Devil Children Black Book and Red Book

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Devil Children Black Book and Red Book
Developer(s)	Multimedia Intelligence Transfer
Publisher(s)	Atlus
Genre	RPG
Platform(s)	Game Boy Color PlayStation PlayStation 3 (PS1 Classic) PlayStation Portable (PS1 Classic) PlayStation Vita (PS1 Classic) Nintendo 3DS (Virtual Console)
Release	Game Boy Color Japan November 17, 2000 PlayStation Japan March 18, 2002 PlayStation 3 Japan March 13, 2010 PlayStation Portable Japan March 13, 2010 PlayStation Vita Japan March 13, 2010 Nintendo 3DS Japan November 13, 2013

Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Children Black Book and Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Children Red Book are a pair of 2000 role-playing games for the Game Boy Color, and the first entries in the Devil Children series. They were developed by Multimedia Intelligence Transfer, published by Atlus, and released on November 17, 2000. A remastered compilation of both versions with updated graphics was released for the PlayStation on March 18, 2002.

To date, neither release of Black Book or Red Book have been officially released outside of Japan. The Game Boy Color version of Black Book received a fan translation and was released on July 28, 2021.

Synopsis

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Gameplay

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Version Differences

The protagonist is capable of riding their demon partner in demon-infested areas, which grants a faster walking speed at the cost of an increased encounter rate. Some obstacles can only be traversed when riding your partner, and the kind of obstacle differs depending on the game: Cool can walk on lava and reach blocked areas by digging underground, while Veil's ability to fly allows her to go over cliffs, water, and other kinds of special terrain such as slippery ice and moving sand. As both versions of the game share the same maps, certain areas and items can become harder or impossible to navigate or acquire depending on the version being played.

Some locations contain blue and pink doors next to each other that can only be opened by Setsuna and Mirai, respectively. Whatever items are located inside those doors can only be acquired on one version of the game.

The fusion system differs in both games. In Black Book, fusing two demons will result in a third demon of a different race that can inherit skills from its fusion components. In Red Book, fusing a demon with a weaker demon will strengthen the stats of the former, while fusing with a stronger demon will make the first demon evolve into a stronger demon of the same race. Fusing two copies of the same demon is also possible in Red Book, which will increase the maximum HP and SP of the first demon selected. This strengthening, when performed enough times, allows certain demons to evolve.

Mute-race demons are only available via fusion accident in Black Book, but they appear in the wild in Red Book. The element of partner-exclusive skills that can be taught by a Trainer will change depending on the version: Fire in Black Book, and Wood in Red Book.

PlayStation

Upon booting the game, the player will be greeted by an opening sequence visually inspired by the anime adaptation, and then be prompted to select between playing Black Book, Red Book, or using the Webnet, which allows connecting two save files in the Memory Card to perform the same functions as connecting two GameBoy Color games via Link Cable. Each version of the game now allows for three separate save slots instead of just one.

Visually, the game's graphics were updated but remain a one-by-one recreation of all areas in the original versions. There is now voice acting, with talent from the anime adaptation reprising their roles, but no option to adjust the volume of background music and voice acting separately.

In the original versions of the game, it's possible to run in areas without demon encounters for increased speed, while in the PlayStation version the player will walk in those areas at running speed by default.

The game's story was left mostly unchanged, though the script, previously entirely in hiragana and katakana now contains kanji. However, kanji is still not available when selecting the protagonist's name. The only real alteration was changing the demons who kidnap Nagahisa from Petit Frosts into Jack Frosts.

Twenty new demons were added to the game, sixteen of which are available on both versions and two pairs that are exclusive to each version.

PlayStation-exclusive Demons

Name	Level	Version
Bunbuku Chagama	10	Both
Bakemogura	13	Both
Moai	19	Both
Kami wo Kure	20	Both
Jersey Devil	21	Both
Keukegen	22	Both
Cyborg Deka	23	Both
Brownie	24	Red Book
Kaguya-hime	26	Black Book
Zenki Goki	28	Both
Nautilus	29	Both
Abe no Seimei	32	Both
Rokurokubi	34	Both
Kiyohime	35	Both
Paramecium King	36	Both
A Bao A Qu	40	Both
Excalibur	46	Both
Jiang Ziya	50	Both
Zeus	60	Black Book
Amaterasu	60	Red Book

Development

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Nomenclature

Names in Other Languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	真・女神転生 デビルチルドレン 黒の書 真・女神転生 デビルチルドレン 赤の書 真・女神転生 デビルチルドレン 黒の書・赤の書PlayStation	True Goddess Reincarnation: Devil Children Black Book True Goddess Reincarnation: Devil Children Red Book True Goddess Reincarnation: Devil Children Black Book & Red Book