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| Developer(s) | Atlus |
| Publisher(s) | Template:CoTemplate:Co |
| Year introduced | [[1987]] |
| Genre(s) | RPG |
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.
Games
Where the genre of a game is not specified, it's a role-playing game.
Megami Tensei
| Title | Year | Genre | Systems | |
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| Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei | 1987 |  MSX, NES Remake: SNES (Kyuuyaku)
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| Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei II | 1990 | NES Remake: SNES (Kyuuyaku)
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| Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei (Telenet Japan) | 1987 | Dungeon crawl | MSX, PC8801, X1, FM7
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| Avatar Tuner | ||||
| Digital Devil Saga: Avatar Tuner Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga |
2004 |  PS2
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| Digital Devil Saga: Avatar Tuner 2 Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga 2 |
2005 | PS2
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Shin Megami Tensei
Majin Tensei
Strategy spin-off.
| Title | Year | Genre | Systems |
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| Majin Tensei | 1994 | Strategy | SNES
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| Majin Tensei II: Spiral Nemesis | 1995 | Strategy | SNES, MS-Win
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| Ronde | 1997 | Strategy | Saturn
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| Majin Tensei Blind Thinker | 2007 | Strategy | Mobile phones
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Last Bible & Devil Children
Spin-off series developed for younger players.
| Title | Year | Genre | Systems | |
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| Jack Brothers Hee-Ho at the Labyrinth Jack Bros. |
1995 | Action | VB
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| Last Bible | ||||
| Megami Tensei Gaiden: Last Bible Revelations: The Demon Slayer |
1992 | GB, GG GBC
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| Megami Tensei Gaiden: Last Bible II | 1993 | GB, GBC
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| Last Bible III | 1995 | SNES, mobile phones
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| Another Bible | 1995 | Strategy | GB, mobile phones
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| Megami Tensei Gaiden: Last Bible Special | 1995 | GG
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| Devil Children | ||||
| Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Children (Black/Red/White Book) | 2000 | GBC, PS1
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| Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Children (Book of Light/of Dark) DemiKids (Light/Dark Version) |
2002 | GBA
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| Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Children (Book of Fire/of Ice) | 2003 | GBA
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| Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Children Puzzle de Call | 2003 | Puzzle | GBA
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| Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Children Messiah Riser | 2004 | Strategy | GBA
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Subcategories
This category has the following 4 subcategories, out of 4 total.
Pages in category "Megami Tensei"
The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total.