History Trivia / ShinMegamiTensei

* BigNameFan: The artwork of Kazuma Kaneko has earned quite a few fans all over, most notably Creator/HirohikoAraki, the creator of the ''Franchise/JojosBizarreAdventure'' series. This also holds true in reverse with Kaneko himself being a fan of Araki.

* There are only three ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei'' games that allow the player to begin and end the game as a girl. They are ''VideoGame/Persona2: Eternal Punishment'', ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIf'', and the PSP remake of ''VideoGame/Persona3''. Note that only in the first example is being female mandatory.
** There is actually a fourth game where this is possible, the [[NoExportForYou entirely unknown]] ''Shin Megami Tensei NINE'', also having a pseudo-MMORPG style that would be fully realized in ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiImagine'' five years later.

* CompletelyDifferentTitle: Attempted early on. When the ''Shin Megami Tensei'' games were beginning to be localized to the United States starting with the first ''VideoGame/{{Persona}}'', Atlus [=USA=] attempted to call the series ''[[LiteraryAllusionTitle Revelations]]''. Only [[VideoGame/{{Persona}} two]] [[VideoGame/LastBible games]] were released under the ''Revelations'' name and was officially dropped with the release of ''VideoGame/Persona2EternalPunishment'', and the series officially adopted the ''Shin Megami Tensei'' moniker starting with ''[[VideoGame/DevilChildren Demi Kids: Light Version and Dark Version]]''.
* FanNickname: [[VideoGame/StarFox Andross]] for Omoikane. The protagonists of ''Devil Summoner: VideoGame/RaidouKuzunohaVsTheSoullessArmy'', ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIIINocturne'', ''VideoGame/{{Persona}},'' ''VideoGame/Persona3'', and ''VideoGame/Persona4'' are nameless in the game, but fans often use the names given to the characters in various manga and drama [=CDs=] based off the games.
** The protagonist of ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIf'' was also named like this at first, until [[AscendedFanon she was given a name]] (and a definite gender) in ''VideoGame/{{Persona}}''.

* CashCowFranchise: The Persona spinoffs, more specifically ''VideoGame/Persona3'' and ''VideoGame/Persona4'' have become some of Atlus' most popular properties. They got so popular they even started to drop the "Shin Megami Tensei" label.

* Also, the Kirijo company was part of the Nanjo group from the first ''VideoGame/{{Persona}}'' game, as stated by Mitsuru's father.

* There are only three ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei'' games that allow the player to begin and end the game as a girl. They are ''VideoGame/Persona2: Eternal Punishment'', ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIf...'', and the PSP remake of ''VideoGame/Persona3''. Note that only in the first example is being female mandatory.

* TheWikiRule: [[http://megamitensei.wikia.com yep]].

* BigNameFan: The artwork of Kaneko has earned quite a few fans all over, most notably Creator/HirohikoAraki, the creator of the ''Franchise/JojosBizarreAdventure'' series. This also holds true in reverse with Kaneko himself being a fan of Araki.

* BigNameFan: The artwork of Kaneko has earned quite a few fans all over, most notably Creator/HirohikoAraki, the creator of the Franchise/JojosBizarreAdventure series. This also holds true in reverse with Kaneko himself being a fan of Araki.

* There are only three ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei'' games that allow the player to begin and end the game as a girl. They are ''VideoGame/{{Persona 2}}: Eternal Punishment'', ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIf...'', and the PSP remake of ''{{Persona 3}}''. Note that only in the first example is being female mandatory.

* FanNickname: [[VideoGame/StarFox Andross]] for Omoikane. The protagonists of ''Devil Summoner: VideoGame/RaidouKuzunohaVsTheSoullessArmy'', ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIIINocturne'', ''VideoGame/{{Persona}},'' ''VideoGame/{{Persona 3}},'' and ''VideoGame/{{Persona 4}}'' are nameless in the game, but fans often use the names given to the characters in various manga and drama [=CDs=] based off the games.

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[[AC: VideoGame/{{Persona 4}}]]

* FanNickname: [[VideoGame/StarFox Andross]] for Omoikane. The protagonists of ''Devil Summoner: VideoGame/RaidouKuzunohaVsTheSoullessArmy'', ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIIINocturne'', ''Persona,'' ''Persona 3,'' and ''VideoGame/Persona4'' are nameless in the game, but fans often use the names given to the characters in various manga and drama [=CDs=] based off the games.
** The protagonist of ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIf'' was also named like this at first, until [[AscendedFanon she was given a name]] (and a definite gender) in ''Persona 1''.

