MEMORIES OF YOU - Persona 3 Reload - 48 (4K) - Ending
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- Опубліковано 21 чер 2024
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In the finale of our Let's Play, walkthrough, and playthrough of Persona 3 Reload, Bizzle and team face off against Nyx in a battle to save humanity!
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GAME: Persona 3 Reload
AUTHOR: Atlus
As with the original Persona 3, the protagonist is a high school student returning to his home city a decade after his parents were killed in a fatal car crash. He soon gains the potential to summon a Persona-the physical manifestation of his inner spirit, and joins the Specialized Extracurricular Execution Squad (S.E.E.S.), a group of like-minded Persona users. Together, they are tasked with defeating Shadows and uncovering the mystery of the Dark Hour.
#persona3 #persona3reload #playthrough - Ігри
Okay, let's try that again.
This game still has arguably one of the best endings in the entire Persona series.
....
And with this, the trifecta of Persona LPs is finally complete!
Well until Episode Aigis Comes out
U still got ds spin offs💀
Well my 3 hour comment got removed cause the re upload but still, glad it was, this game was amazing and I finally happy to play this game at last
Edit: I cries btw in ending, first time experience it, damnnn
>trifecta
Persona 1 and 2 fans crying
Don't forget episode Aigis
P4: *Took 61 videos to be completed*
P5: *Took 75 videos to be completed*
P3: *Took 48 videos to be completed*
We sure have come a long way haven't we?
Wonder how long Persona 6 will take.
@@deathcon6261 maybe 89 episodes?
69 episodes exactly.
There will be a 40 minute sex scene with an overly complicated minigame.
NicoB will be an elderly man playing Persona 8Boosted on the PS6 Fat.
Every comment will be arguing which XeniWaifu is best, including the re-re-release XeniGirl.
The Neo-English version finally out, 4 years after the Neo-Nippon version..
With the base game and the dlc chapters... it will total 116 metavideos.
I'm hyped as BALLS for it too!
Now I'm curious how long P5 would've been if he played Royal 😂
Damn shinji drew the short straw in this ending, first Nico didn’t recognize his voice and then he saw the photo but didn’t examine it lol
To be fair, I didn't either lol
To be fair, he wasn't in it for long, and he died 17 episodes ago.
that post-credit scene you said "didn't really show more" actually showed MC had died with a smile on his face. That was its only purpose, to reveal he'd died happily and contrast that with the first day an in-game year ago where he was so apathetic
It's perfect.
People always associate persona 3 with "memento mori" (remember that you will die) but people forget the full phrase memento mori, "memento vivere" (remember to live) which Makoto did he really found the answer to life.
the answer in question: taking massive shits
So many expressions where we only remember the first half of them...
@@Rognik
"Jack of all trades, master of none..better than being a master of one"
Aigis: Did somebody say "the answer"?
@@Rognik "Imitation is the greatest form of flattery... that mediocrity could give to greatness."
1:29:36 That was Shinji's voice. I teared up a bit (okay maybe a lot) when I heard it the first time.
I almost find it amusing how many people I've seen play the game proclaim that Shinji is their favorite character then not recognize his voice at the end. In FES I recognized it immediately and I was a mess.
@@lingeringwill9270im ngl they couldve put his sprite or “shinji’s voice” because I was confused for a second too lol
@@lingeringwill9270 I cried like a bitch. Every time.
From what I've heard, it's because the new Shinji voice doesn't stand out. JP and old EN Shinji voice is way more recognizable.
The arcana is the means by which all is revealed. One does need great mental fortitude to upload 3 hour 4K video footage on UA-cam twice.
Aigis: "Go ahead and rest now."
Bizzle-kun's eyes were growing so heavy, but there was one last thing he needed to say.
Bizzle-kun: "Aigis... tell Kenji.... he's annoying."
How fitting that the finale to P3R is uploaded on the night of a full moon.
Nico last episode: “Yeah, the finale of Persona 3 is pretty long. Get ready for a super long episode next time.”
Me: “Surely he’s exaggerating.”
*Episode 48 drops*
Me: “Holy f-
"Its beautiful. Beyond compare..."
Fun fact, the Nyx Avatar fight was even longer in the old versions of p3
Longest episode of a series. Not counting streams.
Makoto Yuki (Nico Bizzle):
. Survived a deadly incident that took his parents
. Held death within him for years
. Changed the lives of his friends
. Found the answer to the meaning of life.
. The only Persona protagonist to unlock the Universe arcana.
. Banged a demigod, then got wrecked by said demigod.
. Sacrificed his life to ensure that everyone else can keep on living.
This man was truly one of a kind. There will never be another like Yuki. Rest in piece
The fact that he dies in the end is why you don’t play as him in Ultimax, people. It’s also probably why there aren’t any real severe consequences for dating more than one lady. The devs probably thought it didn’t matter since you’d die anyway.
Aegis: "I've heard when humans die they void their bowels...."
Bizzle: "..."
