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Commerce in Port Island. This is where the player buys weapons, armor, or other items available in the situated stores around the mall.
Overview
Paulownia Mall is the located just north of Gekkoukan High School. It is filled with shops that contain equipment and items that the player will need for Tartarus, fighting Shadows, and completing Elizabeth's requests. There are also other available venues that can help increase the player's stats (increase charm, academics, courage, etc.) that are available after school or at night. You can also meet Social Links that hang out in this mall on either of those times. It is the only place (besides the Dormitory) that can be accessed during the day, and during the evening. The Velvet Room can be found here as well. You can access the town map to go to this location.Stores
There are shops that sell weapons, accessories, and healing items. These items can be useful when exploring Tartarus or when going into battle in general.
Police Station
This is where the player can buy weapons and armor. Officer Kurosawa is aware of the mysterious things that is occurring on the area around Port Island, and knows about Specialized Extracurricular Execution Squad and the its purpose. Kurosawa is always willing to help in the fight against the Shadows by providing the club with weapons. Yes, the weapons and armor that you buy cost money. "Nothing in life is free," or so Kurosawa says. As the game progresses, the player can buy newer and better equipment. If the player wants to spend less money on equipment and save up more, the player can just buy weapons every Monday. Kurosawa is always in a good mood during Mondays, and gives the player a discount. The Police Station is only accessible during the day.
Aohige Pharmacy
Located on the right side of Paulownia Mall, this is where the player can buy healing items (Medicine, Patra Gems, Revival Beads, etc.). Better healing items are accessible as the game progresses. Again, if the player wants to save up more money and spend less, the player can choose to buy healing items here every Saturday, since Aohige, the store owner, gives the player a discount. The Pharmacy is available both during the day and the evening.
Be Blue V
Located next to the Police Station, this is where the player can buy accessories for the player and his teammates to wear. Accessories, like the Power Band, increases strength, or a Vital Ring increases max HP. Better items are available as the game progresses. The store clerk gives the player discounts every Thursday during the daytime only. Like the Police Station, it is only accessible during the day.
Shinshoudo Antiques
The Antique Store is located to the left of the Pharmacy. This is where the player can go to create better, more powerful weapons. The method is called weapon fusion. The store owner has the power to fuse Persona with Nihil Weapons, and create special weapons. The player can find these kind of weapons when exploring Tartarus and defeating the gold-colored Shadows. Not only that, the player can trade in gemstones found inside Tartarus for status-enhancing items for Personas, or other rare items. It is accessible both during the day and night.
The store owner is familiar of the Shadows, Tartarus, and Dark Hour. It seems her past traces back to the incident ten years ago to the origin of the existence of the Shadows. She was one of the scientists onboard for the project. But as she discovered what the project really was about, she quit shortly after, realizing she had been foolish to even participate in it. Now she has been running the Antique Store since then.
The Old Documents that the player retrieves from Tartarus are actually her diary notes she left there when the Shadow project was being conducted. It can also be inferred that she knew Shuji Ikutsuki and had a brief relationship with him.
Additional Stores
Other venues in Paulownia Mall are available as well. Instead of buying items, the player can have some fun by playing games in the arcade or sing in the karaoke.Game Panic
Just like the name says, this is where the player can play games to increase his Persona's stats. It is located to the far right corner of Paulownia Mall. It is accessible during the day and the evening time. Here are the games/activities available:
Punching Bag - Increases persona's strength. Cost 2,000 Yen
Mole Whackers - Increases persona's speed. Cost 2,000 Yen
Lucky Fortune - Increases persona's magic. Cost 1,500 Yen
Quiz Game - Increases player's academics. Cost 1,500 Yen
Print Club - Increases player's charm. Cost 1,500 Yen
Horror House - Increases player's courage. Cost 3,000 Yen
*Note that whatever persona the player has equipped is the persona that gets its stats increased when accessing an activity in the Arcade.
Mandragora
Located in the middle of the mall, up the stairs. Here, the player can "sing his/her heart out" in the karaoke to increase courage. It costs 800 Yen to get in.
Chagall Cafe
Located right next to the Accessory Shop to the left, this is where the player can get in and order the special Pheromone Coffee. It increases the player's charm. Costs 500 Yen. It is accessible day and night.
Club Escapade
Located to the far left corner of Paulownia Mall. It's a club for adults only. Nothing much to do here, but the player can meet a Social Link at night.
The player can meet with an old monk named Mutatsu who goes to the club to drink. The Tower Arcana Social Link can be established with him. The player first has to talk to Yuko when her Social Link reaches level 4. She tells the player of an old monk who hangs out at the club.Power Records
Nothing to do here at all, except the description says that they sell a variety of records (mostly music). It is located between Game Panic and Aohige Pharmacy.Velvet Room
The Velvet Room can be accessed in Paulownia Mall. It can become available in this location once a certain event at the beginning of the game has occured. It is located in the middle, past the karaoke stairs. Once the player goes to the space below the Karaoke bar, the player end up in an back alley containing a blue door. During the day and night, the player can access the Velvet Room here as well to accept and complete Elizabeth's requests and fuse Personas.
Other Games
Paulownia Mall also appears in Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4. It seems Souji Seta and the gang visit the area during their field trip. They also visit Gekkoukan High School, indicating that both Persona 3 and 4 are set in the same universe.
Paulownia Mall games
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Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4 released on Dec. 9, 2008 |
PS2 | Atlus Co., Ltd. |
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Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 FES released on April 22, 2008 |
PS2 | Atlus Co., Ltd. |
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Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 released on Aug. 14, 2007 |
PS2 | Atlus Co., Ltd. |
| Location Name: | Paulownia Mall |
| Appears In: | 3 games |
| 1st Game Appearance: | Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 |
