{"id":25670,"date":"2024-01-17T16:49:44","date_gmt":"2024-01-17T07:49:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=25670"},"modified":"2024-01-17T16:49:45","modified_gmt":"2024-01-17T07:49:45","slug":"20240117-25670","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20240117-25670\/","title":{"rendered":"Persona 3 fans shudder at real-life Dark Hour spotted in Tokyo\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Tokyo Skytree\u2019s illuminations have taken on an apocalyptic meaning for <strong>Persona <\/strong><strong>3 <\/strong>fans lately, as a photo of the tower\u2019s vivid green lighting conjures up memories of the game\u2019s Dark Hour. A remake of the game entitled Persona 3 Reload is scheduled for release on February 2, making this a timely reminder.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Dark Hour occurs at twelve midnight in Atlus\u2019s RPG Persona 3 and is a hidden time that regular humans are unaware of. During this hour, demonic enemies called Shadows emerge to hunt humans. In Persona 3, the player must stop the Dark Hour as a member of the persona-summoning group SEES, thus all the game\u2019s combat takes place during this time anomaly. The physical world changes during Dark Hour; water turns blood red while buildings, the sky and the moon take on a sickly green color.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On January 13, an X user posted a photo of the Tokyo Skytree with the lights on the top glowing an eerie green. The cryptic caption \u201cMaybe someone failed to beat the scenario\u201d resonated with Persona 3 players who all agreed that it resembled the green glow of Tartarus, the towering labyrinth dungeon that appears during Dark Hour.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\u3053\u308c\u306f\u5f71\u6642\u9593\u306b\u306a\u3063\u305f\u6642\u306e\u30bf\u30eb\u30bf\u30ed\u30b9\u307f\u305f\u3044 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lO2Tgw6XRZ\">https:\/\/t.co\/lO2Tgw6XRZ<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Touhou0101\/\u3048\u3093\u3077\u3089 (@touhou0101) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/touhou0101\/status\/1746277743552274761?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 13, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><font size=\"2\"><strong>Post translation: <\/strong>This is like Tartarus when the Dark Hour starts.<\/font><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The 634m tall Tokyo Skytree is a broadcasting and observation tower that dominates the skyline of Tokyo\u2019s Asakusa area. Completed in 2012, Tokyo Skytree became the Tallest Tower in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.guinnessworldrecords.com\/news\/2022\/10\/the-tallest-structures-on-earth-pyramids-to-burj-khalifa-722926\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Guiness World Records<\/a>. The Skytree has held various illumination events, so it is not clear when exactly this particular photo was taken.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The green illumination also reminded X users of other franchises, including the Harry Potter movies, the PS2 horror game SIREN 2 and the Clock Tower series.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\u540d\u524d\u3092\u3088\u3093\u3067\u306f\u3044\u3051\u306a\u3044\u3042\u306e\u4eba\u304c\u5fa9\u6d3b\u3057\u3066\u305d\u3046<\/p>&mdash; \u3053\u3046\u3044\u3061ReLU\ud83c\udf65 (@Kouichi75785996) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Kouichi75785996\/status\/1746313440363479388?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 13, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><font size=\"2\"><strong>Post Translation:<\/strong> It looks like he who must not be named is going to return.&nbsp;<\/font><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/p3re.jp\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Persona 3 Reload<\/a> will be released on February 2, 2024 on <a href=\"https:\/\/store.playstation.com\/en-us\/concept\/10001555\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PS4\/PS5<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xbox.com\/en-US\/games\/store\/persona-3-reload\/9NKK6Z0K3RH2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S<\/a> and PC (<a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/2161700\/Persona_3_Reload\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Steam<\/a>).\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Persona 3 fans were surprised by a vivid green illumination of The Tokyo Skytree and its eerie resemblance to Tartarus during Dark Hour<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":25674,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-25670","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-japan-related-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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