Switch exclusive? Has that been confirmed? I only get one console a generation so am hoping it comes to PS4. If not, ah well.
I’m a huge fan of Persona, but I’ve never had the privilege to play a Shin Megami Tensei mainline title. I look forward to checking this out when/if it comes to the west.
Do the stories in SMT and Persona interact at all? Like will this be post persona 5 or are they kind of their own thing just sharing the persona system?
They are their own thing. They can be played completely individually for the most part. They share gameplay systems, enemy designs and art styles primarily.
No each game is completely autonomous and shares no story links with Persona or other SMT games (with the exception of SMT IV-A)
The battle system is also very different, the games are in first person, you recruit demons into your party by having conversations with them in battle.
The only real similarities to the Persona battle system is the Press Turn system.
I need this in my life so bad!!!
It will come west
Everyone should give SMT a try, amazing games with a really palpable dark atmosphere
The only SMT games I played were Nocturne and Digital Devil Saga which were third person. Are all the rest first person?
Oh i forgot nocturne was in 3rd person.
SMT 1, 2, IV, Soul Hackers, Strange Journey are all 1st person.
This one will probably be 3rd person like Nocturne, now that I think about it.
Never played a SMT game before, seeing as I have a switch. I’ll pick this up.
So every one I haven’t played lol. I’m a PlayStation player so I played Nocturne, DDS, Persona and the Summoner games so when you said first person I was like, huh? 
Lol, this one will be $60.
You should really play IV and/or IV-A. Amazing games. The former has been on sale for as low as $15 numerous times.
SMT Strange Journey on 3DS is another must-play when it arrives. The original on DS is fantastic.
I don’t think we will see SMT V in the West until 2019 at the earlieat so hang on to your 3DS!
I’m hoping the law and chaos characters get more time in this one to slowly move towards their roles.
Wow, that music.
If you’re interested in SMT, SMT4 and it’s sequel SMT4: Apocalypse are both good starting points, particularly since I think it’s safe to assume SMT5 will be closer to them than the earlier games. SMT4:A also has more of an emphasis on story and characters than its predecessor (in addition to some very appreciated quality of life improvements) so I think that one might be the better choice for Persona fans.
This series always oozes style, but mainline SMT music is on another level.
I’m anxiously awaiting a localization.
SMT was traditionally a console franchise up until IV. And with V going back to console/hybrid, I was hoping that they will also release it on PS4 as porting is supposed to be easy between these platforms, plus Persona 5 sold really well there.
One thing I hope for, is that Atlus continue the trend of making great dungeons. TMS has some great dungeons, and P5 pretty much knocked it out of the park.
Looks good and I’m really excited to see more of this. I’m hoping they evolve the formula and the way exploration works. I loved the combat and story telling, but was not into the weird traversal mechanics from SMTIV. Things got too hairy for my liking having to move with the circle pad, then look up or down with the d-pad then confirm you wanted to jump up or down a ledge. Hairier when being chased by a group of enemies you didn’t want to deal with.
IV had third person exploration, but combat had a sort of pseudo-first person perspective style presentation. To me, that was more of a legacy presentation since so many NES era RPGs (Dragon Quest, Sweet Home and the original SMTs) presented combat that way.
Do not make threads just to announce news in the title and post screenshots.
We’d prefer disussion and not news posts.
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