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{{DISPLAYTITLE:''The Inverted Pyramid''}}

'''The Inverted Pyramid''' is a downloadable story content for {{Link|Game|smt4a}}. It adds a [[Challenge Quest]] that will momentarily transport [[Nanashi]] to another area to fight a boss when accepted. The Challenge Quest involves rescuing [[Asahi]] and other kidnapped women who have been taken to a location directly based off the real-life [[Wikipedia:Tokyo Big Sight|Tokyo Big Sight]]. The downloadable content recommends that players reach the endgame before attempting this Challenge Quest.

 

The content was released for purchase and download on October 4, 2016 in North America,<ref>{{Cite Web|quote=10/4|author=|url=[https://atlus.com/smt4a/dlc.html DLC - Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse]|archive=|published=|retrieved=August 1, 2023|site=ATLUS.com|type=}}</ref> as part of a weekly wave of downloadable content for ''Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse''. As of the Nintendo 3DS eShop's closure on March 27, 2023, it is no longer possible to purchase or download any of the game's downloadable content.<ref>{{Cite Web|quote=As announced previously, sales of software and DLC for the Nintendo 3DS family and Wii U via Nintendo eShop will end at 5:00 PM Pacific Time on Monday, March 27, 2023.|author=|url=[https://en-americas-support.nintendo.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/61150/~/wii-u-%26-nintendo-3ds-eshop-discontinuation---managing-unused-balances Nintendo Support: Wii U & Nintendo 3DS eShop Discontinuation]|archive=|published=|retrieved=July 14, 2023|site=Support.Nintendo.com|type=}}</ref>

 

==Summary==

 

Once he arrives at the location, he notices the building's inverted shape and the roses planted everywhere. Upon closer inspection of the roses' roots, he discovers numerous dried-out bodies wrapped in bandages—mummies. [[Dagda]] clarifies that the roses appear to be blooming from the mummified remains. Nanashi continues on and enters the building, discovering more mummies inside. While he cannot discern most of the details on the bodies in their covered state, he does notice that each body is missing a different body part. Dagda comments curiously as to why they are lacking specific parts.

 

 

The melodic voice, now identifiable as Cleopatra, mourns her incomplete revival but believes she has no other choice. Smoke builds around a mummy at the farthest reaches of the room before entering its mouth and rising on its own: the new body of Cleopatra. She quickly approaches Nanashi, introducing herself as the new pharaoh and unifier of deities, but her empowering yet wicked aura unsettles him and Asahi. Cleopatra then explains that she came back to lead the people and bring peace to the world, but she needs Asahi's nose to complete her revival. Asahi is flustered as to why the woman would want her nose and asks Nanashi to confirm that it is a normal nose. Regardless of how Nanashi replies, Cleopatra could not care for their worries, instead clarifying that her new body must be one fit for a god who are the essence of beauty. She asks Nanashi to hand over Asahi, but whether or not Nanashi complies, Asahi will not accept being handed over. With her demands not met, Cleopatra faces Nanashi in battle.

 

When Nanashi defeats her, Cleopatra laments her loss as she had wished to save this world's people even at the cost of her life. Asahi responds to her claim by saying that someone who sacrifices others for parts could never save anyone, but Cleopatra does not heed her answer. Instead, the woman decides that losing to the two would be a worse fate then kills herself.

 

 

 

==References==

 

[[Category:Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse]]