As a gay man actually fuck you. Yosuke’s homophobia is an integral part of his character and reflects the attitudes of the time period. Persona 4 is a period-piece of the early 2000s not 2026 with flip phones.
Why the fuck does every piece of media need to be turned into MLP?!
I'll be honest, I really wanted to like Mushoku Tensei and Rudeus (since I like flawed protagonists who are morally wrong in some aspects, for example Joe from Ashita no Joe).
But because the story doesn't treat Rudeus' problems as actual issues that need to be resolved and for him to grow from, it makes me hate the anime and everything in it (except Ghislaine).
Ruining characters for "muh modern audience" in a game about facing your shadow self is certainty a choice.
Not to mention, Persona 4 doesn't take place in the 2020s. At this point, they might as well change all the flip phones in game to smart phones.
I still don't understand exactly why we’re sanitizing video games for the “modern audience”
The “modern audience” barely exists and are a minority in the medium.
I'll never understand why changes like this are necessary at all. Last time I checked, 99.9% of the FANS who played original release of Persona 4 liked Yosuke just the way he was.
Him being insensitive was PART of his character. It was his flaw. What made so many people, including myself, resonate with the characters of Persona 4 was that they felt like real-life teenagers. Growing up, I knew people who just acted like every character in the main cast.
This developer said they made these changes to Yosuke to better fit in the world we live in today, but what does that even mean? There's still hundreds, thousands, possibly millions of people who act exactly like Yosuke today, just as it was 20 years ago. This is not something that "ages poorly". This a natural trait among teenage boys that made Yosuke relatable.
Why be ashamed of that now? Who exactly are you trying to please when you make decisions like this? How faithful can this game really be to the original if you don't even have enough *faith* to leave the character that you created, and everyone loved, exactly the way he was?
None of these characters should've been touched. After hearing this, my interest in Persona 4 Revival is now starting to disappear.
But Persona 4 doesn't take place in the world we live in now - It takes place specifically in 2011, released in 2008.
I'm not against changes, nor do I particularly care for Yosuke's dialogue - but clearly changing it for modern sensibilities makes me worry what other changes will be made.
"Hey Fred, can I get a Yosuke Nakamura?"
"Sure thing, kid."
"And hold the teenage insensitivity"
"Hold the teenage insensitivity?"
"And hold the homophobia."
"The homophobia!?"
"Hey Jimmy! GIVE ME A YOSUKE WITH NUTHIN'!"
"NUTHIN'!?"