Persona 3 Portable will give you a total of 8 team members to fill out the rest of your party with. While there is an additional member of SEES, Fuuka acts as your navigator and won’t do any fighting herself. You can switch out party members in the starting area of Tartarus, allowing you to constantly mix and match your team for whatever fight is ahead.
As you progress through the story, you will constantly be gaining new members’ to SEES, each scaling at around the level the game thinks you should be close to by that part in the story. While you must always have the protagonist in your party, other members have plenty of options to take into the Dark Hour.
What Day Is Each Party Member Unlocked
Gaining new party members is tied to the story of Persona 3. Initially, you are only given three members, despite Akihiko and Mitsuru being members of SEES, just not able to fight on the front lines. For the most part, when a party member is gained, you’ll have access to them for the rest of the story, with a few exceptions for narrative reasons here and there. You can select your party before going into Tartarus or before a full moon operation, with your current composition not carrying over.
| Member Name | What Day Are They Unlocked | What Level Do They Join |
|---|---|---|
| Junpei | 4/21: He is one of the first party members you start with on your first trip to Tartarus | Level 1 |
| Yukari | 4/21: She is one of the first party members you start with on your first trip to Tartarus | Level 1 |
| Akihiko | 5/23: After finally healing, Akihiko will let you know he’s good to fight again and will rejoin the front lines. | Level 12 |
| Mitsuru | 6/11: After Fuuka joins, Mitsuru no longer needs to be the navigator and joins the front lines | Level 18 |
| Fuuka | 6/11: The new navigator, Fuuka, cannot fight but offers support and navigation | Level 18 |
| Aigis | 6/21: Shortly after returning from the trip, Aigis will fully join SEES. | Level 29 |
| Koromaru | 8/8: After being found in the dark hour and healed, he is equipped with gear and can now summon his persona. | Level 34 |
| Ken | 8/28: While he’s been living in the dorms for a while, Ken now officially joins the team after much debate. | Level 36 |
| Shinjiro | 9/2: Shortly after hearing Ken has joined SEES, Shinjiro decides to rejoin and move back into the dorms | Level 37 |
Persona 3 offers a wide cast of characters to choose from, each relatively well-rounded, making them all good choices. Persona 3 Portable also allows players to control party members directly, making them much more efficient and not prone to spam ineffective status effect attacks.