Atlus Teaser Site Reveals Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey?

By Spencer . July 16, 2009 . 10:37pm

Atlus Teaser Site Reveals Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey?

Atlus posted a new teaser site which has a scrambled picture and text like “we’re hope!” and “for the future of mankind, let’s do it!”. The game will be revealed on July 24, but I believe we can beat that.

 

Denpa no Sekai helped crack the mystery by sending a picture an unscrambled picture of the South Pole imploding. Thanks!!

 

Atlus Teaser Site Reveals Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey?Doing a little more digging I think we got the name of the game and it’s a Shin Megami Tensei title. The page’s source code hid a file called logo_megami.jpg. The file has been removed, but not before this Japanese blog grabbed it.

 

It looks like Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey is coming out in Japan on October 8. This year that’s a Thursday too and games in Japan are typically released on Thursdays…


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  • BK0000

    It's Second Impact!

  • lostinblue

    strange journey smells like a first person dungeon crawler to me. that or a mmorpg.

  • http://shmups.system11.org/ UnscathedFlyingObject

    What's with game series and going into space.

  • Ereek

    Why not? SMT has done the present to death and most other RPGs have done medieval to death, too. RPGs that take place in space are rare compared to the others.

  • speedstersonic

    WOOO! SMT FTW!

  • geosafer

    Be on an HD console that allows you to import please.

  • QBasic

    The image and title make it feel like a combination of “SMT on the Moon”, and “Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure”

    ……Platform? =/

  • ryne11

    Pants…. Getting…. Tighter…….

  • mirumu

    So I guess this will be another spin-off series from the SMT universe. It does have the ring of a title set in space to me. I haven't tended to enjoy many space JRPGs, but if they that SMT that way I think it could prove interesting.

  • manoclay

    Awesome work, Spencer (and helper)! I haven't gasped so much in quite awhile.

  • THRONE

    Astronaut Jack Frost.

  • jarrodand

    Japanese 360? Seems likely imo…

  • malek86

    Cool. Cool. Cool. Now I can't wait for July 24th.

  • MadMirko

    Personally I hope for the former, but how likely is that? :/ Of course it could be an expansion for SMT Online:Imagine.

  • ryne11

    We need some alien mythology in the MegaTen franchise. Instead of YHVH, how about the Evil Overlord Xenu as true enemy?

  • http://denpanosekai.blogspot.com denpanosekai

    That logo is so 70s Prog Rock.

  • keriaku

    Awesome awesome awesome. I'm excited! :D
    I'm hoping for the PS3.

  • http://myanimelist.net/profile/Kuronoa Kuronoa

    Oh man , Cannot wait to see what this is.

  • jarrodand

    I bet it's DS or PSP.

    The Wii and HD SMTs are likely still a ways off.

  • malek86

    Now that I think about it… weren't there rumors about an unnamed SMT project for PS3? Could it be this one?

  • http://www.infinite-bits.com NickyD

    Yeah, but those rumors have been around since the PS3's launch. Who knows if this is it or if that was quietly canned. I'm hoping this is it, but I suppose we'll have to wait and see.

  • Nabe

    I'm intrigued. Let this be a current-gen title Atlus!

  • cj_iwakura

    I don't buy that logo just yet. I've seen better ones faked.

  • Saturnus

    Is that a massive hole opening in the south pole, or a giant explosion?

    I'm hoping this is
    a) on PS3, whatever happened to that SMT game?
    b) futuristic, either demons in space or travelling to the center of the earth deal (read: hell?)
    c) post-apocalyptic dog eat dog world

  • http://www.siliconera.com Jenni

    The whole “We're Hope!” and “For the future of mankind, let's do it!” makes me wonder if this game is somehow related to Devil Summoner.

  • Parable

    I'm thinking a console “prequel” to SMT: Imagine… The coming of the great destruction, the world being overrun by demons, the building of Shinjuku Babel, etc.

  • QBasic

    Yeah….except, this is 120% legit…

    =_=;;

  • Shadow_Raskolnik

    Same thing here, for some reason I have a feeling this could be a sequel to Devil Survivor, or at least be something similar to it.

  • http://meikiyou.deviantart.com meikiyou

    to me looks like a devil survivor related game for wii with now a world themed isolation

  • CleruTesh

    OK, I definitely need to expand my MegaTen horizons a bit more. OK, so I've only played P3 & P4 through so far, in what games is your primary enemy frickin' God? That's totally frickin' black metal.

  • DDanny

    As it's using the SMT title in Japan, it'll either be SMT4 or something like SMT If…
    Oh god, please make it more classic megaten like SMT1 and 2.

  • Ereek

    Pretty much every non-Persona SMT game.

  • http://www.siliconera.com Spencer

    Thanks! But, so many other people helped figure this out so thank you Internet!

  • http://www.siliconera.com Spencer

    Even to some extent the enemies in P3 and P4 are gods too. Choosing to rebel against God is one of the core SMT concepts.

  • http://www.siliconera.com Spencer

    If the logo's right it won't be related to Devil Survivor. While that was a Shin Megami Tensei game here, it was actually a “Megami Ibunroku” or Another Goddess Story game in Japan.

  • http://www.siliconera.com Spencer

    Ah, this is an interesting idea. That would be a good way to tie loose strings since SMT: Imagine is out in the West.

  • http://www.myanimelist.net/profile/Hraesvelgr Hraesvelgr

    To the PS3 question, if a PS3 SMT game isn't announced at some point in the near future, it's highly likely that it got cancelled like numerous other projects for the PS3.

  • Shadow_Raskolnik

    Yeah you're right, I forgot that Devil Survivor had the Megami Ibunroku logo.

    Thanks for reminding me.

  • http://www.myanimelist.net/profile/Hraesvelgr Hraesvelgr

    Not likely to happen, as cool as that would be. Their more streamlined have had more success recently, after all. Chances are they'll just stick with more streamlined approaches.

  • CleruTesh

    Yeah, well, “gods” with a lowercase “G”, sure. But I have never done battle with the primary deity of Judeo-Christianity, and it just sounds epic!
    (For the record, I am Catholic, so I am not opposed to YHVH in any way, but I have always been fascinated by theology, and the Gnostics, for example, viewed YHVH as their ultimate nemesis)

  • ryne11

    Actually fight? Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei II (Japan only), Shin Megami Tensei II (Japan Only) and it is implied that in Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne (Kagutsuchi as YHVH's avatar possibly)

    As an Entity? Shin Megami Tensei I, Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne if following the True Demon route

  • CleruTesh

    WOW. While the term “avatar” is strictly connected to Hinduism, AFAIK. The concept of “YHVH's avatar” sounds like a fascinating analogue to Christ. It's just unbelievable that Japan has only been relatively recently exposed to occidental theology, yet they somehow seem to be more capable than us at creating compelling stories out of it.

  • Rebusca

    SMT: Imagine's prequel is SMT1.

  • futomimi

    Actually, just based on how the title looks I see this as a return to classic Megaten. I think they've been so successful with the Persona games that they can afford a little wiggle room, and go with something stranger instead.

  • EvilAkito

    I bet it's a mobile phone game.

  • gvnmadeinheaven

    Awesome >w< … (btw is it just me or the “Shin Megami Tensei” kanji looked… different?)

  • futomimi

    I just checked and it's the same. Slightly less pixelated but the same.

  • futomimi

    I just checked and it's the same. Slightly less pixelated but the same.

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