{"id":276309,"date":"2024-03-25T06:01:00","date_gmt":"2024-03-25T13:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/es\/?p=328798"},"modified":"2025-07-01T16:52:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T23:52:09","slug":"persona-3-reload-leaves-aside-its-female-protagonist-because-she-is-too-expensive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/persona-3-reload-leaves-aside-its-female-protagonist-because-she-is-too-expensive\/","title":{"rendered":"Persona 3 Reload leaves aside its female protagonist because she is &#8220;too expensive&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Indeed, there is no trace of <strong>Kotone<\/strong> in Persona 3 Reload. And there won&#8217;t be in the future. Despite the pleas of JRPG fans, its producer confirms that Kotone will not be included as it would be too <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/persona-3-reload-producer-say-female-protagonist-too-expensive\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" title=\"admits that doing this would be very expensive\">expensive<\/a>. Those were the strong words of <strong>Kazuhisa Wada<\/strong> in an interview conducted with <strong>Persona Central<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"Persona 3 Reload\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-icon-m\/p\/c96cab48-633d-4845-aacd-e3969518437d\/1031942945\/persona-3-reload-download-Persona-3-Reload.jpg\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">Persona 3 Reload<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/persona-3-reload.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DOWNLOAD<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/persona-3-reload.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>During the interview, Wada was asked about the possibility of the character being exclusive to Portable, but admitted that <strong>it would be too expensive to include her<\/strong>: &#8220;I will start by apologizing, but unfortunately, <strong>the appearance of the female protagonist in Persona 3 Reload will not happen<\/strong>.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wada continues and explains that &#8220;of course, we considered including the female protagonist alongside &#8216;Episode Aigis&#8217;, but the more we delved into it, the more hopeless it seemed&#8230; The time and development costs would probably be two or three times higher than those of &#8216;Episode Aigis&#8217;.&#8221; He also killed any hope of having her in the future, stating that there would be &#8220;<strong>no possibility<\/strong>&#8220;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/sft\/articles\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2024\/03\/kotone-shiomi-1024x576-1-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-276313\" srcset=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2024\/03\/kotone-shiomi-1024x576-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2024\/03\/kotone-shiomi-1024x576-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2024\/03\/kotone-shiomi-1024x576-1-768x433.jpg 768w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2024\/03\/kotone-shiomi-1024x576-1-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2024\/03\/kotone-shiomi-1024x576-1-664x374.jpg 664w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2024\/03\/kotone-shiomi-1024x576-1-238x134.jpg 238w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2024\/03\/kotone-shiomi-1024x576-1-436x246.jpg 436w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2024\/03\/kotone-shiomi-1024x576-1-370x208.jpg 370w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2024\/03\/kotone-shiomi-1024x576-1-304x170.jpg 304w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2024\/03\/kotone-shiomi-1024x576-1-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2024\/03\/kotone-shiomi-1024x576-1.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Kotone Shiomi<\/strong> was the female protagonist of <strong>Persona 3 Portable<\/strong>, the PSP version. She is the alternative to <strong>Makoto Yuki<\/strong> and her story takes place in an alternate timeline. So far, Persona 3 had several versions, which are <strong>Persona 3<\/strong> (the original game), <strong>Persona 3 FES<\/strong> (an equivalent version to Persona 5 Royale), and <strong>Persona 3 Portable<\/strong> (for PSP).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Persona 3 Reload<\/strong> is the current remake and fourth existing version of the game, which is available on PlayStation 4\/5, Xbox Series X\/S, Xbox One, and PC.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"Persona 3 Reload\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-icon-m\/p\/c96cab48-633d-4845-aacd-e3969518437d\/1031942945\/persona-3-reload-download-Persona-3-Reload.jpg\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">Persona 3 Reload<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/persona-3-reload.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DOWNLOAD<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/persona-3-reload.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Indeed, there is no trace of Kotone in Persona 3 Reload. And there won&#8217;t be in the future. Despite the pleas of JRPG fans, its producer confirms that Kotone will not be included as it would be too expensive. Those were the strong words of Kazuhisa Wada in an interview conducted with Persona Central. 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