Persona 3 prequel "Aegis: The First Mission" will be ported to Switch & Steam

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Back in 2007, Atlus released the action RPG Aegis: The First Mission, a Persona 3 prequel focused on Aigis, exclusively for mobile phones in Japan. It hasn't been available to download for quite some time, and with no ROMs available online, the game was considered lost. That will change sometime soon, however, thanks to the G-Mode Archives, a series of re-releases of Japan-exclusive mobile phone games on Switch and Steam.

The G-Mode Archives release, like the original, will only support Japanese text (as confirmed on the Steam page), but it's possible an English translation patch will be available after launch. While the original game has been lost, a full playthrough video was uploaded to the Japanese video-sharing website NicoNico back in 2011, and has been translated into English by reddit user /u/penthesileaPicaro. Several of the G-Mode Archives releases have already received translation patches as well, including a spin-off of the original Persona, Megami Ibunroku Persona: Ikuu no Tou Hen.

No release date has been announced for the port, but it's possible it will be timed to coincide with the release of the Persona 3 Reload epilogue Episode Aigis in September, as both games focus on Aigis.
 

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Love P3 Aigis, but not sure how motivated I'd be to play through a PC port of a 2007 mobile game. I'd probably rather just play a localized version on my phone instead. Would make a good companion to playing through the P3 remake.
 

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Love P3 Aigis, but not sure how motivated I'd be to play through a PC port of a 2007 mobile game. I'd probably rather just play a localized version on my phone instead. Would make a good companion to playing through the P3 remake.
I would too, but I doubt it would be localized. I believe this is the most we'll get, which in itself is already a lot considering how obscure these phone games were
 

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It's always pretty cool to have such games being ported on Steam. To most people it will not be very interesting but it's still cool to have access for enthusiasts.
I wish I could try all those java mobile metal slug games, but when I tried the controls weren't working
 
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I didn't even know this existed, but I came to the series relatively late. I discovered P3FES after P4 had released, and it was a great experience. What a hidden gem that game was. I'm not sure how I feel about this game, since I didn't even finish The Answer.
 

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Back in 2007, Atlus released the action RPG Aegis: The First Mission, a Persona 3 prequel focused on Aigis, exclusively for mobile phones in Japan. It hasn't been available to download for quite some time, and with no ROMs available online, the game was considered lost. That will change sometime soon, however, thanks to the G-Mode Archives, a series of re-releases of Japan-exclusive mobile phone games on Switch and Steam.

The G-Mode Archives release, like the original, will only support Japanese text (as confirmed on the Steam page), but it's possible an English translation patch will be available after launch. While the original game has been lost, a full playthrough video was uploaded to the Japanese video-sharing website NicoNico back in 2011, and has been translated into English by reddit user /u/penthesileaPicaro. Several of the G-Mode Archives releases have already received translation patches as well, including a spin-off of the original Persona, Megami Ibunroku Persona: Ikuu no Tou Hen.

No release date has been announced for the port, but it's possible it will be timed to coincide with the release of the Persona 3 Reload epilogue Episode Aigis in September, as both games focus on Aigis.
Oh damn, I never thought I'd ever hear of this again, it's been a very long time
 

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