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One of the most appealing aspects of Persona 3 is the way it jumps between what passes through the real world and fantasy, and it pulls it off while being effortlessly cool. The narrative follows a high school student whose extracurricular activities partly involve fighting creatures that gnaw on human minds during the "Dark Hour," and he's surrounding by memorable characters who aid him in this task. Its greatest legacy, though, is the first appearance of the Social Links system, which lets the player level personas (the manifestation of one's inner self) while doing normal-world activities as well as by fighting monsters.
- Aigis' headphones greatly resemble the Antikythera mechanism, an ancient Greek artifact for predicting eclipses.
- As seen in concept art, Ken was initially imagined to use darts instead of spears.
- The 2010 PSP remake allowed players to play as a woman.