10. Bring cyberpunk back
Something I'd also like to see is a return to a cyberpunk aesthetic. I guess one technically could say that SMT4 was cyberpunk, but it feels like the bleakness that a cyberpunk world so often presents meshes so well with the tone of SMT. It would also be cool to see how they tackle cyberpunk in this day and age. Seeing an HD, cyberpunk, Kaneko world would be dope.
11. Set it before the apocalypse
Even if its just right before, I think a lot of the recent games focused a lot on the after effects of a fallen civilization. Even Noctorne pretty much did it. It would be a nice change of pace to go back to a world where shit hasn't hit the fan yet, at least in terms of the apocalypse happening, and the player watches the world crumble around them. I'm only at the beginning of SMT1 atm, and this is definitely my favorite thing about the game thus far. Let us become familiar with an unruined Japan first before armadeddon happens and destroys everything.
To be clear though, I'm only talking about demonic armageddon. I'm sure there could be some cool stuff done involving japan being in the middle of a real war against some other country when the demons start to invade. Things don't have to be peachy in Japan, it would just be nice to actually experience the transition into demonic ruin first hand.
...In HD. And cyberpunk. With Kaneko.
