Comments on: Was Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor Inspired By The World Ends With You?

By: NickyD

NickyD — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 08:39:33 +0000

Or he just hasn't played the original SMT titles on the NES and SNES; the first true game we got was Nocturne outside of Japan and it was set in modern Japan... well... a post-apocalyptic mirror-world modern Japan.

While my memory of them is fuzzy due to it being so long for the first two (well, first one and second half of the other), all 4 Persona titles have been set in at the very least a modern setting, if not Japan directly.

Devil Summoner and Digital Devil Saga are spin-offs, like Persona, so it's tough to lump them into the main universe while ignoring that fact. The SMT sub-heading is just kept in the states for some sort of clarification or branding purpose.

Plus, he only said Persona had a time limit, which they did =) He didn't say SMT:N or DDS.

By: QBasic

QBasic — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 08:10:42 +0000

Rofl. Something tells me you haven't played a single one other than Persona 3 and 4…

By: dark_god

dark_god — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 06:37:28 +0000

Haha, couldn't have said it better myself. Modern Japan setting is so Shin Megami Tensei. And doesn't Persona have a time limit and stuff like that.

By: QBasic

QBasic — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 02:54:14 +0000

Haha. Oh, man, huh. Yeah. Good one.

By: NickyD

NickyD — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 02:04:12 +0000

If anything was inspired by the art style of TWEWY, it'd be InFamous. The cutscenes near the beginning of the game introduce “Reapers”, who wear red hooded sweatshirts and “control” the city. HMMMMMMMM. Plus the comic-art style of the InFamous cutscenes really make it seem like a total rip-off. That said, both games are awesome and I don't mind all that much.

By: NickyD

NickyD — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 01:39:33 +0000

By: QBasic

QBasic — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 01:10:42 +0000

Rofl. Something tells me you haven't played a single one other than Persona 3 and 4…

By: dark_god

dark_god — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 23:37:28 +0000

Haha, couldn't have said it better myself. Modern Japan setting is so Shin Megami Tensei. And doesn't Persona have a time limit and stuff like that.

By: QBasic

QBasic — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 19:54:14 +0000

Haha. Oh, man, huh. Yeah. Good one.

By: NickyD

NickyD — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 19:04:12 +0000

By: marcus

marcus — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 18:24:31 +0000

It's possible, im mean the world ends with you was and is the best ds game by square enix.

By: Happy Gamer

Happy Gamer — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 17:11:53 +0000

i loved world ends with u lol. badges..must get all and lvl em all….i need to get my hands on devil summoner for DS. just that im a bit busy with SRT OG SAGA…and money :(

By: ryne11

ryne11 — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 17:08:30 +0000

My thoughts exactly. I hate how people keep saying DS rips off TWEWY