I don't really have anything to add that Noname didn't already say, but I will comment on the comparison to Pokemon, since I've heard people use it before.
Based on the three SMT games I've played (IV, Persona 4, and Devil Survivor), the demon recruitment aspect feels a lot different than catching and training Pokemon. Pokemon generally seems to reward keeping one team with you, and your party will stay viable the entire game. In SMT, your demons will keep leveling up, but the moves they learn are pretty limited, so eventually you'll have to either scrap them or fuse them together into something new in order to stay competitive within the game. I think there is a way you can evolve your demons, but I don't recall getting very much use out of it, you'll defintely find yourself fusing demons much more than evolving them.
Personally I enjoy both, but there's seperate draws to each, so just keep that in mind if the demon recruitment was one of the things that drew you in.
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