A Famitsu scan appeared on VGX:
http://www.imagebam.com/image/fdd22d45805827


Atlus is bringing Persona 3 to the PSP in some form. Not much information is given in the scan, except for the tidbit that the main character can be female.

UPDATE 2: Duckroll of NeoGAF posted some info from the article:

No. They're not going to make any of these MASSIVE changes you think they are making. It's a port of Persona 3, with selectable protagonist. There will be certain things unique to the female route, and there will be some new additions to the male route as well. Otherwise it's the same game with various improvements. Apparently there'll be 5 difficulty levels, and like in P4, you can set your party members on manual control. The game is coming out on 1st Nov.

UPDATE: Second Scan is up, and it features a Male version of Elizabeth:
http://www.imagebam.com/image/75290b45811493

I would have rather just had Persona 2 for PSP.
Don't know what to think of this.

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Originally Posted by Cao Cao UPDATE: Second Scan is up, and it features a Male version of Elizabeth: http://www.imagebam.com/image/75290b45811493

This confirms that I will never go the female route...

Is it vanilla P3 that's getting a port or P3:FES with the additional protagonist/details?

Ditto on the hopes for P2, both halves.

This is awesome. I'm still only 20-something hours into P3 Fes for PS2; I'll probably start over if this comes to the US. I find it a lot easier to pour hours into a long RPG when it's on a portable rather than a console.

Also, it's kind of cool that you can choose a female protagonist... If I'm going to be staring at some character's butt for 80 hours, it may as well be a good-looking chick. But I don't know if I can stand to lose Elizabeth, her character is one of my favorite things about the game.

I imagine if Persona does well enough, the sequel will be a no brainer for the remake/port treatment.

Jesus, how many times can they expect you to buy the same game within a 3 year period? I already own the original and FES. The only way I'd pick this up is if it reached bargain bin prices. I love the game but seriously, give us P5 or some new SMT on the PS3 instead.

I wonder what they'll do with some of the S Links. I mean they would definitely have to change the Hermit S Link up a bit... and that makes me sad. I'd also like to hear how they handle the new game+. It would be nice to play through one time as a male and try the female route for the new game+.

Originally Posted by Ryuukishi Also, it's kind of cool that you can choose a female protagonist... If I'm going to be staring at some character's butt for 80 hours, it may as well be a good-looking chick.

I agree. And thats why my team was made up of all females. And I also agree on the Elizabeth thing... she was one of my favorite characters and it would just feel strange without her in the Velvet room.

bigl523: I'd complain if this was just another console re-release. But I love the idea of having P3 to play while I'm on the go.

Originally Posted by FriskyTanuki I imagine if Persona does well enough, the sequel will be a no brainer for the remake/port treatment.

I would hope they at least wait another year or two.

Originally Posted by Chibi_Kaji I wonder what they'll do with some of the S Links. I mean they would definitely have to change the Hermit S Link up a bit... and that makes me sad. I'd also like to hear how they handle the new game+. It would be nice to play through one time as a male and try the female route for the new game+.

The S Link and other things will be different if you chose the female main character.

I know but I wonder how different they will be. Will they they just use the same characters and just change the events? Or will the remove some of them and use new characters?

I wonder how long the wait will be until it's brought over here.

Cool, I was hoping for Persona 3 portable, but I figured I'd have to wait until sony's next handheld(which willhopefully have PS2 emulation).


Akihiko and Junpei Social Links for the female side seem likely, but we'll see. There are a lot of males for the social links, I wonder how many of them will be changed so that you can date them.

I would think that the Female protagonist would join women's sports clubs, which might mean a couple new characters for that, or maybe they let you join the archery club and form a social link with Yukari that way..

So glad to hear about this. Never played P3 and now I'll get the chance.

I'm looking forward to this. I've never played FES or the original either. I can see why people would've prefered P2 over P3 though. Not sure why they wouldn't just go chronologically.

Originally Posted by DQT I'm looking forward to this. I've never played FES or the original either. I can see why people would've prefered P2 over P3 though. Not sure why they wouldn't just go chronologically.

I'm guessing P3 was really popular and they'd like to make more $$$, and then release 2.

looks like free roaming after school is gone now?

Originally Posted by 62t looks like free roaming after school is gone now?

Where'd you hear that? If they removed that how would you get any quests/shopping done?

Originally Posted by Chibi_Kaji Where'd you hear that? If they removed that how would you get any quests/shopping done?

It can be done. You have one main category such as location then you split up the conversation with a person in subcategories. They used the same technique on Devil Survivor. Developers probably want to reduce the tedious parts moving around for slink. It also reduce the loading times, since they are less images on screen.

It seems 62t is right about no more free roaming. I'm looking at a scan with the MC talking to a few characters and all of them have fixed backgrounds. I guess this means the side quests will be changed or removed completely(Except the fusing requests I guess). I recall a few of them required you to run around the map to find various things.

Originally Posted by Chibi_Kaji I'm looking at a scan with the MC talking to a few characters and all of them have fixed backgrounds.

Link?