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The Great Cataclysm is referenced in the monologue during ''Shin Megami Tensei II's'' opening cinematic: Several decades after the great destruction… While cultivating the wilderness, fighting off packs of demons, and through countless deaths, humanity survived… But people were not strong enough to survive without someone or something to cling to or rely on… The [[Messian Church|Messian]] religion preached the advent of a savior, gathered together believers and built a city on the site of the old cathedral… This city came to be known as [[Tokyo Millennium]].<ref>{{Cite Game|quote=大破壊より 数十年…… 荒野を耕し 悪魔の群れと戦い 無数の生と死をくり返しながら 人は 生きのびていた…… だが 頼るもの すがるもの無く 生きていけるほど人は強くない 人は明日への希望を探した…… メシア教は救世主の降臨を説き 信じた人が集い 街が出来た かつて…… カテドラルと呼ばれた所に…… 20XX年 かくして トウキョウは TOKYOミレニアムとなった|translquote=Several decades after the great destruction… While cultivating the wilderness, fighting off packs of demons, and through countless deaths, humanity survived… But people were not strong enough to survive without someone or something to cling to or rely on… The Messian religion preached the advent of a savior, gathered together believers and built a city on the site of the old cathedral… This city came to be known as Tokyo Millennium.|title=Shin Megami Tensei II|developer=ATLUS|publisher=|platform=SFC|version=|lang=|transl=[[Aeon Genesis]]}}</ref> | |||
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This information is later restated by [[Mekata]] who briefly references the Great Cataclysm and the wasteland that was once Tokyo as part of the Messian Church's motivation to create the Tokyo Millennium and eventually the [[Messiah Project]].<ref>{{Cite Game|quote=かつての大破壊後 世界は荒れ果てた メシア教団は 人々を救うため 自らの手で千年王国を造ろうとした これが”TOKYOミレニアム”だ そして 救世主の出現を待ったのだが 彼らが待ち望んだ救世主は ……ついに 現れなかった センター元老院は 自らの手で 自ら 望む救世主を 造り上げようとした|translquote=|title=Shin Megami Tensei II|developer=ATLUS|publisher=|platform=SFC|version=|lang=|transl=}}</ref> | |||
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==Anime Appearances== | |||
===''[[Shin Megami Tensei: Tokyo Revelation]]''=== | |||
==Novel Appearances== | |||
===''[[Shin Megami Tensei: Final Story]]''=== | |||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
The [[Aeon Genesis]] translation of {{Link|Game|SMT2}}'s manual states that after the Great Cataclysm "global nuclear holocaust ensued",<ref>{{Cite Book|quote=The Great Destruction of Tokyo Thorman presses the button to launch nuclear-warhead-tipped ICBMs at Tokyo. Global nuclear holocaust ensues.|des=|chapter=|book={{Link|Game|SMT2}} Manual|publyear=1994|author=|publisher=Atlus|lang=Japanese|volume=|edition=|page=5|transl=[[Aeon Genesis]]|isbn=}}</ref> but this is not present in the original Japanese text.<ref>{{Cite Book|quote=「東京大破壊」トールマンがICBMのボタンを押す。|des=|chapter=|book={{Link|Game|SMT2}} Manual|publyear=1994|author=|publisher=Atlus|lang=Japanese|volume=|edition=|page=5|transl=|isbn=}}</ref> | The [[Aeon Genesis]] translation of {{Link|Game|SMT2}}'s manual states that after the Great Cataclysm "global nuclear holocaust ensued",<ref>{{Cite Book|quote=The Great Destruction of Tokyo Thorman presses the button to launch nuclear-warhead-tipped ICBMs at Tokyo. Global nuclear holocaust ensues.|des=|chapter=|book={{Link|Game|SMT2}} Manual|publyear=1994|author=|publisher=Atlus|lang=Japanese|volume=|edition=|page=5|transl=[[Aeon Genesis]]|isbn=}}</ref> but this is not present in the original Japanese text.<ref>{{Cite Book|quote=「東京大破壊」トールマンがICBMのボタンを押す。|des=|chapter=|book={{Link|Game|SMT2}} Manual|publyear=1994|author=|publisher=Atlus|lang=Japanese|volume=|edition=|page=5|transl=|isbn=}}</ref> | ||
In ''Shin Megami Tensei II'', [[Satan]] references the Great Cataclysm in comparison to the [[Megiddo Ark]], saying that it is capable of a "true Great Cataclysm" that will annihilate all evil.<ref>{{Cite Game|quote=方舟には もう1つ役目がある 再生のために行う 真の大破壊 ……イレースだ それは 強力なエネルギー光 メギド・アークを 地上にあびせ 全ての悪しき物を消滅させる|translquote=|title=Shin Megami Tensei II|developer=ATLUS|publisher=|platform=SFC|version=|lang=|transl=}}</ref> | |||
