Devil Survivor

Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor, known as Megami Ibunroku Devil Survivor (女神異聞録デビルサバイバー, Megami Ibunroku Debirusabaiba; lit. Alternate Tale of the Goddess: Devil Survivor) in Japan, is a role-playing game for the Nintendo DS. Its character designs are handled by Suzuhito Yasuda of Yozakura Quartet fame. The theme song for the game is "Reset".

Release Dates

 * Japan: January 15, 2009
 * North America: June 23, 2009

Story
Tokyo has been locked down by the Japanese military due to a demon outbreak, and it will be seven days before the whole capital is wiped out. The Protagonist, a 17 year-old high school student, who is trapped with his two friends Atsuro Kihara and Yuzu Tanikawa within the city, and are forced to make contracts with demons to survive.

Characters

 * Protagonist - Referred to as the Hero, he is the main character of the story. His personality is shaped through the player's decisions.
 * Yuzu Tanikawa - The protagonist's childhood friend since elementary school, who struggles to deal with the strain of constant danger and wishes to run away from it all.
 * Atsuro Kihara - The protagonist's childhood friend who is a computer savvy. Although a genius, he hardly has a studious personality and is very gregarious. He wishes to control the demons, erasing their threat and benefiting mankind.
 * Midori Komaki - A famous and excitable cosplayer whose alias is Dolly. After receiving a COMP, she strives to save everyone from the demons, claiming that she is Magical Dolly, who administers magical punishment to demons.
 * Keisuke Takagi - Atsuro's old friend from middle school. Although he appears timid, he has a strong sense of justice and rightiousness, almost to a fault when he summoned Yama, the judge of the underworld.
 * Yoshino Harusawa - Also known as Haru, she is a famous singer who was previously in the band D-VA. She appears depressed and tends to rant because of her outlook on life.
 * Mari Mochizuki - Atsuro's kind and caring tutor from middle school, who is now an elementary school nurse. She is looking for the killer who murdered her lover and teamed up with a vampire slayer named Kresnik.
 * Amane Kuzuryu - The mysterious yet charismatic maiden of the Shomonkai. She is one of few people who can summon demons without a COMP. She shares her goals with an angel named Remiel who lives inside her.
 * Tadashi Nikaido - Known as Kaido, he is the leader of a gang called the Shibuya Daemons. Although he appears intimidating, he is known to be quite helpful. He strives for world domination and has a lingering crush on Mari.
 * Eiji Kamiya - Also known as Gin, he is the owner of a bar called "Eiji" and acts as a guardian to Haru. He used to be uncaring about life, but met Aya, the lead singer of D-VA, and cared more. Gin continues to search for Aya, who went missing.
 * Naoya - The protagonist's cousin, who lived with the protagonist until a few years before the story. He wrote the Demon Summoning Program. He wishes for the protagonist to become the King of Bel and rebel against God.
 * Yasuyuki Honda - An office worker who is trying to escape the lockdown so he can be by his son's side during his operation. He teams up with Kaido during battles.
 * Misaki Izuna - A member of a special government unit that is attempting to rid of all the demons. She values her mission above all else and does not believe that the governement's solution is just.
 * Shoji - A journalist who occasionally meets the protagonist and his friends. She is adept at gathering information. Her mentor was a friend of 10BIT, Atsuro's internet friend.

Reception
Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor has received mostly positive reviews so far with Japanese magazine, Famitsu, giving it a 9/8/8/8 rating a total of 33 of 40. Gamespot gave it a score of 9.0 of 10 and awarded it the editor's choice award, praising its unique gameplay, intriguing story with suspense and meaningful decisions and high variety of character customization.