SMT IV announced.

[Chestnut Bowl]

Would rather it be on Vita sense all the Persona titles are available there. Oh well, good news for 3DS owners.

Same. Exciting news for 3DS owners, though.

[Chelli]

I'm actually not too bothered by the platform choice, as I sort of like to be able to cart my RPGs around with me, since they're so long. XP Portable=more time to play it! Also, the comparatively lower costs to produce it means more content can be put into the game, in my eyes. Also, a lot of people forget that SMT was a Nintendo franchise for a long time. Megami Tensei on NES, Shin Megami Tensei 1, 2, and If on SNES....so I don't really think it's a gouge for Sony, as some people claim. The only mainline SMT game on Sony consoles was Nocturne, which may have occurred for the sheer fact that PS2 was kicking butt globally at that time. :P

My only concern is the region lock. I think Atlus USA will come through for North America, but Europe really doesn't have a dedicated Atlus publisher. I hope Ghostlight will pick up the slack again. :] I hate seeing any region locked out of a great game.

I guess for me I just don't like it when a series jumps from a console game to a handheld game (unless it's a spinoff; then it's fine). Regardless, I will still definitely get this game.

[GeekyJuuu]

Yeah, I get that it can be a really jarring move, especially since a majority of gamers seem to prefer dedicated consoles over handheld devices. I guess a big part of it is also that the Japanese market today REALLY favors handhelds, unlike the United States model which seems to favor consoles. Can't speak for any other territories, though, lol. xP So, they're ALWAYS thinking domestic market first, and they probably see "Oh look, PSP/3DS games keep charting high." Yeah, there's exceptions like Dragon's Dogma [as of late] and others, but doesn't it seem like more and more chart-toppers are handheld, or am I going completely bonkers? XDD

Plus, maybe Atlus is worried about the release window. Maybe they're worried it'll come out at the end of the HD consoles' life cycles with their estimated development time?

It's a bummer, since series jumps can really alienate an audience, though. :[ So I see both sides of the issue. No matter what the platform, however, I think Atlus will make a kick-bacon game

[Dogi]

Remember, handhelds are much bigger in Japan.

Also the 3DS lends itself well to first person dungeon crawlers, Atlus probably decided this after working on the consoles, vita and 3DS. Strange Journey was amazing on the DS, and was a main title despite not being numbered, they're porting Soul Hackers on the 3DS, making Etrian Odyssey IV on it and now they're doing this.
Vita has P4U and G and PSP had P1, P2IS and P2EP.

They know what they're doing.

http://megaten4.jp/
Also the site's been live all day.

And Kaneko does the SMT designs so he'll no doubt be back.

[yeshua]

It's a bummer, since series jumps can really alienate an audience, though. :[ So I see both sides of the issue. No matter what the platform, however, I think Atlus will make a kick-bacon game

It will be the 4th RPG to be released by Atlus on 3DS, doesn't look like they are alienating their audience but pushing to move it on 3DS.

[GeekyJuuu]

It will be the 4th RPG to be released by Atlus on 3DS, doesn't look like they are alienating their audience but pushing to move it on 3DS.

I moreso meant alienating their console-preferring fans, since most Persona titles, as well as SMT Nocturne were on console, and many people have gotten USED to playing larger RPGs on console. I don't feel left out for precisely that reason, because I'm used to my Atlus games on handheld by now, but I can see where some people get the "What is this?" feeling from. o:

[Dogi]

Fun fact: Atlus' last console RPG was in 2008. Which was Raidou 2.

[Ryos]

Fun fact: Atlus' last console RPG was in 2008. Which was Raidou 2.

While everyone here's like OMGWAI when it comes to the move from traditional consoles, it makes perfect sense for companies to move to the most profitable platforms, which in Japan of late have been portable (and given the Japanese economy, I don't see that ever changing). I don't like portable gaming too much myself in most circumstances, but if I want to play JRPGs, it's pretty much a given now.

[Savin877]

There are 3 games that will make me buy a 3DS and all of them need to come out here before I can justify myself purchasing one.

This game
Project X Zone
Layton vs Phoenix Wright

Since those are the only 3 games that have grabbed my attention so far I can't see myself justifying the purchase unless they make it out over here.

[Guardian Of Darkness]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ynm0d...layer_embedded

it would be cool if someone who know Japanese here translate the text that appeared sometimes in above trailer