The Arizona ICBM site mentioned in {{Link|Game|DeSum}} may be a reference to the real life location {{wp|Titan Missle Museum|Air Force Facility Missile Site 8}}, a former ICBM site active during the height of the Cold War. This site was previously equipped with the largest single warhead used in the American ICBM program and was capable of launching a nine megaton thermonuclear warhead within 58 seconds which could reach a target over 6000 miles away in less than 30 minutes. The site was made in response to public fears of the United States' nuclear capabilities in comparison to the Soviet Union.<ref>{{Cite Web|quote=Air Force Facility Missile Site 8 (571-7) Military Reservation in Green Valley, Arizona, is the sole remaining Titan II Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) complex of the 54 that were "on alert" during the Cold War between 1963 and 1987. The Titan II missiles were contructed to survive a first strike nuclear attack from the Soviet Union and to retaliate. It is the single remaining example of the liquid-fueled ICBM missile launch facilities utilized by the Strategic Air Command. Titan II carried the largest single warhead used in the ICBM program and was capable of destroying targets that Atlas, Titan I and Minuteman I and II could not. Built in response to the "missile gap" panic of the late 1950s and early 1960s, Titan II Missile Site 571-7 provides a unique window into the design, construction and operation of a weapon system built to survive a first-strike nuclear attack and be able to launch its missile if so ordered.|author=Aviation: From Sand Dunes to Sonic Booms|url=[https://www.nps.gov/articles/air-force-facility-missile-site-8-5717-military-reservation.htm National Park Service]|archive=|published=November 26, 2017|retrieved=February 15, 2024|site=https://www.nps.gov/index.htm|type=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite Web|quote=The Titan II was capable of launching from its underground silo in 58 seconds and could deliver a nine megaton thermonuclear warhead to its target more than 6,000 miles (approximately 10,000 km) away in less than thirty minutes.|author=|url=[https://titanmissilemuseum.org/about/ Titan Missile Museum]|archive=|published=|retrieved=February 15, 2024|site=https://titanmissilemuseum.org/|type=}}</ref> | The Arizona ICBM site mentioned in {{Link|Game|DeSum}} may be a reference to the real life location {{wp|Titan Missle Museum|Air Force Facility Missile Site 8}}, a former ICBM site active during the height of the Cold War. This site was previously equipped with the largest single warhead used in the American ICBM program and was capable of launching a nine megaton thermonuclear warhead within 58 seconds which could reach a target over 6000 miles away in less than 30 minutes. The site was made in response to public fears of the United States' nuclear capabilities in comparison to the Soviet Union.<ref>{{Cite Web|quote=Air Force Facility Missile Site 8 (571-7) Military Reservation in Green Valley, Arizona, is the sole remaining Titan II Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) complex of the 54 that were "on alert" during the Cold War between 1963 and 1987. The Titan II missiles were contructed to survive a first strike nuclear attack from the Soviet Union and to retaliate. It is the single remaining example of the liquid-fueled ICBM missile launch facilities utilized by the Strategic Air Command. Titan II carried the largest single warhead used in the ICBM program and was capable of destroying targets that Atlas, Titan I and Minuteman I and II could not. Built in response to the "missile gap" panic of the late 1950s and early 1960s, Titan II Missile Site 571-7 provides a unique window into the design, construction and operation of a weapon system built to survive a first-strike nuclear attack and be able to launch its missile if so ordered.|author=Aviation: From Sand Dunes to Sonic Booms|url=[https://www.nps.gov/articles/air-force-facility-missile-site-8-5717-military-reservation.htm National Park Service]|archive=|published=November 26, 2017|retrieved=February 15, 2024|site=https://www.nps.gov/index.htm|type=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite Web|quote=The Titan II was capable of launching from its underground silo in 58 seconds and could deliver a nine megaton thermonuclear warhead to its target more than 6,000 miles (approximately 10,000 km) away in less than thirty minutes.|author=|url=[https://titanmissilemuseum.org/about/ Titan Missile Museum]|archive=|published=|retrieved=February 15, 2024|site=https://titanmissilemuseum.org/|type=}}</ref> | ||