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Sequel/ remaster of [[Catherine_(game)]] Full Body was developed by Studio Zero, an internal team founded by Hashino after the release of Persona 5 with multiple Persona staff. Hashino envisioned the game as the definitive version of Catherine, the aim being to present the team's mission to create new and innovative gaming experiences by returning to one of their more unconventional titles. Hashino and Soejima returned as producer and character designer respectively. The director was Kenichi Goto, who worked as battle planner for the PlayStation 2 Devil Summoner games and Persona 5. Studio 4 °C returned to produce twenty more anime cutscenes.The game was ported directly into the in-house Persona 5 engine. The gameplay was tweaked based on fan feedback, and easier difficulty was added so players could enjoy the story.The game includes downloadable content (DLC) that features Persona 5 protagonist Joker as a playable guest character. The keyword for the project was "diversity", expressed in both the narrative and the unconventional gameplay compared to other titles on the market. Rin was included in Full Body as part of Hashino's wish to update the game's sensibilities and subject matter based on current trends.When asked to create a third "Catherine", Soejima was initially unsure how to proceed. As he designed Catherine and Katherine as "hot" and "cool" respectively, he chose a "cute" design for Rin. Soejima designed Rin around a lack of aggression, from the character's expression and coloring reflecting this. Hashino also asked Soejima to redesign Trisha's hairstyle, which was changed into twin bun-style afros on either side of her head. The game was released in Japan on February 14, 2019.A notable addition to the Japanese version was a choice of eleven different voice actresses for Catherine, nine of which were DLC. All the actresses had previously played adulterous characters. The voices available in the base game were the original voice Sawashiro and Mamiko Noto. The Japanese DLC actresses were Ami Koshimizu, Aoi Yūki, Yui Horie, Kana Asumi, Haruka Tomatsu, Megumi Toyoguchi, Rie Kugimiya, Rina Satō, and Nana Mizuki. Each actress portrayed Catherine in a different way, with Noto's version being described as a "yandere lady". The original English voice cast reprised their roles for new dialogue, with Brianna Knickerbocker voicing the character of Rin.The localization team had to translate roughly 165,000 Japanese characters and over 6,000 new lines of spoken dialogue. As the original script altered several established lines, the team constantly referenced the Japanese script and worked hard to smoothly incorporate new and original text. While the team could have recast due to the lapse of time between the original and Full Body, the team wanted to "preserve the integrity" of Full Body and so brought back the entire main cast and most of the supporting cast. There were problems with how some voices had aged over the past eight years, and due to concerns over Baker's voice the team opted not to re-record a scene where Vincent screamed for 20 seconds. A notable adjustment for the Western release of Full Body was the crediting and dialogue for the transgender character Erica. She was originally referred to in the English credits using her birth name with her chosen name in parentheses. The Japanese version of Full Body retained this, but Atlus changed it for the Western release to use Erica's chosen name. This is notable because the game appeared in the news following public debate over whether the original credits were transphobic. Some dialogue within the game related to Erica was also changed for similar reasons. The PS4 version was released by Atlus in North America and Europe on September 3, 2019.For the European version, the localizers had the extra task of translating the text into French, Spanish, Italian and German. The lack of an English localization for the Vita version was attributed to the console's discontinuation outside of Japan that year. A Nintendo Switch version was announced during a Nintendo Direct in March 2020 titled Catherine: Full Body for Nintendo Switch in Japan and simply Catherine: Full Body in the west. It was released on July 2, 2020 in Japan and July 7, 2020 internationally. The Nintendo Switch version includes all DLC content in the game. Updated by bot Sun, Sep 18 '22, 02:55 |