Persona 3 Reload Fans Are Working on Female Protagonist Mod

An ambitious fan group is currently working on a female protagonist mod for Persona 3 Reload. Atlus' Persona 3 Reload launched on February 2 to an overwhelming amount of hype and critical acclaim. Reload is a remake of the original Persona 3, focused on recreating the 2006 RPG and updating it to play more like modern Persona games. Reload has also added a number of elements from past re-releases, though ended up omitting certain elements, much to the disappointment of fans.

The biggest omissions from Persona 3 Reload would be The Answer playable epilogue from Persona 3 FES and the female protagonist route from Persona 3 Portable. Many had hoped that Atlus would later incorporate these elements post-launch, and it's rumored The Answer epilogue will be DLC for Persona 3 Reload, but there are allegedly no plans to incorporate the female protagonist from Portable. With this in mind, a group of dedicated fans are bringing Portable's female protagonist to Reload by themselves.

Known as the Femc Reloaded Project, this mod aims to have Persona 3 Portable's female protagonist replace Reload's current playable character. This includes replacing the model, changing the UI to pink when playing as the female protagonist in Portable, and so much more. This ambitious effort is being led by a prominent Persona modder, A Mudkip, with a team of fans working with him as well. This mod is still a work-in-progress, but fans can mod their game using the files provided by the team so far. While the mod is still in its early stages, there has already been a lot of progress made, demonstrated by a video posted by JRPG YouTuber Faz.

Besides replacing the model to resemble the Persona 3 Portable protagonist, there are some custom animations that are meant to evoke the feeling of playing the female protagonist instead of the male one, such as when she is running in the overworld. Persona 3 Reload's UI has been altered to resemble the change in protagonists as well, including her cut-in portrait,