Shin Megami Tensei IV’s Staff Have Worked On These Games

In their recent announcement for Shin Megami Tensei IV’s Summer release in North America, Atlus mentioned that the game is being worked on by developers who have been involved with games like Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne, Strange Journey, Persona and Soul Hackers.   Those are some of Atlus’ more notable games, so we decided to take a look at the staff list on Shin Megami Tensei IV’s Japanese website, to see just what the game’s lead designers have worked on in the past. You can find the translated list below. (Note that this is more of a literal translation to ensure accuracy.)   Scenario original draft: Kazuma Kaneko Shin Megami Tensei series demon design   Director: Kazuyuki Yamai Maken X – Level Design Persona 2: Eternal Punishment (PS1) – Level design, EX dungeon supervisor Maken Shao – Lead level design Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne – Lead level design, NPC dialogue Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne Maniacs – Director Raidou Kuzunoha vs. the Soulless Army – Director Raidou Kuzunoha vs. King Abaddon – Director Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey – Events, scenario support Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers (3DS) – Director   Character Designer: Masayuki Doi Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne – Concept art Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne Maniacs – Concept art Digital Devil Saga – Concept art Raidou Kuzunoha vs. the Soulless Army – Concept art, sub-character design Trauma Center: Second Opinion – Character designer Trauma Center: New Blood – Art director, character designer Trauma Center 2: Under the Knife – Character designer Trauma Team – Art director, Character designer Persona 2: Eternal Punishment (PSP) – New character design Devil Summoner 2: Soul Hackers (3DS) – New character design   Art Director: Eiji Ishida Kartia: The Word of Fate – Movie scenes Maken X – Character modelling, motion Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne – Background graphic supervisor Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne Maniacs – Art director Raidou Kuzunoha vs. the Soulless Army – Art director Raidou Kuzunoha vs. King Abaddon – Art director Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey – Director Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers (3DS) – Art director   Main Programmer: Satoshi Ooyama Persona 2: Innocent Sin (PS1) – Dungeon tools programming Maken Shao – Main programmer Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne – Main programmer Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne Maniacs – Main programmer Digital Devil Saga – Main programmer Digital Devil Saga 2 – Main programmer Raidou Kuzunoha vs. the Soulless Army – Main programmer Raidou Kuzunoha vs. King Abaddon – Main programmer Catherine – Bar Nightmare Stage Dance Floor program Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers (3DS) – Technical director   Sound Director: Kenichi Tsuchiya Revelations: Persona (PS1) – Sound creator [Composer, sound effects] Shin Megami Tensei (PS1) – Series porting sound director [Composer, SE] Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne – Sound creator [Composer, sound effects] Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne Maniacs – Sound creator [Composer, SE] Raidou Kuzunoha vs. the Soulless Army – Sound creator [Voice Recording & MA] Persona 3 – Sound creator [Sound effects] Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey – Sound creator [Sound effects] Tokyo Mono Hara Shi – Sound director [Composition, sound effects] Catherine – Sound creator [Composition, sound effects] Persona 4: Golden – Sound creator [ Composition, sound effects]   Sound Composer: Ryouta Kozuka Persona 4 – Sound creator [Composer] Persona (PSP) – Sound creator [Sound effects/new movies BGM etc.] Persona 3 Portable – Sound creator [Sound effect creation] Trauma Team – Sound creator [Composer, sound effect creation] Growlanser: Wayfarer of Time – Sound creator [New OP/ED songs] Persona 2: Innocent Sin (PSP) – Sound creator [Arranged BGM, new song comp.] Devil Survivor 2 – Sound creator [Composer] Devil Survivor: Overclocked – Sound creator [New OP song] Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers – Sound creator [New OP, composer, SE porting]   The team of designers working on Shin Megami Tensei IV is called the “Maniacs Team,” presumably due to their heavy involvement in the Maniacs edition of Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne (and in some cases, the original version, too).   Update: Added Kaneko’s involvement.