It's been 14 days. Is Joker still confirmed? I have yet to see Sakurai himself say anything about him. For all we know it was the Fils-a-mech at the game awards.
Yeah, I do find it odd how Reggie has since done an interview wherein he mentioned Joker, but Sakurai still hasn't said a word.
Warms my heart to see how excited you all are for Joker everytime I come around these parts. I didn't initially react too much until after I began to think what his inclusion really meant and how much I loved Persona 4 Golden (Still really need to play 5 though). The music alone makes him such a worthy inclusion in my eyes.
I wanted to ask why I was here though, what's the best way to play Persona 3? I've been in the Persona mood ever since his announcement and while I will probably wait for the Switch release of Persona 5 so as to play the complete/ultimate/crimson/ruby/whatever version, my attention turned towards 3. I have Persona 3 Portable on my Vita, though FES is an easy purchase on my PS3 as well. Sorry to derail the thread, but I want a good Persona fix and like I said, I'm inclined to wait on 5 (Unless someone can convince me otherwise haha).
I'm re-playing P3P for the same reason haha.
The quality of life changes in P3P make it a generally better experience to play - ex/ you can control your party members directly, while FES has them act on their own. It also adds a FeMC route who has her own social links and some minor story changes (featuring some Persona 4 fanservice as well), which acts as a sort of canon-AU-thing.
P3FES has better graphics with full 3D renders for all dungeons and areas - while P3P leans into the visual novel elements with only Tartarus (the main dungeon of the game) and certain story areas being in 3D. P3FES also has an epilogue - The Answer. Reviews of it are mixed, but it is canon and does set up a few things if you plan on playing Persona 4 Arena's story.
There are also some weird things about P3 that were fixed in later games - notably, if you plan on befriending a female (in the male route*), then you are going to romance them. There is no rejection here - either cheat on everyone or only befriend one female (there is no Valentine's Day to guilt-trip you, but FES has a jealousy mechanic omitted from Portable). Tartarus is also kind of annoying as a dungeon when compared to the later dungeons - P5 especially, but also P4G.
I definitely would go with P3P myself, but if you're especially concerned with the canon of the games and prefer 3D environments, then P3FES may be a better choice for you. Happy playing and memento mori!
* The FeMC can, thankfully, reject people (and also date Aigis, a female robot).
