Wednesday, February 20, 2013

GameLight - Shin Megami Tensei IV

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Source: Youtube Channel Extagia

I was a bit weary when purchasing my Nintendo 3DS because it was uncertain whether enough games that I'd be interested in would release and make the system worth buying.  So far this year, we've got a Fire Emblem Awakening.  We're already about to start the 3rd month of the year and that's only been one game worth mentioning.  Thankfully, we have games like Etrian Odyssey IV: Legends of the Titan, Castlevania: Lords of Shadow - Mirror of Fate, Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate, Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon, Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity, Animal Crossing: New Leaf as well as Project X Zone and Pokémon X&Y and Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner - Soul Hackers on the horizon.  But what will the future hold?  What else might 3DS owners look forward to?

Shin Megami Tensei 3: Nocturne was released in Japan back in February 20th, 2003, exactly 10 years ago.  Since then, most SMT games have been spin-offs with the exception of "Strange Journey" for the NDS being part of the main series story.  In last year's Tokyo Game Show, it was revealed that Shin Megami Tensei 4 was being developed and will be released for the Nintendo 3DS.  So it seems that Japan will be able to continue the main story once again in SMT 4 for the 3DS this May.  The question is, will the Western market see this game?  That depends if it does well in Japan first I suppose.  Considering that Atlus has brought over most of the SMT games to the West, we can expect SMT4 to show up eventually.  Staying true to the SMT series, combat looks the same which worries me a little.  What can they change to make this newest installment interesting compared to the rest of the series?

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