Future of AQUAPLUS' releases (new info on Jasmine, HD remasters, AP's future)
[Denfaminicogamer.jp](https://news.denfaminicogamer.jp/interview/260402w) today published a new interview with AQUAPLUS CEO Shimokawa Naoya and YUKE's CEO Taniguchi Yukinori where they discussed AP's plans for the future. Here's a summary of the interview (shoutout to Angel.../Sysmek for providing one on Discord!).
\- Yuke handled the Switch 2 port of upcoming Utawarerumono 4 (I also assume they handled Monochrome Mobius but that wasn't said in the interview).
\- Shimokawa wants to port Dungeon Travelers to new console as well as bring back [Routes](https://vndb.org/v204) and the [PS3 remake of Tears to Tiara](https://vndb.org/v238), the reason why Tears to Tiara previously didn't get a new port is because it was too difficult for Aquaplus alone but now that Yuke acquired AP it may end up happening because someone at Yuke was involved with the PS3's remake development
\-The reason why Yuke acquired AP is because they were a company entirely different from themselves and they thought it could lead to something interesting, everyone at AP was surprised.
\-Yuke will let AQUAPLUS be semi autonomous (similar how SEGA lets ATLUS be semi independent for example)
\-A script for a single project can take up to 2-3 years to be done, ever since Uta 2 all their projects focused on a team of writers rather than an individual, the team also ensures that every sentence is meaningful and not wasted dialogue
\-Shimokawa also knows a lot of people still want ToHeart 3 (for those unaware in the early 2010s Aquaplus started developing TH3 under the writer Maruto Fumiaki (known for WHITE ALBUM2) but it eventually got cancelled because Maruto was not a Aquaplus employee and he couldn't put full focus on the project), he still wants to bring it back but it's not easy because he can't repeat the same ideas from TH1 and TH2 and that's extremely hard for TH as an IP in regards to setting/designs/themes/etc, but can't just make something completely different because then it's no longer ToHeart. He also stated that making a new Dungeon Travelers game is difficult because due to amount of character designs involved in it. He also acknowledged a lot of people wanted TH1 remake to be 2D instead of 3D and that Aquaplus plans on working with both styles
\-Yuke wants to make cel-shaded games with Aquaplus taking on a very anime look
\-**A HD remaster of** [ToHeart2](https://vndb.org/v20) **is in plans**, no remake planned at the moment but he's open to discussing whether a remake is possible or not with Yuke's
\-Shimokawa and Yuke want to do hologram/CG model concerts in the future, Shimokawa specifically cites wanting one for WA2 (where you would see Kazusa/Setsuna on stage rather than their VAs)
\-He also doesn't care if said events land Aquaplus in red or not, Shimokawa wants to keep AP's IPs alive and sees those types of events as a necessary part
\-[Jasmine](https://vndb.org/v7720)**'s development is going great, the scenario is almost done and it will be a visual novel**
\-Yuke is currently making a new custom engine for Aquaplus specifically designed for visual novels which will let AP resume making VNs again