Atlus is planning to pour as much as it can into Persona nowadays, and it should not come as a shock to anyone. The series went through the impressive journey of debuting as a quirky spinoff of Atlus’ primary franchise, developing its own identity, becoming a company mainstay, and finally overtaking its parent series in popularity. Persona turned into Atlus’ flagship franchise in the process, and never looked back. To top it all off, the series is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year, so Atlus’ efforts to reward the Persona series for its success is an obvious choice to make.
For the upcoming anniversary, Atlus planned and announced several upcoming projects, with one of the most exciting being ports of other Persona games that put the series on the map. This includes Persona 3 Portable, Persona 4 Golden, and Persona 5 Royal. Portable and Royal will join Golden in the PlayStation 4 and Steam libraries, whereas all three games will receive first-time ports on the PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X. This decision was requested by fans for a long time, and if Persona 3 Portable is especially supported, then Atlus could finally greenlight an equally requested remake of Persona 3 as a whole.
Is Persona 3 Worth Playing in 2022?
Persona 3 is an important game to the history of its own series, as well Atlus and Megami Tensei in general. It was the first Persona game to introduce the games’ now famous hybrid system that has players dungeon crawl for one half of the game and experience a life simulation during the other half. It started the evolution of modern Persona, which eventually led to the series becoming the most mainstream JRPGs aside from Pokemon and Final Fantasy. Its characters still show
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