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We've seen plenty of Shin Megami Tensei 4 in Japanese, so here's a better, albeit brief look at how the upcoming 3DS RPG looks and sounds in English. North America passed the rite to receive the Atlus game on July 16, while Europe is still waiting in the wings with a summer release window.

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In Shin Megami Tensei 4, the choices you make not only affect you, but those around you. Also, the protagonist is apparently really into cardio.

JoystiqShin Megami Tensei 4 trailer runs toward the light originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 25 Apr 2013 19:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>3dsatlusnintendoshin-megami-tensei-4Thu, 25 Apr 2013 19:30:00 EST<![CDATA[Shin Megami Tensei 4 hits North America July 16, EU arrival confirmed]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2013/04/17/shin-megami-tensei-4-coming-to-north-america-july-16-europe-con/http://www.joystiq.com/2013/04/17/shin-megami-tensei-4-coming-to-north-america-july-16-europe-con/http://www.joystiq.com/2013/04/17/shin-megami-tensei-4-coming-to-north-america-july-16-europe-con/#comments Shin Megami Tensei 4 is coming to North America on July 16, and the game is confirmed to be coming to Europe too, although there's no release date for the region yet.

Following on from the announcement in this morning's Nintendo Direct, Nintendo of America revealed each copy in the first shipment of the Atlus JRPG will be a Limited Edition Box Set. Included in the box set are the 176-page Strategy & Design Book, which features the starter guide and a range of artwork, a soundtrack that covers the breadth of the SMT series, and a slipcase with key art by Atlus graphic artist Masayuki Doi.

JoystiqShin Megami Tensei 4 hits North America July 16, EU arrival confirmed originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 17 Apr 2013 10:41:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>3dsatlusnintendonintendo-direct-aprilnorth-americarelease-dateshin-megami-tensei-4Wed, 17 Apr 2013 10:41:00 EST<![CDATA[Shin Megami Tensei 4 chooses 3DS this summer]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2013/04/02/shin-megami-tensei-4-chooses-3ds-this-summer/http://www.joystiq.com/2013/04/02/shin-megami-tensei-4-chooses-3ds-this-summer/http://www.joystiq.com/2013/04/02/shin-megami-tensei-4-chooses-3ds-this-summer/#comments Shin Megami Tensei 4 announced for 3DSAtlus' Megami Tensei meta-series (or MegaTen) will receive its first core entry in almost ten years with Shin Megami Tensei 4, an upcoming 3DS RPG slated to launch in the summer.

Shin Megami Tensei 4 is "the first true successor to 2004's Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne," and promises game-changing decisions and branching storylines. "Decisions players make throughout the course of the story will have lasting repercussions, as the fate of the world hangs in the balance," Atlus says.

Shin Megami Tensei 4 will lean on the series' iconic demon-collecting mechanics, enabling players to recruit and fuse together over 400 different demons for battle. The Press Turn battle system will also make a return, encouraging combatants to coordinate attacks in the correct order to exploit enemy weaknesses.

The system has been used in other Shin Megami Tensei games, though it was originally introduced back in 2003 with Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne on the PlayStation 2.

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JoystiqShin Megami Tensei 4 chooses 3DS this summer originally appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 02 Apr 2013 03:05:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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For those with the gift of the Japanese language, you go right ahead and translate what's going on in this Shin Megami Tensei 4 trailer in the comments. For those who can only process the pretty pictures, here's what the 3DS game's combat will look like. Still waiting on that international launch announcement!

JoystiqShin Megami Tensei 4 trailer features combat, dungeons originally appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 19 Mar 2013 08:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Atlus' Shin Megami Tensei 4 is scheduled to launch in Japan this May. Ruliweb (via Siliconera) grabbed the release date of May 23 out of this week's Famitsu magazine in Japan. There is also a special SMT4-themed Nintendo 3DS XL scheduled for release on launch day with the game pre-installed.

There is currently no announced international release window for Shin Megami Tensei 4. If you're not familiar with the series, we have an editorial on why fans of JRPGs are anticipating it.

