3DS
Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth
(ESRB - Standard)
Publishers:
Offline play
Yes
Download required
No*
(*) Download required: Minor content missing or a lot of bugs present with a patch recommended (more details bellow)
Tested by DoesItPlay on Base 3DS
Mode/Progress/Completionist/Ex
-Carts tested: AQQE510220 (Works), AQQEX40412 (Broken)
-Played on Normal
-Beaten P3 path
-All enemies but 3 were encountered
-About 90% of the maps fully explored
-58% Compendium progress
-All but 3 requests finished
WARNING!
There was a faulty batch of 3DS carts that were discovered after the 3DS end-of-life and Persona Q was one of the titles affected. This is a list of the affected cart's codes (back of the cart) that have been found or reported:
AQQEX40412 (by tester), AQQEX40413, AQQEX40082, AQQEX40222 (from reddit)
Ones found that work from reprints from Video Games Plus/PNP Games Online:
AQQE510220 (by tester), AQQE150124, AQQEX00220 (from reddit)
-Broken cart notes
There are two things that can happen when you have an affected cart.
A) The game will boot up and at varying points the game will crash (in our test this would happen in battles).
B) The other is the game won't even show up on your 3DS menu.
If you have a save file from any affected cart, you can switch to save on the 3DS's SD card and load it up on another cart, if you can find a replacement.
Aside from the cart related problem we didn't encounter anything that prevented us from being able to finish the game and reach the credits with a working reprint cart.