Persona 3 Protagonist - Will Margret Or Anyone Ever Save His Soul

[Lumi]

I've played the game one time through and I can't help but feel a little sad that the protagonist dies in the end. He saves the world and then gets kind of ripped off since he only live to his graduation day. And since I've played persona 4 and Elizabeth mentioned the reason why her sister left. I can't help but want the next installment of the game to leave something that will help realease him from his prison.

But hey its just a thought thats been nagging me for a bit. I'm a sucker for a happy ending. :-P

-Please be careful of spoiling things like that! -Red

[unknown]

You mixed up Margaret and Elizabeth. Elizabeth is the one who left the Velvet Room to go save his soul.

I have a funny feeling that replacing P3 MC with FeMC might be her way of doing it...

[Kenji]

Probably not.

From what I've heard, the male and female protags are actually twins (guess the fanwank wasn't off-base, after all) and when the player chooses one, the other dies in the accident that killed the parents. If that was Elizabeth's doing, she failed her objective, big time.

Incidentally, one of the criticisms from the Famitsu review was that the female storyline didn't deviate significantly from the male's, leading to the same end... it's really only the Social Links that are different.

Also, in regards to P3's ending, while it certainly has its tearjerker qualities, it was far from a tragedy. After all, the protagonist succeeded, managing to indefinitely stall the self-destruction of mankind at only the cost of himself. Not only that, but he managed to keep his promise and see his friends to Graduation, even though he could've just as easily dropped dead upon casting the Great Seal.

[Lumi]

Still when Margret's statement about her sister going off to find away to release the blue haired boy. I can only think that maybe the next installment of the game will direct the plot in a minor/ big way to include Elizabeths quest. And your right it wasn't tragedy but you let on MC die and the other live just seem wrong to me. I mean its great story telling don't get me wrong but if P4 MC ending is like a way to make up for it. I still I can't help but feel bad that the pro for P3 dies and we get no way of rescuing him. To me its a total rip off. And FES ticked me off even more with Aegis leaving him there. Even though I understand why.

[Eggn0g]

I think MC coming back alive in a later game would kill the emotional impact that the end of The Journey had. It would seem cheap if anything.

They're better of leaving it as it is. Don't fix what isn't broken.

[Hayato]

I'm with Eggn0g, actually-- I thought that was the perfect end to the game. There really couldn't have been any other.

[hellbiker]

When Minato dies I was like... 'Dang, why couldn't that've been Fuuka?' lol jk I like Fuuka but her voice is annoying. It's like
Minato: Per...So...Na [BAM]
Yukari: Wait... that's the wrong evoker!
Minato: Uahhh!
Random Fuuka: No! It can't end like this!
Yukari: What the hell was that!?
{LOOKS AT SCRIPT}
Fuuka: Oh sorry... back in a coupls months! rotfl

[B3nn3tt]

I think MC coming back alive in a later game would kill the emotional impact that the end of The Journey had. It would seem cheap if anything.

They're better of leaving it as it is. Don't fix what isn't broken.

Yeah, I know. It would totally ruin the impact of his sacrifice if they brought him back.

Whenever someone suggests that he should be brought back for P5 I die a little inside.

[Saburo Hikari]

One of the things I'm starting to think is that those that cator to the fans lose what made that thing awesome.

For example, I think one of the reasons why most eroge visual novels suck is because they try to please the people playing the visual novel by including lots of random pr0n scenes. And then there's this American dounjin visual novel group called Four Leaf Studios that are creating their own visual novel called Katawa Shoujo. From what I've played in the demo, it's the absolute best visual novel I've ever played. Easily beats any commercial eroge visual novel out of the water. I hear that even the ecchi scenes might be good because they're going to make them the way they think will be good, not what the fans may think may be good. I think the reason the visual novel is so good is because they're making it for their own personal enjoyment without thinking about the fans one bit.

Basically, you keep the originality, the awesomeness, by not getting influenced by the fans. Of course, that doesn't necessarily always apply, as some games do better thanks to fan feedback.

My conclusion to this topic: no, please don't save him. Minato is satisfied after all at what he did.