SOMETHING'S NOT RIGHT... - Persona 3 Reload (Part 1)

[@fawful9992]

Not sure how much you remember Persona 4, but during the school trip you end up going to Gekkoukan High School and meeting a few characters from Persona 3.

[@SpanishFly120]

Yeah, one of which is Chihiro, because I remember Yosuke commenting on her.

[@SamTheMarioMan]

I thought that girl looked familiar! I believe the principal appeared during that trip too

[@personafanatic4597]

happens in this one too, at least in the original one. you meet Yukiko and in the club at the mall you can find Vincent from the Catherine games sitting at the bar drinking and talking about cheating. also there is an easter egg to persona 2. all the games have eggs in them but i haven't seen many in 3 compared to personas 4 & 5

[@anthonytoledo9493]

⁠@@personafanatic4597Not necessarily the original. Yukiko only shows in Portable if you play the female protagonist which came out after P4. As for Vincent, his cameo was also exclusive Portable and predates Catherine by a couple of years.

[@TheUltimateRare]

They did that as a little nod to persona 3 yup. hopefully they completely redo persona 4 and make it look as good or better than this one. Everyone loves Persona 4, it was amazing.

[@Max1996YT]

Fun fact: Provided I'm not misremembering, Persona 3 is what started the whole 'transfer student' schtick.

[@Gameorama91]

Indeed, the P1 and P2 protags were already at the school when the gamrs started

[@Rognik]

P3 started most of the modern Persona tropes. The Wild Card ability, social stats, confidants/social links, the calendar system, they all started here

[@infiniteshay8660]

Well there was a transfer student in persona 2 but it was a party member from the first game joining you on your journey.

[@HollowGolem]

​@@infiniteshay8660 yep. And as a background gag in Persona 1 the female protagonist from Shin Megami Tensei if... (Which some people jokingly refer to as persona 0) transfers to your school. She references the crazy stuff that went down the previous year in her school.

[@coldDrive]

For persona sure. But it was absolutely an established galge trope way before p3 l ao.

[@Ligytdr]

The mutual "HELLO?" when Mitsuru appeared lmao

[@captainKilometer]

First VLR, and now this?! I've played every single persona game, and 3 is my favorite by far. Thank you!

[@JJ_R]

Fantastic! Now let’s hope neither of them get a heart attack.

[@JohnSmith31191]

Holy shit

[@brawlmaster0190]

[[Kromer]]

[@ev_evan6870]

Domain expansion: [[Kromer Kult]] edition

[@jaclyncraeming2623]

we're getting banger game after banger game

[@pinkpiano26]

45:00 Fun Fact: Mitsuru is voiced by Allegra Clark, while Sae is voiced by Elizabeth Maxwell!

[@PedroHenrique-mk5zi]

I love how we're going through the Persona series in reverse. Can't wait until Atlas remakes Persona 2.

[@syeblaize]

I'd love a remake, or even something like the ff pixel remaster. P2 was probably the series at its most bonkers.

[@gingivere8326]

Honestly with how 1 and 2 are more connected to each other compared to 3, 4, and 5 I'd prefer if they remade Persona 1 first.

[@Gafafsg]

@ArcanaIXNot really a remake so much as a remaster

[@TheUltimateRare]

hahahahah that's on the bingo card of "things Atlas will never do again"

[@Loner098]

​​@ArcanaIX Just like how they did with Radiant Historia (that was a DS game and then rereleased on the 3DS).

[@minah2328]

It’s funny that Xander Mobus, Joker’s VA from persona 5 is just voicing this random student at 26:30

[@brawlmaster0190]

A dark beginning... And the MC has 0 damns to give about allat

[@loftypenalty91]

You guys may not remember but the school in Persona 3 is the same school you visited on the school trip in Persona 4 Golden. Also the girl that you said looked like Ali was the student council president you saw on that trip.