* FanNickname: [[VideoGame/StarFox Andross]] for Omoikane. The protagonists of ''Devil Summoner: VideoGame/RaidouKuzunohaVsTheSoullessArmy'', ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiNocturne'', ''Persona,'' ''Persona 3,'' and ''VideoGame/Persona4'' are nameless in the game, but fans often use the names given to the characters in various manga and drama [=CDs=] based off the games.
** The protagonist of ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIf'' was also named like this at first, until [[AscendedFanon she was given a name]] (and a definite gender) in ''VideoGame/Persona 1''.

* NoExportForYou: A good fraction of the games, especially ones before TheFifthGenerationOfConsoleVideoGames. This has changed in TheNewTens for North Americans--''VideoGame/Persona4Arena'' was released in North America only two weeks after its Japanese release, and ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIV'' got its NA release two months after Japan's, when many prior localizations would take at least eight months. However, Europe still sadly gets the short end of the stick.

* There are only three ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei'' games that allow the player to begin and end the game as a girl. They are ''{{Persona 2}}: Eternal Punishment'', ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIf...'', and the PSP remake of ''{{Persona 3}}''. Note that only in the first example is being female mandatory.
** There is actually a fourth game where this is possible, the [[NoExportForYou entirely unknown]] Shin Megami Tensei NINE, also having a pseudo-MMORPG style that would be fully realized in ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiImagine'' five years later.
* Curious about why Cerberus's design has only one head? This design choice is a tradition that remained from the original novel's depiction.
* FanNickname: [[StarFox Andross]] for Omoikane. The protagonists of ''Devil Summoner: RaidouKuzunohaVsTheSoullessArmy'', ''Nocturne'', ''Persona,'' ''Persona 3,'' and ''Persona 4'' are nameless in the game, but fans often use the names given to the characters in various manga and drama CD's based off the games.
** The protagonist of ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIf'' was also named like this at first, until [[AscendedFanon she was given a name]] (and a definite gender) in ''Persona 1''.

* NoExportForYou: A good fraction of the games, especially ones before TheFifthGenerationOfConsoleVideoGames. This has changed in TheNewTens for North Americans--''VideoGame/Persona4Arena'' was released in North America only two weeks after its Japanese release, and ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIV'' got its NA release two months after Japan's, when many prior localizations would take at least eight months. However, Europe still sadly gets the short end of the stick
* SequelFirst: Jack Bros. an obscure Virtual Boy Gauntlet clone spinoff, was the first game in the series to come to the US with many of the games.

** Also, the Kirijo company was part of the Nanjo group from the first Persona game, as stated by Mitsuru's father.

* There are only three ''ShinMegamiTensei'' games that allow the player to begin and end the game as a girl. They are ''{{Persona 2}}: Eternal Punishment'', ''ShinMegamiTenseiIf...'', and the PSP remake of ''{{Persona 3}}''. Note that only in the first example is being female mandatory.

* SequelFirst: Jack Bros. an obscure Virtual Boy Gauntlet clone spinoff, was the first game in the series to be come to the US.with many of the games.

* FranchiseKiller: More like Subseries Killer, but Ronde for the Sega Saturn ended up completely killing off the Majin Tensei subseries.

* One of the items obtainable from vending machines is called "Cielo Mist", a drink made in Jamaica. This is a reference to the character Cielo from ''DigitalDevilSaga'', who spoke with a Jamaican accent.

* NoExportForYou: A good fraction of the games, especially ones before TheFifthGenerationOfConsoleVideoGames. This has changed in TheNewTens for North Americans--''VideoGame/Persona4Arena'' was released in North America only two weeks after its Japanese release, and ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIV'' got its NA release two months after Japan's, when many prior localizations would take at least eight months. However, Europe still sadly gets the short end of the stick with many of the games.

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[[AC: {{Persona 4}}]]

** There is actually a fourth game where this is possible, the [[NoExportForYou entirely unknown]] Shin Megami Tensei NINE, also having a pseudo-MMORPG style that would be fully realized in ''[[ShinMegamiTenseiImagine Shin Megami Tensei: IMAGINE]]'' five years later.

* If one is able to [[spoiler:avoid killing Namatame]], they are able to access a dungeon that must be cleared by December 24th, 2011. This is almost one year to the before the Mayan calendar ends.

* There are only three ''ShinMegamiTensei'' games that allow the player to begin and end the game as a girl. They are ''{{Persona 2}}: Eternal Punishment'', ''ShinMegamiTenseiIf...'', and the recent PSP remake of ''{{Persona 3}}''. Note that only in the first example is being female mandatory.

* Curious about why Cereberus's design has only one head? This design choice is a tradition that remained from the original novel's depiction.

* There are only three ''ShinMegamiTensei'' games that allow the player to begin and end the game as a girl. They are ''{{Persona 2}}: Eternal Punishment'', ''ShinMegamiTenseiIf...'', and the recent PSP remake of ''{{Persona 3}}''. Note that only in the first example is being female mandatory.