more silent than usual giving a sense of regression to his character arc. The addition of the female protagonist to Persona 3 Portable was praised for how different her interactions with other characters is according to IGN while also bring up potential replay value. Destructoid agreed, commenting especially on how the new alternate version of the protagonist can form romantical relationships with character the original game could not show. RPGFan agreed with IGN due to the time the player can spend with the female lead's relationships. GamesRadar stated that while at first the differences might be only cosmetic, the character's interactions with the cast, most notably Social Links characters are highly different. GameInformer claimed that returning players from the original Persona 3 might have new content with the new lead thanks to her original Personas. Atlus noted there were several fans who also wanted a playable female Persona in other games but the company explained this issue presented several difficulties due to how the gender would imply change elements of the narrative. Polygon reacted to this response negatively claiming that Hashino's characters have several paralles in the Persona games he created to the point it would not be challenging to create another female protagonist like in Persona 3 which create further diversity to the audience. PlayStationLifeStyle cited that having a female protagonist in a remake would be too stressful for the developers in order to bring a more unique experience to the player to the point the Portable version is more successful than any remake at handling such ideals of a lead. References Characters designed by Shigenori Soejima Fictional characters with evocation or summoning abilities Fictional high school students Fictional Japanese people in video games Fictional swordfighters in video games Male characters in video games Orphan characters in video games Orpheus Persona characters Sega protagonists Teenage characters in video games Thanatos Video game characters introduced in 2006 Video game characters of selectable gender Video game characters who have mental powers