Category:Megami Tensei

Megami Tensei (女神転生 ,Goddess Metempsychosis), commonly abbreviated as MegaTen, is a Japanese console role-playing game series which was originally based on the novel series Digital Devil Story by Aya Nishitani (taking its name from the title of the first of those novels) and has become one of the major franchises of the genre in its native country (behind Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest). The games are published by Atlus with the exception of the Famicom games, which were published by Namco.

The Megami Tensei series is unusual among Japanese role-playing games because it generally eschews the pseudo-Medieval settings and sword and sorcery trappings of most games in the genre. MegaTen games typically take place in modern or near-future Japan and mix occult and cyberpunk elements.

The enemies they involve tend to be referred to as akuma (悪魔, "devil" or "demon") rather than the "monster" used in many other RPGs. The player can recruit akuma to their side so that they become nakama (仲魔) – "friendly demon", a homophone for "comrade" (仲間). It is also possible to fuse multiple nakama to create another, more powerful nakama and, similarly, to upgrade weapons by fusing them with akuma.

The player is often asked to make moral or philosophical choices that affect the game's storyline and ending.

MegaTen games are full of mythological references; deities and creatures from Norse, Celtic, Judeo-Christian, Egyptian, Chinese, Hindu and Japanese mythologies are featured, to be battled or recruited by the player.

Sub-series
The Megami Tensei series spawned an incredibly large amount of sub-series and spin-offs.

Digital Devil Saga
A spin-off of the Megami Tensei series, two games have been released so far in the Digital Devil Saga series (Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga and Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga 2). The games encompass a complete story, and it may be that there will be no further titles in the series.

Games
Where the genre of a game is not specified, it's a role-playing game.

Shin Megami Tensei

 *  For information about the largest sub-series of the Megami Tensei franchise and its spin-offs, see Category:Shin Megami Tensei.

Majin Tensei
"Majin Tensei" can be translated as Demon God Reincarnation.

Last Bible
Spin-off series developed for younger players.