On the current Xbox Video games Showcase, Atlus revealed that Persona 3, initially launched in 2006, can be getting a full-fledged remake, bearing the title Persona 3 Reload. Nonetheless, followers are conflicted concerning the information, as the sport’s unique voice solid is being completely changed. Moreover, an IGN interview with producer Ryota Niitsuma and chief director Kazuhiro Wada revealed that the remake would solely function content material from the unique Persona 3, not its 2009 PSP model Persona 3 Transportable or the 2012 launch Persona 3 FES. Most notably, this implies the feminine protagonist Kotone Shiomi, first launched in Transportable, is not going to be included within the sport.

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“So the fundamental idea of recreating the Persona story was that we wished to maintain every little thing from the unique model, however replace every little thing to the fashionable day,” Wada advised IGN. “So on the similar degree of Persona 5, mainly. So we’ve the latest graphics, we’ve up to date the system to the latest usability… We now have the voice traces in [both Japanese and English.] We even have the textual content obtainable in 13 languages. So it’s best to be capable of have related experiences to that of Persona 5.”

Shiomi, also referred to as “FeMC” amongst Persona followers, was first launched in Persona 3 Transportable, which launched within the U.S. in 2010. Shiomi’s absence in Persona 3 Reload stings for gamers who’re hooked up to the character and contemplate her core to their expertise of Persona 3. It’s additionally notably obvious contemplating the remake’s reveal comes simply 5 months after Atlus introduced Persona 3 Transportable’s launch on Steam and PlayStation 5. A lot for gamers having a definitive Persona 3 expertise.

Persona 3 Reload’s voice solid has a bunch of recent anime actors

Alongside the information that Persona 3 Reload is not going to embrace the fashionable, extra cutthroat protagonist, Niitsuma additionally revealed that the remake could have totally different voice actors than the unique 2006 launch. Right here’s an inventory of all of the confirmed new English voice actors and the place you would possibly’ve heard them earlier than:

• Aigis: Daybreak M. Bennett (Kefla in Dragon Ball Tremendous)
• Akihiko: Alejandro Saab (Gabimaru in Hell’s Paradise)
• Fuuka: Suzie Yeung (Makima in Chainsaw Man)
• Junpei: Zeno Robinson (Hawks in My Hero Academia)
• Ken: Justine Lee (President in Don’t Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro)
• Makoto (protagonist): Aleks Le (Zenitsu in Demon Slayer)
• Mitsuru: Allegra Clark (Maki Zenin in Jujutsu Kaisen)
• Shinjiro: Justice Slocum (Tetsuro Kuromazaki in Misplaced Judgment)
• Yukari: Heather Gonzalez (Gloria Costello in JoJo’s Weird Journey: Stone Ocean)

Whereas the information of the recasting has some followers feeling conflicted, there could also be good cause to exchange not less than a few of the unique actors. Supporting character Junpei Iori, for example, was beforehand voiced by Vic Mignogna, who has confronted quite a few accusations of sexual harassment lately. In any case, Persona 3 voice solid alum Yuri Lowenthal, who additionally performs Peter Parker in Insomniac’s Spider-Man sequence, believes the sport is in good palms with its new voice solid.

“Truthfully couldn’t think about a greater individual to take the mantle,” Lowenthal tweeted to Aleks Le, who’s changing him within the function of protagonist Makoto. “Congrats, Aleks!!”

Persona 3 Reload is slated to launch in early 2024 on Xbox and PC.