Aegis: "I said humans void their-"
Bizzle: "AAAAAHHHH MEGALODON!"
Everyone: "Oh god eeeew gross!"
Junpei: "Thats our leader!"
The best comment to end for Nico lp
I remember hearing the way Takaya is defeated in the manga was so baller
I believe that Junpei is running towards Takaya and shirtless Jesus slowly unloads all of his bullets at him. All of them hit, but the bullet wounds just dissapear a second after because Chidori's spirit keeps healing him.
Eventually Junpei makes it and he just slices Takaya. Its awesome
That’s why he’s da man!
That’s metal as fuck.
Hearing all those characters saying how they’ll live their lives, and knowing they’re able to do that because of the Makoto. It made me realize that Makoto was happy. He found the answer to life’s greatest question. He lived a fulfilling life in just one year. Starting as someone who was apathetic about life and not caring about life or death, to slowly realizing the bonds he was forging were more than just strength for him. Which makes sense why he smiled when he created the seal, and when he ultimately passed. Like everything was how it was meant to be.
“Tomorrow is a hope, never a promise. So make sure that when your time comes, you don’t have any regrets” this was one of the messages Atlus surely was trying to portray.
I just realized, unique to Reload’s redesign only, Nyx Core’s gold crescent moon inside its egg is an exact reflection of the base Command menu’s half-circle behind character’s silhouette when fighting; and of course, blue being opposite of yellow.
Interesting bit of trivia: it is revealed in the Persona 3 club book that Nyx is actually an alien known as the “Star Eater” that arrived and collided with Earth when life was first developing. Remnants of her body from the collision became the moon but her psyche remained on Earth. It turns out that her psyche’s composition was incompatible with life and thus proved an existential threat to it. This caused an evolutionary explosion in life leading to diversification of life. This also created the collective unconsciousness as a method to fight Nyx’s psyche. By drawing upon a collective fear of death and appreciation of life, the collective unconscious was able to tame pieces of Nyx’s psyche called shadows and make it into part of the collective unconsciousness. The problem was that this required life to accept limited lifespans to have the requisite fear of death to tame Nyx as beforehand life was merely single-celled organisms that reproduced asexually and since “offspring” were identical to “parents” life was functionally immortal (Nyx being the origin of the collective unconsciousness has implications for both Persona 1 and Persona 2 as well as the mainline Shin Megami Tensei games that might imply Nyx is older than the universe and/or the creator of beings we’ve come to know as “demons” as well as possible association with an entity from mainline knows as “The Axiom” but this is a complicated topic). Nonetheless, this is why fear of death can birth a Persona: by tapping into that fear as well as the desire to live, people are drawing upon the same collective force that tamed Nyx and the shadows billions of years ago.
Yeah, I gotta love how Ryoji left that tiny little detail out about The Fall.
Y'know, the full nature of "Nyx's body reuniting with humanity's collective unconscious" aka LITERAL ARMAGEDDON lol
But sure, just leave it at "everyone will give up the will to live", because of course apathetic people won't care about the Moon crashing into the Earth by that point.
Wow... Three hours? Three hours... Thank God, nico has an editor.
I pray for the editor's sanity after this.
So Nicob, I heard through a grapevine that you'll be collaborating with CHRYSTAAAAAHL this Monday with her time playing Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney Trials and Tribulation. Can't wait to hear those voices we haven't heard in a long time.
Wow just wow this is one hefty finale. I don't know what is planned next but it will be good but I really hope the next LP can finally be the return to Three Houses nearly 5 years 5 YEARS.
What are you talking about? He already played Three Houses. He went the Blue Lion route.
@@lunablack3094...if you actually read what they said, they said return. They want nico to do another route.
Nico: And so my long and bizarre adventure has come to an end. I wonder what’s next for me and what crazier adventures I’ll get myself into in the future.
Igor: You die.
Nico: ……….Pardon?
Igor: You pretty much die at the end of the game.
Nico: W-What? But don’t we have a fighting game in the country side?
Igor: Ya your friends do but not you, cause you’re dead.
Nico: But what about…….. a crossover chibi game? And a dancing game?!?
Igor: You already did those.
Nico: I DON’T REMEMBER DOING THOSE!?!
Igor: Oh good looks like it worked.
Nico: ………..So this is it for me…….. just the main guy who died at the end.
Igor: Yep.
Nico: ……………Shit.
The main guy who died at the end after saving the entire world in a truer sense than literally any of the other protags will ever be able to claim.
Not gonna lie, this is the longest LP episode you have ever published. THREE HOURS HERE WE GO!
The previous record was the last Corpse Party episode and that was because he learned he hated the series now and so he wanted to spend as little as time as possible to finish the game and be done with it. So good to see the new record holder is a game he actually liked.
@@deathcon6261actually for devil survivor overclocked there is a video that is 2 and a half hours while the corpse party blood drive video u mentioned was 2 hours and 18 minutes
@@tylergaudry8050 the ff7 rebirth finale is also 2 and half hours long
@@tylergaudry8050also ff 16 has 3 videos longer than the corpse party finale
@@deathcon6261Haha I remember that entire LP, he would take weeks between episodes bc he hated it so much. Around the time he started Kingdom Hearts.
