History VideoGame / SoulHackers

* BonusBoss: Heaploads, most of whom are cameos from ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiII''.
** Three new ones for the 3DS are Raidou, Raido, and [[spoiler:the ''Soulless God''.]]
** The 3DS remake requires the player to beat a bonus dungeon for the reward of a NewGamePlus. Trick maps, high-level mooks, no saving or healing on the way to the boss... Atlus knows its audience.
* BossRush: The final BonusBoss battle in the Extra Dungeon. First up is [[Videogame/DevilSummoner Kyouji Kuzunoha]], who is a pushover himself but comes with a stable of hard-hitting demons packing the strongest elemental attacks, full heals, and [[NonElemental Almighty]] moves. Next up are Gashadokuro, Mishaguji, and Yoshitsune, who are [[BreatherBoss rather less difficult]] but still have some painful attacks, including Yoshitsune's infamous [[DeathOfAThousandCuts Hassou Tobi]]. Following them are Raidou and Raido Kuzunoha with their "canon" demon team (Moh Shuvuu, Mokoi, Ippon-Datara, and Azumi) who are {{Glass Cannon}}s sporting status ailments, instant kills, HPToOne moves, and other painful techniques. Finally, there's the Soulless God Oumagatsu, who while somewhat less annoying that the Kuzunohas is a [[StoneWall giant wall of HP]] and has the ability to inflict [[ThatOneAttack Bomb]].

** One of the Mechi Trade Request given by Sukeroku [[spoiler:aka Kyouji Kuzunoha]] rewards is a [[ComMons Pixie]] with [[YinYangBomb Megidolaon]]. It starts a trend of Pixie with Megidoloan appearing in games as a persona for a BonusBoss like in ''{{VideoGame/Persona 3}}'', sidequest in ''VideoGame/RaidouKuzunohaVsKingAbaddon'', and with Pixie transforming into the Uber Pixie that has it in ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIIINocturne''.

On February 17, 2022, Atlus released a [[https://soul-hackers.jp/ mysterious website with a countdown set to end on February 21]], followed by a set of bizarre broadcasts on the following days. On February 21, a sequel,'' VideoGame/SoulHackers2'' was announced for PC via Steam, UsefulNotes/PlayStation4, UsefulNotes/PlayStation5, UsefulNotes/XboxOne and UsefulNotes/XboxSeriesX.

* AGodAmI: [[spoiler:Kadokura]]

* TheDollEpisode: The Robot Haus store is a Doll shop run by a elderly woman.

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* CyberPunk / PostCyberPunk: The creation of Amami City (and the integration of technology) is played up here, while the story centers around the presence of a hacker group that tries [[spoiler:to stop a plot concocted by the bad guys from stealing people's souls via a virtual reality game.]]

* EncounterBait / EncounterRepellant: Both are present. There's also the CAPS LOCK[[note]]Yes, it's in all capitals[[/note]] app that completely negates encounters that are significantly weaker than you. It also shows when you would normally get an encounter when you have it installed.

On February 17, 2022, Atlus released a [[https://soul-hackers.jp/ mysterious website with a countdown set to end on February 21]], followed by a set of bizarre broadcasts on the following days. On February 21, a sequel, ''Soul Hackers 2'' was announced for PC via Steam, UsefulNotes/PlayStation4, UsefulNotes/PlayStation5, UsefulNotes/XboxOne and UsefulNotes/XboxSeriesX.

On February 17, 2022, Atlus released a [[https://soul-hackers.jp/ mysterious website with a countdown set to end on February 21]], followed by an [[https://twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1ynJOZdamVqGR even mysterious broadcast]] on Twitter, suggesting that a sequel is in the works.

* BreatherLevel: The Mall, save for some hard-hitting opponents like Powers and Duergars, is significantly easier than both the Amami Float and the Haunted Mansion, especially since it has no boss at all, compared to the three {{Wolfpack Boss}}es the previous two levels had between them. The Microelectronics Plant immediately after, however, ratchets up the difficulty even further.

* ContinuityLockout: Downplayed. You don't ''have'' to know the story of the original ''Devil Summoner'', but it does allow you to understand several references, [[spoiler:The BigBad and TheHero of ''Devil Summoner'' appear as bonus bosses.]]

* SuddenlyVoiced: Compared to the VoiceGrunting in Devil Survivor and the canned phrases in Nocture the 3DS remake is the first time in the franchise the demons have had actual voice work. [[spoiler:This goes for the Raidou, Gouto, and their alternate counterparts in the Extra Game as well; Raidou is a special case in that this is the first time he speaks at all, being a mime in both of his games and the second ''Nocturne'' remake.]]