Guidelines:Media Order

The media order policy of Megami Tensei Wiki outlines how media titles should be ordered in sections.

Overview

Because of the vastness of the Megami Tensei franchise and its high frequency of recurring elements, Megami Tensei Wiki adopts a particular order for how media titles should be ordered in page sections, lists, and galleries. This ordering follows a stacked tier based on media type appearances order, followed by series order, then by media title order. This ordering is generally only considered for subjects, such as characters and demons, that have appeared in more than one title or have appeared across series, and is designed to keep pages organized and intuitive when searching for particular content.

While the tiered order listed below should generally be kept most of the time, there may be some exceptions to this rule. Refer to the exceptions section below.

Appearances Order

As defined in the article writing guidelines, pages are constructed in a particular order of sections. For character, demon, skill, item, and location pages, the Appearances sections are kept in this order:

==Game Appearances==
==Audio Drama Appearances==
==Novel Appearances==
==Anime Appearances==
==Manga Appearances==
==Other Appearances==

Each section is self-explanatory for which media types they cover, while the "Other Appearances" section is for guest appearances or cameos in non-Megami Tensei media. Sections that are not applicable to the subject should be omitted.

Series

If a subject has appeared across more than one series, then media within the Appearances section are ordered by series. This is in the release or debut order for each series:

Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei series
Shin Megami Tensei series
Last Bible series
Majin Tensei series
Devil Summoner series
Persona series
Devil Children series
Digital Devil Saga series
Devil Survivor series

Media Titles

Finally, after considering the media appearances and series orders, individual media titles are ordered by their original Japanese release dates.

To bring all of this into an example: the demon Lucifer's Game Appearances section would be ordered as such:

==Game Appearances==
===''Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei''===
===''Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei II''===
===''Shin Megami Tensei''===
===''Shin Megami Tensei II''===
===''Shin Megami Tensei: Nine''===
===''Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne''===
===''Shin Megami Tensei IV''===
===''Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse''===
===''Shin Megami Tensei V''===
===''Last Bible''===
===''Last Bible III''===
===''Majin Tensei''===
And so on...

Exceptions

Some subject pages may require an exemption where breaking the defined order above would be more beneficial for the subject.

If a subject first appeared in or has larger significance in a non-game media, then the initial media type's Appearances section should come first. For example: Akemi Nakajima, who first appeared in the Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei of novels, should have Novel Appearances listed first over Game Appearances.

Similarly, if a subject first appeared in another series or has more significance in it, then media from that series should be ordered first. For example: Raidou Kuzunoha XIV, who has a more prominent role in the Devil Summoner and who has also guest appeared in certain versions of Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne, should have his Devil Summoner appearances listed first.