But Also Devil Survivor had longer episodes
Persona 3's ending actually took some time for me to really "get it"; at first I was turned off by the fact that only Aigis was there for Makoto/Minato's final moments and all the other members of SEES not getting to say goodbye to him, but that's not really what the ending is all about. It's bittersweet in every sense, with the world being saved from Nyx and the SEES members remembering their time together, but also with the loss of Makoto/Minato being a heavy price. The death of the protagonist fits in perfectly with the main themes of life and death, and the message of remembering to live while you're still alive, which reflects on the things you've done in the game: hanging out with friends, changing lives, saving the world and ultimately living your life to the fullest. It was through your actions as a player that Makoto/Minato could die happy, as you filled his life with experiences he could have never had if he had stayed uncaring, isolated from the world with his headphones on. Writing this actually makes me appreciate Makoto/Minato's writing more, and while he's not the best character in P3, or even the best silent protagonist Atlus has made, I still can't help but applaud this game for making such a great integration of gameplay and story.
As for recommendations for the next LP, I still want to recommend a Tales game, Mario and Luigi: Superstar Saga and Yakuza 5 (my reasoning can be found in my comment for the FFVII Rebirth ending) but I also want to add one more game: The House in Fata Morgana.
The three games I recommended before are all either RPGs or big undertakings, so you might want to take a break from all that with a great visual novel. Fata Morgana is one of the most harrowing, but also one of the most genuine stories I've ever experienced, and it's best to go in as blind as possible. It also uses the visual novel format to its advantage in cool ways and I would love to see you react to those moments. FM has no voice acting either, so I'm just saying, you could go crazy with ad-libs... The game is also at least half the length of a Persona game or FFVII Rebirth, so I think you (and the Picky Penguins) wouldn't get burned out too quickly.
Holy this is easily the longest video that you have made and great work on Sai's part making this behemoth. I'm glad you lets played P3R it's been such a wonderful journey and it's great to see all the old characters brought to many new people that might have never picked up the original P3. Now all we need is a remake of P1 and P2 in the future. I dont know what's planned next but I hope it can be another route of Fire Emblem Three Houses or maybe Three Hopes.
To get personal about this game, I picked up P3R on a whim because I wanted a meaty JRPG to see if I even still liked the genre at a time where I felt frustrated, angry and deeply apathetic toward both the world and my life. I was living like the Apathy Syndrome victims only, not brain dead, though I might as well have been. I spent my days terrified to live, starting at the screen of my PC wanting to draw, to write, or just booting up my consoles and feeling no draw toward anything, even franchises I loved.
Then this game that I bought on a whim came along and basically forced me to face what I've been running from, the fear that I'll eventually die and be forgotten. Watching these characters fight and crawl their way through AWFUL situations and find hope to live again got to me, several times. I broke down hearing Memories of You for the first time in full context, knowing what it was trying to say. Thank you ATLUS for making the game that slapped me in the face and showed what I was denying myself out of fear during the darkest part of my life. Persona 3 is now my favorite game of all time.
Fight on and live life brother/sister
BTW, not-so-fun-fact. Aigis has a line during the final boss fight if you bring her with you. As soon as Nyx becomes the Death Arcana, she says, "I am with you... to the very end!" It's a small but sweet addition.
Another not-so-fun-fact. We learn from the recordings when Aigis breaks into the protag's room while he's sick with a cold that she can monitor vital signs. ...At the very end, she knew he was dying.
And so on March 5th 2010, Nico bizzle the Dino sizzle dies in his sleep
The cause of death: unknown but some say, it was dysentery
why did nico bizzle suddenly die? what cause his death? did he really die of dysentery?
All of the answers will be revealed in episode aigis - the answer coming out on September 10th, 2024
Turns out all it takes to seal Nyx was to harness Oregon... Who would've thought?
Do you notice how the place makoto passes away in, the flowers at the beginning of the game was almost wilted, but by the end of the game its full of life…just how fulfilled his life was at the end of the game🥹🥹
So when Nyx says "The moment man devoured the fruit of knowledge, he sealed his fate... Entrusting his future to the cards, man clings to a dim hope." gives us an idea regarding why personas are summoned the way they are in P4 and P5. Since in P4, we have the Investigation Team and Adachi both summon personas by crushing a Tarot Card which corresponds to the arcana of their persona. Which is denying the future which the cards has decided for them.
And in Persona 5, the masks being removed can be seen as an evolution of that. With the masks being the roles given to both the Phantom Thieves and Akechi which they're denying. Granted, it's a bit of a stretch. However, its what I had concluded after giving it enough thought.
Now, onto a LP suggestion. Mario & Luigi Superstar Saga. With M&L Brothership having been announced, its about time you check out the series its apart of. Just don't make Mario be an ass to Luigi, as the Mario & Luigi series shows how the pair has a strong bond. So the running gag you made would be quite out of place if you were to include it.
