Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne is rec🍸eiving an HD remaster for modern systems, and there are some fans outside of North America who might be confused by ꦉthe name, as it was originally localized under a different title when it was released in Europe.
The Shin Megami Tensei series debuted on the NES & PC, but the first mainline entry in the series to be localized outside of Japan was Shin Megami Tensei III on the PlayStation 2. The game's name was Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne in Japan and North America, but it was named Shin Megami Tensei: Lucifer's Call in Europe.
Dropping the number made sense, as it was the first mainline game in the series released in the region. Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King also dropped its number in the PAL region for the same reason. The strangest part of the name change was removing Nocturne and adding Lucifer's Call.
Lucifer is a prominent character in Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne, but why was the original name dropped? Atlus has never confirmed the reason, but it's likely due to the fact that there was already a game called Nocturne released a few years earlier. The original Nocturne was a survival horror game in the vein of the Resident Evil series, and it followed an agent in an organization that deals with supernatural threats. The Shin Megami Tensei games are considered to be pretty out there in terms of concept and III was no exception, so it's likely that the publisher wanted to mitigate costs as much as possible, and the Nocturne name wasn't worth fighting over in Europe.
It seems that whatever legal issues involved with the Lucifer's Call name have been resolved, as the HD remaster of Shin Megami Tensei III is keeping the Nocturne name in all regions. The Shin Megami Tensei name means a lot more now than it did in the early '00s, and Nocturne caღn finally keep its title around the world on mod﷽ern systems.
Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne HD Remaster will be released for Nintendo Switch in 2021.