Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne

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This article is about the original release of Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne. For the updated version, which became the basis for international releases and the HD Remaster, see Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne Maniax.

Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne
Developer(s)	Atlus Research and Development 1
Publisher(s)	Atlus
Genre	RPG
Platform(s)	PlayStation 2
Release	Japan February 20, 2003 South Korea September 25, 2003

Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne is a 2003 role-playing game for the PlayStation 2, and the fifth entry in the Shin Megami Tensei series. It was developed and published by Atlus and released on February 20, 2003 in Japan. In South Korea, the game was released on September 25, 2003.

The game follows the protagonist who, along with his friends, survives an apocalyptic event that transforms Tokyo into the Vortex World, an intermediary world inhabited by Demons. The protagonist is saved from death after he is forcibly transformed into a half-human, half-demon being, known as the Demi-fiend.

A year after its initial release, the game received an enhanced director's cut edition containing additional content, titled Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne Maniax. This version would become the basis for the localization and future re-releases of the game, including the Nocturne Maniax Chronicle Edition and HD Remaster versions. The Steam release of HD Remaster is based on the original Nocturne version, making it the only official release of the original game outside of Japan and South Korea.

Blurb

「東京受胎」一。 ありふれた日常は、その現象を境に 異界一ボルテクス界へと姿を変えた。 自らを悪魔の姿へと変える マガタマを手に入れた少年は、 その答えをみつけるため、 変わり果てた東京へ旅立つ。

'Tōkyō jutai' arifureta nichijō wa, sono genshō o sakai ni ikai - borutekusu-kai e to sugata o kaeta. Mizukara o akuma no sugata e to kaeru magatama o te ni ireta shōnen wa, sono kotae o mitsukeru tame, kawarihateta Tōkyō e tabidatsu.

'Tokyo Conception' A commonplace everyday life is transformed into an otherworldly vortex after this phenomenon. A boy who has obtained Magatama, which transforms him into the form of a demon, sets off on a journey to a transformed Tokyo to find the answer to his question.

Synopsis

A young boy meets with his friends Isamu and Chiaki to visit their hospitalized teacher. During their visit, they notice several oddities in the hospital. Searching for his teacher, the young boy comes across a man named Hikawa, the leader of the Ring of Gaea cult. He tries to kill the young boy with his demon but the teacher, Yuko Takao saves him. After telling him to meet her at the rooftop, Yuko explains the event that is about to occur, The Conception. This event is triggered so that the world is destroyed in order to be created once again. After this event, the young boy turns into a demon and is reborn as the Demi-fiend. In a desperate struggle to reshape the world as they see fit, Hikawa, Isamu and Chiaki set foot in the newly created Vortex World, while the Demi-fiend has to choose which Reason to help come true.

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Gameplay

Being the second Shin Megami Tensei game to be fully 3D, the first being Shin Megami Tensei: Nine, dungeon crawling and battles are now played in a third-person perspective. Dungeon crawling has free movement and camera control, while battles show all demons in 3D. Battles are played with the newly introduced Press Turn system which rewards the player for exploiting the enemy's weaknesses.

Version Differences

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Maniax

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Development

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Nomenclature

Names in Other Languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	真・女神転生III-NOCTURNE	True Goddess Reincarnation III: Nocturne
Korean	진·여신전생3 NOCTURNE	True Goddess Reincarnation 3: Nocturne

Gallery

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  Tsuyata variant cover.

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  Cover of the Deluxe Pack.

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  South Korean cover

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  The cover art on a booster pack from the 2003 Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne Trading Card Game.

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  The standard cover artwork.

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  The Tsuyata variant cover artwork.