Katsura 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.”
Speaking at the Korean gaming conference G-Star 2025 (as reported by GamesRadar), Hashino and Persona series art director Shigenori Sojima shared their thoughts during a talk titled “When experience becomes memory – designing lasting impressions through art and structure.”