[@infiniteshay8660]

Fun fact, that part in Persona 4 where your friends got drunk off the atmosphere? Yeah this is the town you went to. They even talked about the school. Also the Kabuto headed dude is the brother of the teacher with the pharoah hat. Hes even referenced in one of the class days lol

[@alexinator-hh5fe]

As someone who played through both FES and Portable, I'm so excited to see how things remain the same or change in this. But even more so, I'm excited to see you guys and your first impressions to the game. I've been waiting for this!

[@TheUltimateRare]

and once they beat this one, they will have beaten all the important persona games, cause lets be honest, a lot of people started at 3, and never played the first 2 lol

[@thatoneguy5347]

“I’ve been waiting for this!”

[@KB-qv2cb]

"I've been waiting for this!" :D

[@marticouz4230]

"I've been waiting for this!"

[@SnowWizard174]

“I’ve been waiting for this!” (X) Attack (O) Relent

[@Baised-_-Urie]

"I've been waiting for this!"

[@marticouz4230]

I know it's bizarre to see the P3 protag just walk around someplace that looks as weird as the Metaverse nonchalantly, but lemme tell you guys this: The P3 protag's synonymous with the phrase "I don't care" for a VERY good reason XD you'll see once you guys get to see the anime later.

[@vilunar1598]

Wait Persona 3 has an anime!?😅

[@marymurphy1429]

​@@vilunar1598p3 has 4 movies

[@aerialmacaroon6312]

@@vilunar1598more like movies that were never translated so Japanese and subs only but yeah kinda

[@Rognik]

​@@vilunar1598technically there were two P3 animes. The first one had next to nothing to do with the game, while the second is a series of 4 movies.

[@vilunar1598]

@@Rognik ahh okay i did see that when i looked it up

[@SorwestChannel]

There is one thing I know about the game, and it's that Persona 3 came before Persona 4.

[@TheChiefOrg13]

But did Persona 4 come before Persona 5? The world may never know

[@TheUltimateRare]

if you want to be fair, IF you completely remake a game, it's now the last game in the series.@@TheChiefOrg13

[@Zarrius05]

But did it come after Persona 2?

[@elicenyne]

NO WAY REALLY

[@jonathanshaw9704]

I believe that Persona 3 was the first game in the series to introduce the Wild Card power of the Protagonist. Every Persona Protagonist since this game has both the Fool Arcana, and the Wild Card power, meaning they can use multiple Personas. (The Fool Arcana is also the number 0 in a Tarot Deck. Fitting since each Protagonist is a blank slate, and the player makes the choices).

[@tiran5171]

P3 was the first to make it an explicit power of the protagonist, in p1 and P2, your entire party could switch personas. What arcana they were determined how compatible they were with various personas.

[@luqhakim5711]

That's correct, and to expand on that.. the persona 1 protagonist (Naoya or Jihei, whichever you want) is of the Emperor Arcana, meanwhile the persona 2 Innocent Sin protagonist (Tatsuya) is the Sun Arcana

[@McBehrer]

blank slate*

[@Trickyman477]

"Halcyon", It's an adjective that describes a period of time in the past that was idyllically happy and peaceful. It can also refer to a bird, often associated with the kingfisher, said to have the power to calm the wind and waves while nesting on the sea during the winter solstice.

[@SamTheMarioMan]

Alright, so that mysterious boy in what looks like prison garb... His voice sounded familiar, so I looked it up, and Ali is gonna LOVE this: Apparently, he used to have Yuri Lowenthal as his VA, and now in Reload it's Aleks Le - aka Vivia from Rain Code!

[@Rognik]

Doesn't Aleks Le also voice the MC the few times he does speak?

[@destinydivided8689]

Makoto Yuki- I wanna die someday Final boss- I can make it happen

[@felizpanda]

@@RognikYup

[@ilycea]

​@@RognikSame with Yuri Lowenthal who voiced Makoto as well.

[@Doctor_Yiggles]

You two have found your favorite girl which is also my favorite girl, Mitsuru! 💖 Also Mitsuru is voiced by Allegra Clark also known as Boss from AI the Somnium Files whom you'd be most familiar with.

