Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey revealed for Nintendo DS

[Aiemond]

theprof00 said:

Xen said:

Aiemond said:

Soriku said:

From GAF:

Producer/Original Concept/Character and Devil Design: KANEKO THE DEVIL PAINTER

Director: Eiji Ishida (Chief Designer for SMT3/Raidou/Raidou2)

Scenario: Shogo Isogai (SMT2/SMTif/DevilSummoner/SoulHackers/SMT3/Raidou/Trauma series)

Composer: MEGURO THE COMPOSER OF GOODNESS

It's official: anyone now trying to bash this game needs their SMT license revoked. This game is going to be godly.

 

As for what it is, amost no games in Japan get SMT in their names, that is a western thing. I think SMT, SMT2, SMT3 and If were the only ones to do so. I think this, plus the old school mainline style makes it seem like it may be the true smt4. Question is, how long into the game is it till the world ends?

 

Also, this again confirms that DS is the rpg system. Japan has embraced it and everyone needs to finally accept the truth. Stop trying to predict PS360 everytime atlus teaser comes out, they canned p4 on HD for a reason.

Definetely.

I don't really care about RPG's on the PS3 now - mainly because DS/PS2/PS1/SNES and soon PSP provide me with the same experience... who gives a shit about graphics when you have all this gameplay shoved in... with Shoji Meguro as the icing on the demon cake.

I agree, but DS is a little light when it comes to features. I mean, most of the best RPGs don't even use a stylus (which is an example of the DS install base being a factor as they could easily be on PSP), scenery and images are reused to the point a mundanity, and there is just a general feeling of limitation for the console. Don't get me wrong, there are some great games on it, but I am still amped as ever for new persona on PStriple, and other godly games like ff13 and versus. They just give me all the same features of the DS games and none of the negatives.

To any noobs who don't know, I play my DS almost constantly when away from home. It is one of my top 3 consoles of all time, just ahead of SNES and just short of ps2. It's just that a lot of games really remind me of what they could have been..

Your not going to get alot of those for some simple reasons: Japan says no. Japan embraced handhelds; this is why alot of the prgs are there, and now that the rpg fan userbase is established there is zero reason for companies to move from psp/ds development (DS more than psp, but psp does have good rpg software sales for a decent amount of titles). You may be amped, but you will not get this for a long time. And, the number one feature that DS/PSP has that PS3 does not have is the one that is the most important in japan: portability. You can play it when riding the train, you can play it at lunch, you can play it while hanging out, you can play it whenever you havge downtime. Even better, it takes zero living room space. I guess the last thing is cost. DS costs less, the games tend to cost less and the development tends to cost less. Japan's economy is worse than ours right now and prolly will be for awhile. There are lots of reasons for this, but this thread is not about those.

 

You can wish for what could have been, but remember, just because you want to have an HD console rpg does not mean thats what the majority of consumers want. Right now, I like my handheld ones better than any of the HD RPGs that have come out. This includes LO, SO, ToV (thought it is better than some of the handheld ones I have played, but it does not top all of them). And since you do play your ds alot and like it, don't look a gifthorse in the mouth: sales of rpgs are declining and the DS almost assuradly kept them alive.

 

I guess the last thing I would say is this: If I could have the HD graphics without giving anything else up I would take it. I like better graphics, but I also realize how the market is. My dream console would be wii mote (no it does not have to be used for all games, but some it is good for like fps) + HD graphics that communicates with a handheld so I can play the same game when I have to go out. I personally would give up the portability in fact if I could just have the mote style input + the HD graphic rpgs. But, with costs as they are now there is no way I would risk that.

 

Edit: The portability is what prevents them from going to the wii I believe. This really is huge.