Although the surprise had been ruined when Persona 3 Reload and Persona 5 Tactica leaked, there has still been a lot of hype for both games. One thing that Persona 5 Tactica has that stands out the most is its art style. Well, it just happens that Famitsu recently interviewed Persona team producer Kazuhisa Wada, director Naoya Maeda, artist Hanako Oribe and business producer Atsushi Nomura about the game’s art style.
In the interview, the devs were asked about the approach they took with the game’s art style. Oribe said that “the art direction when it comes to the more chibi-style design reminded many of the PQ series of games. However, Tactica is not a sequel to PQ, and the genre of the game is different. So, I aimed to create artwork that I felt was the most emblematic of this title. In the seven years since Persona 5 was released, there have been many spin-off projects. And if we were going to release another new game, we felt it should be challenging both in content and its appearance. I think this was something that the development team as a whole was aware of, not just myself”.