Shin Megami Tensei IV: social classes and organizations
Meet The Eight Legions and Cult of Gaia assemblies.

The official website for Shin Megami Tensei IV was updated today with new story details and characters.

The main characters of Shin Megami Tensei IV live in East Mikado, where the separation of social classes is clear. Government and intellectual workers are high ranking Luxuries, while farmers and traders are low ranking Casualties. Luxuries seem to treat Casualties poorly, but the latter lives without complaints of their difference in class. Only when one of the Casualties is chosen to be a Samurai can they become one of the Luxuries. Many Casualties admire the Samurai.

Moving over to Tokyo, demons thrive, but order is kept by an organization called “The Eight Legions Union Asura Assembly” based in Roppongi district. They protect people from threats by negotiating with the demons. But a sanction that prevents forgiveness is imposed on those who don’t approve of this method. The “Cult of Gaia,” which Shin Megami Tensei fans should be familiar with, is based in Ginza. They carry a survival of the fittest mentality, believing that humans and demons alike must rely on their own power to survive. They are hostile toward The Eight Legions and disapprove of their methods.

Characters

• Tayama (CV: Houchuu Ootsuka) – Leader of the Eight Legions Union Asura Assembly. He is worshipped and feared by the masses.


• Kaga (CV: Kahoru Sasajima) – A member of the Cult of Gaia. She has a strong and brave personality, and is fighting aginst the Asura Assembly.


• Black Samurai (CV: Atsuko Tanaka) – A mysterious person who appears before the hero. She is familiar with the roads of Tokyo and East Mikado.

Meet Shin Megami Tensei IV’s Mysterious Black Samurai And Tokyo’s New Leaders




Tayama

A man of high stature, working for the Asura Association in Tokyo. He is widely respected by everyone around him for negotiating with the demons to keep order in Tokyo. It is still unknown as far as what measures he took to negotiate with the dark side.




Kaga

She is a member of a religious organization in Tokyo, known as the Cult of Gaia. She doesn’t agree with Tayama and their ways of negotiating with the demons, and continuously fights alongside the Cult of Gaia to eradicate the demons. It is said that those who possess the same level skill of Kaga are few in numbers.




Black Samurai

The mysterious Black Samurai appears numerous times in front of the main characters. She seems to speak in riddles containing cryptic clues every time she appears before vanishing. For an unknown reason, she has a vast knowledge of both Mikado of the East and Tokyo.

Shin Megami Tensei IV: battles, grinning, difficulty, and revival
Grin to increase your strength during battle.

Atlus recently updated the official Shin Megami Tensei IV website with new details on the game’s battle system, grinning, difficulty, and revival options. Find our full summary below.

Press Turn Battle

During battles, you attack by choosing a certain number of actions. The number of actions can be increased by attacking weak points. It’s refreshing to hit the enemy’s weak points a whole bunch in one stroke, but on the contrary, you can get caught in predicaments when attacking the weak points.

All in all, it’s a simple but thrilling battle system. In addition, occasionally demons will band together and appear as an “army.” The weak points of the army groups aren’t always obvious. You’ll need to find the weak point and attack it aggressively before the army unleashes their waves of attacks on you.

Grinning

The character that increases the number of actions may grin widely and laugh. Not only will the grinning character become strengthened temporarily, but their weak point becomes ineffective, and it changes the battle progress greatly. Both enemies and allies can break out into a grin, so it’s an advantageous system in a pinch, but also nerve-wracking if things aren’t going your way.

Difficulty

When you use up the set number of turns, a simpler level of difficulty becomes available. Since you can change the degree of difficulty whenever you want, it’s possible to adjust the play style freely. You can also save and load at any time too.

Revival

When you are annihilated in battle, you are sent to the Styx River, but you can return to the point before you were annihilated by paying up game coins. You can hand over your money (macca) or game coins to the Styx Ferryman “Karon,” and he will revive you right before where you died, where you can immediately attempt the fight again. And this time, hopefully not lose.

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Todo jogo do 3DS tem uma edição especial praticamente, essa é no estilo dos novos monstros da série:

Atlus debuted the third trailer for Shin Megami Tensei IV during a 3DS-focused Nintendo Direct this morning. Over 400 demons are set to appear throughout the game. Players can recruit and fuse these demons to create more powerful ones. You can watch the new trailer, followed by additional gameplay footage, below.

Atlus has updated the official Shin Megami Tensei IV website with new field and dialogue gameplay videos.

We’ve ripped and uploaded them for easy viewing below. In the dialogue video, you’ll see characters Jonathan, Walter, Isabeau, Kaga, Navarre, Hope, Isakal, Tayama, and the Kuroki Samurai.

Additionally, view the game’s final box art and another shot of the special edition 3DS XL, out day and date with Shin Megami Tensei IV on May 23 in Japan, at the gallery.

Field

Dialogue