History Trivia / Persona3Reload

** Xbox owners were given a nice surprise when, at the same time as the Expansion Pass was announced... ''It was added to Game Pass'', giving Xbox owners plenty of time to pick the pass up for '''''FREE''''', with the game ''already'' being on Game Pass.

** Xbox owners were given a nice surprise when, at the same time as the Expansion Pass was announced... ''It was added to Game Pass'', giving Xbox owners plenty of time to pick the pass up for '''''FREE'''', with the game ''already'' being on Game Pass.

*** Akinari was originally played by Creator/HiroshiKamiya in the ''Portable'' Drama CD, while Creator/HirofumiNojima ''Reload''.

* ActorSharedBackground: Heather Gonzalez, Yukari's VA for ''Reload'', revealed that she practices archery herself as a hobby.

*** Officer Kurosawa was previously played by Grant George in the original game and reprised the role for ''Ultimax''. In ''Reload'', he is played by Liam O'Brien.

*** Fuuka Yamagishi is voiced by Creator/SuzieYeung instead of Creator/WendeeLee; the latter had voiced Fuuka in numerous spinoffs beforehand.

*** Ken Amada is voiced by Justine Lee instead of Creator/CindyRobinson; the latter had voiced Ken in numerous spinoffs beforehand.

** Social Links and [=NPC=]s:
*** Shuji Ikutsuki is now voiced by Creator/JakeGreen, instead of his previous actors Creator/DanWoren (the original ''Persona 3'' releases) and Creator/JBBlanc (''VideoGame/Persona4ArenaUltimax'').

*** Chihiro Fushimi has a new voice actor in both Japanese and English dubs for ''Reload''. In Japanese, she was previously portrayed by Creator/AiMaeda, with Creator/AyaEndo playing her in ''Reload''. In her ''VideoGame/Persona4'' cameo, she was played by Creator/WendeeLee in the game's English dub (in Episode 15 of the anime adaptation, Creator/CassandraLeeMorris plays Fushimi). ''Reload'' has her played by Creator/KellyBaskin instead of either actor.

*** Isako Toriumi was played by Creator/ValerieArem in the original ''Persona 3'' releases. She is played by Creator/KatelynGault in ''Reload''.

*** Mr. Edogawa is played by Xander Mobus in ''Reload'' instead of Dan Woren, the latter playing the teacher in the English dub of ''Anime/Persona4TheAnimation''.

* ExecutiveMeddling: If [[https://twitter.com/HeihoRuiji/status/1751168433272537322 this Twitter thread]] is to be believed, according to one of the original English voice actors from ''VideoGame/Persona3'' (who is not named in the thread itself, but many speculate to be Yukari’s original voice actress, Creator/MichelleRuff), the decision to invoke TheOtherDarrin for the English cast of ''Reload'' was made not by Creator/{{Atlus}}, but by parent company Creator/{{Sega}}, who wanted to "bring in younger/fresher talent." And the original cast were only informed of this decision via ''phone call''.

* SavedFromDevelopmentHell: According to the Developer Message video released shortly after the Persona 3 Expansion Pass announcement, ''The Answer'' managed to be developed to completion thanks to heavy fan demand, despite that fact that Atlus was seriously considering scrapping the project due to numerous development hurdles. Dataminers have revealed that assets for ''The Answer'' were already present in ''Reload'', meaning that if "The Answer" had been scrapped, it'd have happened fairly late in development.

* SavedFromDevelopmentHell: According to the Developer Message video released shortly after the Persona 3 Expansion Pass announcement, "The Answer" managed to be developed to completion thanks to heavy fan demand, despite that fact that Atlus was seriously considering scrapping the project due to numerous development hurdles. Dataminers have revealed that assets for ''The Answer'' were already present in ''Reload'', meaning that if "The Answer" had been scrapped, it'd have happened fairly late in development.

* SavedFromDevelopmentHell: ** According to the Developer Message video released shortly after the Persona 3 Expansion Pass announcement, "The Answer" managed to be developed to completion thanks to heavy fan demand, despite that fact that Atlus was seriously considering scrapping the project due to numerous development hurdles. Dataminers have revealed that assets for ''The Answer'' were already present in ''Reload'', meaning that if "The Answer" would've been scrapped, it'd have happened fairly late in development.

