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A party is a battle mechanic in the series.
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Megami Tensei / Megami Tensei II / Kyuuyaku Megami Tensei[]
The first Megami Tensei features the protagonist Akemi Nakajima alongside his partner Yumiko Shirasagi, and the special recruitable demon Cerberus. In addition, Nakajima can recruit and fuse demons he encounters in his journey.
In Megami Tensei II, the protagonist starts off his adventure with his friend, but they eventually separate and the protagonist is later joined by the Partner. Once again, the protagonist can recruit demons through negotiation and fuse them.
Shin Megami Tensei / Shin Megami Tensei II / Shin Megami Tensei if...[]
In the first two games, the party consists of the protagonist of each game, up to 3 demons and up to 3 human partners, the latter of which is determined by the story.
In the SNES version of Shin Megami Tensei, the party is arranged from 1 to 6, with 1 being in the front line and 6 being all the way at the back. How much damage someone takes is determined by how close they are to the front.
In Shin Megami Tensei II, the party is now divided between a front-row and back-row, with characters in the front-row taking more damage than those at the back. This change has been carried to the PlayStation and Game Boy Advance ports of Shin Megami Tensei.
In Shin Megami Tensei if..., the protagonist has one partner for the entire game, each corresponding to their respective route. As such, you can have up to 4 demons in your party. Excluding this, the gameplay is exactly the same as in Shin Megami Tensei II.
Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne[]
The Demi-fiend's party is consisted of himself and up to three demons. Defeat of the Demi-Fiend will result in a Game Over.
Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey / Redux[]
The protagonist's party consists of the protagonist himself and 3 extra demons. He may use up a turn to swap extra combatants. The protagonist's defeat will result in a Game Over. If the "March to Death" app exclusive to Redux is installed, a Game Over will require all summoned demons to be defeated as well.
Shin Megami Tensei IV[]
Flynn's party consists of himself, three Demons and a partner. Before the alignment lock, at the start of each battle, one out of Jonathan, Walter and Isabeau will be chosen randomly as a guest ally with their own movepool and HP bar. After the alignment lock, only either one of Merkabah (Jonathan) in Law, Lucifer (Walter) in Chaos and Isabeau in Neutral can be used. When certain Challenge Quests are active, the partner may be overridden by one endemic to the quest, such as Nozomi.
Flynn may also use up half of a Press Turn icon to switch one combatant for another. If the whole active party is killed, it will result in Charon requesting a fee to revive Flynn, effectively resetting the game to the state before the last battle. If Flynn doesn't pay, it will trigger a Game Over. Flynn may also choose to revive himself without paying the fee if he has insufficient funds, although this will result in Charon accumulating debt on him. If Flynn dies while still having Macca on Charon's tab, it will trigger an automatic Game Over. The moment Flynn has sufficient money to pay for the tab, Charon will automatically deduct the sum from Flynn's wallet.
Shin Megami Tensei IV Apocalypse[]
Nanashi's party consists of himself and up to three demons, as well as a human partner that he may choose at any time. He starts with Asahi and may later recruit Nozomi, Navarre, Gaston, Toki, Hallelujah or Isabeau to use in battle.
In most difficulties, the party will only be considered defeated if the whole party is wiped out. In Apocalypse difficulty, if Nanashi is knocked out, the party is automatically defeated. Losing in battle usually has no consequences, and Dagda offers to revive Nanashi for free; declining will mean remaining in Yomotsu Hirasaka, leading to a Game Over.
Dagda cannot revive Nanashi anywhere in the Cosmic Egg until the Massacre and Peace route confrontations are over; being defeated under these circumstances results in a regular Game Over.
If Nanashi accepts Merkabah's offer to join him and defeat Lucifer (triggering the early Law Ending), all other partners members will desert and Merkabah will be his sole partner during the upcoming confrontation against Lucifer. This is the only instance where Merkabah can be used as a partner in this game, although Nanashi may use him as a summonable demon during a New Game Plus.
If he reaches the penultimate floor of the Cosmic Egg and accepts Dagda's deal, all human allies will abandon Nanashi; after the resulting confrontation and the battle against Krishna that follows, he may choose to revive one of the partners as a goddess, regardless of gender; the revived partner will be the sole partner available for the rest of the game.
If his previous decisions are in alignment with Dagda, rejecting his offer will result in the Deity erasing all demons within the current party, including the stock.
