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News Atlus Celebrates 30 Years Of Shin Megami Tensei With Special Artwork

Here's to the next 30 years

The Atlus RPG series Shin Megami Tensei series is this week celebrating its 30th anniversary. The franchise originally began life on 30th October 1992 with the release of the Super Famicom game and was followed by both sequels and spinoffs. To celebrate this occasion, Atlus has shared a brief social media post on Twitter...

• Sun 30th Oct 2022
• Nintendo Switch
• Atlus
• Shin Megami Tensei

News Atlus Announces Persona And Shin Megami Tensei Plushes, Including A Cuddly Morgana

Soft kitty

Anime Expo 2022 is taking place in July, and that means a wave of new merch is rapidly approaching the shore. Atlus has just announced four new plushes as part of that wave: two of Morgana from Persona 5, and Aogami and Nahobino from Shin Megami Tensei V. The plushes are being made by Stubbins, who have made plushes in the past for Mega...

• Thu 23rd Jun 2022
• Atlus
• Merchandise
• Persona

News Persona 3, 4, and 5 Confirmed For Xbox And PlayStation, But Not Switch

The torture continues...

If you managed to catch the Microsoft and Bethesda Games Showcase 2022, then you'll know that Persona 3 Portable, Persona 4 Golden, and Persona 5 Royal will be making their way to Xbox consoles and Game Pass. It was a blow for Switch owners hoping for the series to be ported onto Nintendo's console and now it loo

• Mon 13th Jun 2022
• Nintendo Switch
• Persona
• Atlus

News Shin Megami Tensei V Tops 1 Million Sales Worldwide

With new art to celebrate

Atlus' Switch-exclusive (for now) Shin Megami Tensei V has surpassed 1 million sales worldwide in under six months, Atlus has announced today. As the latest entry in the Shin Megami Tensei series, fans had to wait over four years to get their hands on the game, which was teased before the Switch even came out. To celebrate...

• Mon 18th Apr 2022
• Nintendo Switch
• Shin Megami Tensei
• Atlus
• Sega

News Switch Exclusive Shin Megami Tensei V Has Already Sold Over 800k Copies Worldwide

Atlus thanks fans for their support

One of the RPG highlights on the Switch, and in general last year, was Shin Megami Tensei V by Atlus. It arrived on Nintendo's system during the action-packed month of November and was praised as a "modern masterpiece" in our very own review here on Nintendo Life. It seems the game has got off to a strong start...

• Tue 4th Jan 2022
• Nintendo Switch
• Shin Megami Tensei
• Atlus
• Sega

News Digital Foundry Gives Its Assessment Of Shin Megami Tensei V

Impressive visuals but performance pays the cost

Shin Megami Tensei V was a notable Switch exclusive in November; we enjoyed it in our review and the user review score is also currently flying high on this site. The RPG had been eagerly anticipated and seems to have delivered a sizeable, engaging game that was also a

• Mon 20th Dec 2021
• Digital Foundry
• Nintendo Switch
• Atlus
• SMTV

News We Have This Person To Thank For Shin Megami Tensei V's Fabulous Hair

JRPG makes use of the "Kawaii Physics" plugin for Unreal Engine 4

Shin Megami Tensei V is a fantastic video game, but have you noticed how good the hair looks? That's all thanks to Unreal Engine 4's “Kawaii Physics” plugin, used to animate things like swaying hair and clothing, such as skirts and dresses. In SMTV, Kawaii Physics is used to...

• Tue 14th Dec 2021
• Nintendo Switch
• Shin Megami Tensei
• Unreal Engine

News Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Remakes Claim 3rd In November NPD Chart

Shin Megami Tensei V set a series record, too

Though the increasing relevance of download eShop sales can take away from the lustre of physical retail charts, there's still monthly interest in the NPD figures that show results for US stores. This is particularly the case in November, with Nintendo opting to show off its market leading hardware sales...

• Mon 13th Dec 2021
• Nintendo Switch
• Pokemon
• NPD

News Shin Megami Tensei V Updated To Version 1.02, Here Are The Full Patch Notes

New settings and minor fixes

Shin Megami Tensei V was only treated to its first update last week, but seven days later, here we are with a second patch that adds some new settings and fixes minor issues. The new update takes the game to Version 1.02 and mostly centres around new camera and display options. The full patch notes can be found below,...

• Fri 3rd Dec 2021
• Nintendo Switch
• Updates

News Shin Megami Tensei V Is Getting Its First Update, Here Are The Patch Notes

New settings, bug fixes and more

New Switch-exclusive Shin Megami Tensei V will soon be treated to its first post-launch update, Atlus has announced. A date for the update hasn't yet been revealed, but the company has shared the patch notes ahead of time (Japanese). You can check them out for yourself below, with thanks to Final Weapon for the...

• Fri 26th Nov 2021
• Nintendo Switch
• Updates