Persona 3 Reload could ditch its female protagonist, and fans ain't happy
gamesradar.comPersona 3 fans are very worried the female protagonist from Portable won't make it into the Reload remake.
Yesterday debuted a surprise Persona 3 remake reveal by way of a full announcement trailer. We say "surprise," because it's clear someone messed up and uploaded the trailer early, as it was very quickly scrubbed from the internet, but not before Persona fans had time to thoroughly peruse and analyze it.
Persona 3 fans have found the trailer to be lacking one key feature: a female protagonist. The leaked trailer showed HD Makoto - the protagonist from the original Persona 3 - in all his glory, but nowhere was the widely beloved female protagonist Kotone, introduced in the PSP-exclusive Portable version of Persona 3.
Long-time Persona fans are understandably pretty worried Kotone might be left out of the Reload remake entirely. Below is one such example of a very worried fan, very concerned that Atlus has come down with selective amnesia and chose to forget that they introduced a fantastic protagonist years ago.
atlus with this persona 3 remake pic.twitter.com/umrR5KcrSWJune 8, 2023
If you need evidence of just how widely loved Kotone is, look at the tweet below. The alternate female protagonist from Persona 3 Portable is generally viewed as one of the best things about the classic Persona game, introduced to give veteran players a brand new way to experience the JRPG with new dialog and story routes.
ATLUS YOU HAVE ONE JOB AND IT’S TO KEEP HER AS A PLAYABLE MC IN PERSONA 3 REMAKE PLEASE I BEG
Read more on gamesradar.com