During the final battle against YHVH, Flynn will have a separate party of his own, the make-up of which depends on the chosen Route: On the Massacre Route, Flynn is joined by Satan; On the Bonds Route, a temporarily reborn Walter and Jonathan join Flynn and Isabeau. In either case, the secondary party has a pool of items of their own to use.
Shin Megami Tensei V[]
Much like in Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne, the protagonist's party consists only of himself and the demons he recruits and/or fuses. Similarly to that game as well, the protagonist's death triggers a Game Over even if the rest of the party is still alive.
Devil Summoner (series)[]
Following the same gameplay principle as Shin Megami Tensei II, party members aside from recruitable and fusable demons are story dependant. In the first game, the party members are Rei Reiho and Kyouji Kuzunoha. In Soul Hackers, the party members are Hitomi Tono, Nemissa and the special demon Zeed.
The Raidou Kuzunoha duology are action-RPGs, so they do not posses party members aside from fusable and recruitable demons and Raidou Kuzunoha himself.
As a departure from the series standard, Soul Hackers 2 features 4 active party members and a navigator, akin to Persona from P3 onwards. Those party members can equip demons in order to gain powers.
Megami Ibunroku Persona[]
In the early Persona series, the party consists of the protagonist and 4 other party members, all of which can wield multiple Personas. In all three games, a Game Over is only triggered if every party member is knocked out at once. The different members of the party are dictated by the story and/or the player's decision.
In Megami Ibunroku Persona, who accompanies the protagonist is dictated by the route taken (SEBEC route or Snow Queen Quest), and if they're recruited by the protagonist or not. Each route has mandatory party members:
Recruitable party members for each route are:
In the SEBEC route, recruitable party members are met at different points throughout the story, upon which the protagonist is asked if they want that character to join them. If the party does not have a fifth member by the time they meet Yuka, she will join automatically. Though if the protagonist has done the side quest allowing Reiji to join the party as the fifth member later on, then Yuka will not join, making the party go significantly longer without a fifth party member. In the Snow Queen Quest, the protagonist is not directly asked by anyone if they can join him, and instead he has to seek out the two additional party members he wants to have in his party.
Persona 2: Innocent Sin / Eternal Punishment[]
Innocent Sin only has mandatory party members, with Yukino being replaced by Jun for the last third of the game.
Eternal Punishment has one choice of party member for the second third of the game. At some point in the story, the party has to choose either Nanjo or Elly for their fifth party member. Then later in the game, after following either character's respective route, the fifth party member is replaced by Tatsuya for the endgame.
Persona 3 / Persona 4 / Persona 5[]
In the Persona series from Persona 3 onward, a party consists of the bearer of the Wild Card and up to three characters who can support them in battle. If this Wild Card bearer is knocked out, the game is over.
In Persona 3 and Persona 4, the protagonist chooses who to have in their party at the entrance of a dungeon, and he cannot swap party members anywhere else. As such, the members not directly in the party do not gain any experience.
In Persona 5, however, all of the party members are available at all times, and the party can be changed at any point outside of a battle. Back-up members even gain experience thanks to Yuuki Mishima's Confidant, though not as much as the active members until the protagonist maxes his Confidant.
Persona Q / Q2[]
In Persona Q, the P3 hero is required in the party during the P3 Route, and the P4 hero is required in the P4 Route. If either are knocked out in their respective Routes, the game is over. The protagonist can create teams with certain characters in them, and choose between the different teams exclusively in the main hub. Like in Persona 3 and Persona 4, back-up members do not gain EXP.
In Persona Q2, no protagonist is required inside the party, and the Game Over is triggered when the whole party is knocked out instead. The sole exception is the Risky difficulty, in which the P5 hero must be in the party at all times and his defeat will result in an automatic game over.
Persona 5 Strikers[]
The protagonist is usually locked in the party, and three out of nine other party members may accompany him, with one, Zenkichi Hasegawa, only available later on. He can assign 3 different members to any direction on the d-pad, except up as that is assigned to Joker himself, and switch to them at any moment outside of combat. However, there are some scenarios where the protagonist is not required to be within the active party.
Unlike past games, his defeat alone will not result in a Game Over. Instead, the game over triggers when the entire party is defeated.
