Tag: Shin Megami Tensei
Guide Best Shin Megami Tensei Games On Switch And Nintendo Systems
Every Shin Megami Tensei game, ranked by you
Megami Tensei — also known as Shin Megami Tensei — is one of the longest-running RPG franchises in the world. But most of us wouldn't know it. Making its debut in 1987 on the Famicom, it wouldn't be until the Virtual Boy that Nintendo gamers (well, a few of them) would find out about the...
Poll What Review Score Would You Give Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance?
I'm Vengeance
Last week saw the release of the updated Vengeance form of Shin Megami Tensei V, one of the finest RPGs to appear on Switch or anywhere else over the last few years. In our original review we called it "the best entry yet in this dark, engrossing series," awarding it 9/10. This follow-up, however, takes things up a gear and...
Round Up The Reviews Are In For Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance
Here's what the critics think
There are plenty of games coming to the Switch this month and this week marks the arrival of Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance. In case you've missed our previous coverage so far, this game is an enhanced version of the 2021 title featuring a brand-new storyline, new locations new demons to negotiate and add to your...
Hands On Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance Is More Of The Glorious, Unhinged Same
And that's fine by us
After playing Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance for two hours, we’d hoped to be able to deliver a smorgasbord of details regarding new additions, performance improvements, and story nuggets, but truth be told, Sega’s preview session felt very much geared toward those who might be playing for the first time over on PS5 or...
Video Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance Second Official Trailer Released
Now arriving "one week earlier"
Following the announcement of Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance in February, Atlus has now released a second official trailer for the game. In case you missed it, this will be the "definitive version" of Shin Megami Tensei V - featuring a brand new storyline, new locations, new demons to add to your team, and new...
News Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance Will Now Arrive "One Week Earlier" On Switch
Pre-orders will be adjusted to the new release date
Back in February, Atlus announced it would be releasing a "definitive version" of Shin Megami Tensei V on all platforms including the Nintendo Switch. Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance was originally scheduled to arrive on 21st June 2024, Atlus has now moved the game's launch forward by one week to...
News Atlus Mobile RPG 'Megami Ibunroku Persona: Ikuu no Tou Hen' Coming To Switch
Update: Releases later this week
Update [Mon 11th Sep, 2023 20:30 BST]: G-MODE Archives+: Megami Ibunroku Persona: Ikuu no Tou Hen, which is based on the original PlayStation Persona title, has a launch date in Japan. The game will be available on the Japanese eShop on 14th September (thanks,
News Atlus Celebrates 30 Years Of Shin Megami Tensei With Special Artwork
Here's to the next 30 years
The Atlus RPG series Shin Megami Tensei series is this week celebrating its 30th anniversary. The franchise originally began life on 30th October 1992 with the release of the Super Famicom game and was followed by both sequels and spinoffs. To celebrate this occasion, Atlus has shared a brief social media post on Twitter...
News Shin Megami Tensei V Tops 1 Million Sales Worldwide
With new art to celebrate
Atlus' Switch-exclusive (for now) Shin Megami Tensei V has surpassed 1 million sales worldwide in under six months, Atlus has announced today. As the latest entry in the Shin Megami Tensei series, fans had to wait over four years to get their hands on the game, which was teased before the Switch even came out. To celebrate...
News Switch Exclusive Shin Megami Tensei V Has Already Sold Over 800k Copies Worldwide
Atlus thanks fans for their support
One of the RPG highlights on the Switch, and in general last year, was Shin Megami Tensei V by Atlus. It arrived on Nintendo's system during the action-packed month of November and was praised as a "modern masterpiece" in our very own review here on Nintendo Life. It seems the game has got off to a strong start...
News We Have This Person To Thank For Shin Megami Tensei V's Fabulous Hair
JRPG makes use of the "Kawaii Physics" plugin for Unreal Engine 4
Shin Megami Tensei V is a fantastic video game, but have you noticed how good the hair looks? That's all thanks to Unreal Engine 4's “Kawaii Physics” plugin, used to animate things like swaying hair and clothing, such as skirts and dresses. In SMTV, Kawaii Physics is used to...
News Persona And Shin Megami Tensei Composer Has Left Atlus To Develop Indie Games
Shoji Meguro has gone freelance
Veteran composer Shoji Meguro has recently left Atlus and gone freelance, the company has conformed (thanks, Nintendo Everything). The announcement on Atlus' official website confirms that he actually left at the end of September following over 25 years at the company. Also confirmed in the post was the fact that he...
News Atlus Drops Shin Megami Tensei V "Gabriel" Trailer
Check out some new battle action from the upcoming Switch exclusive
Shin Megami Tensei V's 11th November release date continues to draw ever closer and, while we all wait for the next installment in the series, Atlus has dropped yet another in a long line of teaser trailers, this time showing off some details about Herald Gabriel, one of the game's...