You might be wondering why Nyx is in the moon. The reason why is because she was always there. Nyx crashing into Earth created the moon in the first place and pushed life to rapidly evolve. So remember whenever you see the moon in Persona thats Nyx.
Hey Nico when are you planning on continuing the fire emblem three houses routes? It would slot in perfect as your fill for a big rpg that has been a long time coming.
Still 3 routes you haven’t checked out plus three hopes
I just woke up and what do I see 3 hours you weren't exaggerating how long the last episode will be and I must say after this take sometime off Nico and especially Sai you deserve it. It's now time for let's play recommendations and I suggest Super Paper Mario I mean good story and more Bowser and also a return to Three Houses do another route and hopefully as the Black Eagles it's soon to be the fifth anniversary.
Huh I love all party members have a line when Nyx uses their own Arcana :O
If you'll remember, the previous Featherman R said it'd be the finale. Of course there wouldn't be an episode this last Sunday.
I've made a comment regarding the arcana symbolism of each of the Arcana shadows. Each of the full moon shadows represented a reverse interpretation of their respective arcana. Nyx is no different: they are the reverse Death. Let's go over how.
Reversed death represents stagnation, resistance towards change, stillness and death without rebirth. Ryoji’s offer to the party: that he can erase the memories of the dark hour resulting in a painless death shows his willingness to sacrifice the party’s growth in exchange for a peaceful rest. Whereas upright death represents cyclic change, how ever ending is a new beginning, the reversed death represents the final end, similar to how the Fall is prophesized to bring about the end of all things. By arguing that Nyx cannot be stopped and willingly following their fate, they also show resistance to the possibility of change and stillness by playing their pre-determined role. Reversed death can also represent despair towards change or forcing change on others. During the battle with the Nyx avatar, it gives the correct upright Tarot interpretations of the first 12 major arcana showing how well it is able to understand both life and its beauty (indeed the whole “the Arcana is the means by which all is revealed” bit is basically Nyx performing a Tarot reading on all of humanity) but at the end it claims that death comes for all. While this is true, Nyx fails to account for the growth and beauty that can be left behind at death and how death can lead to a new future. The protagonist however, represents the upright position, accepting death but also accepting that death can give meaning to life.
Just now it hit me... "Takaya looks like Jesus, an Evil Jesus that stands for the opposite ideals to the real one, an Antithesis you could say he's Anti-Jesus... ... wait a minute, he's literally the Anti-Christ?!"
Thank you for playing through P3R it was such a gem to sit through every day after work I'm going to miss it but hopefully in the future Persona 2 can become an option. For the next let's play please let it be Fire Emblem Three Houses it's been so so long now and still a lot to do; if your looking for a shorter let's play Bug Fables is a great game to play through.
This ending is one of the main reasons why Persona 3 has always been one of my favorite games of all time. Persona 3 was my first Persona game, I played it back when I was in middle school. This game and its themes about life has helped me through a lot of tough times, and I'm grateful to re experience it through Reload and, through it, watch this LP. Funnily enough, I found out about Nico through Persona 3, watching his persona 4 let's play way back in the day. It's a weird full circle moment I'm feeling right now. Your videos have also helped brighten up my darkest days, Nico. Thank you so much for that, and for making this LP.
Same! P3 was my first Persona experience and I watched Nico play P4 years ago. P3R is my favourite because I connect to the theme of life and death the most.
1:29:37 that was Shinji saying that Nico.
At the very end, Bizzle sharts himself straight to the moon and saves the world
Paper Mario 64 would be great as the next lp maybe even a return to Three Houses.
Been wanting that for years
Fingers crossed for Prof. Layton to finally debut on the channel!
I beg for a return to Three Houses.
1:23:56
Igor: "Behold, the greatest power that you and I shall unveil."
Igor: _reveals a card split into four primary colours_
Bizzle: "THE UNO WILD DRAW FOUR!"
(And of course after I unpaused, Nico makes almost the same joke. It's not the Reverse card though, those are single colour.)
I heard The Battle for Everyone's Souls long before I knew what the Persona games were. And after all this time, I'm still convinced tat it's the best final boss theme in a game ever. And the fact that this is the only persona game where the protag gets the Universe card, and ends like this is really something special.
Bread has Been Burnt, Lives have been Changed. Thank you nico for this journey that was more than an LP, it was a movement.
Now one thing at the end of every LP people often do is request more games to play, so here is my 2 cents.
Super Paper Mario : wanna get in on the TTYD hype but you already played it? This game is awesome! While the gameplay is different, the story is truly standout among all PM games. Of course, now is possibly the best time to play the remake of the first Mario and Luigi Game as well, Superstar Saga! Given the new game coming out this year
Yakuza 5 : the very first yakuza game in the now legendary yakuza zero engine, and the last game in the series before Y0 vaulted it into the mainstream consciousness, it is an incredible adventure with Kiryu and friends in one of the best engines in the series and amazing sidestories. I know you'll love it, you know you'll love it.
