Persona 3/Unused Graphics

This is a sub-page of Persona 3.

There are quite a few graphics leftover from earlier periods of development, including concept sketches.

Early Menus

Temporary Title Screen

A title screen image that was probably used early in the development of Persona 3 as a design placeholder. The title screen dates to January 2006, around six months before the original Japanese release of the game.

Certificate of Marriage

An image depicting a menu where the player could enter a name for what appears to be a certificate of marriage. "Mr. Aragaki Shinjiro" is typed in. Weirdly, the image is stored with the character bustups and is semi transparent. It is called in E102_001, an unused event for the name entry screen.

Battle UI Mockup

Mockup images have been left in btl\BATTLE\PANEL\BTLPNL.BIN. The first is taken directly from Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne.

In order, the text on the right translates to Attack, Agi, Maragi, Bufu, Mabufu, Zio, Mazio, Garu, Magaru.

The help dialogue reads "Designate strategies towards allies."

In this image, Fuuka is saying "Watch out, everyone! That shadow is a powerful foe!" Additionally, the circle pattern on her clothing was replaced with a floral pattern in the final game.

(Translations: Glitterberri)

Placeholder Portraits

These are unused placeholder portraits that were left in the game. The final images include more of the body than the earlier versions.

Hero

Unused	Used

Since none of Hero's dialogue portraits are used, his used portrait comes from the menu. It's practically identical aside from the lack of shading. His portrait has large amounts of blank space around him that isn't present in any other's.

Yukari

Unused	Used

Yukari made it in without any obvious changes.

Aigis

Unused	Used

Aigis had her arm moved up for the final version.

Mitsuru

Unused	Used

Mitsuru seems unchanged.

Junpei

Unused	Used

Junpei has no line drawings, but the shading was improved in the final image.

Unused	Used

Once again, the shading was improved.

Fuuka

Unused	Used

Either Fuuka's right arm and hand weren't planned to be visible, or the concept sketch was really bad at emphasizing them.

Unused	Used

Here Fuuka looks almost identical; her collar is the only thing that was changed.

Akihiko

Unused	Used

The strap on Akihiko's arm had detail added, a pin was put on his shirt, and his mouth was redrawn to include his upper teeth. Notably, a sprite using the early mouth shape is present in the December 2015 prototype of Persona 5.

Ken

Unused	Used

Ken's uniform sports the Gekkoukan logo in the final where it didn't before. The lace on his sweater has also changed a bit.

Shinjiro

Unused	Used

Shinjiro looks angrier in the final version.

Unused	Used

No changes are obvious for Shinjiro in this one, but a closer look can spot an eye patch over his right eye in the early portrait which isn't present in the final game or the other unused portrait, suggesting that the other one was made later in development.

Koromaru

Unused	Used

Koromaru's stance was changed at some point.

Ryoji

Unused	Used

Ryoji made it through the grinder with only a minor change: more buttons were added to his shirt.

Keisuke

Unused	Used

Keisuke was always planned to grin like an idiot.

Hidetoshi

Unused	Used

Hidetoshi's smile was given the Mona Lisa treatment and made more ambiguous.

Bebe

Unused	Used

Bebe was given his trademark fan at some point, and his arms were moved a bit to compensate.

Nozomi

Unused	Used

Nozomi looks unchanged.

Dummy Portrait

This placeholder image was found in "DATA.CVM/BUSTUP/BUST_DUMMY.BIN". It is a silhouetted image of Kenji with the character 仮 (kari), meaning "temporary." It's called in quite a few unused events in E700.

Rough Character Sketches

There are a few rough character sketches throughout the game's data. Most of these are featured in the Collector's Edition artbook for Persona 3.

Two placeholder cut-in portraits for Junpei, one of which is more zoomed in.

Two placeholder cut-in portraits for Mitsuru, one of which is more zoomed in.

Two placeholder cut-in portraits for Akihiko, one of which is more zoomed in.

