Shin Megami Tensei III Remaster Launches This May On Switch

Is this... The original "Featuring Dante From The Devil May Cry Series"?

That’s not a lot of bonus content for $20, so I think I’ll be just fine with the regular digital copy. Glad it’s finally got a date!

Hooray! I’ll get it on PS5 for trophy support though. The fact they’re selling DLC for a remaster is absolute nonsense as well.

If there is a physical version on Switch I will get it for the sake of collection, but likely Steam version will be the one I'll actually be playing since I hear the Switch version kinda sorta struggles to run at times.

@imgrowinglegs yep agree bonus content mehhhhhhhhhh but looking forward to the game

looks like a silly amount of money for a game this old, honestly

@nessisonett
Atlus makes great games but their DLC policies have been absolute garbage the moment they started delving into those.

That being said I do need my game to feature Dante from the Devil May Cry Series.

Beta testers unite!

PRAISE YHVH THERE'S A PC VERSION

@Goat_FromBOTW They should add stickers as a purchase bonus for the physical version.

Nice, always wanted to play this since getting into the series with IV back on 3DS. Which, has become one of my favorite RPG series ever since. I'm glad the wait for the western version won't be that much longer.

Now if we can just get Kyuuyaku Megami Tensei, Shin Megami Tensei, Shin Megami Tensei II, Shin Megami Tensei if..., Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner, Last Bible series, and Persona I-V for the Nintendo Switch.

@Expa0 There will be physical for Switch and PS4. I noticed that now the game will have "III" for western release. anyways I'm planning to get all versions of the game for support of the series. This one game was my introduction to Atlus.

Cool might get it

@nessisonett Only one I can understand is Dante given they had to be lent the license from Capcom again

@Expa0 they patched up the Japanese version of the game so the western version will also be patched up as well.

Even the PS4 version also had issues too

Will hold off and pick it up in the autumn PlayStation sale unless it's cheaper on switch by then.

My God, I can't handle all of these releases. That won't stop me from buying them all though!

Awesome. Not sure if I'll get it at launch (and I will likely not even be done with SMT1 yet by then), but I would certainly like to get this in the visible future. Finally the portable franchise binge bridge to IV dilogy (and then onward to V as far as the flagships are concerned), having all of them accessible is never all that common about longrunner series like this.

SEGA needs to stop delaying these games for a Steam version, and then charging us ridiculous amounts to "access it early".

It's not early, Atlus used to manage this in a few months and release a special edition as well.

@Kimyonaakuma On the point about Steam I bet both Nocturne and P5S were originally never slated for PC and just PS4/Switch but they were added to the dev schedule last minute because Atlus was impressed by how well Persona 4 Golden did. That's probably why these games were delayed, particularly Strikers

Awesome, been waiting on it

6 months after Japanese release, cheesos it is so freaking late ! Saying that I'm waiting for the Vth since 2017....

@TheFrenchiestFry The console versions had a PC configuration in the files. So it's been in the works for a while, they just rushed the Japanese version.
Pretty sure it shipped with performance issues too, but they've been patched out along with fixes to the fusion system.

Seems like anything planned to release after Summer 2020 was delayed - P4G definitely changed some opinions at Sega.

Not familiar with this series. What’s the gameplay like? Is it turn based combat?

Looking forward to playing this on the Switch

Does anyone know if the Dante DLC is included on the physical cart? Definitely picking it up though.

Now where’s Persona 5 for Switch Atlus?!

I've been waiting for this. Strange Journey on the DS was epic handheld entertainment. I expect to get a hundred hours with Nocturne.

@Rygar It's turn-based dungeon crawling with extensive fusion of demon spirits. It's a bit like demonic Pokemon and a bit like Etrian Odyssey.

@JasmineDragon thanks for the description. I’ll try to find some gameplay video. Is it also strategic?

I’m holding out hope for the Persona games on Switch

Finally. Day one for me. I've wanted portable Nocturne for such a long time.

