Atlus debuted a new Persona 3 Reload trailer during Anime Expo 2023, spotlighting the RPG’s new English voice cast and showing off more of the remake’s style, spruced up from its original days as a PS2 game. The trailer takes us to Iwatodai High School during the day and in the evening, along its cherry blossom-strewn front walk, and into the town’s main square, before briefly delving into Tartarus and its twisted nightmares.
The reworked dorm, school, and town look excellent, but Tartarus seems to benefit almost more than any other location. Its randomized floors tended to meld into a writing, same-y blur after a while in the original, but a host of new visual effects, including some eerie lighting on the darker floors and more detailed environments, seem like they bring a much-needed overhaul to the place you’ll be spending most of your time.
The new English cast is the main focus, though, and early indications are that they’ll do a brilliant job reinventing these roles.
- Heather Gonzalez (Yukari Takeba)
- Suzie Yeung (Fuuka Yamagishi)
- Zeno Robinson (Junpei Iori)
- Alejandro Saab (Akihiko Sanada)
- Aleks Le (Protagonist)
- Allegra Clark (Mitsuru Kirijo)
That still leaves Ken’s and Shinji’s voice actors – and new character models – yet to be revealed from the S.E.E.S crew, along with all the Social Link characters. Persona 3 Reload is due out sometime in early 2024 for Xbox, PS5, PS4, and PC. In a thematically appropriate move, Atlus promised more trailers and info drops at every month’s full moon, so we’ll be seeing a lot more Persona 3 remake before too long.
Written by Josh Broadwell on behalf of GLHF