News The Japanese Shin Megami Tensei V Trailer Is Different To The Western One
And it's WAY more exciting
There are no subtitles on the Japanese trailer for Shin Megami Tensei V, so we don't know exactly what it's saying — but the video itself is different enough to be very intriguing to Shin Megami Tensei fans. We get a closer look at some of the demons, and the various different returning personas that we know and love...
News Shin Megami Tensei V Is A Switch Exclusive Launching This November
Demons! And demons! Also, more demons!
We may not be getting Persona 5 (...yet) but we are getting Shin Megami Tensei V on the Switch! The popular demon-fighting RPG will be coming to the Switch as an exclusive on the 12th November this year. Was SMTV on your bingo card? Let us know in the comments!
Review Shin Megami Tensei III Nocturne HD Remaster (Switch) - The Best Version Of An Ageing Classic
A Demi-fiendishly good time
By this point in time, it’d be easy to believe that the Persona series is Atlus’ flagship franchise due to how easily audiences seem to have connected with the lighthearted high schooler antics featured there. In actuality, Persona is itself a spin-off of Shin Megami Tensei, Atlus’ true flagship franchise which has...
Hands On Shin Megami Tensei III Nocturne Still Has The Power To Shake You Up
Featuring Dante from the Devil May Cry series
Ahead of the game's launch on 25th May, we recently had the chance to sit down with a pre-release version of Shin Megami Tensei III Nocturne HD Remaster. Here follows our hands-on impressions from intrepid Nintendo Life (p)reviewer, Mitch Vogel... Before we get into impressions, let’s set the scene...
News Full-Scale Development Of Shin Megami Tensei V Has Finally Begun
"I feel that the production staff has come together considerably"
Shin Megami Tensei V has now entered "full-scale development", according to producer Kazuyuki Yamai. Despite the fact that the game was announced some time ago, the project hasn't hit its stride until very recently, as Yamai explains to 4Gamer:
Random Shin Megami Tensei Fans Voted For Their Top Demon, We Kinda Wish They Hadn't
This is definitely a "pocket monster"
Shin Megami Tensei is a big deal in Japan, and over the years has added more and more demon types to its ranks that you could call it a satanic version of Pokémon. There are so many demons in the series now - 345, to be exact - that Atlus decided to hold a vote to see which ones fans liked the most. Now...
News Etrian Odyssey V And SMT: Strange Journey Redux Confirmed For Western 3DS Release
More RPG goodness for your 3DS
In the early hours of this morning we brought you the news that Atlus was localising Radiant Historia: Perfect Chronology for the Nintendo 3DS, with an "early 2018" release on the cards. The good tidings don't end there, however. We've now discovered that Atlus is also bringing Etrian Odyssey V: Beyond the
News Atlus Confirms Etrian Mystery Dungeon 2 And Shin Megami Tensei: Deep Strange Journey For 3DS
There's life in the old dog yet
If you thought that the 3DS was done and dusted now that the Switch is available, think again - Atlus has confirmed not one but two new RPG adventures for the veteran handheld. Etrian Mystery Dungeon 2 and Shin Megami Tensei: Deep Strange Journey are both fresh instalments in two of the company's most popular...
News Atlus Is Bringing Shin Megami Tensei To Nintendo Switch
3DS title also in development
Atlus is bringing its popular Shin Megami Tensei series to the Nintendo Switch, it was revealed today. The game will be made using Unreal Engine 4, and the brief video shown off during the Switch presentation didn't show any gameplay as the title is still very early in production. The last game in the series was Shin...
Review Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse (3DS)
Waiting for the End of the World
Whether you know it from its earliest Famicom days, the immensely popular PlayStation-bound Persona spinoffs, or crossover efforts like Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE, ATLUS' Shin Megami Tensei is one of gaming's most enduring and recognizable series, full of top-shelf JRPGs with deep combat systems and intriguing...
News Atlus Issues Apology for SMTIV:A Translation Error
Whoops
As many of you are no doubt aware, Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse is a day away from releasing in North America. The hotly anticipated RPG released in Japan months ago, and Atlus has been busy over the past year getting the game ready for Western audiences. In a rare oversight, though, it seems that the localization team accidentally left...
Video Check Out the Launch Trailer for Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse
The end of the world as we know it
It's rather hard to believe, but Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse is only a week away from launching in North America. The hotly anticipated sequel(ish) to Shin Megami Tensei IV is filling an otherwise quiet period for the 3DS, while also giving RPG fans something to root for. In order to generate a little bit...
Video Learn More About the Rich History of Shin Megami Tensei
Even the Virtual Boy gets a mention
Shin Megami Tensei is a series familiar to DS and 3DS owners that keep a good eye on the output of Atlus, with Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse due in North America on 20th September. With various new entries and remasters / re-releases in recent years, it's an IP that's popped up a lot on these pages. Plenty of...