JoystiqShin Megami Tensei 4 begins quest in Japan May 2013 originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 20 Feb 2013 09:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>3dsatlusnintendoshin-megami-tensei-4Wed, 20 Feb 2013 09:30:00 EST<![CDATA[Why Shin Megami Tensei 4 is my most anticipated JRPG of 2013]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2013/01/10/why-shin-megami-tensei-4-is-my-most-anticipated-jrpg-of-2013/http://www.joystiq.com/2013/01/10/why-shin-megami-tensei-4-is-my-most-anticipated-jrpg-of-2013/http://www.joystiq.com/2013/01/10/why-shin-megami-tensei-4-is-my-most-anticipated-jrpg-of-2013/#comments This is a column by Kat Bailey dedicated to the analysis of the once beloved Japanese RPG sub-genre. Tune in every Wednesday for thoughts on white-haired villains, giant robots, Infinity+1 swords, and everything else the wonderful world of JRPGs has to offer.


Like many people, my introduction to JRPGs came via the likes of Final Fantasy VI and Final Fantasy VII. Heavily story-based, limited dungeon crawling, turn-based battle systems with an emphasis on flashy animations. I loved them.

Now it's 2013 (wow, I live in the future), and things have changed. I find that the RPG I'm looking forward to most isn't Tales of Xillia or Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII. Neither is it Ni no Kuni, which is as pretty an RPG as you will ever find. It's Shin Megami Tensei 4.

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Atlus has now released a Shin Megami Tensei 4 trailer in a more convenient format than "video included with another 3DS game," and you can watch it in crisp, clear direct feed. The new game combines third-person dungeon exploration with classic SMT first-person 2D battles ... and mysterious voxelized heads of bearded men.

Atlus will show an even longer version of this trailer at TGS ... at the Sega booth ... once a day. And we had just praised the company for the convenient release of this one.

JoystiqShin Megami Tensei 4 trailer is easy to watch originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 17 Sep 2012 10:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>3dsatlusjapannintendoshin-megami-tensei-4Mon, 17 Sep 2012 10:00:00 EST<![CDATA[Shin Megami Tensei IV coming to 3DS in 2013, here's its debut trailer]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/08/28/shin-megami-tensei-iv-coming-to-3ds-in-2013-heres-its-debut-tr/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/08/28/shin-megami-tensei-iv-coming-to-3ds-in-2013-heres-its-debut-tr/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/08/28/shin-megami-tensei-iv-coming-to-3ds-in-2013-heres-its-debut-tr/#comments Shin Megami Tensei IV coming to 3DS in 2013, here's its debut trailer
You wouldn't know it from looking at it, but that video up there is actually off-screen handicam footage of a 3DS' screen. Right? As it turns out, the debut trailer for Shin Megami Tensei IV was tucked away inside the 3DS re-release of Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers, which doesn't actually come out in Japan for a couple more days.

Things look bleak in SMTIV, what with all the destruction and desolation and chilly-lookin' weather and everything, but gameplay and/or story details remain scarce on account of our inability to speak or read Japanese. At any rate, we do at least know that the game will be out sometime next year.

JoystiqShin Megami Tensei IV coming to 3DS in 2013, here's its debut trailer originally appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 28 Aug 2012 19:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>3dsatlusdebut-trailerDevil-Summoner-Soul-Hackersnintendorelease-windowshin-megami-tensei-4Tue, 28 Aug 2012 19:30:00 EST<![CDATA[Shin Megami Tensei 4 teased for 3DS]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/31/shin-megami-tensei-4-teased-for-3ds/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/31/shin-megami-tensei-4-teased-for-3ds/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/31/shin-megami-tensei-4-teased-for-3ds/#comments ImageShin Megami Tensei 4 was recently teased by an ad in Japanese magazine Famitsu and now on the interwebs. The Atlus published title notes on the teaser site the game is for 3DS and translates to "Shin Megami Tensei 4 - it begins."

This would be the first installment of a non-spinoff Shin Megami Tensei game since Shin Megami Tensei 3: Nocturne for PS2 back in 2004. Unless one considers Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey from 2010 for DS part of the main series.

The latest moves by the spin-off series' had Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor 2 for DS launching this past February and Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4 Golden on Vita planned for this autumn. And just because we didn't write it enough times in this post: Shin Megami Tensei, Shin Megami Tensei, Shin Megami Tensei.

[Thanks, CJMErl]

JoystiqShin Megami Tensei 4 teased for 3DS originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 31 May 2012 14:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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