If there’s one component Atlus is changing into actually good at these days, it’s respecting and preserving older titles in its gigantic library. A lot of the fashionable Persona video games and mainline Shin Megami Tensei titles exist on present methods. Nonetheless, there are two noticeable exceptions that may very well be used as an answer, similar to an SMTIV and Apocalypse remaster assortment.
If you wish to, it’s technically attainable to play each single mainline Shin Megami Tensei recreation proper now on a contemporary system. In spite of everything, there’s a good remaster of Nocturne on all present methods and PCs. Plus, there’s the latest launch of SMTV: Vengeance, which makes it out there to everybody.
In actual fact, you may even play the older SMT titles, similar to the primary recreation, second recreation, and even if on Nintendo Swap. That’s, you probably have a Japanese account. Nonetheless, it’s attainable, a minimum of, which might’t be mentioned for 2 explicit video games which can be overlooked: Shin Megami Tensei IV and Apocalypse. As of proper now, there are the one mainline video games not out there on present {hardware}.
They had been additionally solely ever launched on the Nintendo 3DS and nowhere else. So, except you employ unsavory means, it isn’t attainable to play them for those who don’t have a 3DS handheld. That is why it’s so essential a remaster assortment occurs. I might see a scenario the place the 2 related video games come collectively right into a remastered assortment on Nintendo Swap, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Sequence X/S, and PC.
It wouldn’t be too troublesome to modernize them, both. Although these video games had a second display screen, eradicating it isn’t too massive of a problem. The underside display screen together with your demons would simply want to maneuver to the highest display screen not directly. The 3D visuals nonetheless look stable on 3DS, so that you solely want some gentle brushing up there. After all, some quality-of-life options is perhaps welcome, however that’s just about it.
For me, personally, SMTIV: Apocalypse is my favourite recreation within the collection. It completely balances story, characters, and a twisted world to discover so excellently. SMTIV can also be improbable, although the 2 are fairly comparable in some regards. With how stable these video games are — even higher than the latest SMTV, in my view — it’s a disgrace they’re caught elsewhere. In actual fact, Atlus now has a reasonably open slate for the Shin Megami Tensei collection. With the discharge of Vengeance, no different video games are coming for the franchise.
An SMTIV and Apocalypse remaster assortment may very well be the right subsequent title to satiate followers. They’d be pretty simple to place out and a easy success for the corporate. Higher but, an SMTIV and Apocalypse remaster assortment might tie followers over till Shin Megami Tensei VI, Persona 6, or no matter is subsequent from Atlus. It’s attainable these video games are a few years away nonetheless, so this may be an effective way to maintain gamers occupied.
I might be pleased in the event that they included Unusual Journey as properly. It additionally falls into the unlucky portable-exclusive dilemma. It is perhaps too quickly after Vengeance for an SMTIV and Apocalypse remaster assortment, nevertheless it must occur finally. A launch of those two good 3DS JRPGs for contemporary consoles and PC could be a welcome launch in 2025 or 2026. Regardless, I hope Atlus doesn’t let these video games stay unique to the 3DS.
Shin Megami Tensei IV and Apocalypse are solely out there proper now for Nintendo 3DS.
