No word on that special edition Japan got unfortunately, but here's confirmation of a release date.
Edit: Regarding the box art change:
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Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey Redux western release date - May 15
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No word on that special edition Japan got unfortunately, but here's confirmation of a release date.
Edit: Regarding the box art change:
Lucky for you you can play it on a console that costs a third as much.
It's already launching at $40.
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I don't see anything about the dub, but seeing how they didn't specifically announce English dub, I would expect it is still JP dub only.
I think most people agree the original is still better, but this version definitely has it's perks.
Cool. I also will never not dislike the new art. I also hope they change their mind about not doing a dub.
Expected it a bit earlier, too, but they already have Radiant Historia in February.
A bit later than expected but cool.
Still weird that this game ain't getting an english dub but Etrian Odyssey did. Oh well.
I'm very keen to get this game provided it's been made easier. I know, I know, but I already hate the first person dungeon crawling aspect so I don't need any other roadblocks to playing this game.
Wonder if they'll be any sort of goodies given. Radiant Historia has the day 1 edition.
Still weird that this game ain't getting an english dub but Etrian Odyssey did. Oh well.
I'm very keen to get this game provided it's been made easier. I know, I know, but I already hate the first person dungeon crawling aspect so I don't need any other roadblocks to playing this game.
Wonder if they'll be any sort of goodies given. Radiant Historia has the day 1 edition.
Cross-posting from the boxart thread:
https://www.resetera.com/threads/latest-north-american-box-artwork-thread.1681/page-2#post-3404891
Seriously though, why??
https://www.resetera.com/threads/latest-north-american-box-artwork-thread.1681/page-2#post-3404891
Seriously though, why??
I won't be getting this for a long time unless they dub it.
Sci-fi guns are scary.
Sci-fi guns are scary.
I had this preordered a long time ago when it was first announced on Amazon when there was a good price glitch.
However I cancelled it as over the last few months I have little desire to use my 3ds anymore. As in near 0 desire.
Glad 3ds is still getting games and I want this to sell well, but geeze it almost feels like wasted effort at this point to not also be putting it on Switch. 3ds may have a bigger install base but that doesn't mean they're buying more software. It really does seem like purchasing intent has moved on.
However I cancelled it as over the last few months I have little desire to use my 3ds anymore. As in near 0 desire.
Glad 3ds is still getting games and I want this to sell well, but geeze it almost feels like wasted effort at this point to not also be putting it on Switch. 3ds may have a bigger install base but that doesn't mean they're buying more software. It really does seem like purchasing intent has moved on.
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Yeah if they dub it then day one for me, if not I'll wait for at least a 50% price drop.
Oh well, I'm far more excited for SJ, but Radiant Historia is also a good excuse to keep 3DS alive.
Waiting for the european release date now ;)
Even with the accessibility improvements, not really, no.
Excited for this and Radiant Historia, probably my last 3DS game if nothing awesome gets announced this year.
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It does have Save Anywhere which makes it a little easier, although the Terminals in the original were pretty frequent so I don't think it's a drastic difference as far as that goes. As for the difficulty of everything else, I haven't heard too much. I know they've tried to make the game more accessible. The human art is disappointing though :(
I know some people aren't too fond of the new human art (understandably, what's weird is that they redesigned Zelenin, yet she still sorta has that Kaneko look), but I'm willing to take the sacrifice in favour of gameplay improvements and NPC portraits (game has very good NPCs for a Megaten game). I've completed SJ on the DS and it certainly has some jank that has now been ironed out with the re-release.
Lmao, is it because it's aiming "to the player"?
I hope we get the black box in EU, but then again we should be praying for a physical release before that.
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It's Shin Megami Tensei, the series Persona was a spinoff of. There's no high school setting, social links, or anything like that. The story is generally more mature, as all the characters are grown adults here (other than some characters that aren't really human in the first place, but I'm not going to go into that). SMT games revolve around an apocalyptic event having taken place or currently taking place. Strange Journey is the latter. There's first person dungeon crawling.
The combat does have similarities to Persona. It involves the demons (the demons used as the Personas in the Persona games). You have to exploit weaknesses to get the most out of the battle system. This one has a system called Demon Co-op, where any demons you have out with the same alignment as the protagonist will get an extra attack with you when you exploit a weakness. You ideally want to have a full party of demons of the same alignment as the protagonist. You get more demons by talking to demons you meet in battles, and negotiating. If you played Persona 5, it's sort of like the negotiation in that game, but there's more to it and you can start negotiating right off the bat. You can also negotiate cease fire, for money, for items, etc. There's fusion as well, and that's similar to how it works in Persona. Certain races being fused makes another race of demon (races are what they have instead of arcanas in SMT).
The original was also quite notorious for it's difficulty. This one is only slightly easier I have heard.
Give it a shot, chances are you might like it, possibly more than Persona.
They have demons. And it's the only common betwen each other.
EU version confirmed too.
https://gematsu.com/2018/01/shin-megami-tensei-strange-journey-redux-launches-may-15-americas-europe
https://gematsu.com/2018/01/shin-megami-tensei-strange-journey-redux-launches-may-15-americas-europe
Yeah, but it's an Atlus 3DS game, so we can likely expect the first run to be a "special edition" of sorts (special box, limited soundtrack, etc.)
This is pretty much my expectation. A small booklet w/soundtrack, which is typical for the 3DS Atlus games. At least the Atlus-tax extra $10 on the games have ended.
I'm not sure of the full changes for Redux, but the original Strange Journey is the hardest and least accessible mainline Megaten game that came out in the West imo. I think SMT4 would be a much easier place to start if you're interested in the series.
Speaking of subtle changes...
The MC on the box art looks suspiciously less neutral than in the original. Them eyebrows!
Was that stated directly about the dub? Sort of bummed as well hearing that. Debating my purchase now, was going to be my last 3ds purchase since Metroid.