Two placeholder cut-in portraits for Fuuka, one of which is more zoomed in.

Menu Graphics

Unused Persona Status Screen Portraits

Hypnos	Moros	Medea

From left to right, Takaya's Persona, Jin's Persona, and Chidori's Persona. They are all seen in-game, but their portraits are never used.

Unused Persona Shuffle Time Portraits

To do:

Every Persona has one of these portraits.

Every Persona has a lower resolution image used for Shuffle Time, even if it's impossible to get that Persona there.

Unused Cut-In Persona Portraits

For whatever reason, there is a stretched-out Eligor portrait in the same files as the portrait cut-ins. Unlike the one in the game, this one has brighter lighting.

Early artwork of Orpheus, stored with the cut-ins.

Unused Cut-In Portraits

There are placeholder cut-in portraits in the game's code; some are bigger than those in the final game. However, unlike with the placeholder portraits, here the final portraits show less of the body than the unused ones.

Hero's final all-out attack portait has an angry expression, more shading, and is more zoomed in.

Earliest	Early	Final

The earliest version is slightly more zoomed in and the early versions lack shading, but otherwise they're practically the same as the final.

Unused	Used

Yukari originally had a different eye color, and the portrait was more zoomed out.

Earliest	Early	Final

The earliest one is far more zoomed in than in the early and final version.

Both the earliest and the early ones have more emphasis on the teeth.

In the early version his chain necklace is visible, while it isn't in the final version.

Unused	Used

Same thing, except that Junpei is far more zoomed in than in the final version.

Unused	Used

The only difference between the two is lighting and the level of zoom; the rest remained untouched.

In the same part of the files where cut-in portraits are stored, there are portraits for Eikichi Mishina from Persona 2: Innocent Sin. Presumably, these was used as placeholders, or to test out how cut-in portraits would work.

Unused Social Link Status Portraits

To do:

Check to see if the Emperor, Hierophant, Hermit(though the reversed portrait is the same, it's still a different file), Hanged, Devil, Tower, Star, Moon, and Sun Social Links can actually reverse.

Despite depicting Junpei, these portraits are actually for the main character. The over-emphasis on Junpei's teeth when he's mad is once again not present in the final game.

Unused reversed Social Link portraits for Aigis. The SEES members normal bustups are used in the Fool and Judgement links.

Unused reversed Social Link portraits for Junpei.

Unused reversed Social Link portraits for Akihiko.

Unused reversed Social Link portraits for Ken.

Unused reversed Social Link portraits for Shinjiro. It has Shinji sporting an eye patch, which can be seen in a closer look at one of his early dialogue portraits.

Unused reversed Social Link portraits for Koromaru.

This would have been used when the Death Arcana was reversed, but since the Link automatically progresses throughout the game without ever reversing, it remains unused.

Unused portraits. The Japanese reads 'ネット02' or net02. Originally, Maya's Social Link included 3 different characters, and this is a remnant of that.

Unused portraits. The Japanese reads 'ネット03' or net03.

Unused portraits. The Japanese reads '武器屋' or weapon shop. After deciding that all the female/romancable characters would get their own Arcana instead of all of them being the Lovers, the incomplete shop owners' Social Links got cut.

Unused portraits. The Japanese reads '骨董屋' or antique shop.

Unused portraits. The Japanese reads 'エレガ' or elega, short for Elevator Girl(Elizabeth).

Navigation Icon

This is an unused icon that would be used in the upper left navigation for Hero.

Miscellaneous

Missing Data

In a lot of different places, there is this same dummy image for if there is missing data.

Early Speech Bubbles

Please elaborate.
Having more detail is always a good thing.

Unused	Used

Unused	Used

Both of these icons were found in an EPL file called "ICONF01.EPL". They appear to be earlier forms of the icons that appear when you walk up to someone.

World Arcana

All images detailing the different Arcana also include reference to an unused World Arcana. All these files got replaced in FES to instead refer to the Aeon Arcana.