Digital Devil Saga: Avatar Tuner / Digital Devil Saga 2[]
The duology only has story relevant party members, up to 3 of which are in the active party. Demons are not recruitable or fusable in any way, and can only be defeated or devoured. A Game Over is triggered when all 3 party members are knocked out.
Devil Survivor / Devil Survivor 2[]
Due to the Devil Survivor series being strategy RPGs, there are multiple teams, up to 4 teams on the battlefield, each composed of one leader (usually a human) in the center and up to 2 demons on the sides. A team is defeated when their leader is knocked out, though they can be revived with certain skills. In order for a Game Over to be triggered, all allied teams must be defeated. Though some missions have an extra condition, such as a time limit, that if met, also trigger a Game Over.
List of Party Members[]
Soul Hackers 2[]
Ringo | Arrow | Milady | Saizo | Figue |
Megami Ibunroku Persona[]
Characters in bold are mandatory party members. Characters in italics are recruitable party members
SEBEC Route[]
Protagonist | Maki Sonomura | Masao Inaba | Kei Nanjo |
Hidehiko Uesugi | Eriko Kirishima | Yuka Ayase | Reiji Kido |
Snow Queen Quest[]
Protagonist | Yukino Mayuzumi | Yuka Ayase |
Hidehiko Uesugi | Kei Nanjo | Eriko Kirishima |
Persona 2: Innocent Sin[]
Tatsuya Suou | Eikichi Mishina | Lisa Silverman | Maya Amano | Yukino Mayuzumi | Jun Kurosu |
Persona 2: Eternal Punishment[]
Maya Amano | Ulala Serizawa | Katsyua Suou | Baofu |
Kei Nanjo | Eriko Kirishima | Tatsuya Suou |
Persona 3 / FES / Portable[]
Makoto Yuki | Kotone Shiomi |
Yukari Takeba | Junpei Iori | Akihiko Sanada | Mitsuru Kirijo | Fuuka Yamagishi |
Aigis | Koromaru | Ken Amada | Shinjiro Aragaki | Metis |
Persona 3 Reload[]
Makoto Yuki | Yukari Takeba | Junpei Iori | Akihiko Sanada | Mitsuru Kirijo |
Fuuka Yamagishi | Aigis | Koromaru | Ken Amada | Shinjiro Aragaki |
Persona 4 / Golden[]
Yu Narukami | Yosuke Hanamura | Chie Satonaka | Yukiko Amagi |
Kanji Tatsumi | Rise Kujikawa | Teddie | Naoto Shirogane |
Persona 5 / Royal[]
Ren Amamiya | Ryuji Sakamoto | Morgana | Ann Takamaki | Yusuke Kitagawa |
Makoto Niijima | Haru Okumura | Goro Akechi | Sumire Yoshizawa | Futaba Sakura |
Persona 5 Strikers[]
Ren Amamiya | Ryuji Sakamoto | Morgana | Ann Takamaki | Yusuke Kitagawa |
Makoto Niijima | Haru Okumura | Sophia | Zenkichi Hasegawa | Futaba Sakura |
Persona 5 Tactica[]
Ren Amamiya | Ryuji Sakamoto | Morgana | Ann Takamaki | Yusuke Kitagawa | Makoto Niijima |
Haru Okumura | Goro Akechi | Sumire Yoshizawa | Erina | Toshiro Kasukabe | Futaba Sakura |
Persona Q[]
Persona 3 | |||||
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P3 Hero | Yukari Takeba | Junpei Iori | Akihiko Sanada | Mitsuru Kirijo | |
Fuuka Yamagashi | Aigis | Koromaru | Ken Amada | Shinjiro Aragaki | |
Persona 4 | |||||
P4 Hero | Yosuke Hanamura | Chie Satonaka | Yukiko Amagi | ||
Kanji Tatsumi | Rise Kujikawa | Teddie | Naoto Shirogane | ||
Persona Q | |||||
Rei and Zen |
Persona Q2[]
Digital Devil Saga: Avatar Turner[]
Characters | |||||
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Serph | Heat | Argilla | Gale | Cielo | |
Atma Avatars | |||||
Varna | Agni | Prithivi | Vayu | Dyaus |
Digital Devil Saga 2[]
Characters | ||||||||
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Serph | Argilla | Gale | Cielo | Roland | Sera | Heat | Seraph | |
Atma Avatars | ||||||||
