Atlus Responds to Persona 3 Reload Switch Port Questions

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Atlus has at last respondend to the questions about a potential Persona 3 Reload Switch port by suggesting that a version of the game for Nintendo's hybrid console is not outside the realm of possibility. Its comments on the matter emerged mere weeks ahead of Persona 3 Reload's global release, which is scheduled for February 2.

First unveiled in mid-2023, the remake of the third entry in the Persona franchise will be skipping Nintendo's hit handheld console at launch. Shortly following its unveiling, a well-known Atlus insider reported that no publishing deal has been struck for bringing the game to the Nintendo ecosystem, indicating that Persona 3 Reload won't reach the Switch anytime soon.

Be that as it may, a Switch port of the game is not completely off the table, according to Persona 3 Reload Director Takuya Yamaguchi. In a recent interview with the Spanish-language outlet Atomix, Yamaguchi revealed that Atlus's P-Studio decided «there would be no version [of the game] for the Nintendo Switch» fairly early on during the remake's development, while the project was still in a concept phase. But it would appear that the company remains open to the idea of a Switch port, with Yamaguchi explaining that such an undertaking is simply a matter of «discussing it with the team and seeing what they think,» according to a machine translation of the interview.

Since we started conceptualizing everything that was coming in Persona 3 Reload, we decided that there would be no version for the Nintendo Switch. Of course, the idea is there, but it's a matter of discussing it with the team and seeing what they think about it, and we'll see what happens.

The industry veteran's remarks arrived just ahead of the one-year release anniversary of the Persona 3 Portable and Persona 4 Golden Switch ports. The widely celebrated fifth entry in the franchise was also brought to Nintendo's hybrid console back in October 2022 simultaneously with its PC, PS5, and Xbox console ports. The reason why