Unused Content in Megami Ibunroku Persona

This page details unused content in Megami Ibunroku Persona and Persona. Unless specified otherwise, all unused content detailed in this page is present in all versions of the first Persona game.

Locations

The image texture for the nameplates inside of St. Hermelin High School shows the names of several rooms that are not present in the final version of the game.

Unused rooms

Japanese	English
科学屋	Science Lab
音楽屋	Music Room
用品屋	Equipment Room
倉庫	Storehouse

Demons

There is data of two unused demons in the game's files: Shikijirou and Nyarlathotep. The both of them have 0 in all of their stats, but while Shikijirou has no skills, Nyarlathotep has two: Fog Breath and Stone Claw.

Unused demons

Name
Japanese	PSP
シキジロウ	Shikijirou
ニャルラトホテプ	Nyarlathotep

Skills

There is a multitude of unused skills, the majority of them having the placeholder description of "Boss-only spell" and a fire element icon. It is possible to add them to the skill list of a Persona via cheating, but most of them will softlock the game when used in battle; the character's Persona will perform its summoning animation, but no effect will play and the game will be stuck. This behavior is not caused by any sort of incomplete data due to the skills being unused, as actual boss-exclusive skills present in the final game will also cause the same effect.

The skill "B," whose Japanese name translates to "Hereafter Freeze," will freeze the game not by being used but just by having its name be seen on-screen in any menu.

Unused skills

Name		Description
Japanese	PSP
マッパー	Mappa	Shows a map of the area.
召喚	Summon	Summons multiple demons.
這い寄る混沌	Crawling Chaos	Boss-only spell.
イリュージョン	Illusion	Boss-only spell.
ばらまき	Scatter	Boss-only spell.
ダークミラー	Dark Mirror	Boss-only spell.
ファイアーアロー	Fire Arrow	Boss-only spell.
デビルウォール	Devil's Wall	Boss-only spell.
ブラッディローズ	Bloody Rose	Boss-only spell.
以降フリーズ	B	Boss-only spell.

Items

There are multiple pie items whose descriptions mention being baked by Yuka Ayase. In one interview, Tadashi Satomi and Kazuma Kaneko detail that in an early draft of the game's story, there would be a plot point involving cooking Ambrosia during the Snow Queen Quest, in which Ayase would take part.

Consumables

The three different apple pie items have similar names in Japanese that might look the same at first glance, as some of the characters used in the names are nearly identical. In the localized version of the game, two of the three apple pie items share the same name.

Unused consumables

Name		Description	Effect
Japanese	PSP
ドクロの振り子	Skull Pendulum	Shows a map of the area.	Nothing
アップルパイ	Apple Pie	Some apple pie Ayase baked.	Nothing
アッブルパイ	Apple Pie	Some apple pie Ayase baked.	Fully heals party's HP.
マップルパイ	Aqqle Pie	Some aqqle pie Ayase baked.	Poisons the entire party.

Key Items

The three different apple pie items have similar names in Japanese that might look the same at first glance, as some of the characters used in the names are nearly identical. In the localized version of the game, two of the three apple pie items share the same name.

Unused key items

Name		Description
Japanese	PSP
牢の鍵束	Cell Key Ring	The key to the cell in the Dream World.
北のハニワ	Northern Haniwa	If you use it at the ruins...
最後のアップルパイ	Last Apple Pie	The last piece of apple pie.
最後のアッブルパイ	Last Apple Pie	The last piece of apple pie.
最後のマップルパイ	Last Aqqle Pie	The last piece of aqqle pie.

Music

One piece of background music inside the game's files goes unused in the final version of the game. The Complete Recording Edition release of the soundtrack gives that track the name of "Time Count Event."

As the PSP port of the game has a completely different soundtrack from the PlayStation original, this unused background music is not present there.