** Speaking of ''The Answer'', according to the Developer Message video released shortly after the Expansion Pass announcement, said content managed to be developed to completion thanks to heavy fan demand, though this was unclear whether it was mere PR speak or not, as it had the mention of the root cause being something like "development challenges" but nothing was explained what those are and allegations that ''The Answer'' for ''Reload'' was already being developed alongside the base game only to be shelved before said fan demand allowed this to be made into completion.

* {{Blooper}}: During the final boss fight against Nyx when it switches to the Hierophant Arcana, there's a slip-up from Fuuka's VA.
-->'''Fuuka:''' Nyx just changed the Hierophant![[note]]It should be "Nyx just changed ''to'' the Hierophant".[[/note]]

** ''Reload'' features dungeon and battle themes from various previously-released ''Persona'' games that are never called by the game, but a modder can enable them to make them usable, meaning these are ''on-disk DLC''. [[https://nitter.unixfox.eu/ruinedstego/status/1753588176977891389 This X thread lists all of the unused BGM discovered]]. These all appeared to be a part of a post-launch DLC plan called [[https://nitter.unixfox.eu/ruinedstego/status/1753631595603321281 "P3 Reload Expansion Pass"]], as discovered in unused text strings meant to be used as notification for new content. This plan also features the Exploration Item Set and "The Answer" content. The Expansion Pass was revealed properly on March 6, 2024, with content that matched what was found to be dummied out.
** As a further hint towards "The Answer" DLC before its official reveal, an enemy model of [[spoiler:a shadowy version of the protagonist]] can be found in the game's files.

** [[https://nitter.unixfox.eu/ScrambledFaz/status/1755408318862881149 Unused strings]] mentioning Rio and Saori, who are Social Link characters exclusive to the female route in ''Persona 3 Portable'', were found in the game code of ''Reload''. Notably, both have character [=IDs=] far higher up than the S.E.E.S. members, existing Social Links, and villains.

* ActorSharedBackground: Heather Gonzales, Yukari's VA for ''Reload'', revealed that she practices archery herself as a hobby.

* AuthorsSavingThrow: Per a [[WordOfGod developer interview]] after the Xbox Showcase reveal of ''Reload'' (translation by Midori [[https://fusetter.com/tw/nVhiqD8v#all here]]), they confirmed some changes to address certain {{Scrappy Mechanic}}s or otherwise missing features to allow ''Persona 3'' to play like ''VideoGame/Persona5''. The developers went out of their way to ask the staff who played the original ''3'' (and half of the production team were not game developers, thus their inputs are more player-side) to ensure these points are addressed in ''Reload''.

** Maxing out all Social Links is made easier this time around, even in a fresh save. Back then, ''3'' was not designed with the intention to do so, but many players wanted to try, much to the surprise of director Kazuhisa Wada, noting if done a certain way in ''Reload'', it's possible. The schedules in ''Reload'' are less stringent (especially Mitsuru's), along with new ways to increase Social Link points at night by either walking Koromaru or buying software in Club Escapade are the most evident ways this can be done.

** An [[https://gamerwk.com/wawancara-persona-3-reload-dengan-kazuhisa-wada-tantangan-membuat-remake-game-terpenting-atlus/ interview with director Kazuhisa Wada]] says that Atlus doesn't intend to do a "full revision" like it did with ''Persona 5'' and ''Persona 5 Royal'', assuaging fans that ''Reload'' is a complete experience and won't end up getting a new version that would make ''Reload'' obsolete. Sure enough, instead of a "full revision" UpdatedRerelease, ''Persona 3 Reload'' would be treated with post-launch DLC content, in particular for ''The Answer'' epilogue from ''FES''.