News Atlus Reveals New DLC Details for Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse
Also, a trailer showing off new demons
Many of you are no doubt big fans of Atlus' Shin Megami Tensei franchise and are eagerly anticipating the arrival of Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse. Something of an epilogue/retelling of Shin Megami Tensei IV, Apocalypse is shaping up to be an RPG to keep an eye out for this fall. Naturally, Atlus is keen to...
Hands On Waiting for the End of the World in Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse
In like Flynn
While Atlus' booth at E3 this year was decked out from top to bottom in Persona 5's deep red regalia, tucked in between artwork of the Phantom Thieves and attendees swarming for swag was a single splash of neon green, representing a hidden gem for 3DS gamers: Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse. This upcoming RPG is a sequel of sorts to...
News Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse Will Bring End Times to 3DS in the Americas This Summer
Gets a name change in its localisation
It wasn't so long ago that Shin Megami Tensei IV: Final arrived on 3DS in Japan, and now Atlus has confirmed some pleasing news - it's coming to the Americas this Summer as Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse. Tying into events from Shin Megami Tensei IV, though you don't necessarily have to play that one first,...
News Hitoshi Yamagami Talks a Bit About Shin Megami Tensei X Fire Emblem's Conception
Still a bit of a head scratcher
Shin Megami Tensei X Fire Emblem is a fascinating upcoming release that aims to cross over both of the popular franchises, though it does appear to be more Shin Megami Tensei than it does Fire Emblem. The game has been confirmed to be coming west, though there's still barely any information surrounding the...
News Atlus Drops a Slew of New Details on Shin Megami Tensei IV: Final
Hopefully, we'll get a release date soon
About a week ago, Atlus teased an announcement of a new game on the main page for Shin Megami Tensei IV and promised to make the big reveal once it was spread around sufficiently on Twitter. Naturally, the internet overcame this challenge quickly and the announcement was revealed to be Shin Megami Tensei IV:...
News Shin Megami Tensei IV: Final is an All-New Entry in the Atlus Series
Killing gods likely to be prominent
A little earlier today we shared a teaser from Atlus around a new announcement that would be shared if social media targets were hit. The fans responded with 15,000 tweets and Shin Megami Tensei IV: Final has been revealed. Like its predecessor this one is coming to 3DS, and is described by Famitsu as an entirely...
News A New Shin Megami Tensei Announcement Has Been Teased by Atlus
New game on the horizon?
The Japanese website for Shin Megami Tensei IV has been recently updated with a very curious image of a stone wall accompanied by some text which apparently says something to the effect that in 15,000 tweets a disaster will occur. This could be anything related to the series, but do keep in mind that a representative from...
News Fresh Details Emerge For Shin Megami Tensei X Fire Emblem
Music is my radar
Shin Megami Tensei X Fire Emblem - AKA Genei Ibun Roku #FE - was shown off in a brief and almost incomprehensible video during Nintendo's E3 Digital Event which left fans none the wiser as to what kind of experience this crossover will provide. Thankfully, GameSpot has been talking to the team behind the game to get a better idea...
Review Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor 2 Record Breaker (3DS)
Dial D for Demons
The original Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor - a game in the grand tradition of titles cleverly acronym'd to reference Nintendo's dual-screened handheld - represented a new take on Atlus' long-running Shin Megami Tensei games, combining the series' modern setting and demon-taming mechanics with tactical, strategy-RPG gameplay...
News Shin Megami Tensei X Fire Emblem’s Character Designer Speaks Of New Challenge
Toi8 Tackles New Crossover
World renowned character designer, toi8, takes to Shin Megami Tensei X Fire Emblem's Official Blog to share a little more about himself. We all know and love him for his work on hack//The Movie and Chain Chronicle movie, but did you know that working for Nintendo has been a huge dream of his? "As part of the generation...
News Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor 2 Record Breaker Heading Exclusively to 3DS in Early 2015
Supposedly "nearly doubles" length of original
Like the DS before it the 3DS is becoming a terrific portable for RPG games, with Atlus delivering some of the very best examples. The publisher and developer has been busy in recent times yet has, nevertheless, announced another exclusive title for the portable — Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor 2...
Rumour Has Shin Megami Tensei X Fire Emblem Been Cancelled?
Online rumblings seem to suggest so, but have your pinch of salt ready
Remember Shin Megami Tensei X Fire Emblem? The Wii U crossover was announced back in January 2013 to great fanfare from followers of both franchises, but since then information on the title has been scarce. At E3 this year Nintendo producer Hitoshi Yamagami confirmed that the...
News Developers Reveal Information on Shin Megami Tensei IV
Q&A held during Atlus event
Developers of Shin Megami Tensei IV fielded questions from the curious during the Atlus Live 2 Days extravaganza in Japan this weekend, and the folks over at Siliconera were able to glean information on the upcoming title from their answers. According to developer responses, Shin Megami Tensei IV should clock in at more...
