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[[File:SMT1 MCD Great Cataclysm 1 Screenshot.png|thumb|350px|Screenshot of the ICBMs exploding over Tokyo during the Great Cataclysm from the Mega-CD version of {{Link|Game|SMT1}}]] | [[File:SMT1 MCD Great Cataclysm 1 Screenshot.png|thumb|350px|Screenshot of the ICBMs exploding over Tokyo during the Great Cataclysm from the Mega-CD version of {{Link|Game|SMT1}}]] | ||
The '''Great Cataclysm''' is a recurring apocalyptic event in the [[Megami Tensei (Franchise)|Megami Tensei franchise]], which takes place in {{Link|Game|MT2}} and {{Link|Game|SMT1}}. | The '''Great Cataclysm''' is a recurring apocalyptic event in the [[Megami Tensei (Franchise)|Megami Tensei franchise]], which takes place in {{Link|Game|MT2}} and {{Link|Game|SMT1}}. | ||
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''Giten Megami Tensei'' takes place on a parallel world to {{Link|Game|SMT1}} where similar events have taken place.<ref>{{Cite Web|quote=The comic version is on a different world line than the Sin-Megami-tensei series. The comic version and Giten-Megami-tensei are on the same world line.|author=[[Kazunari Suzuki]]|url=[https://x.com/baelzebub/status/1652335962805133313?s=20 Twitter]|archive=|published=April 29, 2023|retrieved=February 15, 2024|site=https://x.com|type=}}</ref> In this world, several demons suddenly began appearing in [[Tokyo (Giten Megami Tensei)|Tokyo]] when Commander [[Gotou]] of the [[JSDF]] began leading the Japanese military to suppress them. In response, the U.S. Marines began fighting both the demons and the JSDF, but were eventually forced to retreat. The American Ambassador [[Thorman]], believing that the suppression of Tokyo's demons was no longer possible ordered a submarine to launch nuclear missiles at the city. The damage caused from this explosion was comparable to that of the fallout from World War II. The Great Cataclysm is said to be part of the [[YHVH|Creator's]] plan to eliminate mankind.<ref>{{Cite Book|quote=時は20世紀末。今まで散発的に現われては、 デビルバスター達によって秘密裏に処理されていた悪魔達が、 突如大挙して東京に現われた。 間髪を入れず、悪魔を制圧するという名目を掲げ、五島司令に率いられた自衛隊がクーデターを起こす。 米海兵隊は、悪魔と自衛隊の両方を敵に廻して戦い、ついには敗退する。同じ頃米大使トールマンは、魔神トールと化して悪魔率いる少年と戦い敗れていた。もはや東京の悪魔制圧は不可能と考えたトールマンは、今際の際に原子力潜水艦の核ミサイル発射命令を出す。東京はミサイルの直撃を受け、 太平洋戦争以来の未曾有の大破壊に見舞われた。この災厄は、創造主による、 堕落した人類抹殺計画の一部と言われており、多くの天使たちがこれに加担している。|translquote=It is the end of the 20th Century. Demons, whose sporadic appearances were secretly dealt with by Demon Busters, suddenly began to appear in Tokyo in large numbers. In no time at all, under the pretext of suppressing the demons, Commander Gotou led the JSDF in a coup d'état. Then, the US Marine Corps made enemies of both the demons and the JSDF, fighting them before finally withdrawing. Meanwhile, the American Ambassador Thorman, after transforming into the Deity Thor, had been defeated by a boy who was capable of controlling demons. No longer believing the suppression of Tokyo's demons to be possible, Thorman ordered a submarine to fire its nuclear missiles. Tokyo was directly hit by the missiles, resulting in a Great Cataclysm whose destruction was on a scale not seen since the Pacific War. This disaster is said to be a part of the Creator's plan to bring about the fall of man and destroy it altogether, a plan in which many of His angels are complicit.|des=|chapter=|book={{Link|Game|GMT}} Manual|publyear=1997|author=|publisher=Atlus|lang=Japanese|volume=|edition=|page=3|transl=[[User:24karatDVNO]]|isbn=}}</ref> | ''Giten Megami Tensei'' takes place on a parallel world to {{Link|Game|SMT1}} where similar events have taken place.<ref>{{Cite Web|quote=The comic version is on a different world line than the Sin-Megami-tensei series. The comic version and Giten-Megami-tensei are on the same world line.|author=[[Kazunari Suzuki]]|url=[https://x.com/baelzebub/status/1652335962805133313?s=20 Twitter]|archive=|published=April 29, 2023|retrieved=February 15, 2024|site=https://x.com|type=}}</ref> In this world, several demons suddenly began appearing in [[Tokyo (Giten Megami Tensei)|Tokyo]] when Commander [[Gotou]] of the [[JSDF]] began leading the Japanese military to suppress them. In response, the U.S. Marines began fighting both the demons and the JSDF, but were eventually forced to retreat. The American Ambassador [[Thorman]], believing that the suppression of Tokyo's demons was no longer possible ordered a submarine to launch nuclear missiles at the city. The damage caused from this explosion was comparable to that of the fallout from World War II. The Great Cataclysm is said to be part of the [[YHVH|Creator's]] plan to eliminate mankind.<ref>{{Cite Book|quote=時は20世紀末。今まで散発的に現われては、 デビルバスター達によって秘密裏に処理されていた悪魔達が、 突如大挙して東京に現われた。 間髪を入れず、悪魔を制圧するという名目を掲げ、五島司令に率いられた自衛隊がクーデターを起こす。 米海兵隊は、悪魔と自衛隊の両方を敵に廻して戦い、ついには敗退する。同じ頃米大使トールマンは、魔神トールと化して悪魔率いる少年と戦い敗れていた。もはや東京の悪魔制圧は不可能と考えたトールマンは、今際の際に原子力潜水艦の核ミサイル発射命令を出す。東京はミサイルの直撃を受け、 太平洋戦争以来の未曾有の大破壊に見舞われた。この災厄は、創造主による、 堕落した人類抹殺計画の一部と言われており、多くの天使たちがこれに加担している。|translquote=It is the end of the 20th Century. Demons, whose sporadic appearances were secretly dealt with by Demon Busters, suddenly began to appear in Tokyo in large numbers. In no time at all, under the pretext of suppressing the demons, Commander Gotou led the JSDF in a coup d'état. Then, the US Marine Corps made enemies of both the demons and the JSDF, fighting them before finally withdrawing. Meanwhile, the American Ambassador Thorman, after transforming into the Deity Thor, had been defeated by a boy who was capable of controlling demons. No longer believing the suppression of Tokyo's demons to be possible, Thorman ordered a submarine to fire its nuclear missiles. Tokyo was directly hit by the missiles, resulting in a Great Cataclysm whose destruction was on a scale not seen since the Pacific War. This disaster is said to be a part of the Creator's plan to bring about the fall of man and destroy it altogether, a plan in which many of His angels are complicit.|des=|chapter=|book={{Link|Game|GMT}} Manual|publyear=1997|author=|publisher=Atlus|lang=Japanese|volume=|edition=|page=3|transl=[[User:24karatDVNO]]|isbn=}}</ref> | ||
==={{link|game|DeSum}}=== | ==={{link|game|DeSum}}=== | ||