Modders bring the main female character from Portable into the game

Fans knew in advance: No matter how good Persona 3 reload The new edition will not be a definitive version of the Japanese role-playing game spin-off – there is too much content missing.

For example, there is the approximately 30-hour epilogue The Answer, which is only available in… Persona 3 FES appeared, or else the female protagonist Kotone Shiomithat only in Persona 3 Portable was in the spotlight and is also missing from Reload. Fans now want to change the latter and are taking on the task with mods into your own hands.

Persona 3 Reload: Mod brings female main character into the game

The mod to bring Kotone into the spruced up world of Persona 3 Reload is currently in full swing and is far from finished. But you can already register on YouTube seven minute video Take a look at how far the hobby programmers have come so far – and given the fact that the complete renovation has only been available for almost three weeks, the implementation so far is already very impressive.

The FeMC (the abbreviation for Female Main Character) runs through the hallways of Gekkoukan High in the embedded video, makes himself comfortable in the Velvet Room and goes to sing karaoke – and looks exactly like you Kotone as a 3D model in the new edition would imagine. However, the character is not the only thing that has changed in the ambitious fan mod.

They've also done a great job with the menus: instead of the typical blue of Persona 3, they shine in this bright pink from Portable and give Reload a completely new coat of paint. By the way, since Kotone is now visible in the main menu instead of Makoto, the modders have achieved significantly more than just swapping colors. On the Github page In the meantime, you can read about the mod and find out how you can help if you are interested.

By the way, they would also like to change a few things in terms of content: as Kotone you should new dialogue options that reflect the protagonist better – and of course you also have to adapt cutscenes. The Social Links from Portable But of course you can't insert it, you would have to turn the whole game inside out. However, if you want to read again how the new edition performs in general, you can do so in our extensive test of Persona 3 Reload do.