Highlights
- Persona 3 Reload will permit gamers to pet the canine occasion member, Koromaru, which has thrilled followers who needed this characteristic within the remake.
- The remake presents extra alternatives to bond with teammates, together with new social occasions and particular Hyperlink Episodes for characters with out them within the authentic.
- Gamers also can brush Koromaru’s fur and take him on walks, giving further advantages akin to social factors and humorous cutscenes.
Atlus has confirmed that Persona 3 Reload will permit gamers to pet the canine occasion member, Koromaru. The Persona 3 remake is changing into one of many developer’s most anticipated titles for 2024, with loads of info being steadily supplied all through 2023. This consists of a number of the new options within the recreation, the adjustments from the unique PS2 title, and a number of the quality-of-life enhancements that make Persona 3 extra like Persona 5.
One of many methods the remake builds upon the unique is the best way it handles socializing with the gamers’ teammates in SEES. There are extra alternatives to bond with them, from new social occasions to a wide range of particular Hyperlink Episodes in Persona 3 Reload for characters that did not have them within the authentic. This consists of not solely the male occasion members like Akihiko Sanada and Junpei Iori, however even the villainous Strega faction, which expands on their characters additional. Gamers also can spend time with the occasion’s trusty canine companion, Koromaru, with Atlus confirming the lovable characteristic of with the ability to pet him.
That is demonstrated in a quick clip of Persona 3 Reload that was posted to Atlus’ official Twitter account. Within the Iwatodai Dormitory, the house base of SEES’ operations, Koromaru might be seen within the nook close to the entryway. When the participant talks to him, he’ll bark a number of instances, adopted by the protagonist giving affectionate pets throughout his physique, together with shaking his paw. The fan base was ecstatic at with the ability to pet the canine occasion member, since with the ability to pet canines has turn into a preferred characteristic carried out in tons of contemporary video games.
Moreover with the ability to pet Koromaru, gamers also can brush his fur, as seen in a Persona 3 Reload trailer that includes the SEES members. Within the FES and Moveable re-releases of the unique recreation, gamers can take Koromaru out on walks, which might result in the protagonist assembly different characters from numerous social hyperlinks and get some social factors, discover an merchandise, or a humorous cutscene just like the protagonist making an attempt to sneak them right into a movie show. The Moveable re-release offers Koromaru a devoted social hyperlink for the feminine protagonist, the place he represents the Energy Arcana.
Regardless of Koromaru often being a reasonably situational and underused occasion member within the authentic, followers love the canine at any time when he seems. The power to pet the canine in-game is one which many followers needed to see within the remake, unironically or in any other case. With Persona 3 Reload having devoted Hyperlink Episodes for characters that do not have social hyperlinks, followers may get to spend time with Koromaru in a particular sidestory that includes a few of his interactions from previous entries.
Persona 3 Reload launches February 2, 2024, on PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Collection X/S.