[@Ardith50]

Mitsuru has the same VA as Boss in AI, Allegra Clark.

[@Amadaues]

That dorm register on the reception desk, use to be where you had to go to save in the previous versions of p3

[@pavopeacock]

Yes yes yes!! I'm so excited for this!! I started my own playthrough last night and went through P3 Portable last year. This game is so amazing!! And you two are doing great with the voices already

[@Doctor_Yiggles]

What we've all been waiting for! And it is so glorious how the characters look & love the voice cast of this. Looking forward to your playthrough! Hope you both enjoy it and hope people will be respectful of the way you guys play as we know you guys have done amazing in both P5R & P4G! 💖

[@SpanishFly120]

While they were all over the advertising, I figure I'll list the Voice Cast/etc so far: Strange Boy - Aleks Le (Vivia Twilight - Rain Code) Protagonist - Aleks Le Yukari Takeba - Heather Gonzalez Mitsuru Kirijo - Allegra Clark (Boss/Shizue Kuranushi - AI: The Somnium Files series) Junpei Iori - Zeno Robinson Chihiro Fushimi - Kelly Baskin

[@destinydivided8689]

Didn't Heather voice Waruna in Master detective archives?

[@SpanishFly120]

@@destinydivided8689 Waruna was actually voiced by Suzie Yeung. There's a couple of roles Heather and Zeno have done that I think were from things Ali and Evan have seen or possibly played, but since I'm not sure, I didn't list them.

[@destinydivided8689]

@SpanishFly120 Oops, got mixed up. Didn't remember Waruna's va properly.

[@litjell]

What a nice video to start a day with! I've been excited for Reloaded since the first trailer came out and I'm glad to see you get into it as soon as you can.

[@dylanswift479]

I know practically nothing about this game, and the little I do know I only vaguely remember, so I’m really excited to experience this game with you guys!

[@maxojavierrojasurzua5746]

From the Ace Attorney series, the Danganronpa series and now Persona series.You've grown a lot as a channel since then and I've been watching you since those series. Enjoy this new journey. ❤

[@Loroths]

Halcyon means happy, carefree, nostalgic. That sort of vibe.

[@agnieszkasalach4395]

I have no idea why I thought it was a colour. It sounda like it should be a shade of blue

[@zzzkun2526]

At 26:18 that’s the P5 protagonist’s voice btw

[@RealRoboKnight]

The funny thing is that in the original, you could actually say "it must be fate".

[@francescominoguarino827]

Ok I gotta do it Memento Mori Cogito, ergo sum: c’est une certitude immediate qui comprend ces deux termes Je pense, donc je suis La mort est personifieé comme figure anthropomorphe ou personage fictive dès le début de l’humanité Remember that you will ***Remember your death Memento Mori Et j'ai pensé """qu'il m'était aisé de choisir quelques matières""" qui, sans être sujettes à beaucoup de controverses, ni m'obliger à déclarer davantage de mes principes que je ne désire, ne laissaient pas de faire voir assez clairement ce que je puis ou ne puis pas dans les sciences If you know, you know

[@Max1996YT]

Now that's dedication, because isn't that last bit of text from the part where the opening's name is said?

[@francescominoguarino827]

@@Max1996YT well, to be Fair, I Just copied and pasted by someone. But yeah that Is the text from the opening. Not everythinh, Just some of the most apparent one

[@coopinatormusic6214]

Dreamless dorm! Ticking clock! I walk away! From the soundless room!

[@francescominoguarino827]

@@coopinatormusic6214 Windless night moonlight melts My ghostly shadow to the lukewarm gloom

[@Max1996YT]

@@francescominoguarino827 Nightly dance, of bleeding (?) swords, reminds me that, I still live

[@TheUltimateRare]

finally a really good channel is playing this game. So excited. Things you may have noticed but worth bringing up anyway: text bubbles and those little lines above groups heads turn sort of gray when you are done talking to them, There's nothing for you to listen to that is new unless it appears as BLUE.

