Persona<\/em>&#8216;s urban fantasy flavor, this is the first proper look at the world Studio Zero has been cooking up.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Below is ATLUS&#8217; description of the game (via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gematsu.com\/2023\/06\/project-re-fantasy-revealed-as-metaphor-refantazio-for-xbox-series-pc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gematsu<\/a>):<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Write your destiny and rise above fear as you step into a fantasy world unlike anything you\u2019ve seen before. Fraught with unsettling mystery, the kingdom stands on a precipice. Now, you must embark on a journey, overcoming obstacles and forging bonds with friends.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><strong>Source:<\/strong> Official ATLUS West YouTube channel<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In addition to its official reveals of Persona 3 Reload and Persona 5 Tactica at Xbox Games Showcase 2023, ATLUS has dropped an announcement trailer for a new JRPG titled Metaphor: ReFantazio, which will launch in 2024 for Xbox Series X\/S and Windows.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":63090,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[7070,7071,426,7072],"class_list":["post-63077","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-anime","tag-atlus","tag-metaphor-refantazio","tag-persona","tag-studio-zero"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/metaphorrefantazio_announcementtrailerscreenshot.png?fit=1920%2C1080&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8n4QV-gpn","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63077"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63077"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63077\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63140,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63077\/revisions\/63140"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/63090"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63077"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63077"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63077"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}