Metaphor: ReFantazio director reveals which setting he would like to use in a potential sequel

Atlus’ Metaphor: ReFantazio is one of the best and most successful JRPGs of 2024, and it seems the game’s director is already thinking of its potential sequel, to the point that he even disclosed what setting he would like to use in it.

According to PersonaCentral, the next issue of Weekly Famitsu Magazine features an interview with Katsura Hashino, the founder Atlus’ Studio Zero and the director of Metaphor: ReFantazio. In it, he revealed some fascinating information about the future of this brand-new IP, like the fact that he would like to set a future title in the Sengoku period. Although he jokingly said this may result in a world similar to Capcom’s Sengoku Basara series.

This is particularly intriguing because a new game set in the Sengoku period, one of the most famous and well-known periods of feudal Japan, would be extremely different from the medieval fantasy setting in which Metaphor: ReFantazio takes place: the United Kingdom of Euchronia. Nevertheless, a world with this concept would look and feel absolutely amazing, especially if the same talented artists who crafted ReFantazio‘s deep and complex world also get to work on the sequel.

Is Metaphor: ReFantazio going to become a series?

In the same interview, Katsura Hashino revealed that he and his team created Metaphor: ReFantazio with the goal of making a new JRPG series that could seamlessly go alongside Shin Megami Tensei and Persona, Atlus’ other two iconic JRPG IPs and that he would like to develop it into a flagship. However, Hashino also confirmed that Atlus currently has no concrete plans on making Metaphor: ReFantazio into a full-fledged series at this time, even if he hopes that it can become one someday.

The game was a huge critical and commercial success, selling a million copies worldwide in one day (becoming the fastest-selling video game in the company’s history), got extremely positive reviews all around the board and received awards for Best Narrative, Best RPG and Best Art Direction at The Game Awards 2024, which also nominated it for Game of the Year (although it lost to Astro Bot). Many talented people at Atlus worked on this project, including its director, who already has some really creative ideas for a sequel that is brimming with potential and fans would definitely love to experience it in the near future.