[@lazynik]

Enjoy burning your bread! lol. I'll watch your playthrough, after I finish mine to prevent spoilers..

[@muchiiuchii6368]

Wishing you good luck on avoiding spoilers man, enjoy your playthrough of my personal favorite Persona game

[@lazynik]

@@muchiiuchii6368 thanks! I have finished P3 FES, but it was a long time ago.. I want my rerun of this beautiful game to be as spoiler-free as my first playthrough.. :)

[@Official_RetroMania]

Evan I thought we got through this multiple times with P5R and P4G, always have a keyboard with you while playing the beginning of a Persona game on PC 😂

[@TheScrollLock1]

I think it's time for them to get a cheap Bluetooth keyboard for these things. Aside from entering your name, we still don't know if Deltarune is going to require typing an essay during a boss fight.

[@Official_RetroMania]

@@TheScrollLock1 Yeah true you can nowdays buy a Bluetooth keyboard for dirt cheap.

[@georgehayward532]

My fave MC he does not give a shit

[@connorharnage6697]

For me it's Tatsuya but Makoto's s close second

[@drew2031]

Minato is indeed Awesome!

[@oddmystic9343]

Chad yu is still my fav

[@pero9788]

YEAAA CANNOT WAIT FOR THIS LESGOOO

[@sethlost424]

Yes! So excited for this. I loved the original to death, so I can't wait to see it all in HD with you guys!

[@Official_RetroMania]

We are finally here!!! 💙 I have been playing it since release and I LOVE this remake already!

[@rainylupin]

I love how Personas 5 and 4 had Evan and Ali disagreeing over which girl to pursue, but we're only one episode into 3 and they're already in total agreement.

[@RedOnYouTube]

Can’t wait for another long person series

[@TheUltimateRare]

2 persons actually.

[@DarksideGmss0513]

Halcyon: denoting a period of time in the past that was idyllically happy and peaceful.

[@BradleyMcCloud]

"I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS!"

[@ev_evan6870]

"I've been waiting for this"

[@thatwhatifguy6078]

I was born the precise day this game starts. 4/6/2009

[@majidoujaa5592]

this protag gives zero fucks

[@Kro-RissaVirus]

I’m kinda late on this but man your guys channel has been such a fun find. I found it when you were doing P5R and then watched all that, and your P4G playthrough, now we’re at P3R.

[@Ravensgale]

Ah, this takes me back. P3 FES was my first Persona game, and the first game to pull me into the SMT/Raidou Kuzonoha games. I went backwards from this game and i to P2 and P1 then the Shin Megami Tensei games.

[@Ravensgale]

27:52 And so THIS dynamic begins...

[@Dubbel12]

Well people cant complain about it anymore because they toned it down a lot :D also it wasnt that big of a deal anyways

[@Ravensgale]

@@Dubbel12 Yeah, so far in my own playthrough I notice they've ATTEMPTED to make Yukari less a raging bitch this time around. Likely because they plan on making The Answer a dlc add-on.

[@blurb9319]

@@Ravensgalethe voice direction is the biggest thing. She’s far less sassy which fits the new emphasis on her kindness.

[@Ravensgale]

@@blurb9319 I don't consider the original as having so much sass as it was she spent most of the time being an insufferable bint.

[@HollowGolem]

22:40 You met her in Persona 4. When the characters took that class trip to this school. She's older in that one, obviously. 50:00 Yeah, Allegra Clark will do that to you. One of the best VAs in the biz right now. (She was Shamir and Dorothea in Fire Emblem: Three Houses if you played that. She's also Beidou in Genshin.)

[@gamefreakin]

Mitsuru is the same voice as Boss in AI Somnium Files

[@coffeeadaykeepsthesleepaway]

ive been waiting for this!

[@chrisdiokno5600]

I wish we'd seen your reaction to the Opening..its a banger

[@wolfranger5526]

After playing Persona 3 Reload while sick on the couch i guess it's time to check out the first episode in a new series.