Octopath 2: forget octopath 1, you dont need it for this game, octopath 2 is one of the most memorable and heartwarming games I have ever played, and many have called it "the true ff16" enough said.
I 2nd octopath 2!!!! Amazing game!!!
The true moral of the story is that the arcana is the means by which all is revealed
Once more, with feeling!
Congrats for finishing Persona 3 Reload Nico! Thanks for giving Liz a shot, cant wait for the eventual stream, I will be locked in.
As for recommendations for the next LP, I have two of the VN/adventure game kind. The first is 428 Shibuya Scramble, a Spike Chunsoft VN where you control multiple protagonists and make choices for them, where the consequences of one choice could affect another character in unforeseen ways. I played this game thinking it sounded similar to 13 Sentinels, which I had just finished at the time. But the truth is, the game is incredible, in very different ways to 13S, and I hope you'll enjoy it as much as I did when you LP'd 13S. The game is incredibly fun, featuring a very unique style where it uses FMV live action shots to depict everything happening rather than the usual sprites or even 3d models, featuring a lot of colorful characters and a massively entertaining plot, and you can also flex your voice acting muscles too since its unvoiced.
The second recommendation I have is an indie game called 1000xRESIST that came out last month. The game got a good amount of buzz on release for having a great story so I played it myself without knowing anything else and the game proved itself to me, its an incredible story told brilliantly, to the point that trying to give a summary of the plot more than what the steam store page says feels like a disservice to the game and the way it gives you information. Not only that, despite the basic gameplay and visuals, they make up for it with incredible direction at times to make for some striking imagery. The devs said that their goal was to channel the same feelings and emotions that they experienced playing through FF7, and they succeeded in spades. It's a game that hasnt left my head since I started it, so I hope you'll check it out. 428 is around 25 hours long while 1000xRESIST is around 15 hours too which can make for a nice change of pace with shorter games after these long RPGs! Cant wait for the next LP regardless!
With two LPs biting the dust so close to each other, my recommendation as usual is Trails in the Sky, with its latest entry releasing on July 5th, it's the perfect time to jump in!
I wasn’t able to do as many of these mythological trivias as I would’ve liked, mostly due to being busy with School and Work as well as generally waning interest. Nonetheless, I started to gain more interest as I settled in and am hoping to still do these when the Answer drops (though by then I might be busy playing the DLC myself). Anyways, here is the mythology of the final boss: Nyx.
Nyx is a diety/anthropomorphic personification of the night in Greek mythology with “Nyx” literally being Greek for night. Her most prominent role in the mythos is with the ancient Greek creation myths, known as Theogonies. Nyx is notable as one of the first entities to be born out of the primordial chaos of the universe. In turn she would give birth to a host of other deities and personification, often related to ill fortune and prophecy. These children include Thanatos (Death), Philotes (Love), Moros (Doom), Hypnos (Sleep), Eris (Strife), the Oneiroi (Dreams) and the Moirai (Fate). Their father was Erebus who was her brother and the personification of darkness. The other thing she is particularly notable for is being extremely powerful. According to Homer, once Hypnos put Zeus to sleep as a favor for Hera so that she could persecute Heracles. Once Zeus awoke, he was so angry that he sought vengeance against Hypnos who fled and sought protection from his mother Nyx. It was said that even Zeus feared to anger Nyx and thus abandoned his grudge. This story is comparatively unusual as it is a rare instance of Nyx featuring in a myth that is not related to creation. By contrast, most other myths she is involved in invoved the beginning of creation. The most popular account and the one treated as “canon” by both the majority of Greeks and modern writers is Hessiod’s which details how Nyx was born from Chaos alongside Erebus and they birthed their opposites Aether (brightness) and Hemera (day). Hesiod also places Nyx at the far western end of the Earth though in separate sections he also identifies Nyx’s home as being near the entrance to the underworld and that she lives in a house with her daughter Hemera with Nyx coming whenever Hemera leaves explaining the day and night cycle. Other authors such as Philodemus and Epimenides alongside the Neoplatonists claimed that the reason Nyx had to be among the earliest beings born was because they considered air and night to be fundamental substances. According to the myths accounted for by the Christian writer Irenaeus, night existed first alongside silence. As for her dwellings, according to Sophocles and Alcman, Nyx lived passed Oceanus, the embodiment of the oceans in the far west, the same as Hessiod’s account and share their interpretation of the day-night cycle. In the later Roman period Nyx was referred to as Nox. Unlike the Greeks who saw Nyx as a mostly neutral entity, the Romans emphasized her more malicious elements as Nox. Here she is said to reside in the underworld and only comes out at…well…night with the stars following her into the sky.
