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Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga Games Headed To EU PlayStation Store

By Ishaan . February 16, 2012 . 12:59pm

Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga Games Headed To EU PlayStation Store

Ghostlight published a blog post today, giving readers an update on Agarest: Generations of War 2, and adding that Fate/Extra for PSP is currently going through the approval process with Sony.

 

The big news, though, is that Ghostlight will be publishing Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga and Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga II on the European PlayStation Network sometime in the near future.

 

In the Digital Devil Saga titles, instead of summoning demons to fight for you, your party turns into demons themselves. A date for the two Shin Megami Tensei games hasn’t been announced yet, but we’ll keep you updated.

 

And before you ask; no, Atlus USA haven’t made any such announcements for North America yet.



  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Eddie-Dominguez/1078890439 Eddie Dominguez

    well, it just happens that right now i’m playing the second digital devil saga myself.what a coincidence,eh? :0

  • http://twitter.com/Guiltygate Eric Ames

    LIKE.

    Assuming they announce this for NA, that is.

  • https://twitter.com/#!/SplashdownTiger STiger

    Why is EU getting all this awesome stuff all of a sudden?

    ATLUS USA WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

    • 27CansOfTuna

      Hopefully they werent one of the publishers to abandon Vita today and are hard at work on Persona 4 Golden, my killer app for Vita.

    • http://myfigurecollection.net/collection/DrakosAmatras DrakosAmatras

      Oh, pipe down~ US has already gotten God Hand, Odin Sphere and a few others. EU should have their turn too, yes?

  • Go2hell66

    YESSSSSSSS

  • http://twitter.com/Laith_Rem Laith Rem

    YESs- Wait, no America? Okay then.

    Still happy for you European peeps, you will finally get to play an awesome game sliced in two.

  • http://twitter.com/RawrofJustice Rawrrawr45

    yo daaaaaamn. for once, I wish I lived EU. 

  • SolidusSnake

    These games rule. The story is one of the best in gaming, and the combat, level design, and pacing are immaculate, especially in part 2. The final dungeon of the second game is especially mind blowing. Can’t recommend these games enough. You can still find retail copies for very reasonable prices in the US, btw.

    • 27CansOfTuna

      But unfortunately not on any system that I currently own. 

    • https://twitter.com/#!/SplashdownTiger STiger

      $39.99 is not a reasonable price for games that released 5+ years ago.

      • cj_iwakura

        It is for Digital Devil Saga. It’s worth $80.

      • SolidusSnake

        I’m seeing brand new copies for under $25 on amazon. That is more than a bargain for one of the best RPGs in gaming, what to speak of the last 5 years.

      • http://www.facebook.com/people/Rad-Phil/100001043096006 Rad Phil

        Neither is games at $200+ that released out on Sega Saturn and such. For $40, that’s a steal in comparison to what it’s priced to find a physical copy in the past. In fact it’s probably priced a bit less as of today.

        Items have collector’s values for a reason.

      • Ladius

        I think the DDS are as fine as many jrpgs released nowadays, in fact they deserve that money more than some of those. Some last gen jrpgs haven’t aged really well, but the DDS series is still absolutely fine.

  • mirumu

    I wonder if there’s any HD enhancements or if they’re just straight conversions? The former could tempt me to re-buy.

  • Kitestwinblades

    More than worth the 10 bucks (if that’s the price anyway XD)!
    Pick this one up guys, you definitely wont regret it.

  • http://openid.anonymity.com/5HuDuQyz Woot

    This is Heaven! Day-one buy!

    • 27CansOfTuna

      Woot Woot!

    • http://myfigurecollection.net/collection/DrakosAmatras DrakosAmatras

      It might be just me, but it’s kinda odd hearing that about a re-release. Haha~

  • http://twitter.com/EdgeKun Ed Powell

    YESSSS. Good to see Atlus bringing DDS to digital! Here’s to hoping for the other MegaTens coming over, as well as to NA PSN. :D

    • Solomon_Kano

      Not Atlus, Ghostlight. Hopefully Atlus will follow suit in the US though.

