Shin Megami Tensei IV

 Shin Megami Tensei IV (真・女神転生 IV; lit. True Goddess Reincarnation IV) is the fourth game of the Shin Megami Tensei series being developed by Atlus for the Nintendo 3DS.

Release Date

 * Japan: 2013

Development
Its development was announced by Atlus on May 29th, 2012 in the Famitsu magazine. A trailer for the game will be included in all releases of Soul Hackers for the 3DS.

The game will be developed by Team Maniacs and Kazuyuki Yamai, director of the Maniacs edition of Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne and the Devil Summoner: Raidou Kuzunoha games, will return as the director for Shin Megami Tensei IV.

Naoto Hiraoka in a Famitsu interview said that the game will feature a proper evolution of series mechanics and gameplay along with a battle system that will retain influence from past titles.

Eiji Ishida, the art director of Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne and Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey will be returning as well.

The official site of the game has a note from Ishida saying that they hit their stride with development and are improving the 3D depth of the world. Ishida also noted that the feeling of surviving and wandering in a chaotic world has been improved 200% compared to previous Shin Megami Tensei titles.

A second trailer of Shin Megami Tensei IV will be in Atlus' YouTube channel and in NicoNico Douga on September 17th. And in September 20th to the 24th, a longer version of the trailer will be shown in the Tokyo Game Show 2012 in Sega's booth.

Trivia

 * Shin Megami Tensei IV will be the first game in the main series to add voice acting.