Varna | Prithivi | Vayu | Dyaus | Indra | Varnani | Agni | Ardha |
Devil Survivor[]
Protagonist | Asturo Kihara | Yuzu Tanikawa | Naoya | Amane Kuzuryu | Keisuke Takagi |
Midori Komaki | Mari Mochizuki | Kaido | Black Frost | Gin | Misaki Izuna |
Devil Survivor 2[]
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 |
Characters | |
Playable | Akemi Nakajima - Yumiko Shirasagi - Cerberus |
Non-playable | Minotaur - Medusa - Rick - Loki - Gaia - Hecate - Izanami - Seth - Lucifer |
Locations | |
Daimakyuu | Micon - Tower of Daedalus - Bien - Valhalla Corridor - Mazurka Corridor - Rotting Sea of Flames - Infini Palace - Hades |
Archives | |
Terminology | Demon - Hinokagutsuchi - Magnetite - Moon Phase System - Cathedral of Shadows (Fusion) - Rag's Jewelry - Izanami Clothes |
Lists | Demons - Items - Spells (Kyūyaku) |
Other Media | |
Games | Megami Tensei (Telenet) - Kyūyaku Megami Tensei |
Playable Characters | Protagonist - Heroine - Law Hero - Chaos Hero - Pascal |
Non-Playable Characters | Stephen - Ozawa - Yuriko - Old Man - Gotou - Ambassador Thorman - En no Ozuno - Louis Cyphre - Soul Diver |
Locations | Tokyo - Kichijoji - Shinjuku - Ichigaya - Diamond Realm - Shibuya - Roppongi - Ginza Underpass - Ginza - Tokyo Tower - Shinagawa - Ikebukuro - Ueno - Tokyo Destinyland - Basilica - River Styx |
Terminology | Terminal - Alignment - Ring of Gaea - Order of Messiah - Great Cataclysm - Sword fusion - Four Heavenly Kings |
Soundtracks | Shin Megami Tensei Sound Collection |
Archives | Demons - Bosses - Skills - Items |
Playable Characters | Aleph/Hawk - Hiroko - Beth - Cerberus - Lucifer - Satan |
Non-Playable Characters | Okamoto - Gimmel - Zayin - Stephen - Haneda - Daleth - Red Bear - Madam - Hanada - The Center's Bishop - The Four Elders - Mekata - Puck - Hanoun - Mutant Elder - Hiruko - Taira no Masakado - Siren - Petersen - Michael - Raphael - Uriel - Gabriel - Fake YHVH - Seth - Virocana - Ozawa - Gotou - Gemori - Astaroth (Ishtar / Ashtar) - Kuzuryu - YHVH |
Locations | Tokyo Millennium - Underworld - Expanse - Eden - Diamond Realm - River Styx |
Terminology | Millennium Kingdom - Great Cataclysm - Order of Messiah - Ring of Gaea - Terminal - Sword fusion - Identification Program - Summon Doll - Seven Pillars of Solomon - Sabbath - Abaddon's Innards - Megiddo Arc |
Content | Demons - Bosses - Skills - Items |
Hazama's Chapter - Manga - Kahn - Novel | |
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Characters | |
Playable | Tamaki Uchida - Yumi Shirakawa - Shinji Kuroi - Reiko Akanezawa - Akira Miyamoto - Amon - Ideo Hazama |
Non-playable | Nova - Akiko Yano - Ryuichi Sakamoto - Kayama - Katsuhiko Sato - Otsuki - Chefei - Zurvan |
Locations | |
General | Karukozaka High School - River Styx |
Expanse | World of Pride - Gluttony - Sloth - Envy - Wrath - Greed - Tower of Confinement - Inner World |
Archives | |
Terminology | Guardian - Expanse - Moon Phase System - Sword fusion |
Lists | Guardians - Demons - Bosses (Hazama's Chapter) - Skills - Items |
Characters | Raidou Kuzunoha the XIV - Gouto - Kaya Daidouji - Shouhei Narumi - Tae Asakura - Dr. Victor - General Munakata - Rasputin - Nakamura - Kiyoshi Daidouji - Dr. Tsukumo - Raido Kuzunoha the XIV - Goto-Douji - Satake Kenzou - Owner of Konnou-Ya - Owner of Ryugu - Sadakichi - Herald of Yatagarasu - Shizu Iida - Denpachi Iida - Detective Kazama |