-->'''Fuuka:''' Nyx just changed the Hierophant! [[note]]It should be "Nyx just changed ''to'' the Hierophant".[[/note]]
* ContentLeak:
** ''Reload'' was accidentally revealed on June 8, 2023 via Atlus' Instagram account, ahead of its intended announcement on June 11 during the Xbox Showcase. A brief snippet of Yukari fighting in Tartarus had also previously surfaced in April, which lead to speculation that a remake was in the works. Official promotional trailers also get this bad, with an IGN overview video being leaked early and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmWQYwTCRhw an unlisted English language trailer]] that also mentioned a Platform/NintendoSwitch version [[https://i.redd.it/n36su2pcjw6b1.jpg being discovered]], though this bit ended up removed[[note]]This was presumably a copy-pasted description from ''VideoGame/Persona5Tactica'''s trailer description which did get confirmed for a Nintendo Switch release.[[/note]] and further insider research confirmed that ''Reload'' will not be released on that console.
** Prior to the leak, [[https://www.sonicstadium.org/news/games/sonic-frontiers-2021-footage-pops-up-randomly-in-video-leaked-to-twitter-r450/ an internal video leaked in mid-2023]] showed footage of ''Reload'' that was spread around Website/{{Twitter}}, as well as showing a new ''VideoGame/JetSetRadio'' title and early footage of ''VideoGame/SonicFrontiers''.

** ''Reload'' features dungeon and battle themes from various previously-released ''Persona'' games that are never called by the game... but a modder can enable them to make them usable, meaning these are ''on-disk DLC''. [[https://nitter.unixfox.eu/ruinedstego/status/1753588176977891389 This X thread lists all of the unused BGM discovered]]. These all appeared to be a part of a post-launch DLC plan called [[https://nitter.unixfox.eu/ruinedstego/status/1753631595603321281 "P3 Reload Expansion Pass"]], as discovered in unused text strings meant to be used as notification for new content. This plan also features the Exploration Item Set and "The Answer" content. All of this would be proven to be the case after the Expansion Pass was revealed properly on March 6, 2024.

* ExecutiveMeddling: If [[https://twitter.com/HeihoRuiji/status/1751168433272537322 this Twitter thread]] is to be believed, according to one of the original English voice actors from ''VideoGame/Persona3'' (who is not named in the thread itself, but many speculate to be Yukari’s original voice actress, Creator/MichelleRuff), the decision to invoke TheOtherDarrin for the English cast of ''Reload'' was made not by Creator/{{Atlus}}, but by parent company Creator/{{Sega}}, who wanted to "bring in younger/fresher talent." And the original cast were only informed of this decision via ''phone call.''

** A trailer for ''Reload'' was posted on July 3rd, 2023, which was the night of a full moon. More information about the game was released on nights that had full moons.
** An expansion pass for the game, which included additional battle music from ''VideoGame/Persona4Golden'' and ''VideoGame/Persona5Royal'', Velvet Room outfits, and The Answer DLC, was announced on March 6th. The trailer was released after March 5th, the last day covered in ''Persona 3'', [[spoiler:and the day after the protagonist died after falling into a coma on graduation day]], which is integral to the events of "The Answer".
* MemeAcknowledgement:

*** Akihiko says the line in the "Battle Strategy Trailer", confirming he still says it in the remake.
*** Atlus made a post on their social media pages that celebrated the launch of this game which said “you’ve been waiting for this.”

** While playing ''Innocent Sin Online '', the protagonist comments that Maya’s avatar “danced crazy”. This is a reference to the “Mark danced crazy!” meme from the [=PS1=] version of ''[[VideoGame/Persona1 Revelations: Persona]]''.

-->'''Suzie Yeung:''' Dear Leader, Do NOT come to the dorm. I've baked an absolute poopoo cake. Just completely fuuked it up. I'm so sorry-
* MethodActing: At Anime Expo 2023, Zeno Robinson shared that he wore a baseball cap when recording lines for Junpei to help get into character. Heather Gonzales revealed that she went even further by dressing up like Yukari for all of her recording sessions.

* RealLifeRelative: The Kitamura couple are voiced by Creator/NaokiTatsuta and Sanae Takagi, who are married to each other.

%% Tara Platt as Elizabeth does not qualify for Role Reprise, as a five-year gap is required. The last time that Platt had reprised the role was [=BlazBlue=] Cross Tag Battle, where she was added to the game in 2019, a year after Cross Tag's release.
%%

* ThrowItIn: In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5b0Jq49j1pU a behind-the-scenes video released by Atlus]], there's a bit near the end where Aleks Le says "it's epic, and that's why everybody loves" which is followed by Le, Zeno Robinson, and Heather Gonzales yelling "PERSONA" in sequence. However, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocFUwdDzyuw according to Aleks Le]], he recorded a portion for the video that had him discuss the themes and what they mean, but the editors decided to use his segment of him calling the game epic. There's also the part where Le does a call to action and asks fans to pre-order the game at "pre-order stores" around the world, along with him audibly {{corpsing}} at the end when he asks the production crew about the game's release date.

