Shin Megami Tensei if...

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Shin Megami Tensei if...
Developer(s)	Atlus
Publisher(s)	Atlus
Genre	RPG
Platform(s)	Super Famicom PlayStation Wii iOS Wii U Nintendo Switch
Release	Super Famicom Japan October 28, 1994 PlayStation Japan December 26, 2002 PlayStation Network Japan September 8, 2010 Wii Japan February 1, 2011 iOS Japan March 22, 2013 Wii U Japan October 16, 2013 Nintendo Switch Japan July 28, 2021

Shin Megami Tensei if... is a 1994 role-playing game for the Super Famicom, and the third entry in the Shin Megami Tensei series. It was developed and published by Atlus and released on October 28, 1994. A remaster of the game featuring updated graphics and additional music was released for the PlayStation on December 26, 2002.

Shin Megami Tensei if... is a "side-story" to the first Shin Megami Tensei game, but is still officially considered to be part of the mainline series as it shared the same developmental staff. The game was later followed-up with Megami Ibunroku Persona, the first game in the Persona series.

To date, Shin Megami Tensei if... has not seen an official release outside of Japan. The Super Famicom version received a fan translation by the group Aeon Genesis and released on October 25, 2018.

Blurb

This begins with one young man. Hazama, a handsome boy possessing genius. He never mingled with the ordinary people, and was always alone. He obtained a Demon Summoning Program and soon came to rule the demon world. He then drew the world into the demon world. To start, he dragged Karukozaka High School, the school you attend, into the demon world. You fell into the world. And then, what you saw...

いつもと同じ放課後は、狭間偉出男の手によって魔界へと変えられる。学校中がパニックに陥る中、魔界から脱出するために１人の生徒が立ち上がった⸺。 ある日、学校が魔界に飲み込まれた⸺。 それはある一人の生徒によって引き起こされた現象であった。 彼は天才的な頭脳の持ち主であるが、偶然手にした悪魔召唤プログラムを使って悪魔を召喚し始め、魔界の存在を知るようになる。 そして、魔界を自分の力で自由自在に操れることを悟る。 魔界を支配できるようになると、 崩れ去る、学校の平穏。 学校を魔界に引きずり込んでしまうのであった。 魔界から脱出すべく、主人公は立ち上がるのだが⋯⋯。

Synopsis

Karukozaka High School is dragged into the Makai by Ideo Hazama, who has crowned himself the Deity Emperor. The player character partners up with another student and together they collect a series of rings to undo the seal keeping the school trapped in the Expanse. If the player partners up with the hidden character Akira Miyamoto - unlocked on a second playthrough - then they escape through a manhole in the janitor's closet and become trapped in the Tower of Confinement, where Akira's soul is fused with that of Amon, and they must climb to the top of it to defeat Hazama.

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Gameplay

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Gameplay is similar to that of Shin Megami Tensei and Shin Megami Tensei II, seeing the player traverse 3D dungeons in a first-person perspective, and entering random battles with Demons who can be fought or negotiated with. Shin Megami Tensei if... differs from the previous mainline games in a couple of key ways: notably the lack of freely navigable overworld maps, and the addition of the Guardian system, which later was adapted into the Persona system. Also unlike the previous two games, the player's alignment has no influence on the story, and only limits what demons they can recruit and summon.

In place of the alignment-based progression, the player is able to choose a partner from three characters, each one taking a slightly different path through the game, with Yumi Shirakawa being the default, Reiko Akanezawa adding an extra dungeon and true final boss, and Shinji Kuroi visiting the World of Wrath instead of the World of Envy. Upon completing the game with any character, a fourth partner character, Akira Miyamoto becomes available, whose route contains an entirely unique plot, bosses, and dungeons. This route also possesses unique music in the PlayStation version.

Version Differences

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PlayStation

• The Akira route has unique themes from the normal routes for battles, demon encounters, and leveling up, the battle theme being based on the theme from Shin Megami Tensei.
• The soundtrack overall is presented in higher quality using the PlayStation's Sound Processing Unit.

Development

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Nomenclature

Names in Other Languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	真・女神転生if...	True Goddess Reincarnation if...

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