Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner

Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner (真・女神転生 デビルサマナー) is a Japanese console role-playing game originally released for the Sega Saturn in 1995, and later re-released in a slightly-enhanced port for the PlayStation Portable in 2005. The game was never released in North America. It is the first game in the spin-off Devil Summoner series. There have been two sequels to it: Soul Hackers and Devil Summoner: Raidou Kuzunoha vs. The Soulless Army, the latter of which was localized into English. An upcoming sequel has been announced entitled Devil Summoner: Raidou Kuzunoha vs. King Abaddon.

The original Devil Summoner was the first Megami Tensei title for the Sega Saturn. Abandoning the post-apocalyptic themes of the original series, the story takes place in modern Japan. The player character is an unnamed college student who is attacked by demons along with his girlfriend; they are saved by the timely appearance of a suave demon-hunter named Kyouji. Shortly thereafter, Kyouji is found dead under suspicious circumstances. The protagonist is then trapped inside of a warehouse and murdered by a deranged killer named Sid. Rather than stay dead, the player finds himself in the reanimated body of the slain Kyouji, and escapes from the morgue. With the help of Kyouji's voice, which guides the player from inside his head, the main character joins up with Kyouji's female partner Rei in order to save the life of his girlfriend, who is still in danger.

Release Dates

 * Japan: 25, December, 1995 for Saturn
 * Japan: 09, October, 1996 for Saturn (Special Box version)
 * Japan: 07, June, 1997 for Saturn (Saturn Collection version)
 * Japan: 22, December, 2005 for PSP
 * Japan: 08, March, 2007 for PSP (Atlus Best Collection)

Characters

 * Protagonist: A college student who is killed early in the game. He possesses the corpse of Kyouji.
 * Kyouji Kuzunoha: A devil summoner who dies under mysterious circumstances. He and the protagonist share his reanimated body.
 * Rei Reiho: Kyouji's female detective partner.
 * Sid Davis: An antagonist and murderer who kills the protagonist.
 * Kumiko Hatano: The protagonist's girlfriend. She's kidnapped by Sid.


 * For more characters, see List of Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner Characters