** According to Producer Kazuhisa Wada in the [[https://youtu.be/GiKLdgENb8o?si=40IGBACeBEad-67s&t=82 "Persona 3 Reload: Expansion Pass — Developer Message"]] video, they were almost forced to abandon remaking ''Episode Aigis'', citing "challenging reasons". He also said the project [[TroubledProduction "faced many setbacks"]] before it was officially moved into development.

* GodNeverSaidThat: Following the game's proper announcement at the Xbox Showcase in June 2023, various news outlets [[https://www.ign.com/articles/persona-3-reload-wont-include-content-from-fes-or-portable-including-the-female-protagonist such as IGN]] reported that ''Reload'' is strictly a remake of the original ''Persona 3'' game and will not include content from either ''FES'' or ''Portable'', leading several fans to be severely disgruntled. Said article was mistranslated, as ''Reload'' does include content from both of those previous releases, but it will not have certain story arcs such as the Female Protagonist's route or ''The Answer'' on launch. About a month after the game's launch, ''The Answer'' was announced to be be incorporated as post-launch DLC.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: According to a developer interview, the subtitle of ''Reload'' was initially going to be ''Reloaded'', but it was changed a bit because it focused too much on the action of the gun and not the Evoker as a Persona summoning device.

** An [[https://gamerwk.com/wawancara-persona-3-reload-dengan-kazuhisa-wada-tantangan-membuat-remake-game-terpenting-atlus/ interview with director Kazuhisa Wada]] says that Atlus doesn't intend to do a "full revision" like it did with ''Persona 5'' and ''Persona 5 Royal'', assuaging fans that ''Reload'' is a complete experience and won't end up getting a new version that would make ''Reload'' obsolete. Sure enough, instead of a "full revision" UpdatedRerelease, ''Persona 3 Reload'' would be treated with DLC instead for later content, in particular for ''The Answer'' epilogue from ''FES''.

* DummiedOut: Shortly after the game was released, modders got to work and began discovering various unused content and dummy files never called by the game. Note that some of this content reference DownloadableContent by their file names or text strings, but they are not available for download anywhere.
** ''Reload'' features dungeon and battle themes from various previously-released ''Persona'' games that are never called by the game... but a modder can enable them to make them usable, meaning these are ''on-disk DLC''. [[https://nitter.unixfox.eu/ruinedstego/status/1753588176977891389 This X thread lists all of the unused BGM discovered.]] It seems to be a part of post-launch DLC plan called [[https://nitter.unixfox.eu/ruinedstego/status/1753631595603321281 "P3 Reload Expansion Pass"]] as discovered in unused text strings meant to be used as notification for new content. This plan also features the Exploration Item Set and, proving leaker Midori right once more, "The Answer" content.
** As a further hint towards "The Answer" DLC, an enemy model of [[spoiler:a shadowy version of the protagonist]] can be found in the game files.

* GodNeverSaidThat:
** Following the game's announcement proper at the Xbox Showcase in June 2023, various news outlets [[https://www.ign.com/articles/persona-3-reload-wont-include-content-from-fes-or-portable-including-the-female-protagonist such as IGN]] reported that ''Reload'' is strictly a remake of the original ''Persona 3'' game and will not include content from either ''FES'' or ''Portable'', leading several fans to be severely disgruntled. As it turned out, said article was mistranslated; ''Reload'' does include content from previous releases, but it will not have certain story arcs such as the Female Protagonist's route or ''The Answer'' on launch. The Answer would later be incorporated as post-DLC.

** An expansion pass for the game, which included additional battle music from ''VideoGame/Persona4Golden'' and ''VideoGame/Persona5Royal'', Velvet Room outfits, and The Answer DLC, was announced on March 6th. The trailer released after March 5th, the last day covered in ''Persona 3'', [[spoiler:and the day after the protagonist died after falling into a coma on graduation day]], which is integral to the events of "The Answer".

