Atlus has accidentally revealed Persona 3 Reload and Persona 5 Tactica early on Instagram
Atlus has seemingly revealed a remake of Persona 3 (called Persona 3 Reload) and another title called Persona 5 Tactica by accident, posting trailers to its Instagram then quickly removing them.
As spotted by a number of Twitter users, the official atlus_west Instagram account posted two trailers on Thursday, then quickly pulled them.
Some were able to capture the videos before they were removed, however, meaning they’re now being spread on social media.
Both Persona 3 Reload and Persona 5 Tactica trailer end by saying the games are coming to Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One and PC.
They also state that both games will be available on Xbox Game Pass.
Because there’s no mention of PlayStation consoles in the trailers, this either means the games are exclusive to Xbox, or that the trailers were planned for the Xbox Games Showcase on Sunday and were posted three days early by mistake.
There is no way this wasn’t supposed to be at the Xbox Showcase, someone fucked up LMAO pic.twitter.com/EnEHnR0QYo — Ultima📛 | #вʟм (@UltimaShadowX) June 8, 2023
Footage emerged in April of what appeared to be remakes of Persona 3 and Jet Set Radio.
A Twitter user posted a (now deleted) video which showed Yukari from Persona 3 firing magical arrows, in footage that looked more detailed than Persona 3 usually does.
This was followed by early preview footage of Sonic Frontiers, then a brief five-second clip that appeared to show Beat from Jet Set Radio dancing. The video had text in the corner of the screen that read “footage in development”.
At the time, Gematsu appeared to suggest the Persona 3 footage may be real to some extent, noting: “While we cannot verify the footage itself, Gematsu understands that a Persona 3 remake has been in development at Atlus for several years.”
It also noted that Twitter user MbKKssTBhz5 had found a website called p3re.jp, which had been registered by the same domain provider as the official Persona 5 Royal website.
Source: Video Games Chronicle