A notable place where Nyx features prominently is in the Orphic traditions. We can see this in plays derived from Orphic creation myths such as Aristophanes’ comedy “The Birds” and Euripides “Hypsipyle” which portrays night as an early entity with Chaos, Erebus and Tartarus (the embodiment of the Greek hell). In addition, the Orphics also credited her as the mother of Ouranos and sometimes Gaia thereby making her the great-grandmother of the Olympians. In these versions she is depicted as sheltering a nurturing a young Zeus, helping him overthrow his father Cronus and lending her abilities as an oracle to him. Here he is depicted as almost a second primary deity alongside Zeus. In addition, some other Orphic traditions place her as the primary deity period as well as the creator of everything. These are notable as they are referenced by the works of Aristotle and his student Eudemus of Rhodes, the former of which describes is his “Metaphysics” theologians who make “night the parent of all”. Of course in the context of Persona 3, the Orphics reverence of night is ironic as the Orphics claimed to be the legacy of Orpheus, the persona of the protagonist who kills night.
In iconography, Nyx is a bit inconsistent in portrayal due to being an embodiment of night. Nonetheless, one of her more common depictions is as a woman with wings, riding a chariot through the sky pulled by either two or four horses. Usually, she is either carrying her sons Hypnos and Thanatos or they are literally two of her horses representing how sleep always comes with night and death often too. She rides to the ends of the earth and is followed by Helios (the Sun) and Selene (the Moon). As she flies she is either surrounded by a black mist or is adorned with a black dress dotted with stars representing the void. Another common motif involving stars was to show stars following above her chariot. As I stated earlier, this depiction was particularly popular during the Roman period and as such become some of the most recognizable Iconography for Nyx.
In the Megami Tensei series, Nyx’s first appearance is in Shin Megami Tensei 2 where she is a re-skin of the demon Titania. Regardless, her design takes clear inspiration from the depiction of a woman with a black dress coated in stars. Interestingly, her in-game deign differs greatly from her actual character art which shows as a confident woman with a disco-esque hairstyle and strange hair decorations alongside a purely black dress with no stars. This design would later be used in Shin Megami Tensei 3 Nocturne. A common alternative design for her comes from Devil Summoner and is as a completely black almost obsidian-like woman with an enlarged head and a black dress and holds the same pose as the version from Shin Megami Tensei 2. The star motif returns but strangely only around her head and chest area. A notable variation on this design which was used in Persona 1 is the head of the version from Devil Summoner but instead of a body, her head is carried by two figures that are completely dark except for masks with red and blue eyes. These are likely taken to represent Hypnos and Thanatos. Despite these designs, Nyx is a relatively uncommon demon among mainline SMT where her last appearance was Shin Megami Tensei 3 Nocturne. Instead, she is much more notable for her appearances in the Persona series. In Persona 1, she is the ultimate antagonist of the “Snow Queen” quest where she endeavors to create an eternal night and uses the Snow Queen curse to do this. She initially appears as the persona of a major antagonist of the quest before being revealed as her own entity that fuses with two antagonists from the main storyline to become Queen Asura. Of course, Nyx’s most notable outing is in Persona 3 where she is retooled as an embodiment of death, the true form of the moon, the origin of all shadows and the game’s ultimate antagonist from the avatar of Ryoji/Death. As Persona 3 Club Book reveals, this Nyx is in fact an alien known as the “star eater” who fell to earth at the time life was developing. Parts of her body became the moon but her spirit fell to earth where it led to the creation of the collective unconsciousness. This is what Ryoji refers to when she states that she “birthed death”. Regardless no matter the game, Nyx is a powerful demon who almost always has extremely strong magic. She is usually of the Night race in mainline for what should be obvious reasons. Her appearance in Persona 3 og also introduced the move “Moonless Gown” which negates all damage including Almighty and is of course a referenced to the star-filled gown of the mythological Nyx.
Igor: Now is the time to draw on the true strength of the bonds you have forged!
Nico: ZAAA! WOURDOOOO!
*Bass boosted sfx*
Looks like this video... RELOADED...
I'll see myself out
"Was that Elizabeth or something?"
Nope, that was Ryoji. He's the only one whose UI color in your phone was black and you only get that message if you complete his Linked Episode.
Plus, the music box gives it right away.
Rest in Peace Bizzle
My biggest problem with this ending is the sun arcana. That guy died believing his memory would be remembered by the main character, only for the main character to die a couple months later. I get that he made the purple elephant book, but it feels like his personal memory was now forgotten.
It's not so much about whether or not people remember you but that your purpose, meaning, and worth are determined by the impact your actions in life leave on people after you die.
It's why at the end of his book all the forest inhabitants are grateful for this useful new body of water, yet never find out it was made by the Alligator they had shunned, or that he had even died at all.
I still coping for Trails, and it's kinda funny considering that I started like over a year ago a remembered being mentioned in the comments for years lol
Trails through Daybreak or Trails in the Sky?
@@4play2004 The entire series with would mean starting with Sky, but I don't know if Nico is ready to commit to another series to keep playing forever much like Yakuza but who knows.
I'm glad you got to enjoy the game and hopefully you are able to take a little breather since you have done two long lps besides eachother, if you need to take some days off that is absolutely fine. Don't push yourself.
