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Paulownia Mall is a location in Persona 3. It is a mall located on Tatsumi Port Island and serves as a central hub to purchase new equipment and upgrade the protagonist's stats.

Gameplay

Club Escapade

Main article: Club Escapade

Club Escapade is a club located inside of Paulownia Mall that only opens at night. Mutatsu can be spoken to on the upper level. In Persona 3 Reload, the protagonist can visit a fortune teller at Escapade to get readings that have different effects.

Chagall Cafe

Main article: Chagall Cafe

The Chagall Cafe is a restaurant located inside the mall. In Persona 3 and Persona 3 FES, the protagonist can drink coffee there to get points towards their Charm stat. In Persona 3 Portable and Persona 3 Reload, the protagonists can also work there.

Be blue V

Main article: Be Blue V

Be Blue V is an accessory shop in Persona 3, a part-time job in Persona 3 Portable, and a skill changing service for party members in Persona 3 Reload.

Police Station

Main article: Tatsumi East Police Station

The protagonist can purchase new weapons and armor from Officer Kurosawa at Tatsumi East Police Station. This is the main method that new equipment can be obtained, alongside exploring Tartarus or completing Elizabeth Requests. Buying equipment on certain days will grant a discount. Kurosawa will not be available to sell equipment during evenings.

Bulletin Board

The bulletin board was introduced in Persona 3 Portable and re-appears in Persona 3 Reload. It has quests to rescue people from Tartarus. Not completing these quests will result in the townspeople becoming afflicted with Apathy Syndrome.

Velvet Room

Main article: Velvet Room

The protagonists can enter the Velvet Room to fuse Personas and speak to Elizabeth. In Persona 3 Reload, instead of needing to enter the Velvet Room to access Elizabeth Requests, she now stands outside next to the Velvet Room's entrance.

Mandragora

Mandragora is a karaoke studio located inside the mall. Going to karaoke grants points towards the protagonist's Charm stat and costs ¥800. On certain days, Mandragora will be too crowded to enter.

In Persona 3 Reload, visiting Mandragora costs ¥800 and grants 2 points toward the protagonist's Courage stat.

Mayoido Antiques

Main article: Mayoido Antiques

The protagonist can visit the antiques store to trade for items. In Persona 3 FES, the store added weapon fusion using Personas and Nihil items. In Persona 3 Reload, there are more types of equipment to fuse, and a new type of fusion (in addition to Nihil items) that uses gemstones instead of Personas.

Aohige Pharmacy

Main article: Aohige Pharmacy

Aohige Pharmacy is a location inside Paulownia Mall where the player can purchase recovery and support items that are useful in Tartarus. Items can be bought at a discount here on Saturdays.

Game Parade

Game Panic or Game Parade[a] is an arcade located inside the mall. In Persona 3 FES and subsequent releases, the games available inside the arcade will change every day, and grant points to either the protagonist's social stats or increases towards their equipped Persona's combat stats.

Game Price Stat Days
Lucky Fortune ¥1500 Persona's Magic
Print Club ¥1500 Charm
Quiz Game ¥1500 Academics
Mole Whackers ¥2000 Persona's Speed
Punching Bag ¥2000 Persona's Strength
Horror House ¥3000 Courage

In Reload, the games were all changed to digital arcade games which give the following stat increases:

Game Price Stat Days
High School of Youth ¥1500 Charm +4 Mon, Wed
House of the Deceased ¥3000 Courage +4 Tue, Fri
You’re the Answer ¥3000 Academics +4 Wed, Sat
? ¥2000 Persona's Str +3 Mon, Thur, Sun
? ¥2000 Persona's Ag +3 Tue, Fri, Sun
? ¥2000 Persona's Ma +3 Wed, Sat, Sun

Crane Machine

In Reload, 1 play costs ¥200 and there is a 30% chance to get a prize. The crane game will always drop a prize after attempting it 5 times.

Crane Machine Schedule
Prize Days
Ganesha Bank Monday–Thursday
Jack Frost Doll Friday–Sunday

Power Records

Power Records, called Kenneth Arnold in Persona 3 Reload, is a music store located inside the mall. It is completely inaccessible. The protagonist can be seen entering Power Records during a cutscene once during the Star Social Link.

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Trivia

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  • Paulownia Mall is modeled after VenusFort [ja], a mall on the artificial island of Odaiba that closed in 2022.
  • The music that plays when using the Crane Machine in Persona 3 Reload is a remix of the theme of Satomi Tadashi Pharmacy.
  • The arcade game titled "House of the Deceased" in Persona 3 Reload may be a reference to The House of the Dead, a light-gun shooter game series by Sega.
  • Game Panic, the localized name of Game Parade in earlier releases of Persona 3, appears to be named after Atlus's real life amusement center chain "Game Panic", now owned by Leisurelan.

Nomenclature

The name of the mall comes from the first character of the Kirijo family name, 桐 kiri, which means "paulownia".[1]

Names in Other Languages
Language Name Meaning
Japanese ポロニアンモール Poronianmōru Paulownian Mall
Brazilian Portuguese Kiri Shopping Kiri Mall

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Notes

  1. ↑ Game Parade is the name used in the Japanese versions of all releases. Localized versions of Persona 3, Persona 3 FES, and the PSP version of Persona 3 Portable changed it to Game Panic. However, the name Game Parade was restored in the HD re-release of Persona 3 Portable and in Persona 3 Reload.

References

  1. ↑ "Fuuka Yamagishi: Did you know part of the Kirijo name comes from the character for 'paulownia tree'? I looked online, and since this mall belongs to the Kirijo Group, it was actually named after them." Persona 3 Reload. Developed by Atlus Creative Department 2nd Production. Published by Sega.
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