Warning: The under story incorporates a possible spoiler for Persona 3 and Persona 3: Reload.
The Persona sequence has lengthy had points with homosexual and trans panic, however Persona 3: Reload no less than removes the transphobia from one scene particularly.
The Persona 3 scene in query had the get together making an attempt to hit on ladies on the seashore, 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 could be very barely modified in Persona 3 Transportable (the character is known as “Fairly Girl” as a substitute 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 top outcome is similar – the get together operating away from the girl – however as a substitute of it being because of her being trans, it is as a result of she’s really 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, “You recognize that solar within the sky is not actual, proper? That is a man-made solar that bought despatched into area again into the Nineteen Eighties.”
Her character identify then adjustments to “Delusional Girl” as she tells them that “regular sunscreen would not” work” towards that pretend solar, and tries to promote them “particular” sunscreen for 300,000 yen. The gang figures out this character is a little bit off, and scurry. The scene’s nonetheless a little bit odd, however the transphobic side, no less than, is gone on this new model.
This is not the primary time Altus has made a change based mostly on homophobic or transphobic content material within the Persona sequence. In 2020, Altus modified sure scenes in Persona 5 that had been thought of offensive and homophobic by followers for the Western launch of Persona 5 Royal.
For extra on Persona 3: Reload, try 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.
