One of the DS games in the Shin Megami Tensei series is being released in the Europe, after a goal of 1800 pre-orders was hit during August. Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor 2 was originally released in 2011 in Japan, and thanks to fan pre-orders, will be available in the Europe from publisher,
The Megami Tensei franchise has been going on for quite a while and has had a lot of great works. Here are some of the best Shin Megami Tensei games.
The mainline Shin Megami Tensei still has a ways to go before it becomes more accepted in the international market like its spinoff Persona series.
Fun Fact: This entire franchise is based off of a science fiction book. It's one of the most successful licensed properties in gaming
Yeah, finding out about MT's origins was interesting.
And agreed that SMT is lagging behind in terms of western popularity. It's a lot harder a sell than Persona, that's for sure.
Indeed. Who knew the Japanese only books would go on to spawn such a legacy?
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Persona is just a more accessible franchise to get into than the mainline SMT in terms of difficulty, premise, and tonality.
Persona was meant to have a more wider appeal and was designed to feel more familiar and relateable to the audience as opposed to the more fantastical and philosophical aspects of the mainline series.
Michibiku's Jenni Lada writes, "Sometimes, something happens that makes you realize the people who make games are as big a fans of them as you are. Of course they are, they’re making them after all. But we never image they’re as fanatical about things as we are. Linkle is proof, because with her we see developers following one of the Internet Rules."
Uses dual crossbows, believes she's the legendary hero, and she talks...she's a female version of Link!
Shin Megami Tensei is one of Atlus’s most successful RPG franchise that has been released across multiple platforms. Recently, Atlus has announced that they will be releasing the enhanced version of Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor 2,