[@Official_RetroMania]

There are some small changes in this remake nothing ground breaking, at least so far what I could notice as a old Person 3 veteran. The biggest changes are in the rearrangement of cut scenes where some anime cut scenes in P3 Original FES were replaced with now in game 3D model cut scenes while other cut scenes what were in game in original got now anime cut scenes. Can't wait to see you finally playing this emotional MASTERPIECE! 💙

[@tunykun]

I wish you could see my face at 39:17 I don't know how to even describe it. Good impression lol.

[@antwangentry8896]

a new Pixel Partners Persona Let's Play my pores are cleared, my crops are watered, and my llamas are fed

[@LadyHuntress5580]

Persona 3 is by far my favorite. It has some of my favorite characters, the story is really well done, and the original has my favorite song of all time in the end credits.

[@linhlenguyen1749]

Another game, another Junpei Can't wait to hear Evan mess up the pronunce of his name a lot of times 😂😂

[@shieldofwind7241]

I have a feeling this game is going to be Ali and Evan's favorite of the three modern Personas. It's pretty well rounded in general to begin with in the original and with Reload revamping so many things and moments and characters and just giving it the general polish it's long needed, I have a feeling the issues they had with 4 and 5 won't be very present alongside the positives they liked of both as well. Very excited to see their reactions to the characters and story of this game.

[@mr.mc.doesntexist7693]

The first game that I will be playing along you guys

[@SeaborneWhale]

Had to give a like when I hit the name part- I also had to get up *twice* from the couch because of PC port shenanigans there 😂

[@coma70se]

Holy hell I'm still trying to catch up with the last few playthroughs but I'll be dammed if I miss my favorite Persona game. Hoping you'll enjoy your playthrough!

[@Flaremon]

If Ali was a junior in high school, then I was still a baby

[@miigi-p4939]

i already have 8 hours in this game and my god i was waiting for u guys to get to it

[@ShadowoftheMask]

Ah yes butterflies Edit: I can confirm I haven't seen vast majority of students at any of my schools after graduating :'D I'd be surprised if that wasn't a common experience

[@HarmonyDusk]

Yayy!!! And so the journey begins!!! 🤩🤩

[@gavout1511]

For what I know, Persona 3 is within my top 3 favorite Game openings. The dark hour, the gun to the head, the atmosphere, it might even be my 2nd favorite, only losing to Breath of the Wild’s fantastic opening.

[@Rognik]

One thing that seems to be different from the main game is that you walk from the station instead of starting the game walking into the dorm. Otherwise, short of some wording changes and camera angles, it's more or less the same as the original.

[@Arseneluci]

hey remember that school you went to in P4G yeah its that same school

[@majima5397]

I find it so funny how they're fixed on this "Best friend = chariot" thing. Eikichi from Innocent Sin was Death, Ulala from Eternal Punishment was Star, Junpei is Magician, Yosuke is Magician. Ryuji is the only Chariot best friend character in the franchise.

[@JJ_R]

I’m going in just as blind as you. …Kinda. I only know one thing about this game. New starts are welcome in the Dark Hour.

[@ExtemporaneousnessOne]

Yay, now we know what's welcome!

[@Official_RetroMania]

As a long fan of Persona 3 who played it multiple times I can tell you, you are in for a WILD ride! The emotions you go through in this game are disgustingly good it will crush you but also make you appreciate life and maybe have a self reflection moment and yeah... Can't wait to see your reaction to this masterpiece like the reaction of Pixel Partners, keep us up to date what you think about certain moments in the game after they obviously happen in one of Pixel Partners parts videos.

[@oldaricacc]

I’m a massive fan of Persona 3 and I’ve already played quite a bit of this. I’m happy this will be people’s first experience to this story hope you guys enjoy

[@omegamakoto9519]

I literally did a Mini let’s play of this game and it is filled with a lot of ‘in matpat’s tone’ LOOOOOORE Also two of the original voice actors for the og persona 3 was yuri lowenthal and tara platt

[@Avendesoraleaf]

This game’s got them bops I’m telling you.

