History WMG / ShinMegamiTenseiIV

** [[spoiler:Furthermore, it's likely it was ''more'' than 1500 years outside - the calendar kept by Mikado started with the kingdom's ''foundation'' by Aquila, and he (as the local Akira) and the remains of the Counter-Demon Force already had worked for some time to drill the path that would become Naraku to the surface.]]

* We know [[spoiler: Flynn]] is a reincarnation of someone who [[spoiler: gave his life to raise the firmament.]] That someone might have been the Shin Megami Tensei I protagonist, in an alternate version of the events of first game of the series. The Law and Chaos protagonists likely existed as well, but died after Tokyo was saved from the ICBMs. The Heroine likely met this fate as well. 1500 years later, they were reborn as Flynn, Isabeau, Johnathan, and Walter.

* The Yamato Reactor generates black holes. Black holes cause time dilation. The Eastern Kingdom of Mikado hasn't experienced 1,500 years of history while only 25 years have passed in the "real" world - 1,500 years have passed in the "real" world while Tokyo has experienced only 25.
** There might be some evidence to this. [[spoiler: When Masakado destroys the barrier and assumes his true form, we're given a brief glimpse of the outside world, which seems to be filled with greenery and lakes. If the entire world was nuked over, it's doubtful it could recover in only 25 years time.]]

[[WMG: The characters are in some kind of time loop or their future selves are contacting Flynn to convince him to take the side they want.]]

[[WMG: This game takes place after [=SMT2=] on the main timeline, somewhere around the year 3080.]]

[[WMG: This game takes place after StrangeJourney.]]

[[WMG: This game takes place during [=SMT1=].]]

[[WMG: The Yamato Reactor is somehow connected to the Amala Network.]]

[[WMG: Isabeau is this world's incarnation of the Heroine from [=SMT1=].]]

[[WMG: Alternatively, everyone is a reincarnation of the cast of [=SMT1=].]]

[[WMG: Time doesn't move faster for the people of Mikado. Time in Tokyo moves ''slower.'']]

** There might be some evidence to this. [[spoiler: When Masakado destroys the barrier and assumes his true form, we're given a brief glimpse of the outside world, which seems to be filled with greenery and lakes. If the entire world was nuked over, it's doubtful it could recover in only 25 years time.]]

* The Yamato Reactor generates black holes. Black holes cause time dilation. The Eastern Kingdom of Mikado hasn't experienced 1,500 years of history while only 25 years have passed in the "real" world - 1,500 years have passed in the "real" world while Tokyo has experienced only 25.

* In Nocturne, we learn that a 'world' is actually its own universe, and not a literal planet. Considering [[http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_med2jz6MN11qlgdmdo1_500.png she looks almost like the heroine if you have her wear the heroine's clothes and untie her hair...]]

[[WMG:Isabeau is this world's incarnation of the Heroine from [=SMT1=].]]
* In Nocturne, we learn that a 'world' is actually its own universe, and not a literal planet. Considering [[http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_med2jz6MN11qlgdmdo1_500.png she looks almost like the heroine if you have her wear the heroine's clothes and untie her hair...]]

* Unlikely, given that [[spoiler:the Yamato Perpetual Reactor is actually a particle accelerator.]].

[[WMG: This game takes place after SMT2 on the main timeline, somewhere around the year 3080.]]
* Jossed. [[spoiler:Characters mention China and the United States also having come under demonic invasion. Neither country exists after SMT1.]]

[[WMG: This game takes place during SMT1.]]

** Jossed. [[spoiler:Mikado was simply built with God's Chosen (kidnapped children who don't remember Tokyo) on a ark and was built on the ceiling of Tokyo afterwards. The flow of time is different between the two.]]

[{WMG: The characters are in some kind of time loop or their future selves are contacting Flynn to convince him to take the side they want.]]

** Jossed. [[spoiler:Characters mention China and the United States also having come under demonic invasion. Neither country exists after SMT1.]]

** Jossed. [[spoiler: Most of the game's plot is caused by The White, manifestations of human despair at God's ultimate control over mankind's fate. Their goal is to remove mankind from the control of god by ending existence.]] Where Strange Journey falls in relationship to this game is unclear, but Nocturne is clearly unrelated. Besides, Strange Journey is a textbook example of GaiasVengeance, while Nocturne is one link in an inconceivably large ThirtyXanatosPileup between the Great Will and Lucifer (or its resolution, depending on your choice of ending).

* Possible, but unlikely, given that [[spoiler:the Yamato Perpetual Reactor is actual a particle accelerator]].

* Someone tampered with the past, much like in Raidou Kuzunoha, which might explain the anachronistic nature of East Mikado.

* The characters are in some kind of time loop or their future selves are contacting Flynn to convince him to take the side they want.


* This game takes place after SMT2 on the main timeline, somewhere around the year 3080.

* This game takes place after StrangeJourney where god/YHVH has decided, since the Schwarzelt and Demi-fiend failed, to just take his chosen and create a paradise for them.

* This game takes place during SMT1, specifically during the 30 year gap between when the nukes fell and when Kazuya & co are in Makai. It is mentioned that it the nukes fell 25 years ago meaning this would take place 5 years before the second part.

[[WMG: The Yamato Reactor is somehow connected to the Amala Network.]]

** Strange Journey has no relation to the game [[spoiler: as the Counter-Demon Force Base has info that reveals that Country A created the Demonica to fight demons, which people didn't know about in Strange Journey until after they entered the Scharzwalt. Japan became the world's second best demon fighting force using the armor.]]

** Kind of. [[spoiler:The Yamato Perpetual Reactor created a rift that let demons into the world, and later shifted Tokyo to under the Eastern Kingdom of Mikado--itself a future, post-apocalyptic Tokyo.]]

** Jossed. [[spoiler: Most of the game's plot is caused by The White, manifestations of human despair at God's ultimate control over mankind's fate. Their goal is to remove mankind from the control of god by ending existence.]] Where Strange Journey falls in relationship to this game is unclear, but Nocturne is clearly unrelated. Besides, Strange Journey is a textbook example of GaiasVengeance, while Nocturne is one link in an inconceivably large ThirtyXanatosPileup between the Great Will and Lucifer (or its resolution, depending on your choice of ending).

** Kind of. [spoiler:The Yamato Perpetual Reactor created a rift that let demons into the world, and later shifted Tokyo to under the Eastern Kingdom of Mikado--itself a future, post-apocalyptic Tokyo.]

** Jossed. [spoiler:Characters mention China and the United States also having come under demonic invasion. Neither country exists after SMT1.]

** Jossed. [[spoiler: Most of the game's plot is caused by The White, manifestations of human despair at God's ultimate control over mankind's fate. Their goal is to remove mankind from the control of god by ending existence.]] Where Strange Journey falls in relationship to this game is unclear, but Nocturne is clearly unrelated.

* This game takes place after StrangeJourney where god/YHVH has decided, since the Schwarzelt and Demi-fiend failed, to just take his chosen and create a paradise for them.

* This game takes place after SMT2 on the main timeline, somewhere around the year 3080.

* The characters are in some kind of time loop or their future selves are contacting Flynn to convince him to take the side they want.

* Someone tampered with the past, much like in Raidou Kuzunoha, which might explain the anachronistic nature of East Mikado.