Zenless Zone Zero might have drawn comparisons to Persona 5 due to its city fantasy anime aesthetic, however producer Zhenyu Li has revealed that Digimon was a far greater affect on his inventive imaginative and prescient for his upcoming HoYoverse title than Atlus’ blockbuster JRPG franchise.
“We occurred to decide on the city style usually, and for some gamers they could simply discover city genres comparable,” Li mentioned of the Persona comparisons, in an interview performed by way of interpreter. “Nevertheless, there are a whole lot of variations for those who go deeper into the sport.”
Though he did not go as far as to disavow the Persona affect altogether, Li was clearly extra keen to speak a few very completely different recreation franchise that he did consciously draw from throughout ZZZ’s manufacturing: “I draw references from Digimon as a result of I performed so much throughout my childhood.” He went on to elaborate simply one of many methods wherein Digimon straight influenced Zenless Zone Zero: “[in] our temporal system, you’ll meet completely different incidents in several occasions [of the in-game day]. That is all one thing [I] drew inspiration [for] from Digimon World.”