[@SorwestChannel]

Weird. Didn't remember Zero Time Dilemma looking this Kool with a capital K.

[@mariofilho9431]

BABY BABY BABY BABY BABY

[@hiddenmaster6062]

1:00 It wasn't hidden in the first place. All anyone had to do was look at it. And not look away like your average idiot reactor normally does. :)

[@marymurphy1429]

I've been waiting for this

[@skye387]

I hope they didn't change the plot too much, like how they add that certain special scene in FES.

[@kaylemathewcomendador6964]

I’m curious to see you guys check out this. It’s better than trying out the PSP port first…which is weirdly the only way to play the original version of the game in current day systems. With you guys now at Persona 3 (it’s kinda funny how you guys are playing these games in reverse, but to be fair not much of the fandom are caring too much about the first 2 Persona games) does that mean you guys might tackle Persona Q & Q2 someday? They’re basically spin-offs that have the characters of P3 to 5 have a crossover with each other. Sounds like a fun way to ease the tensions of the main series.

[@SamTheMarioMan]

Persona 5, I was very familiar with. Persona 4, I was playing for the first time right when you guys started it. Persona 3, the extent of my knowledge is that I know what some of the characters look like and that the general consensus is this game has the best story in the series. Honestly, that alone is enough to get me interested! (Also, blue is my favorite color, so, y'know... Not biased or anything, but it's looking good)

[@KARLOSPCgame]

Finally Working mirrors!

[@manuel-dolmo4974]

We are Persona over this Reload

[@joelsasmad]

1:26 Im marking this for posterity

[@DarthSpiderMario]

Words cannot express how disappointed I am that Evan did not once accidentally refer to this game as Persona 5 Royal. Oh well, we’ve got another 80+ parts for him to do so, I’m sure it’ll happen eventually!

[@RhinoGearzGames]

I've played P3P, but probably won't be playing this remake, so I'm loooking forward to seeing you guys go through it.

[@4NGEL99]

A fan theory of P3 is that Young Ryuji is in the game.

[@stove3517]

Welp, now that youve said it, here you go! Halceon, the Winter Solstice Pokemon. Flying Type. As this Eeveelution soars through the winter skies, it calms the winds by those it considers friends. Edit: Just realized i should give context: Halcyon has more than one meaning, and the one I used was an Ancient Mythical Bird that laid its eggs during winter in a floating nest

[@ilanwalker3928]

1:26 yeah about that lmao. How'd that turn out for ya?

[@TheBicycleRepairman2]

Looking forward to this!

[@jozefvavrovic9819]

So far no drastic changes from original (I'm most familiar with FES so I'll use that to compare with reload.) The VA recast isn't as catastrofic as I expected but I'm saving my final verdict after hearing beanie boy and headphones blonde.

[@jamestatsumi7095]

My favourite one, hurray!

[@pablonts]

1:26 that forshadowing... (spoiler)

[@dhrubojyotighosh3655]

You should listen to the npcs with portraits 2 times since they have dialogues even after you talk to them once. You are missing a lot of dialogue if you don't do that.

[@chrisdiokno5600]

Also i believe rifling, IE competitive skeet shooting and targer shooting, clubs exist in Japan

[@zachtheraven5007]

I just started playing this game too

[@kracker01]

Well if you have any doubts on why the mc doesn't care about the surroundings you will have to see the anime movies for better understanding.

[@--InsertNameHere--]

I still wish that this game had the og voices, but the ones they have are pretty good... except I still vastly prefer Michelle Ruff and Liam O'Brien as their characters.

[@brianford4914]

Can't wait to you see how you guys like Persona 3. As a fan of P3 (Tied favorite with P5) I'm loving Reload and it's so far a great remake of the original. Also yes Mitsuru is stunning, the best girl ever made.

[@Flaremon]

Lunar nights being.

[@ilosolatica]

Cant believe its here my favorite persona game 😭😭