Nicaea displayed on the Protagonist's phone
Nicaea Beta ver. is a website in Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor 2 and "a dead face delivery site" running in beta. Rumours circulate that one who has signed up for Nicaea will be capable of seeing how their friends will die, but the videos given are usually of horrible quality and the videos are dismissed as a hoax.
Appearance
Devil Survivor 2
During Devil Survivor 2, the Protagonist will receive e-mails from Nicaea containing videos of other Demon Tamers and how they die throughout the game, called a 'Death Clip'. Players can choose either Tico (Female) or Tico (Male) as their Nicaea contact. Both characters play minimal roles in the game, mostly as tutorial characters and daily reviewers. They will also notify the player if an unusual path has been opened (namely, Anguished One's path and Daichi's special path that involves Akashic Records).
The Protagonist gets an e-mail with a video of his face on Nicaea. Io Nitta and Daichi Shijima receive similar messages, but are confused as to whether it will occur or not. The scene from the video begins to play out in real life soon after viewing the video in front of them. The Protagonist is given an option to forge a contract to live and become one of the Thirteen Devil Messengers. If the Protagonist chooses to die three times, Tico will be disappointed and the game will end abruptly. Otherwise, the Demon Summoning App will start and the first battle of the game will begin.
The Death Clip acts pretty much the same as Laplace Mail in the previous game, albeit in a harder way since there is no written time or place in each clip. It only shows an event unfold without any sound or voices whatsoever, so the Protagonist's team should observe the vision carefully and ask around for clues to prevent the deaths of others. Since one can only receive Death Clips of friends, they can't receive a Death Clip of their own death or other people who are not their friends. So others outside of the ones shown in the Death Clip should intervene, otherwise the death is certain.
Should the protagonist meet with Daichi at some point on the 7th day prior to the battle with Polaris, it is assumed that Nicaea can show Death Clips because of it's access to the Akashic Records.
It is revealed on the 4th Day that the Anguished One created Nicaea, as well as the complementary demon summoning app, with hope that the humans would be able to use it to fight off the Septentriones. However, in the anime, Alcor reveals this on the 3rd Day.
1st Day: Sunday's Melancholy
- Protagonist, Daichi Shijima, & Io Nitta
- Daichi Shijima
2nd Day: Monday's Turmoil
3rd Day: Tuesday's Disquiet
4th Day: Wednesday's Changes
5th Day: Thursday's Shock
6th Day: Friday's Partings
- Io Nitta
- Makoto Sako
- At the end of the day, Tico appears to announce that Nicaea is ending its death clip service from this point onward.
7th Day: A Saturday Towards Coexistence/Hierarchy/Equality/Reformation
- No Death Clip.
- Tico still appears to give the day's summary, stating that only the Death Clip service ended, but they are here to stay.
8th Day: Sunday's Fruition
- No Death Clip.
- After the credits roll, the player receives a message from Nicaea that differs depending on the ending acquired.
Trivia
- Ronaldo, Yamato, Fumi, Airi, and Hinako never get their Death Clip. The reason for this might be because of Saturday's battle format, where you have to fight your friends in different locations. If you fail to save Jungo there's still Hinako in Tokyo, if you fail to save Keita and Makoto, there's still Fumi in Osaka, if you fail to save Otome there's still Airi in Nagoya, and so on.
- Nicaea is Ancient Greek for City of Victory.
- Daichi is the only character with a death clip that cannot die.
- Daichi is the only one with two death clips in a day.
- There are the difference between the game and anime:
- In the anime, the Protagonist, Hibiki Kuze, has a second death clip in Tuesday, as well as Io Nitta and Daichi Shijima, has a third death clip in Saturday.
- Hibiki, Daichi and Io are the only charcters who prevent their death clip.
- Makoto, Otome, and Jungo didn't show any death clip in the supposed day they die like in game.
- The Nicaea site did not end in the 6th Day Friday's Partings and it still continues.
- Hinako, Fumi, and Airi all received death clips in 7th Saturday Toward Coexistence while in the game they are supposed to be characters who are unable to die.
| Record Breaker - The Animation - Thursday 23:54 | |
|---|---|
| Characters | |
| Playable | Protagonist - Daichi Shijima - Io Nitta - Yuzuru Akie - Hinako Kujou - Keita Wakui - Airi Ban - Jungo Torii - Fumi Kanno - Makoto Sako - Otome Yanagiya - Yamato Hotsuin - Ronaldo Kuriki - Anguished One - Miyako Hotsuin |
| Non-Playable | Tico (Male / Female) - Dera-Deka - Koharu - Jungo's Cat - Polaris - Canopus |
| Locations | |
| Tokyo | Tokyo Tower - Sunset Blvd - Diet Building - Akasaka Palace - Cine City Plaza - Sky Tower - Karamachi - Terminal - Bugeikan Arena - Central Gate - Sengakuji - Eikokuji |
| Osaka | Tsuutenkaku - Main Branch (JP's) - Festival Gate - Bickman - Ebisu Bridge - Sankyu Line |
| Nagoya | TV Tower - Planetarium - Gold Clock - Centering Park - Nagoya Branch (JP's) - Parking Garage |
| Other | Fukuoka Tenjin - Sapporo - Akasha Stratum - Stake Terminal - Providence |
| Archives | |
| Terminology | Extra Turn Battle - Demon Tamers - Devil Auction - Fate System - JP's - Nicaea β ver. - Septentriones - Dance Skills - Racial Skill - Auto Skill - Skill Crack - Demon Summoning App - Add-On - Dragon Stream - Terminal - Administrator - Akashic Record - Void - Triangulum - Astrolabe |
| Lists | Demons - Skills - Ailments - Titles (RB)- Translations |
| Other Media | |
| Songs | "Mugen no Sekai" - "Take Your Way" - "Be" |
| Publications | -Show Your Free Will- - The Animation Manga - Cetus's Prequel |
| Mobile Games | The Extra World |
| Misc | Merchandise |