Persona 5 Tactica is a brand new spin-off that includes a totally totally different expertise (and look) to the primary sport.
For those who’re getting Persona Q vibes from the artwork fashion, you are admittedly not alone. In a latest difficulty of Weekly Famitsu, P Studio normal producer Kazuhisa Wada revealed that through the testing section of the brand new turn-based technique sport, the workforce truly utilized “character designs instantly from the Persona Q sequence”. Ultimately, the workforce determined to redraw the whole lot (by way of Persona Central).
“We determined that adjusting the proportions for the characters particularly for this sport would make a major distinction, in order you possibly can see, we utterly redrew the whole lot.”
Tactica’s artwork director Hanako Oribe truly touched on this as nicely within the newest difficulty of Weekly Famitsu, reiterating how the brand new sport will not be a sequel to Persona Q or something related simply due to the artwork fashion.
“This isn’t a sequel throughout the Persona Q sequence, and the sport style can be totally different, so we aimed for art work that may be most becoming for this sport.”
Though Persona 5 Tactica may appear to be it has a “chibi fashion” much like Persona Q, in response to Oribe, the proportions in Tactica have been elevated to put emphasis on “the scale of the palms and toes”, which has resulted in a extra like “comedian book-like” look. The explanation behind this concept is to assist characters stand out extra in battle.
“If we view the battles from an overhead perspective, characters with the same old tall proportions would seem skinny and stick-like. Moreover, it’s difficult to depict dynamic gestures and actions with the proportions from Persona Q.”
So, there you go – though the 2 video games look the identical, Persona 5 Tactica is doing its personal factor, and even makes use of its personal distinctive artwork fashion. It is going to be launched later this yr for Nintendo Change on seventeenth November 2023.