RyougaSaotome
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The big question in my mind is what kind of visual style we can expect from 4. Really looking forward to this.
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Shin Megami Tensei 4 announced for 3DS (Teaser site live)
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The only thing I wonder about this is if announcing SMT4 kills any chance of them announcing Persona 5 in the summer/fall as they don't want the hype from one to overshadow the other. P5 always seemed like a spring/summer 2013 game, so maybe SMT4 is October/November 2012 and they'll announce P5 in Jan.
BlazingDarkness
Member
Persona 5 is like their biggest jewel in the crown at the moment, it'll definitely get the home console treatment - will probably get a Vita version as well (but not simultaneous) while 3DS gets more SMT/Devil survivor games
Kinda like what we saw with PS2/PSP and DS - it seems like a profitable cycle for Atlus
Hot Coldman
Banned
I think Persona 6 (the sequel that comes out two years after P5) will be on Wii U, at least.
Anyway, I hope Matador is back!
BlazingDarkness
Member
Call me cynical, but I wouldn't be surprised if it shares assets from Strange Journey on the DS, not the PS2 games
A first person dungeon crawler style wouldn't be unwelcome though
i'll settle for Suzuhito Yasuda
What's wrong with it being on the 3D screen?
The Return of
Banned
That's true. Well, I'm looking forward to hearing more about the game and seeing how big of an improvement it is.
Same here. I barely play my handhelds anyway.
It doesnt seem like it will be for Soul Hackers, so it better not be for IV. I need some 3D battle screens.
Why would you want stats on the main 3DS screen? Thats where the action should be UNLESS, it totally depends on the touch screen, and even then i'm sure you could work something out.
buddha0991
Member
SJ ran on the EO 2 or 3 engine, I would expect SMT4 to run on this one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1_F5eLpwqg&feature=youtu.be
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1_F5eLpwqg&feature=youtu.be
I think Persona 6 (the sequel that comes out two years after P5) will be on Wii U, at least.
Anyway, I hope Matador is back!
Oh god no..
I still haven't recovered from the last fight ;_;
Took me ages to beat that damn skeleton!
Strange Journey I'll give you, but I was convinced that the low sales of that game would've done more to kill the desire of Atlus to continue"classic Megaten" for good. Glad I'm proven wrong.
And I'll admit I never paid attention to the Survivor series. Should I wait for 2 to get an "Overclocked" edition, as well, or am I safe? 8D
"I swear, by my sword and capote, that I will once again prove victorious!"
It's probably like my suspicion that they just listed a bunch of their popular stuff at the time. If they were seriously considering all of those at the time then it's likely Persona could've been more of a "what game is best to port?" situation before they realized Soul Hackers was more appealing than either of the first three Persona games. Although a Persona 2 compilation on 3DS would be neat.
Well, the 3DS is graphically capable ENOUGH that I wonder if they could use the same engine anyway and just made it very scaleable. Though they could also just be using either EO4's or the PS2 MegaTen engine.
Well, that logic makes sense with western development, but for Japan we've seen stuff like mainline DQ getting its 9th installment on handhelds, so I don't think they share the views on a whole for blatant console superiority. But then I guess Persona is more of their international hit, and could consider being on consoles more important there than for SMT4 with it's smaller-but-dedicated niche.
SJ was developed by the same developer who worked on EO1 and 2. EO3 and 4 are both internal Atlus projects. The EO1/2/SJ developer is working on Lost Heroes on 3DS now.
SMTIV: Better With Kinect
Danny Dudekisser
I paid good money for this Dynex!
Prettier graphics, basically. Which isn't an unreasonable thing to want.
I thought he was talking about the game play.
Bigger environments, SMT games have extremely impressive art design and a bigger scope to the areas would be a postive.
Otherwise, just nice cell-shaded HD graphics. Nothing that really effects the experience other than looking nicer.
3DS should be fine.
we.are.the.armada
Member
Me either, I don't know.
I'm guessing just graphics, spectacle, and maybe full VO in high quality. Things like DLC or an online component could be done on 3DS right? Achievements and Trophies are on 3DS too right?
Personally, from what I've seen, 3DS is a perfect fit for SMT. I agree with reasons others have posted in here too.
RyougaSaotome
Member
I wonder if this is going to be an old school dungeon crawl. I'm not a huge fan of the genre but I've liked the older SMT games. I'm wondering if they'd want to go the SMT3 route on the 3DS though. Hm.
too bad for that, i really want to see a persona game on a nintendo console. but i guess they want seperate smt and persona.
still hoping for p5 on wii u
Absoludacrous
Member
I'm guessing they'll reuse the PS2 demon models they got so much mileage out of.
PixyJunket
Member
Exponentially increasing budgets comprising the design of the game for mainstream sales and the closure of Atlus when sales aren't met.
But hey, it would have more pixels and shaders and lights, so, it evens out?
XiaNaphryz
LATIN, MATRIPEDICABUS, DO YOU SPEAK IT
Kick the screen in frustration to continue after dying for dumb reason #4507 that you should have known better than doing.
Femmeworth
Banned
Kinect would make more sense for Persona 5. Per-so-na!
I really don't think Atlus is capable of doing something like that effectively.
Hot Coldman
Banned
Only if they bring back Evokers.
Putting a gun to your face isn't Kinect Family Friendly
Flying_Phoenix
Banned
That doesn't make any sense. The point of the mainline Megaten games is a lot like the Street Fighter franchise. They do all the work for the tough assests (the huge assortment of monsters) and then copy and paste them into other games. This is what Atlus did with the PS2 megaten games.
Femmeworth
Banned
Nah, that would be Persona 6 for Wii U.
SMT3 was a first-person dungeon crawler with a 3rd person view! Dungeons were all designed really similarly to the older games. It was made more apparent by the first-person option you get in a new cycle.
I'm cool with whatever perspective as long as the dungeon design carries on in a similar style.
I would be surprised if it wasn't 3rd person since it should be an evolution of SMT3.
And now they'll have two sets giving them options to do console & handheld megaten games with less work.
And now they'll have two sets giving them options to do console & handheld megaten games with less work.
Banana Kid
Member
Great, now I can demand Persona 5 without SMT fans getting all uppity.
gnarlycrow
Neo Member
Same here. Would have prefered it on the PS3 but oh well.
Absoludacrous
Member
With the 3DS they can keep using all those assests though. Unless they go 2d like SJ, I don't see them doing anything else. Doesn't make sense to redo the entire demon roster when they would come out looking similar anyway.
The Return of
Banned
Go away lol.