Warning: The under story incorporates a possible spoiler for Persona 3 and Persona 3: Reload.
The Persona collection has lengthy had points with homosexual and trans panic, however Persona 3: Reload at the very least removes the transphobia from one scene specifically.
The Persona 3 scene in query had the get together making an attempt to hit on ladies on the seaside, with Akihiko, Junpei, and the protagonist approaching a personality known as “Stunning Girl.” After some back-and-forth, Akihiko factors out a little bit of facial hair on her chin, to which Stunning Girl responds, “I-I missed a spot?!” Junpei then exclaims “she’s a he?!”
The dialogue is very barely modified in Persona 3 Moveable (the character is known as “Fairly Girl” as an alternative of “Stunning Girl”), however nonetheless consists of the identical trans panic.
As first reported by Kotaku and verified by IGN, nonetheless, Persona 3: Reload adjustments the dialogue fairly a bit. The tip consequence is similar – the get together working away from the girl – however as an alternative of it being as a result of her being trans, it is as a result of she’s truly a conspiracy theorist making an attempt to promote them sunscreen.
Within the new scene, the dialog begins to go awry after “Fairly Girl” tells them, ” that solar within the sky is not actual, proper? That is a synthetic solar that acquired despatched into house again into the Eighties.”
Her character title then adjustments to “Delusional Girl” as she tells them that “regular sunscreen would not” work” towards that faux solar, and tries to promote them “particular” sunscreen for 300,000 yen. The gang figures out this character is a bit off, and scurry. The scene’s nonetheless a bit odd, however the transphobic side, at the very least, is gone on this new model.
This is not the primary time Altus has made a change primarily based on homophobic or transphobic content material within the Persona collection. In 2020, Altus modified sure scenes in Persona 5 that had been thought-about offensive and homophobic by followers for the Western launch of Persona 5 Royal.
For extra on Persona 3: Reload, take a look at our evaluation, the place Michael Higham gave the remake a 9/10. With a stellar visible overhaul and numerous small however impactful adjustments, Persona 3 Reload tells a timeless story of tragedy and hope with sharp emotional sincerity,” Higham wrote.
Alex Stedman is a Senior Information Editor with IGN, overseeing leisure reporting. When she’s not writing or enhancing, you will discover her studying fantasy novels or taking part in Dungeons & Dragons.