Another really great LP comes to an end! Thank you for playing this game, Nico, and taking us on this journey with you. I never knew I'd come to love a game like this, so I personally thank you for introducing me to it.
1:29:30 In case you never realized it and before I forget to say it. That's Shinjiro saying that from beyond the grave.
As someone who had no experience with Persona 3 before Reload, this was an incredible experience. I loved the cast, the story, the gameplay, UI.
I’ll always hold P5 and its section of the Persona series in high regard. It was my first Persona game and I’ve just spent so much time with the PTs at this point with Strikers and Tactica (which I also adored). But truly, P3R easily comes in real close for me in regards to favorites. They’re practically tied, honestly.
I’m so hype for when the Answer comes out. Genuinely cannot wait for more with this cast.
As Igor prepares Nico for his final encounter, listening to all the voices of his friendship. Suddenly from out of nowhere. Sephiroth crashes through the elevator and performs Down A on Igor.
Another world ended by Sephiroth’s hand.
After finally hearing that the mc actually died in aigis's lap and nico's explanation, I was so mad at myself for not getting it the first time I finished the game because great seal did use all of the mc's health but I think ryoji gave the mc more time to hang with his friends until he finally dies. That explains why he doesn't come back in anyway. Damn man, crazy but awesome game.
The conversation with Akinari's mom is absolutely devastating. It's very hard to get through with dry eyes
Thank you for this amazing LP Nico! I’m looking forward to seeing what you play next!
Nico: Ryoji could you only kill Kenji? Please?
Ryoji: Hell nah! I don't wanna be stuck with him! If anything he'll be the only one I let live!
Nico: DANM YOU KENJI!!!!
I really enjoyed seeing this LP, Persona 3 was a game that was important to my life and seeing it remade was a major joy to see and reexperience. I can't wait to see your next series.
Persona 3 just became my favorite persona game in the series...
Fun fact: In the movie version in the last movie, the Hero took on Nyx Avatar all by himself while everyone else was either facing a swarm of Shadows, Jin, or Takaya... by the time the rest of SEES came up top, we are already at the end of the multi-phase boss fight.
And so ends another Persona LP, one I unfortunately haven't watched much of due to wanting to experience Reload first myself. However, I have been playing FES again these past few months and falling in love with it all over again, so I can't wait to experience this remake hopefully sometime later this year.
As for your next LP, as much as I want Yakuza 5 to be your next one, I know it's a huge commitment, and after these two "remake behemoths", you might want something shorter. So instead, I'm suggesting Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga and Professor Layton and the Curious Village! Both are fairly short games, SS being very wacky in its humor, just like the other Mario RPGs you already played, and Curious Village is the first game in the Professor Layton mystery/puzzle game series, which I think you'd really enjoy! And with both series having an upcoming game on the horizon, there's not a better time to start on them than now!
Thank you editor for working so hard and editing this much for this video!
Three hours?! You spoil us. Thank you so much for the great Let’s play Nico. It was a blast to tune in every week. ❤
Arigato Nico-dono, for this Persona LP and all the others, they and you make a most remarkable corner of the Internet, full of laughter and epic moments. I'm grateful for the day i randomly stumbled across your P4 LP, what a ride it has been since. Long may it continue ❤
"Aigis, before I go, one more thing."
"Yes?"
"During the school trip, when the girls went to the hot springs... me, ryoji, junpei, and Akihiro were already there."
"What?!?"
"Yeah, I guess we entered the hotspring just before the time changed and, well, Mitsuru probably wouldn't have believed it was an accident. We managed to sneak out without being noticed and agreed to take that to our graves. For obvious reasons, I think I've filled that, and didn't really feel comfortable just keeping that from you and the girls so..."
"I shall let everyone else know, yes."
"Great. Love ya, Toaster-Girl." (dies)
Bizzle sharted so hard for the finale it ruined the audio, lol
Great lp like always nico, hope to see more fun lps in the future like mario and luigi and yakuza 5, though the latter i do want later than sooner bevause itll be as long as these two you just finished. Thanks as always for a good time
Wow, that's twice now I managed to get comment of the day in this series! Getting that honor on the playthrough of my favorite game of all time, and on the finale no less, makes it extra special.
Both this and the Rebirth LP have been such a joy to experience these last few months. I'm definitely biased with how much I love these games, but these were some of my favorite LPs of yours and I want to thank you for all the work you do to entertain us Picky Penguins. Keep up the great work Nico!
Also to throw my hat in the ring for potential new Lets plays, Kid Icarus Uprising is pretty short, which I imagine would be a nice change of pace after 2 big games. And I'd also always be down to see you return to Fire Emblem, whether it be returning to 3 Houses or trying out another game in the series like Awakening or Path of Radiance.
I'm so glad you enjoyed Persona 3 Reload Nico! This is my favorite game in the series, and I'm so glad it got the glow up it deserves
Nyx: "You cannot stop the end"
Nicobizzle: "I can stop you. ZA WARUDO!"
