{"id":452978,"date":"2024-01-22T16:16:58","date_gmt":"2024-01-22T22:16:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/?p=452978"},"modified":"2024-01-22T16:17:05","modified_gmt":"2024-01-22T22:17:05","slug":"persona-3-reload-goes-live-action-with-odd-new-trailer-starring-aidan-gallagher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/persona-3-reload-goes-live-action-with-odd-new-trailer-starring-aidan-gallagher\/","title":{"rendered":"Persona 3 Reload goes live-action with odd new trailer starring Aidan Gallagher"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>The Umbrella Academy<\/em> meets Gekkoukan High. With <em>Persona 3 Reload<\/em> launching next week, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=maL1PDVsGpo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Atlus West&#8217;s YouTube<\/a> released an out-of-the-blue live-action commercial with Aidan Gallagher.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Persona 3 Reload - SEAL YOUR FATE | Live Action Trailer (ft. Aidan Gallagher)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/maL1PDVsGpo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/hands-on-persona-3-reload-baby-baby-baby-yeah\/\">Persona 3 Reload<\/a><\/em> is an RPG\/life sim where you take on the role of Makoto Yuki, a recent transfer to Gekkoukan High. He then becomes a member of the Specialized Extracurricular Execution Squad (S.E.E.S) and takes on the many levels of Tartarus during the elusive Dark Hour at midnight. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=maL1PDVsGpo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The almost minute-and-a-half-long trailer<\/a>, titled &#8220;Seal Your Fate&#8221;, features <em>The Umbrella Academy<\/em> actor casually taking a stroll through the halls of Gekkoukan High and Tartarus and, of course, monologuing about time. Aidan becomes an in-game character at some points, ending off with slaying a Shadow himself. It&#8217;s a weird mix and a pretty odd presentation, but seeing it go mainstream is cool, to say the least.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"h-school-days\">School Days<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>To be honest, Aiden doesn&#8217;t strike me as protagonist Makoto, but weirdly Tatsuya of <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/persona-2-and-3-won-the-official-atlus-most-requested-remake-poll\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Persona 2<\/a><\/em> fame. I&#8217;m not the only one who thinks so, as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=maL1PDVsGpo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">YouTube comments<\/a> repeat the protagonist&#8217;s name due to his long brown hair and demeanor. Maybe when they adapt <a href=\"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/sega-live-action-adaptations-movie-tv-atlus-persona\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Persona <\/em>into a live-action film<\/a>, Aidan will take on the role. Though, Atlus would need to acknowledge the original <em>Persona<\/em>s to do that, so who knows?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As I mentioned before, the commercial is a bit weird. It&#8217;s just Aiden walking in a straight line talking about life. I know that time is linear but maybe the ad shouldn&#8217;t have been? Still, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/the-top-10-best-persona-game-opening-movies\/\">as a fan of the franchise<\/a>, it&#8217;s exciting to see it feel a bit more mainstream. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Celebrities in video game ads aren&#8217;t new. Just recently, <em>Succession<\/em> star Brian Cox talked about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/brian-cox-is-here-to-tell-you-about-devil-jin-and-the-story-so-far-for-tekken-8\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">complicated family lore<\/a> for <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/all-tekken-8-characters-announced-so-far\/\">Tekken 8<\/a><\/em>. Last year, <em>The Office<\/em>&#8216;s Rainn Wilson <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Qkoba4YhbGo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">did a spin on the classic sitcom<\/a> for <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/reviews\/review-armored-core-6-fires-of-rubicon\/\">Armored Core 6: Fires of Rubicon<\/a><\/em>. While simplistic, I do like that Persona can join those ranks. Perhaps they&#8217;ll do this again for other Atlus titles? Maybe Kit Harrington for <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/unicorn-overlord-class-allies-enemies-preview\/\">Unicorn Overlord<\/a><\/em>? Or Timothee Chalamet for <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/metaphor-refantazio-reveal-trailer\/\">Metaphor: ReFantazio<\/a><\/em>? Too much?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Persona 3 Reload<\/em> launches on February 2 to PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, and Game Pass. If you&#8217;re interested, check out our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/preview-persona-3-reload-has-new-mechanics-and-familiar-city-vibes\/\">latest preview<\/a> of the game. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Not that apocalypse, this is a new one<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":888,"featured_media":452988,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"article_type":"","ub_ctt_via":"","_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"apple_news_api_created_at":"","apple_news_api_id":"","apple_news_api_modified_at":"","apple_news_api_revision":"","apple_news_api_share_url":"","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_is_hidden":false,"apple_news_is_paid":false,"apple_news_is_preview":false,"apple_news_is_sponsored":false,"apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":"[]","apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[1511,21272,3244,22692,107,136],"internal-label":[24255],"invoiceable_action":[23725],"article_type":[23116],"coauthors":[{"id":888,"display_name":"Michael Murphy","user_nicename":"michael-murphy"}],"acf":[],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Persona3ReloadLiveActionAidenPic.jpg?fit=1200%2C675","author_info":{"display_name":"Michael Murphy","author_link":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/author\/michael-murphy\/"},"apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Persona3ReloadLiveActionAidenPic.jpg?fit=1200%2C675","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/452978"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/888"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=452978"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/452978\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":453075,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/452978\/revisions\/453075"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/452988"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=452978"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=452978"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=452978"},{"taxonomy":"internal-label","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/internal-label?post=452978"},{"taxonomy":"invoiceable_action","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/invoiceable_action?post=452978"},{"taxonomy":"article_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_type?post=452978"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=452978"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}