  • Zonic505

    1st Neo Contra, now the SMT: DDS games. Europe is getting real lucky.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Brian-Familo/100000050196348 Brian Familo

    If this is being treated as a PS2 Classic, wouldn’t that mean it will be playable on Vita (once Vita gets it’s PS1/PS2 support update)?

  • KyoyaHibari

    Again, WHY DOESN’T NORTH AMERICA HAVE THESE ON THE STORE YET!? >.<

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Ricardo-Guedes/100000507969412 Ricardo Guedes

    This is stupid.. i’d rather have a full hd remake.. please dont do it with nocturne

    • Ladius

      There’s nothing “stupid”, they’re simply making the DDS PS2 games available on PSN for those who weren’t able to play them back in the days, just like a lot of PS1 games.

      It has nothing to do with remaking the games (a job for Atlus, not for Ghostlight), and I think having it up on PSN is absolutely better than trying to pick up a retail copy, especially in Europe.

  • cj_iwakura

    Definitely some of Meguro’s finest work.

  • Spirit Macardi

     I may just have to create a EU PSN account now.

  • malek86

    If they put it in the US store, it might be tempting just for 60hz support in the first game, which we never got. Going from DDS1 to DDS2 was staggering.

  • amagidyne

    The rain stopped~

    Does anyone know if the European PSN releases run at 50hz or 60hz? DDS2 had an option for it, but the PAL conversion made the first game feel kind of weird. Not weird enough to be bad, just weird. Had the sequel not run completely normally I would suspect my TV to be the culprit.

    In any case, I’d highly recommend anyone even remotely interested in these games to play them and avoid all spoilers at all costs. They’re really, really, really good and deserve to be played.

    • malek86

      The PAL versione of DDS1 was 50hz only. Decreased speed 50hz, I might add. Really annoying, and made a number of sound unsynced (for example look at Heat’s victory cry).

      DDS2 had 60hz support, so all was right with the world.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Wayne-LaBranch/100002132711844 Wayne LaBranch

    Please put it out for US, Sony/Atlus D8 i need to play these since i’ve been trying to find copies

  • BadenBadenPrinny

    I’ll definitely double dip on this

  • http://twitter.com/VXLbeast VXLbeast

    Wow, people in Europe have been treated well lately.  

  • HeatPhoenix

    Come on now, Nocturne next!

    • Testsubject909

      Regular Nocturne? NO! I will only accept Nocturne Chronicle Edition!

      • http://www.facebook.com/people/Daniel-Morandi/100000837836996 Daniel Morandi

         NO! I want my Nocturne Chronicles Edition maniac+ (wat?)

        With Dante AND Raidou in your team D:

        • HeatPhoenix

          YESYESYESYES.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Daniel-Morandi/100000837836996 Daniel Morandi

    I’m still waiting for my SMT HD collection…

  • PrinceHeir

    hell yeah :D

    though i already bought the PS2 games in black label and new condition :)

    already at the end, guess i’ll finish it now just to see the ending(doing the secret boss fights for now)

    though i would like to have Shin Megami Tensei 3 Nocurne Maniax Edition(the one that comes with the Limited Edition of Devil Summoner 2) with a new 7th ending, and raidou replacing dante.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEZnTS4MSUA 

    it’s the only SMT i haven’t gotten yet(plus it was not released in the US/EU)

    also reprint Devil Summoner 1 please!!!!!!

    • ShadowWolf

      i would to…………..but we lose Dante though.
      :/

      • PrinceHeir

        well at least we get new content :D

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

    Awesome duology.

  • ddsfan2

    I am so tempted to create an EU PSN account to purchase this, (if only to show support for these games) even though I already own and have beaten both on PS2…

    I hope that some developer stumbles upon it, and it inspires Atlus or someone else to make a similar JRPG this generation…

    Easily my favorite JRPGs of all time, and quite likely my favorite games of all time as well.