With that said, despite being primarily digital on Switch, I'll be going physical for this, like I do with almost all of my Megami Tensei games.

Day one. I'm so excited for this. Can't wait to reject God portably.

Featuring Dante from the Devil May Cry series!.....as a DLC.

Meanwhile, Persona fans are still asking for Persona 5 on the Switch.

Physical release, yay! Won't make the same mistake missing out on that as I did with the 3DS SMT games.

@Quarth I snagged almost all of those physically, but I decided to wait a couple of months for Persona Q2's price to drop and, well... I ended up just getting it digitally after the physical prices suddenly skyrocketed.

@Ralizah Yeah, suddendly they go up in price like crazy. I got a new copy of PQ2 a couple of months ago; then it still was at a good price here, but I bet it won't be for long. I also got some of the Etrian Odyssey games that still are at normal prices and available in retail.

The cheapest I've seen a 3DS SMT game at the Swedish second hand market is around 1000 kronor (which is like 117-118 USD). Almost absurd for games that aren't that old...

super excited to play SMT III again!
now than SEGA/ATLUS, let's talk about SMT 4 and Persona 3 coming to other platforms too,

@nessisonett And back in the PS2 days this same game got three different versions. Classic atlus.

Day one paid DLC for a remake?!

And no physical option with all of the DLC on a cart?!

I was mildly curious, but now it's a hell no from me.

My bank account is crying in the corner.

@nessisonett and it's content that was in the original which imo makes it worse

I'm going to buy this game as soon as it hit stores

@Rygar It's turn-based combat. Both you and the enemies have physical and elemental weaknesses they can be exploited, and you can negotiate with your enemies and get them to join your team

@Kimyonaakuma Here's hoping that the sales on other platforms will convince Sega and Atlus to make all their games multiplatform instead of console exclusive. That way the whole SMT/Persona console debate thing can come to an end

But will it have the super cool collector's edition? No. Only Japan gets the good stuff.

@Rygar It depends what you mean. Is it an SRPG, no, it's vanilla turn-based. Is it deep, yes. There is a lot of experimenting with combining demon powers with wildly different effects. You can noodle around with it quite a lot. Does that answer your question?

Love this game but I'll be waiting for a sale.

To be honest apart from the price being too high I'd be more worried about the problems that existed when it came out in Japan and whether it's been fixed or not.

I played this back on PS2. This is a series that just isn't for me. I really wanted to like it but just couldn't get into it.

Finally they give us a date

I'm a big SMT fan and I really want this remaster but that price and the fact they are selling separate content for a REMASTER seriously makes me have doubts about supporting this.

What is with this early access bs? It's not early access, its just late access for everyone else.

Ignoring that though, at least this finally got a release date for the near future.

I will be getting it but not sure which version I want to buy. Switch, PS4 or PC. I am leaning more on the switch version but it will all depend if the performance is solid enough. I don't care about if it is 60 fps or not (even though I would like it to be) as it is a turn based game but if the switch version has fps dips and the ps4 and pc version doesn't then I will be going with the latter if that is the case.

Only been able to emulate the game. Can finally support em.

All these comments debating which version to choose make me wonder why people would hurt themselves by not playing turn-based JRPGs about killing gods and demons in the comfort of their beds.

The PS5 version it is. Fitting personally considering SMT first translated on PS2 hence why the original release never included the "3". Its kind of seeing a friend from long time ago that you had so much fun with. Hope Atlus remaster Digital Devil Saga as well, personally vastly superior game to any SMT games.

one of the best games ever made and was super excited about getting this on switch but seriously, i'm not really feeling paying more than about £15 for an 18 year old game that'll take me a couple minutes to set up and emulate. they can keep it.

Saying “digital deluxe edition pre orders get access 4 days early” is just a weird way of saying that the game launches 4 days earlier for the deluxe edition buyers. Pre-order has little to do with it...

@Ralizah I hope the game has been good patched up on the switch version for the western release