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Although four-time Grammy award winner Abel “The Weeknd” Tesfaye is likely to be greatest identified for his swoon-worthy singing voice, currently Tesfaye has been posting extra about his video game career than his singing one. In response to Polygon, the most recent recreation Tesfaye’s been working via is the licensed 10/10 masterpiece Persona 5 Royal. However whereas he is likely to be round 92 hours in, apparently he nonetheless has loads to study. Most notably, that it’s good to point out that you simply’d prefer to pursue a romance together with your in-game love curiosity throughout their Rank 9 occasion.
Tesfaye took to his alternate Instagram account to lament this truth, sharing a picture of a Google search consequence stating, “You can not provoke a romance with Takemi after you have got already reached Rank 10 in the event you didn’t select the romance choices throughout Rank 9.” Presumably, this implies Tesafaye searched if he had missed his shot with Persona 5’s “sizzling goth physician.” And, if he in reality did attain Rank 10 with out having a steamy dialog with Tae, he did. Sorry, Tesfaye!
The Weeknd posts about not romancing Takemi in Persona 5 Royal through his alt account, gene.hackerman IG story. This comes after a number of feedback from Persona followers on the truth that he didn’t romance her pic.twitter.com/BJPFHbf44j
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Shortly after sharing the above put up, Tesfaye adopted it up with this funny, albeit graphic, image. Naturally, followers have taken to X to fireside off a whole lot of unimaginable memes and jokes in regards to the ordeal.
Upon beginning Persona 5 Royal, a picture of Tae Takemi was amongst one of many first Tesfaye shared on Instagram. Earlier right this moment, he posted a darkened picture of Takemi’s workplace, which we are able to solely assume is to point he’s presently mourning his missed connection. We get it. Although Tae is likely to be the second most-problematic love curiosity in Persona 5–which is a formidable feat, contemplating she’s an unlicensed, grownup physician who each experiments on and pursues a relationship with a teenager–she is a complete baddie. Sadayo Kawakami, nonetheless… Nicely, I am nonetheless watching you.
Over the previous few months, Tesfaye has posted a number of images celebrating his love of video gaming, together with pictures with Nier creator Yoko Taro and others of his visit to Capcom headquarters. Followers and information shops aren’t the one ones who’ve taken discover of Tesfaye’s love of video video games. Earlier this month, Atlus shared a special thank you message to Tesfaye from two of Persona 5’s key builders, Shingenori Soejima and Kazuhisa Wada.