Locations | The Capital - Tsukudo-Cho (Narumi Detective Agency - Konnou-Ya - Gouma-Den) - Daidouji Residence - Ginza-Cho (Shin-Sekai Soda Joint) - Fukagawa-Cho - Daidouji Factory - Harumi-Cho - Kasumidai - Shipbuilding Facility - Sakuradayama (Waden One) - Kasuminomori - Akarana Corridor - Nameless Shrine Shinoda (Training Hall) - Dark Realm |
Soundtracks | Devil Summoner Kuzunoha Raidou vs The Soulless Army Complete Music Works |
Demon Orders | Pyro - Frost - Volt - Wind - Fury - Pagan - Skill - Undead |
Archives | Demons - Bosses - Skills - Items - Statuses - Confinement |
Persona 5 Party Members
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Goro AkechiP5/Royal - Sumire YoshizawaRoyal - SophiaStrikers - Zenkichi HasegawaStrikers | |
Characters (Atma Avatars) | |
Playable | Serph (Varna) - Heat (Agni) - Argilla (Prithivi) - Gale (Vayu) - Cielo (Dyaus) |
Non-Playable | Sera - Angel (Harihara) - Harley (Hayagriva) - Jinana (Usas) - Bat (Camazotz) - Mick the Slug (Rahu) - Lupa (Cerberus) - Varin Omega (Ravana) - Twinklebell - Schrödinger - Demi-fiend |
Locations | |
Junkyard | Ground Zero - Muladhara - Svadhisthana - Manipura - Anahata - Coordinate 136 - Deserted Ship - Embryon Base 2 - Vishuddha - Ajna - Karma Temple - Samsara Tunnels |
Music | |
Albums | Original Soundtracks |
Songs | "Pray" - "Danger" |
Archives | |
Terminology | Atma - Embryon - Field hunt - Nirvana - Press Turn - Magnetite |
Lists | Demons - Bosses - Mantra - Skills (Combos) - Items |
Other Media | |
Games | A's TEST Server |
Publications | Quantum Devil Saga: Avatar Tuner - That's Catch 22 - DOGDAYS - Shinen no Matou |
Characters | |
Playable (Avatars) | Serph (Varna) - Argilla (Prithivi) - Gale (Vayu) - Cielo (Dyaus) - Roland (Indra) - Sera (Varnani) - Heat (Agni) - Seraph (Ardha) |
Non-Playable | Jenna Angel - Margot Cuvier - Fred - Adil - Schrödinger - Serph Sheffield - Heat O'Brien - Argilla - David Gale - Colonel Beck - Meganada - Brahman |
Locations | |
Nirvana | Occupied Sector - Underground City - Underwater Cable - Internment Facility - Karma Society Tower - EGG Installation - Power plant - Airport - HAARP Facility - Sun |
Music | |
Albums | Original Soundtracks |
Songs | "Alive" - "Time Capsule" |
Archives | |
Terminology | Atma - Berserk Mode - Black Sun - Cuvier Syndrome - Field hunt - Karma Society - Lokapala - Tribhvana |
Lists | Demons - Bosses - Mantra - Skills (Combos) - Items |
Overclocked - Manga | |
Playable Characters | Protagonist - Atsuro Kihara - Yuzu Tanikawa - Naoya - Amane Kuzuryu - Keisuke Takagi - Midori Komaki - Mari Mochizuki - Kaido - Black Frost - Gin - Misaki Izuna |
Non-Playable Characters | Haru - Shomonkai Founder - Gigolo - Yasuyuki Honda - Shoji - Azuma - Commander Fushimi - Beldr - Jezebel - Belzaboul - Belberith - Metatron - Okuninushi |
Locations | Shibuya - Aoyama - Roppongi - Ikebukuro - Akasaka Tunnel - Omotesando - Shinjuku - Akihabara - Nagata-Cho - Shiba Park - Ueno - Kudanshita - Asakusa - Kanda |
Music | Devil Survivor OST Remix - Reset - Soul Survive |
Terminology | Extra Turn Battle - COMPs - Shomonkai - Tokyo Lockdown - Demon Summoning Program - Laplace Mail - Death Clock - King of Bel - Devil Auction - Dance Skills - Skill Crack - Racial Skill - Auto Skill - Demon World - Four Devas |
Archives | Demons (DeSu - DSO) - Skills (DeSu - DSO) - Status Ailments - Titles - Endings |
Record Breaker - The Animation - Thursday 23:54 | |
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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 |