Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne HD Remaster announced for Switch

[Marc]

This was a surprise to me but I'm glad to see it made a reality.

Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne HD Remaster has been announced for the Nintendo Switch. The game will hit the console in Spring 2021. Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne was originally released on the PlayStation 2 some years ago.

I wonder if they're going to include the guest characters in this remaster.

What do you guys think? Are you surprised?

 

[Hibiki_Kuze]

Buying this with a Switch on day one, or after V depending on which gets released in the west first. I've always wanted to play Nocturne after seeing nothing but praise from SMT fans.

 

[Artisan]

Being the first SMT released for a game console in the US I'd be glad to give ATLUS my money. I think it would be great in introducing me to the mainline games. I really like that it introduced the one element in the story that links all the games to a multiverse but that's as much as I remember from looking at online.

 

[Gram]

SMT has always been a series I’ve heard about but never had a chance to play. I’d have to see more gameplay to know if it’s something I’d like though.

All I know is it’s what Persona branched off from and it’s a more bleak setting with no social links.

 

[Marc]

I’d have to see more gameplay to know if it’s something I’d like though.

Just imagine Pokemon for people who are 17+ years with much higher difficulty and darker.

This is one of the early boss battles from the PS2 version:

It's basic turn-based combat like Pokemon. Nocturne is supposed to be brutal where buffs and debuffs decide the tide of a tough boss battle, so it's probably not the best game to start with. People do rage quit in SMT games, trust me.

I always recommend one of the Devil Survivor 3DS spinoffs or Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse to start with. The original SMT IV is the main protagonist's story while Apocalypse is the same time frame but from a new character's perspective who doesn't get involved in the events of what occurred during the SMT 4 story, if I'm remembering all of this correctly.

Basically, don't assume SMT IV Apocalypse is a remake of SMT IV. They tell two different stories.

The original SMT IV isn't really newcomer friendly IMO because it'll leave you stranded after a specific part of the game and you'll have to fend for yourself. Apocalypse has a guidance system that helps show you where you have to go next.

Gameplay looks like:

Overworld:

Battle:

It's not the same as Nocturne or Persona because it's on the 3DS but the turn-based mechanics are sort of similar. It looks more like battles you'll find on a handheld dungeon crawling game, but it's still a lot of fun IMO.

I do hope the remastered version of Nocturne adds more demons and improves some of the outdated skill mechanics.

 

[Marc]

It's been confirmed that Devil May Cry's Dante will return as paid DLC for the game. He'll be part of the Maniax Pack valued at $10 US. If you choose to play with him, he'll replace Raidou Kuzunoha like the PS2 version of Nocturne with Dante in it.

 

[Gram]

It's been confirmed that Devil May Cry's Dante will return as paid DLC for the game. He'll be part of the Maniax Pack valued at $10 US. If you choose to play with him, he'll replace Raidou Kuzunoha like the PS2 version of Nocturne with Dante in it.

I don’t like that. Paid DLC is no good.

 

[Gram]

Here’s almost 2 hours of gameplay from the HD remaster. Why some streamer is playing it, I don’t know.

 

[Marc]

Here’s almost 2 hours of gameplay from the HD remaster. Why some streamer is playing it, I don’t know.

It's near the Japan release date so I'm not surprised.

 

[Gram]

It's near the Japan release date so I'm not surprised.

Okay, that makes more sense then.

 

[Hibiki_Kuze]

Nocturne HD just got rated by PEGI and the ESRB. It's coming very soon

This is a role-playing game in which players assume the role of a student transformed into a half-demon in Tokyo. From a third-person perspective, players explore Tokyo, interact with demons, and engage in turn-based battles with enemy creatures. Players use melee attacks, magic spells, and demons’ abilities to kill enemies. Battles are sometimes frenetic, accompanied by screen-shaking effects, bursts of lights, and impact sounds. Some sequences depict additional acts of violence and blood: a bloodied man snapping a character’s neck; characters lying in corridors, stained with streaks of blood; a character wearing the skinned faces of his victims. The game contains some sexual material: topless female demons; a demonic creature with a phallic-shaped head and torso; demons with suggestive traits referenced in text (e.g., “Succubus”; “They visit women in their sleep and have sexual intercourse with them”; “Like their mother, they have sex with men at night”; “The victims won’t wake up during sex…”). The word “f**k” is heard in the game.