Yuji Horii and Katsura Hashino Dialogue Reissued for Metaphor Switch 2 Launch
Metaphor: ReFantazio came to Nintendo Switch 2 on November 12, and Denfaminicogamer marked the port by republishing its full 2024 dialogue between Dragon Quest creator Yuji Horii and Metaphor director Katsura Hashino.
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Why it matters
The reprint ties the Switch 2 port to the design argument behind Metaphor: Horii's claim that Dragon Quest moved story through dialogue is the lineage Hashino's Atlus RPGs are being measured against.
Key Facts
- The Nintendo Switch 2 version of Metaphor: ReFantazio was released on November 12.
- Metaphor: ReFantazio originally released in 2024 for PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X|S, and PC.
- The Yuji Horii and Katsura Hashino dialogue was conducted in 2024 and ran in a booklet with the Metaphor: ReFantazio Atlus Brand 35th Anniversary Edition.
- Yuji Horii produced The Portopia Serial Murder Case, released by Enix in 1983.
- Katsura Hashino directed Metaphor: ReFantazio at Atlus studio Zero.
The conversation first ran in a booklet bundled with the Metaphor: ReFantazio Atlus Brand 35th Anniversary Edition. The two discuss what draws them to RPGs, with Horii tracing his path from The Portopia Serial Murder Case to Dragon Quest's dialogue-driven storytelling.
The dialogue was conducted in 2024, before Metaphor shipped on PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X|S, and PC, and it ran in a booklet included with the Atlus Brand 35th Anniversary Edition of the game. Horii opens by describing how he moved from drawing manga toward games, citing The Portopia Serial Murder Case as the point where he started making them seriously. He says he wanted an incident to occur and drama to move forward inside a game, and that the idea of a story progressing through exchanges with a boss carried into Dragon Quest.
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- Denfaminicogamer 「なぜ、人はRPGに魅せられるのか？」──『ドラゴンクエスト』堀井雄二×『メタファー：リファンタジオ』橋野桂【特別対談】