amitsu featured an interview with Eshiro and Yamazaki, in which they talked about the gameplay and plot and speculated on Maya Fey's whereabouts during the game. Yamazaki posited that she was training at Kurain Village, which seems to imply that she will not feature heavily in the game, with a new character playing her role as the partner character. This new assistant was said to have been difficult to design, looking almost alien-like at first, though the color yellow was always a theme. The game is expected to be of similar length to previous games in the series.
On the move to 3D, Yamazaki explained: