Can You Beat Persona 3 With Only Mandatory Battles? Part 1 

Man, a playthrough with no BABYBABYBABYBABYBABY

35:49 i never realized Makoto does the Family Guy death pose if you're using a heavy blunt weapon

Behold, the ultimate team for killing shadows: a robot, a child and a dog

15:00 actually most personas have an element or attribute that they can’t inherit at all (usually it’s whatever they’re weak to, like Arsene can’t learn Bless or Isis can’t learn Curse) so that’s probably why you couldn’t get Bufu Edit: except for skill cards, those bypass the inheriting rules

I have a tip that might cut a LOT of time spent in tartarus dodging shadows/finding a good angle so they don't aggro you: You can reset their pathing by pausing the game and unpausing, learned this while watching speedruns of the game :)

I love that we basically had the same idea but luckily for different games :D I can definitely relate to the item grinding being the most tedious part of this whole thing, I got some slight PTSD just watching it. Also a slight note in case nobody else said it yet, most Personas can't inherit elemental attacks to the one they are weak to, like with Chimera and the ice weakness. Still great job so far, looking forward to part 2!

Just beat the journey and the answer for the first time recently so I still have persona 3 on my mind. I’m gonna enjoy this series because I know just how hard this game can get. I really don’t know how you’re gonna beat the final boss with how long it is but you’ve done the impossible many times so I have faith!

Nah man, I was all on board until you dissed "Changing Seasons." That song is fire, and I will hear no slander of it.

In regards to Elizabeth's Fusion Spells, the Player doesn't need to "active" any of then. As soon as the game tells you the spell is available Elizabeth counts as done.

that girl in the chat replay knows a lot about the tarot she seems really smart and knowledgable

Funny thing about Tartarus bosses.... They ARE main bosses

leaving a like for the dedication despite that ABYSMALL take at 41:31 🤦Changing Seasons was my most streamed song on Spotify last year .. I won't take this slander.

>go through P3 without level grinding Sleeping Table: "So you have chosen death."

nice video! i was actually thinking about attempting a similar challenge like this myself, but on hard mode. probably won't be mandatory battles only because hard mode is hard (lol) and how level factors into damage/accuracy/evasion in this game. more of a "low level" or "minimum exp" run if anything. this might make for a good resource to use as reference for when i get around to it.

I don't mind Fatigue. You get a fair bit of time in Tartarus before Minato gets tired, and when he does, that's just free Courage from the Nurse plus the possibility of getting put in Great Status via toilet. I'm not complaining about free Social Stats that take up none of your time.

no joke, after watching this makes me wanna plug my ps2 in and start playin this gem again, and despite all the negativity on the battle ai, i personally liked it (i also started with FES in the persona series)

Can't believe two of these impossible challenges are being done in the same month! Also changing seasons is the second best song after the final boss song

Like Akihiko I’ve been waiting for this.

'The perfect one. The one we would totally die in her laps for' just killed me))

This was a lot of fun to watch, I'd love to see part 2 when it comes out!

Orthus can’t get ice spells because he is a fire persona, the inheritance requirements in P3 are stritcter than in later games.

I was confused why you didn't reset your shuffle time for both a Pixie and an Apsaras but then I realize it's a fusion of Orpheus and Pixie anyways...

Loved the video!

I been waiting for this

I discovered your channel randomly, you do good content, gained a subscriber

21:24 "Why did you kill Fuuka!" "The principal sends his regards"

AHH! cant wait for part 2, this video was amazing! good job, nitsuagamer amazing video as always

Fantastic video 😺

Love the concept hype to see the full run !

doing a maniac run on p3p atm and am really excited on the strats ur gonna use in the vids! keep em comin!

I love how the team you have by the end is verbatim the same team DSP had down to the difficulty setting. May be fun to see someone competent use this squad though.

Here’s a fun fact: You could actually take this challenge run to the next level by skipping the Tartarus guardians. Speedrunners mash the orders button to bypass the trigger for entering the fight occasionally.

This already looks like a hassle and you're set on Easy mood. I feel like it'd be impossible on the highest difficulty. Godspeed.

41:27 theres no way you hate this song. Its so heat. When I heard it for the first time I was levitating

I just started P3F since i brought it on Amazon, after i finished P3P But damn you're right, its the fatigue (the most annoying) when trying to grind. So im trying to use only the protag. Without the others attacks but they are still tired even they do nothing. *yikes*

100% with you on “Changing Seasons” lol. One of the only video game songs to actually make me mute the TV whenever it comes on. Most of it’s fine, but that wailing in the opening makes my ears bleed I swear.

3:12 Holy FUCK dude.

43:24 Chidori: "We all make mistakes in the heat of passion Nitsua"

31:22 Holy hell CHILL, great run btw

I guess the way exp gain is calculated in the game makes it a bit easier to keep up, since if youre underleveled, you get more exp to catch you up, which i guess they made it that way so you dont have to stick to one party the whole game in a normal playthrough.

Finally 100%ed p5 today, IM AFTER YOU NEXT p3!!!

This is a cool series so far :). I've considered doing a P3P or P5 run with the Devil arcana demons only.

Yoooooooo! It feels good to see a video title like this and say "Yes, because I've already done it." I'd say good luck on the Hanged Man full moon, but you're playing on easy, so it probably won't take you 3 straight hours on a successful battle.

since you had no issue with Priestess whatsoever, I don't think you should fuse Apsaras yet until you beat her, that way you still had your Orpheus and Pixie intact, and they're both already leveled. Also, I checked the Calculator. And... Chimera cannot inherit Magic, including Ice. Makes sense since Chimera's also weak to Ice, but if you see that a Persona can't inherit certain skills, don't bother trying. Though the 20% Odds and 300% Odds are the much more annoying ones when it comes to P3's Fusion Inheritance Values *cough*Thanatos*cough*

Minute 6:50 moment of heavenly luck "OK ¿¡Who are you and what have you done to Yukari!?"

25:12 Couldn't you activate rush during Yukari's turn then unactivate it as soon as she starts her attack? It's a bit of a risky strategy if you accidentally leave rush on for too long, but I did this a few times in my playthrough when I needed my party members to use their weapons Also I'm excited to see the rest of this challenge, I really love your videos 😄

"The exact opposite color of goop" I didn't get it. Until I got it.

just a side note but you can force yukari to use her bow by quickly pressing triangle and turning it off as she does

15:00 Usually, more often than not if a persona is weak to an element, it can't learn that element. It's like if Bulbasaur could learn Flamethrower. It doesn't.

Honestly Changing Seasons is the only song remixed that I find an absolute upgrade in Reload

Yes, yes you are, Change of Seasons is a banger

15:00 this is incredibly late, but Chimera can't inherit Bufu from Forneus because it's restricted from learning Ice magic. generally speaking, personas won't learn magic that they are weak to, especially the earlier personas.

So basically Nitsuagamer did a challenge run for all three persona games now.

I don't think Chimera can inherit ice skills regardless

P3P players: I am beyond you and your pitiful efforts.

Changing Seasons is a banger….

Oh right. Since this is a Part 1 and Nyx is likely long while off, I should mention that there’s a different glitch for screwing with Nyx Avatar that I’m pretty sure only works for the original P3 and hopefully FES (MoogleBoss apparently tried it in Portalble, nada). Basically if you complete one of Nyx Avatar’s phases by causing an element break and beating him with his usual immunity, the fight breaks and Nyx Avatar starts killing turns doing absolutely nothing for the remainder of the boss battle. Should make the fight monumentally easier. There’s a clip of it floating around Tumblr where the player caused an Ice Break and Mitsuru landed her execution for the KO.

2:45 Well according to the movies, yes, it actually is. This has apparently been happening to him for 10 years.

To be honest, this run may teach me that there's a lot more EXP in P3 than i thought. I always felt that you get less EXP here compared to the future games even if you spammed getting the Wand on Shuffle Time every time, but 20s in this point of the game, kind of halfway compared to 20s to 30s in Persona 4 made me question that.

6:50 I know the enemy name is Venus Eagle but the way he says it sounds so close to “the Vita sequels are weak to pierce.” RU-vid auto captions even picks it up as that lol. Persona 3 Golden confirmed 2013 (real)

Oh hey. Vengeance for MoogleBoss.

ngl this video gave me hope playing p3p on xbox i have been suffering grinding while stuck on the 3 shadow hulk hogans i really want to get payback on them now

HELLO, good video! 🏆🙂🙏🏼

nah i dont really like changing seasons either lol. maybe after the first few seconds it's good but i hate the beginning lol

37:57 me personally I find this a bit funny since I used that exact squad on my own playthrough a while back lol

I have a love hate relationship with Changing Seasons, honestly. I’m okay with how it sounds but the random-ass french in there and the high as fuck HEEEEEEEEEEEE in the bg make it super annoying in the long term. So I can totally see your frustration. Also, amazing video and challenge run!!

I believe if an Enemy uses Tetrakarn, you can Rush to override your party just waiting, This may be useful in this future since Aigis Resists Pierce and thats her attack type. Amazing challenge video, hoping part 2 goes smoothly!

YOU HATE CHANGING SEASONS?????

This grind for money could have been done with the team by giving them the order to split and just wait at the entrance because the shadows doesnt load if the MC is not near but the treasures does! (unless its a P3P exclusive shit, I played every version and I think its true to every version)

Lemme tell ya - for a non-American, any videos about Japanese games made by Americans aaalways have that extra entertainment factor of the pronunciations. _This ain't even shade throwing_ - it genuinely is entertaining.

atleast i learned something from this video you can view the turn order holding a R 32:09

trying to beat p3 with my studying strategy

Changing Seasons is the goat tho......

Personas have elements that they are good with and cannot learn any other elements unless learned by skill cards That’s why chimera didn’t learn bufu

Damn, We ain't destroying the nation this run 😕

If a character is set to heal/support, they are not allowed to use physical attacks, period. I dunno why, but thems the breaks

What’s a good persona for the second guardian fight

Chimera can't inherit ice skills because it has a negative affinity with ice I'm pretty sure.

I just abused charm for the dancing hands

21:17 NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO NOT THE FUUUK

Love this! MoogleBoss had a minimum exp run of portable way back in the day that ultimately failed to beat nyx, the difference between that run and this is that they were free to farm golden hands as well as the portable changes. I've been labbing a 0 tartarus bad ending run also in portable for a while now, but I've never been able to get past hanged man and his akasha arts ^_^. You'd think not fighting tartarus bosses would make it easier but I'm not farming chests so there's no way to get the powerful battle items

Why not just press the menu button so the shadow turns?

There is actually a better way to grind the floors, if you stand there and tell your party to split up no enemies will spawn and the party will find the stairs also the reason why ice wouldn't transfer over is cause some personas can't learn certain skills

How did you get the rom and emulator for this?

A few other tips to avoid Shadows in FES: - opening the status menu will force Shadows to turn - running up stairs or otherwise going on platforms will cause Shadows to lose sight of you - if you get into one encounter, afterwards there will be a bit of time (like a few seconds) before other shadows can notice you, so you can use this opportunity to run past them or chain player advantage (even if you hit them from the front, if they don't get startled by you, you always get player advantage) Maybe these will be useful later in the run :)

you know why chimera cant learn bufu? because he is weak to ice. lol

part 2?

thanks for fusing personas and not being item only run

35:52 TIL that Nyx is an optional boss

Persona 3 FES had the most shocking mechanic as a kid, actually allowing the MC to use the restroom.

Yup, you're the only one who hates "Changing Seasons," sorry to hear about your bad ears. (fr though It takes too long to get to the brass section which is FAR and away the best part of the song)

This is the Persona x Fire Emblem people want

Is this including both the journey and the answer or just the journey?

yes?

Chimera have 0% ice inherance

Counterpoint, you should have absolutely skipped Nyx and that entire last day, since due to that exploit they become optional battles

41:35 why yes. Yes u are :)

have you ever listened sun in p3ps female route It's Obnoxious But changing seasons It's Is not that bad of a season song in p3

I like how I can't tell if you used the lingerie armor because fanservice or because it has the highest defense stat of any female armor you can get early in the game (or both). 31:22 that was an uncalled for joke you are a meanie >:( 41:31 yes, yes you are

NOOOOO 31:21