This series goes by many names such as Megami Tensei, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Shin Megami Tensei, SMT, Megaten, and so on. There are also many spinoffs under this naming umbrella like Persona. Speaking of which, despite launching in 1987, the West would take a long time to finally embrac▨e the series.
Persona 3 was the tip of the iceberg 🍃and each new game in the series beca😼me bigger and bigger. Thanks to Persona 5 the overall series is now much more known. This is all to say even the most diehard fans have missed a lot of games prior to this series getting big. Some of which did release in the West but most of these are still exclusive to Japan. This isn’t even counting anime, manga, and mobile games. Again, this franchise is massive.
10 Kyuuyaku Megami Tensei
Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei was the first game in the series which released on Japanese PCs in 1987. After some ports the next game, Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei II, was made 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:for the NES in 1990. Kyuuyaku Megami Tensei then is 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:a SNES remake collection first released in 1995. There is a fan patch in English for it for those curious. Get r🌌ea🦄dy for a brutal RPG.
9 Shin Megami Tensei II
Shin Megami Tensei was the first game released with the now more standard name as of 1992. North America would eventually get 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:this SNES classic via iOS in 2014. They would not get its 1994 sequel, also for the SNES. This is odd considering the first one did and sold moderately on the plat𒊎form. Don’t fret because this too was translated into English by fans. This game is easier tog et back into than the remakes found in Kyuuyak🐠u Megami Tensei.
8 Shin Megami Tensei If...
This was also released in 1994. Shin Megami Tensei If... was like the oꦫrigins of Persona in its themes. What one thinks of as Persona would not get figured out until Pers⛎ona 3 though.
Anyway, this SNES game never released outside 💙of Jap🐲an but there is a fan patch out there in English because fans of this series are clearly dedicated if that wasn’t already clear.
7 Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner
Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner released for the Sega Saturn in 1995 for Japan. There were efforts to translate the game in its many ports, including the most recent 2005 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:PSP re-release in Japan. Howeverꦚ, none of them were ever finished. That doesn’t mean it will never see the light of day. As a reminder, Shin Megami Tensei did after two decades.
6 Giten Megami Tensei: Tokyo Mokushiroku
Giten Megami Tensei: Tokyo Mokushiroku was released for Japanese PCs in 1997. This was odd considering at this point the series was more like console exclusives save for some ports. Tokyo Mokushiroku would not beಞ the last PC exclusive though. And like Devil Summoner there were efforts to translate it but none of the projects made it very far.
5 Shin Megami Tensei Trading Card: Card Summoner
Not to be 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:outdone by Pokemon, who basically borrowed many aspects from this series, Atlus released 🅺their own card RPG. Shin Megami Tensei Trading Card: Card Summoner released in 2001 for the Game Boy Color in Japan. Unlike most games in this series, Ca🦄rd Summoner was aimed more at kids. It is similar in nature to the DemiKids games on the Game Boy Advance which did release in the West.
4 Shin Megami Tensei: Nine
Microsoft tried many times to be a hit in Japan all starting with the orig💦inal Xbox. No matter what💦 they tried from special controllers to exclusive titles, they never gained much traction.
Shin Megami Tensei: Nin🌺e was one of those aforementioned exclusi♋ves for the original Xbox and it has stayed exclusive to the system since. It released in 2002 and the story actually takes place between the first two Shin Megami Tensei games.
3 Shin Megami Tensei: Imagine
Shin Megami Tensei: Imagine was the other PC game eluded to earlier. However, unlike Giten Megami Tensei: Tokyo Mokushiroku, this did release 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:outside of Japan. It’s just𒉰 impossible to play now and hence more obscure. It is an♈ MMO that launched in 2007 in Japan and a year later in North America. Those servers were shut down in 2014 with Japan closing the game as of 2016.
2 Jack Bros.
Jack Bros. was a 1995 Virtual Boy exclusive. It was a top down dungeon crawler that starred Jack Frost, Jack Lantern, and Jack Skelton. Players could select their monster at the start and make their way through the dungeons all while fighting other demons. It looked cool in 3D, like most Virtual Boy games did at the time. However, after ten minutes the red screen started to hurt. This could should have come back168澳洲幸运5开奖网: on the 3DS.
1 Shin Megami Tensei TRPG
This is not so much a video game, but tabletop games are related to the industry, so let’s count it an💃yway. The first book in the series was released in 1993 and like Dungeons and Dragons, it received many updates. Unfortunately the books are all exclusive to Japan along with the novel adaptations. Fans have made efforts to make their own D20 based versions of Shin Megami Tensei. Many might not know there are official versions though.