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Persona 3

Persona 3 is the third installment in the popular Persona franchise, blending together an RPG release with romance and visual novel elements. Players can romance their favorite party members while simultaneously progressing the story through turn-based battles.

PERSONA 3
Persona 3

Franchise
Persona
Platform(s)
PS3 , PS2 , PSP
Released
July 13, 2006
Developer(s)
Atlus
Publisher(s)
Atlus , THQ , Ghostlight , Koei Tecmo
Genre(s)
JRPG
ESRB
M for Mature: Blood, Language, Partial Nudity, Violence

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