Introduction
As many of you will already know, Persona 3 Portable is a remake/port for PSP of the original game, Persona 3 (FES) for the PS2. Atlus opted to port Persona 3 Portable rather than Persona 3 FES, most likely for a few reasons such as quality of life updates and an additional route to the game included in Portable. Potentially also due to the Playstation 2's architecture being very difficult to port from (allegedly).
One of the main downsides to Persona 3 Portable is the lack of animated cutscenes in the game - due to it being made for the PSP, it was most likely too difficult to port such large FMVs into a portable game. Hopefully soon, the Persona modding community will come together to create a definitive version of Persona 3 Portable, that has all of the animated cutscenes and many more things missing from the Portable version of the game, but until then, feel free to use this guide to pause the game during important moments and watch the cutscenes instead.
IMPORTANT NOTE: This guide will aim to avoid spoilers from a quick glance, but clicking on any links earlier than you are supposed to will definitely involve spoilers. Try to avoid this as best you can, as P3 is an incredible game!
For those playing the FeMC route, something important to note is that the animated cutscenes do not exist (yet?). The FeMC route was only present in the PSP version of the game (Portable) of which did not include cutscenes, and as a result no cutscenes including the FeMC exist. However, the content of the cutscenes do not vary between the gender of the main character, so even though it might look a little strange, you can safely watch these cutscenes without spoilers.
This guide is lightly referenced from TAFAE's guide from 2012 on giantbomb.com (link here[www.giantbomb.com] ), but using that guide links to various outdated videos with low quality as well as some that simply do not exist anymore. I will instead be linking to this playlist by rudiger on YouTube that has HD upscaling applied to all of the cutscenes (but thankfully not at 60FPS!!). The playlist can be found here if you would like to skip the guide and jump straight to the cutscenes.
Opening Movies
If you haven't already seen the three opening movies included in Persona 3 and Persona 3 FES respectively, I highly recommend watching them! They can be found here.
https://youtu.be/XnLclegsyD4
https://youtu.be/4qwkNNAUl3Q
April
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04/06 (Beginning of game) "with your heart as your guide..." https://youtu.be/zKrva96f0Xg https://youtu.be/BrVshpy0b6M
04/07 (Early Morning) Yukari: "Okay. Then, let's go." or "Just hurry up and get ready!" https://youtu.be/eGYUapFIUL0
04/08 (Pre-Dark Hour) Ikutski: "...The Dark Hour is approaching." https://youtu.be/hELttRuxnus
04/08 (Dark Hour) Yukari: "I feel kinda bad, though, spying on him/her like this..." https://youtu.be/V5l1kAPgx9I
04/09 (Dark Hour) [The ground shakes agains.] Yukari: "...!?" https://youtu.be/i0ANgsWZlVQ
04/20 (Late Night) Akihiko: "Just wait a few minutes... It's almost midnight." https://youtu.be/qjlQCOHX8Nw
June
Date Text to stop on Link 06/08 (Dark Hour) ♥♥♥♥♥: "I know...!" Akihiko: "...!?" https://youtu.be/IfK4I8V5YeE
July
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07/07 (Dark Hour) [Inspect Mirror] Yukari: "Is it just me, or is there something strange about this mirror?" https://youtu.be/YVyL1sL48_o
07/11 (Evening) Mitsuru: "Fourteen years ago, one man pursued that line of thinking... He was the former leader of the Kirijo Group, Kouetsu Kirijo... My grandfather." https://youtu.be/0BMJnHvC0w4
07/20 (Early Morning) "Your trip to Yakushima begins today and lasts for 4 days, 3 nights. It's time for you to get ready..." https://youtu.be/GjCpNGFC4lU
07/21 (Daytime) Akihiko: "What's the matter? ...You see something?" https://youtu.be/N30_10uGh3A
SPOILER WARNING!!
SPOILER WARNING!!!!
There are major spoilers beyond this point in this guide. Please be cautious before continuing. If you are unsure, do not proceed to this part of the guide until 10/04 (October 4th)
Most text from here will be spoilered, but the YouTube link previews will be shown. Please proceed carefully.
October
Date Text to stop on Link 10/04 Takaya: "How enviable... Then, you shall be first. Rest peacefully..." https://youtu.be/rkQCKtc37X4
November
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11/04 (Evening) Akihiko: "Knock it off." Junpei: "Awwww" https://youtu.be/a9wWXhsZCbE
11/04 (Dark Hour) Aigis: "...Understood." https://youtu.be/6ULfM7DmR8Y
11/04 (Dark Hour) Shujki Ikutsuki: *grunt* Ten years... I've wasted ten long years! I'm not like your father... I won't make any exceptions! https://youtu.be/eRrWEPsdKEk
11/17 (Early Morning) "Today, you leave on the class field trip. The train is scheduled to arrive in Kyoto in the afternoon. You hope it will be a memorable experience..." https://youtu.be/tJzbuybO7c8
11/18 (Early Morning) "Self-narration: School excursion, day two... Today's itinerary: Visiting historical sites" https://youtu.be/4Dw29CYj9Kg https://youtu.be/LNazqSFDNsI
December
Date Text to stop on Link 12/02 (Dark Hour) Aigis: "And you... your true name is "Death"... You are the Shadow I sealed away ten years ago!" https://youtu.be/UP_jlL3A4qs
January
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1/31 (Dark Hour) ♥♥♥♥♥: "I can sense it even without my Persona. This is the first time that's ever happened..." https://youtu.be/rLK8VWEuOyM
1/31 (Dark Hour) Nyx Avatar: "then perhaps the Fall could have been prevented... but it's too late now." https://youtu.be/OCKrFtUJdIE
1/31 (Dark Hour) ♥♥♥♥♥: "...!? Something's coming!" https://youtu.be/5nIjvvi8kM8
1/31 (Dark Hour) Igor: "What you have in your hands is the power of the Universe... Nothing is outside the realm of possibility for you now." https://youtu.be/ISGZ5EHBXJQ
1/31 (Dark Hour) Familiar Voice: Congratulations, you have the miracle you sought. We shall meet again some day... https://youtu.be/Iwkrnq3DQrI
March
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03/05 (Morning) Graduating Senior's Friend: "It's a big day... It must be tough thinking about her father." https://youtu.be/qDVlEx5Bv6I
03/05 (Morning) You're getting sleepier... Your eyes feel heavy... (Make a choice here, then hit play). https://youtu.be/p7tNqsnY624
Conclusion
And that's (hopefully) everything! Thank you so much for reading!
Please let me know if you have any feedback. This is my first time creating a steam guide so hopefully it was helpful! Any criticism/feedback/tips would be much appreciated, especially if I've missed something, or something could be amended.
Once again, huge thank you to TAFAE for the original guide, and rudiger for the upscaled videos. Right now, I'm writing this on release day with no mods to insert the original FMVs into the game, but hopefully we will have that in future! Probably will update this guide to mention that when it does become possible.
I hope you enjoy playing Persona 3 Portable!
Source: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2920334968
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