References in Megami Tensei

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This is a list of references in Megami Tensei franchise to other media.

Shin Megami Tensei series

Shin Megami Tensei IV

Persona series

Persona 3 Portable

  • In Persona 3 Portable, a man resembling Vincent Brooks from Atlus's puzzle game Catherine appears at Club Escapade and hints at the events that happen in his game. As Atlus revealed on a web show in 2011, that's not actually Vincent, but rather a lookalike with a mole.[1]

Persona 4

  • Before the game begins, Chie Satonaka lends Yosuke Hanamura a DVD called Trial of the Dragon. In Japanese, this is named Seiryū Densetsu (Japanese: 成龍伝説, Hepburn Seiryū densetsu). This is a reference to both Jackie Chan, whose name is written 成龍, and a Japanese TV drama about a female martial artist called Legend of St. Dragon (Japanese: 聖龍伝説, Hepburn Seiryū densetsu) which is also pronounced seiryū.
  • Shadow Mitsuo has skills called Whisper (Japanese: ささやき, Hepburn Sasayaki), Prayer (Japanese: いのり,, Hepburn Inori), and Chant (Japanese: えいしょう, Hepburn Eishō). These are references to a message that appears in Wizardry when you revive dead characters or cure paralysis at the Temple of Cant.[2]
  • When Shadow Mitsuo transforms into Mitsuo the Hero, his third command is Spell which casts Gigadyne. Gigadyne (Japanese: ギガダイン, Hepburn Gigadain) is a reference to Kazap (Japanese: ギガデイン, Hepburn Gigadein) from Dragon Quest.[3]
  • In order to fight Shadow Mitsuo, the Investigation Team must find the Orb of Darkness (Japanese: くらやみのたま, Hepburn Kurayami no tama). This is a reference to the Sphere of Light (Japanese: ひかりのたま, Hepburn Hikari no tama) from Dragon Quest.[4]
  • When the protagonist interacts with the pile of bones to get the Gaia Sword, a message appears that says, "No response. It must be a tile, not an object." (Japanese: 返事がない。ただの飾りのようだ…) This is a reference to how in Dragon Quest, when the hero interacts with a pile of bones or a dead person, a message appears that says, "There's no response. It's just a corpse." (Japanese: 返事がない。ただのしかばねのようだ。)

Persona 4 Golden

  • The movie theater in Okina shows new movies every month that are parodies of real movies, such as Loan of the Rings (Lord of the Rings) and Dumminator 2 (Terminator 2), Return of the Dragon (see the note about Trial of the Dragon under the Persona 4 section), One Missed Text (One Missed Call), Dachiko (Hachiko), Roman Paid Holiday (Roman Holiday), Obatar (Avatar), and Orso Rosso (Porco Rosso). In Japanese, Orso Rosso is named Kurenai no Kuma after Porco Rosso's Japanese title, Kurenai no Buta.

References

  1. Weekly Game Dining Table #147. Archived: Archive.org. Published February 10, 2011. Retrieved January 22, 2024. Gamers1. Web Show.
  2. Example of the message in Wizardry 1 (Japanese playthrough). Published November 24, 2021. Retrieved January 17, 2024. YouTube. Video.
  3. Kazap. Retrieved January 17, 2024. Dragon Quest Wiki. Article.
  4. Sphere of Light. Retrieved January 17, 2024. Dragon Quest Wiki. Article.