Congratulations for finishing the trifecta of modern persona...
As always my recommendation is trying falcom games like trails or Ys..
Or maybe continue Jojo part 4,yakuza 5 and samurai remnant DLC?
For the next LP I’d like to recommend “Mario and Luigi: Superstar Saga.” Since there’s so many big games coming out in the near future a shorter game seems like a good idea and I think you’d really like it.
THREE HOURS???? Time for some popcorn for this one boys
Loved this LP, along with this remake of a fantastic game. It really is special to a lot of people.
If you want some suggestions for new LPs, maybe you should finally give Mario & Luigi a try, or maybe Professor Layton?
and if he does Mario and Luigi, he should do the first 3 in order, as for Dream Team and Paper Jam he can swap it
@@DragonScythe64 Oh, I know.
3 hours of Nico? Finally. A blessed day. Gotta get my popcorns ready for this 🎉
Thank you for everything Nico, one more persona game in the channel! Here's to Persona 6 soon!
This was my first time watching a full playthrough of p3(r)! I really never expected I'd get so invested in this main cast and the social links (bebe best boy) before reload came out, but I'm really glad I stuck around and got to experience such a magical and amazing story. Thank you for the p3r let's play Nico!
Nyx: i have an army.
Nico: I have one lead by Elizabeth.
Most of sees: who?
Elizabeth: *running out of the velvet room door* ELIZABETH SMASH!!!!!
Nico: you sure do.
Aegis: excuse me?
Fuuka: *verge of tears*what do you mean honey?
Mitsuru: after this, we need to talk.
Yukari: oh, we sure will. A nice long talk.
Rest of the boys: well be holding your funeral very soon Nico
I love that in this game, if you don't have any weaknesses, Jin starts spamming the flash grenade :D He really is prepared
Thanks a bunch for another incredible series Nico. I found your channel back when you started Persona 4 and this gave me such nostalgic vibes. In the time between Persona 5 & this release I unfortunately lost my vision entirely so I was unable to play myself - but again, I just wanted to say a huge thank you for bringing it to life for me 🙏💜
I adored this remake so much. I played FES around release and while I appreciated its story, I feel as though this elevated it so much that I actually think this might now be my favourite entry in the series 🥲 I’ll echo all your points and I’m super excited to see if they can give the answer the same magic too.
Please play trails in the sky Nico
Wait a minute... WE NEVER GOT TO KNOW WHO MAYA WAS, NOOOOOOO!!!
Truly one of the mysteries of the Persona series. Maybe they'll reveal Maya's true identity in Persona 6?
@@Dragonemperess No wait, nevermind.
Fate Fans be like: This is why we don't talk about the Moon.
Okay, let's drop some suggestions.
With the new Mario and Luigi announcement it would be a good time to start off that series.
Layton vs Wright, to finally do the last game.
... Fate Stay/Night, but then again, that's getting an official English release at some point later this year.
Witch of the Holy Night could be fun.
Legend of Zelda Twilight Princess? Or maybe Link's Awakening?
I will always recommend trails but you did just finish two massive games..
Thank you for playing, Nico !
It's been a journey, may Bizzle-kun rest peacefully.
Thinking about the future of the social links makes my eyes sweat a little bit.
I can't wait to watch your other LPs !
Dude. Benson's going to be so pissed
Missed opportunity on that last spy video. Should have shown everybody standing behind Bizzle when the video ended, an “Oh shit…” message box, and a fade to black implying that everybody clobbered him upon realizing he was the one watching all of them.
He's been a walking corps ever since the nyx fight the only reason he held out for so long was to fulfil his promise to meet up with everyone
This is one of the best game I have ever seen
1:10:41 Nico forgetting Nyx used Heat Riser 20 seconds ago
Thank you for playing P3Reload! This game was actually my first jump into the Persona series back when it was released on the PSP. The theme and core of this game is one of the best for me as I personally love games that question the greater whole.
To answer your question about the voice that spoke to you "Alright, let's do this" before you unleashed the seal, it was Shinjiro who said that. Weirdly enough, back in the original too there were no name tagged dialogue for his spoken part. I think even a hint of his ghost would added on a bit more, but overall it's something so minor I wouldn't hold it against the game.
I look forward to your new let's play series as now both your FFVII and P3R has ended around the same time! lol
This whole "final day" in P3 gives me such a shockwave of nostalgia. P3 FES was my first Persona game ever. I got stuck on Nyx for hours and did not have enough SP items. 🙃 I ended up taking a huge break before picking it back up again. Eventually, I defeated Nyx. My relief and sense of accomplishment would not last. This ending really got to me. I know I should have seen it coming.
Anyway, Nico, thank you for this LP. This final boss music really is a banger.
How fitting that we end Persona 3 Reload with a record breaking 3 Hour Video for the finale on a night with a Full Moon! The longest video before now was Devil Survivor Overclocked (16) - SINS OF THE BROTHER with a length of 2:35:48!