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"Let them work their magic" - Persona series director says Persona 4 Revival's localisation team is integral
At Gamescom, Persona series director Kazuhisa Wada discussed how Atlus is approaching the script for the upcoming remake Persona 4 Revival.
Key takeaways
- Atlus did not change the core of any character for Persona 4 Revival.
- The development team tweaked dialogue to clarify character intentions where original phrasing was ineffective.
- Yosuke's dialogue is the same but has been made a little bit more gentle in some parts.
- Atlus is passing scripts to localisation teams as early as possible to ensure high-quality simultaneous releases.
- Character development from spin-off games was used to add depth to characters in Persona 4 Revival.
At Gamescom, Persona series director Kazuhisa Wada discussed how Atlus is approaching the script for the upcoming remake Persona 4 Revival. Wada stated that while the core of the characters remains unchanged, the team revisited and tweaked dialogue to clarify character intentions where the original phrasing was ineffective. Specifically, parts of Yosuke's dialogue have been made "a little bit more gentle." Additionally, Atlus is involving localisation teams much earlier in development to ensure high-quality simultaneous global releases, building on lessons learned from Persona 3 Reload. Character development from spin-off titles like Persona 4 Arena has also been used to add depth to characters like Yosuke and Kanji in the remake.
Atlus is addressing script controversies by refining dialogue clarity and integrating localisation teams early.
In their words
“When it comes down to it, we didn't really change the core of any character.”
“So this time, when we were creating the game from the beginning, we put a lot of effort into ensuring we could get the best-quality localisations as quickly as we could.”
By the numbers
- 2008
- Release year of the original Persona 4 game
How it unfolded
- Original Persona 4 is released
- Persona 5 debuts in Japan
- Persona 5 releases globally after localization delay
Why this matters
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Common questions
- What happened with Persona 4 Revival?
- Atlus did not change the core of any character for Persona 4 Revival.
- Where can I read the original report?
- Read the full report at Eurogamer.