  • AzureNova

    I still have my copies of the Digital Devil Saga series nicely tucked away in its limited edition box, but I would still like to see them come to the NA PSN as well. Please Sony let me be able to use my saved data from the PS2 on the digital copies as well. =^_^=

  • solbalmung

    “Eat, slaughter, devour your enemies, Children of the purgatory”
    DDS was an unforgetable experience for me with a deep story and a charismatique cast of characters. I’d be more than happy to replay it again 8D !

  • CrazyKnives

    This is awesome, despite ‘Nocturne’ still being my favorite I REALLY enjoyed the DDS games.
    I will, however, pass on this mainly because I already own both original copies and I dont live in the EU AND I don’t have an EU account.

  • http://twitter.com/FaithlessMr Bruno Silva

    Ghostlight, did I ever tell you I much I love you?

    Because I really, really do. You sure know how to treat us right :) I’ll be getting the second game coz I have a original disc copy of the first. Also, I really hope they’ll put Lucifer’s Call (Nocturne) in there as well, one of my fav rpgs on the ps2.

    And…Devil Summoner? Pretty please with cherries on top? :3

    • Ravage27

      They really know how to please JRPG fans like us :)

  • Hinataharem

    I wish everything was released simultaneously in all territories (NA, JP and PAL) so the gaming world can be a better place.

    No more QQing, “Waahh we don’t get Pandora’s Tower, waahhh we don’t get Ni no Kuni till 2013″.

    • Solomon_Kano

      If only. Ah well. Guess gamers will just have to try to be a more patient lot… lol.

    • Ravage27

      As much as i’d love for this to happen, we all know it is impossible…unless everyone on Earth speaks the same language and live under a single government entity :/

  • Novac

    I guess that gets rid of the whole HD collection idea o well,It would be nice if they would give us Enchanced Nocturne it seems they only care about persona.

  • http://twitter.com/AnthonyFoster5 Anthony Foster

    Already own them, but would gladly buy them again if they were released as HD remasters.

  • http://www.facebook.com/ValkyrieProfileGuy Jesse Thompson

    Okay, if you’re reading this and you’re a big SMT fan and have never played these…you are MISSING OUT!  No, seriously, Nocturne was good, the Persona’s were great, but you need to GET these two games (Digital Devil Saga 1 & 2).  Seriously! :D

  • Solomon_Kano

    Seriously? :O

    Atlus?!? WHERE ARE YOU?!?!

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1373473338 Juan Andrés Valencia

    For the people that are interested on playing them… BUY THEM AS SOON AS THEY GET RELEASED! They are my favorite JRPG’s from last gen thanks to the dark story, addictive gameplay and mind-blowind production values (Battle For Survival is arguably the best battle theme I’ve ever heard). You won’t regret it

  • felixrush

    Just finished this series on the ps2 lol. It was good, not as wonderful as Nocturne for me though.

  • Covnam

    With PS2 games being released on PSN, has sony ever gave any response to the likely questions of playing those same games with the disc versions? I know that you can’t currently do that, but I was just curious if sony had ever commented on it since they started putting these games on PSN.

    • Solomon_Kano

      Their comment was removing BC in and of itself, really. No point in commenting on that after having taken the feature out.

  • Asura

    This really reminds me I have to finish the second game on my PS2 already.

    I stopped when… ergh, well, spoiler tags aren’t available here.

  • SupaPhly

    I had to emulate the game since my ps2 is forever broken and it was annoyingly buggy (emulating is not perfect, you know), but I managed to finish both games, and now they announce this ;_;

    I hope they release Lucifer’s Call, because I was probably halfway through when my ps2 decided to kill itself :P

  • http://twitter.com/Shinigami__san Shinigami__san

    Beat demifiend and satan on HD will be awesome *¬*

    Come on atlus, SMT nocturne maniac, we know you want to 

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Dsav-Sav/1070454715 Dsav Sav

    yeah would prefer them to make some graphical upgrades…..but yeah just looks like straight ports.

    better than nothing tho, for 2 of the best most darkest rpgs ever concieved.

  • Gatchaman1

     sigh

    Time to make a EU PSN account I guess

  • http://twitter.com/choosyant dan aubin

    Europe is ripping it up as of late. Totally deserve it. Now I want Odin Sphere on EU PSN.

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