Speaking at Korean gaming conference G-Star 2025, Metaphor: ReFantazio and modern Persona director Katsura Hashino says that the JRPG genre is entering its third iteration he calls "JRPG 3.0." During a talk called 'When experience becomes memory – designing lasting impressions through art and structure' with art director Shigenori Soejima, Hashino discusses where he sees the future of the JRPG as a genre. During the talk, which was reported by 4gamer, Hashino discusses how the genre has evolved through the ages. He separates JRPGs into three eras: JRPG 1.0 is the style of JRPGs of the past, JRPG 2.0 represents games of the present, and JRPG 3.0 embodies the JRPGs yet to come. Undertale comes full circle as the JRPG creator who inspired it says his new game is inspired by Undertale Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 lead says "it would be harder to embrace our Frenchness even more" unless Sandfall "put snails and frogs everywhere in the next game" "We received a lot of 'JRPGs are back' comments," says Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth director, but the success of a turn-based game like Clair Obscur: Expeditition 33 isn't going to warp Square Enix's plans However, the most interesting part of Hashino's speech was his description of the next generation of JRPGs. He isn't sure what "JRPG 3.0", as he calls it, will look like, but he hopes his next game will be part of this new iteration on the genre. According to the article, he believes, "there will be a greater dimension to these games and they'll change the genre's structure and presentation at a fundamental level." Metaphor: ReFantazio and Persona 5 artist says his interest "in fashion" is why his work is so similar to the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure artist's: "We're both into clothes and designer pieces."