{"id":27381,"date":"2024-02-19T13:14:16","date_gmt":"2024-02-19T04:14:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=27381"},"modified":"2024-02-19T13:14:17","modified_gmt":"2024-02-19T04:14:17","slug":"20240219-27381","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20240219-27381\/","title":{"rendered":"Persona 3 Reload already has a functional female protagonist mod\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Persona 3 Reload<\/strong> is missing an important character. The long-awaited remake of Atlus\u2019s 2006 entry in the RPG series does not feature<strong> <\/strong>Kotone Shiomi, the beloved female protagonist of Persona 3 who appears in Persona 3 Portable. However, modders have the community\u2019s back \u2013 as always, and it seems that they have already made astonishing progress in putting together a Kotone mod during the short period of time since the remake was released.\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=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">real <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zA3x2qA9GC\">pic.twitter.com\/zA3x2qA9GC<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Rirurin (@rirurinuser) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rirurinuser\/status\/1758501847508410815?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 16, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Persona 3 Reload launched<strong> <\/strong>on February 2, delivering a sleek reimagining of the beloved Persona 3, with entirely new graphics and numerous QOL improvements. Although the remake is largely faithful to the original story and characters, Kotone Shiomi, referred to as \u201cFeMC\u201d in the community, was left out. At the time of writing, there are no official plans to add her to the game in the future. Kotone Shiomi is the female counterpart of protagonist Makoto Yuki, and she was canonically introduced in Persona 3 Portable (2009).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The decision to leave out Kotone was disappointing for many Persona fans, but, as with past titles, it seems Persona 3 Reload lends itself to modding quite well too. Seen above is footage shared by modder Rirurin of what appears to be a functional P3RE mod that replaces the male protagonist with Kotone. Aside from Kotone\u2019s model, the mod also appears to have a modified color palette and UI. Apparently, further work is also planned in terms of social links, dialogues, and voiced lines. The joint project and its progress can be followed closely via <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/MadMax1960\/Femc-Reloaded-Project\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">GitHub<\/a> and the dedicated <a href=\"https:\/\/discord.com\/invite\/TyR8RVZeNx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Discord<\/a> server.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-reddit wp-block-embed-reddit\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"reddit-embed-bq\" style=\"height:500px\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/PERSoNA\/comments\/1at92vy\/we_have_a_fully_functioning_kotone_mod_for_p3r_2\/\">We have a fully functioning Kotone mod for P3R 2 week after the game released<\/a><br> by<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/user\/RinariTennoji\/\">u\/RinariTennoji<\/a> in<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/PERSoNA\/\">PERSoNA<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/embed.reddit.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"UTF-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In response to seeing Kotone\u2019s appearance in Persona 3 Reload, the community has grown very excited for a fully functional Kotone mod. At the same time, many users are still maintaining hope that Atlus may release official DLC that will allow them to play as Kotone.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/asia.sega.com\/p3r\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Persona 3 Reload <\/a>is available for the PS4\/PS5, Xbox One\/Xbox Series X|S, and PC (Steam, Microsoft Office) and can be played via Game Pass.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Persona 3 Reload modders have already made astonishing progress in getting Kotone Shiomi, Persona 3&#8217;s female protagonist, into the remake.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":27384,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-27381","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 v27.4 - 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