A short clip that is allegedly from an unannouncedPersona 3remake has been shared online, and no one knows if it’s real or not. The video is only five seconds long, but it’s enough to put the fanbase in a frenzy, as they analyze each frame to judge its authenticity. The clip doesn’t give much away, simply showing an animation of the combat in this apparent remake.AtlusandSegaare yet to comment on the authenticity of the footage, and the original uploader seems to have deleted their post. However, it was up for long enough for fans to save it and hyper-focus on all the details, judging whether or not this is real, or just a very impressive fake.Related:Persona 3 Is A Slow Burn I’m Glad I FinishedIt seems that whoever shared the footage originally has since deleted their post. However, it was up long enough for fans to save it themselves, and take an educated guess as to where the clip came from, if it is indeed real. @AVtoGAMEnoYAMI, a strange Twitter account that was seemingly set up just to share the Persona 3 remake clip around, claims that the footage was part of an internal meeting at Sega in 2021. They share more from this apparent montage of gameplay clips used in the meeting, which apparently showcased a bunch of games Sega had in development at the time.
This is where it gets interesting. At the very end, we casually get a peek at what would be our first look at the rumouredJet Set Radiorevival. Last year, Bloomberg reported thatJet Set Radio and Crazy Taxi were getting new games. This short Jet Set Radio clip from 2021 would fit into these reports nicely, adding some legitimacy to the video and the wider leaks as a whole. In other words, it’s good news for Persona 3 fans.
That’s not all we can glean from the clip. The second game to be shown off is, of course,Sonic Frontiers. Here, it looks pretty different from the final product we got last year, with much better graphics outside of cutscenes. So if someone has faked this, they’ve gone to a whole lot of effort just to trick some Persona players.
Despite this, so far, it seems that most fans aren’t getting their hopes up. A poll in theResetEra threadthat highlighted the leak shows 62 percent in favour of it being fake, with some suggesting it could have been thrown together with a mod for another game, or even using AI art.
We’ll just have to wait and see if anything comes from this. It seems that the inclusion of Jet Set Radio adds legitimacy to the leak, but Sega is the only one who knows for sure. Sadly, it’s not often that studios comment on “leaks” such as this. We can dream though, right?