* TheOtherDarrin: ''Persona 3 Reload'' recasts a lot of characters in both the English and Japanese dubs, though many of the main characters' original actors reprise their roles in Japanese:

*** The protagonist is voiced by Creator/AleksLe instead of Creator/YuriLowenthal; Aleks also voices [[ActingForTwo both]] Pharos and Ryoji as well, when both were also originally played by Yuri.

** An expansion pass for the game, which included additional battle music from ''VideoGame/Persona4Golden'' and ''VideoGame/Persona5Royal'', Velvet Room outfits, and The Answer DLC, was announced on March 6th. The trailer released after March 5th, the last day covered in ''Persona 3'', [[spoiler:and the day before the protagonist died after falling into a coma on graduation day]], which is integral to the events of "The Answer".

** An expansion pass for the game, which included additional battle music from ''VideoGame/Persona4Golden'' and ''VideoGame/Persona5Royal'', Velvet Room outfits, and The Answer DLC, was announced on March 6th. The trailer released after March 5th, the last day covered in ''Persona 3'', [[spoiler:and the day after the protagonist died after falling into a coma on graduation day]], which is integral to the events of "The Answer".

** Related to ''Reload'' is how fatigue was said to be removed entirely. Yamaguchi actually only stated how the condition system does not fit later ''Persona'' entries' standards and the team was actually working to change the mechanic to be less stressful than the original, but not necessarily remove it. Ironically, the game proper actually would excise fatigue outright.

** As further hinting to "The Answer" DLC, an enemy model of [[spoiler:the Hero]] can be found in the game files.

** An expansion pass for the game, announcing additional battle music from VideoGame/Persona4Golden and VideoGame/Persona5Royal, velvet room outfits, and The Answer, was announced on March 6th, the day [[spoiler:the protagonist died after he slipped into a coma on graduation day.]]

** An expansion pass for the game, announcing additional battle music from VideoGame/Persona4Golden and VideoGame/Persona5Royal, velvet room outfits, and The Answer, was announced on March 6th, the day the protagonist died after he slipped into a coma on graduation day.

* MeaningfulReleaseDate: A trailer for ''Reload'' was posted on July 3rd, 2023, which was the night of a full moon. More information about the game was released on nights that had full moons.

** An [[https://gamerwk.com/wawancara-persona-3-reload-dengan-kazuhisa-wada-tantangan-membuat-remake-game-terpenting-atlus/ interview with director Kazuhisa Wada]] says that Atlus doesn't intend to do a "full revision" like it did with ''Persona 5'' and ''Persona 5 Royal'', assuaging fans that ''Reload'' is a complete experience and won't end up getting a new version that would make ''Reload'' obsolete. And sure enough, instead of a "full revision" UpdatedRerelease, Persona 3 Reload would be treated with DLC instead for later content, in particular for ''The Answer''.

** Throughout the game's files as detailed in DummiedOut, numerous pieces of data could be found hinting towards an adaptation of FES' ''[[PlayableEpilogue The Answer]]''. And sure enough, in March 6th, 2024, the Persona 3 Reload: Expansion Pass got announced, in which "Episode Aigis: The Answer" was announced to release later this year in September.

** ''Reload'' features dungeon and battle themes from various previously-released ''Persona'' games that are never called by the game... but a modder can enable them to make them usable, meaning these are ''on-disk DLC''. [[https://nitter.unixfox.eu/ruinedstego/status/1753588176977891389 This X thread lists all of the unused BGM discovered.]] It seems to be a part of post-launch DLC plan called [[https://nitter.unixfox.eu/ruinedstego/status/1753631595603321281 "P3 Reload Expansion Pass"]] as discovered in unused text strings meant to be used as notification for new content. This plan also features the Exploration Item Set and, proving leaker Midori right once more, ''The Answer'' content.
** As further hinting to ''The Answer'', an enemy model of [[spoiler:the Hero]] can be found in the game files.

** Following the game's announcement proper at the Xbox Showcase in June 2023, various news outlets [[https://www.ign.com/articles/persona-3-reload-wont-include-content-from-fes-or-portable-including-the-female-protagonist such as IGN]] reported that ''Reload'' is strictly a remake of the original ''Persona 3'' game and will not include content from either ''FES'' or ''Portable'', leading several fans to be severely disgruntled. As it turned out, said article was mistranslated; ''Reload'' does include content from previous releases, but it will not have certain story arcs such as the Female Protagonist's route or ''The Answer''.