ATLUS 1st Creative Department manager Shinjiro Takada, Persona director Naoya Maeda, and chief director Kazuhisa Wada shared their aspirations for 2025 in a new 4Gamer year-end feature, revealing that an announcement from the Shin Megami Tensei team may be coming in 2025. In addition, the Persona team is working on a “new experience.”
Thanks to staff writer Ryuji, Final Weapon has translated the most notable excerpts from the ATLUS staff below:
Shinjiro Takada
Producer (Devil Survivor series, Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE, Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance)
“I hope to announce a title as soon as possible. Currently, our team is working as hard as we can to develop a title that will bring as much enjoyment as possible to our fans.”
Naoya Maeda
Director (Persona 5, Persona Q series, Persona 5 Tactica)
“It has already been a year since the release of Persona 5 Tactica. It pains me to not be able to share more details about the title I am currently working on, but I am confident that [4Gamer’s readers] will enjoy this new experience. Thank you for your continued support of the Persona team!”
Kazuhisa Wada
Chief Director/Producer (Persona 4 Arena, Persona 5 Royal, Persona 3 Reload)
“2025 will be a year in which we will carefully steer and control several large vessels that are on track and moving forward so that they do not shift direction. It will be our turn to make various preparations at the same time, and we will move forward with great care, looking forward to bringing you them in due course. The mass of the ship is so large that the cost of correcting the course when it deviates is not half as much as it should be. We will be consistently on our guard.
We will continue to do our best to deliver more memorable games to you this year, so please continue to support us.”
