{"id":52579,"date":"2025-10-02T02:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-01T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=52579"},"modified":"2025-10-01T17:24:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T08:24:07","slug":"persona-3-reload-devs-havent-changed-their-minds-about-adding-portables-female-protagonist-we-have-a-mission-to-tackle-new-things","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/persona-3-reload-devs-havent-changed-their-minds-about-adding-portables-female-protagonist-we-have-a-mission-to-tackle-new-things\/","title":{"rendered":"Persona 3 Reload devs haven&#8217;t changed their minds about adding Portable\u2019s female protagonist. &#8220;We have a mission to tackle new things&#8221;\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>As much as fans might want the female protagonist from Persona 3 Portable (known canonically as Kotone Shiomi) to make a return in <strong>Persona 3 Reload<\/strong>, the devs at Atlus\u2019s P-Studio stand by their decision not to include her in a future update.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Persona 3 Reload \u2013 Announcement Trailer \u2013 Nintendo Switch 2\" width=\"1160\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hVcHF5_UtM0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In a recent interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/news.denfaminicogamer.jp\/interview\/2501001p%22%20\/l%20%22i-6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Danfaminicogamer<\/a>, Persona series general producer Kazuhisa Wada says that even with Persona 3 Reload on its way to Switch 2, the addition of the female protagonist is not a realistic possibility. Much like in past statements, he explains that the costs and time needed to implement her would be too high \u2013 several times the resources that went into the Episode Aigis DLC.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Instead, with their limited time and budget, Wada says it&#8217;s P-Studio\u2019s mission to tackle a variety of other new things. \u201cIf you ask what we might have left unfinished in Persona 3 Reload, that would certainly be one answer \u2013 but the whole team is working together on many different initiatives so that fans have something to look forward to.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When asked about what these new pursuits may be, game director, producer, and Persona 3 lyricist Shigeo Komori mentioned that he is currently focusing on studying modern psychology and transactional analysis \u2013 the latter being the study of social interactions to determine people\u2019s \u201cego states.\u201d \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1171\" height=\"658\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1171px) 100vw, 1171px\" src=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/image_2024-05-15_120016682.png\" alt=\"Persona 3 Reload Episode Aigis art\" class=\"wp-image-30903\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/image_2024-05-15_120016682.png 1171w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/image_2024-05-15_120016682-380x214.png 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/image_2024-05-15_120016682-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/image_2024-05-15_120016682-600x337.png 600w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Komori intents to incorporate what he has learned into game development, striving to depict human behavior and psychology more realistically. Since each person has different desires and ideals, he takes it as a challenge to create a work that fulfills those ideals. Aside from incorporating psychology into his future works, Komori would like to create a game that \u201cwill give players some kind of realization or inspiration,\u201d in such a way that it will have \u201ceven a small positive effect on their lives.\u201d Though he did not mention Persona specifically, the topics he mentioned easily fall under the subjects tackled by the franchise. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the other hand, Wada mentions being involved in \u201cso many things, even outside of games,\u201d that there\u2019s barely enough of him to go around.\u00a0While Persona 3&#8217;s female protagonist may be out of the picture, fans of the series clearly have a lot to look forward to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Persona 3 Reload is available for PS5\/PS4, Xbox One,\/Xbox Series X|S, and PC (Steam). 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