Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey Redux, known as Shin Megami Tensei: Deep Strange Journey in Japan, is a game for the Nintendo 3DS console. It is an updated port of Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey.
Content[]
The game includes various Quality of Life changes and improvements, new artwork for the characters--including portraits for every crew member, new EX Missions, updated visuals for the dungeons, revamped UI, voice acting (Japanese only), animated cutscenes, a new dungeon revolving around a new character named Alex, three new endings related to Alex and the dungeon, as well as the following new demons: [1]
Zeus (New design) | Amon (New design) | Anahita (New design) |
Demeter (New design) | Anat | Isis |
Ixtab | Vasuki | Vritra |
Kali | Kikuri-Hime | Cybele |
Zaou-Gongen | Shaytan | Jack Ripper |
Thanatos | Tsuchigumo | Night Stalker |
Nadja | Nebiros | Hypnos |
Belial | Beelzebub | Volvo |
Master Therion | Mada | Mad Gasser |
Maria | Lucifuge | Sandalphon |
Armaiti |
The following QoL changes include but are not limited to:
- The introduction of difficulty modes: Casual, Standard, Expert and Impossible. Impossible is only available on New Game Plus and cannot be changed to another difficulty once selected.
- A setting to speed up battle animations or skip them entirely.
- Healing in the sickbay is free.
- The sub-app limit was removed. The player can equip as many non-conflicting sub-apps as they want.
- The Visualizer apps now automatically map Dark Zones. As a result, the Scanning Zero sub-app that enabled this function in the original was removed.
- The ability to sprint in dungeons by holding down the B button.
- Using a demon source in fusion allows for the selection of skills to be passed onto the child demon.
- Field Save, a single-save file that allows the player to save anywhere in the dungeon without the use of a terminal, was added.
- Various new sub-apps related to combat and dungeon crawling were added, e.g. March to Death, a sub-app preventing a game over if the protagonist is petrified or killed as long as allied demons can fight. It becomes available as soon as the player gets access to sub-apps but is not available on Impossible.
- Commander Skills were added, which are player-exclusive abilities that are unlocked by equipping the proper sub-app. Some are used like regular skills that take up the protagonist's turn, while others activate automatically, the frequency of which is determined by the protagonist's Luck and other context-sensitive factors. Manual commander skills have a cooldown lasting between 5-8 turns depending on the skill.
Difficulty Differences[]
Casual | Standard | Expert | Impossible | |
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Damage dealt | 1.7x | 1x | 0.8x | 0.7x |
Damage received | 0.3x | 1x | 1.3x | 1.7x |
Weakness multiplier | 1x | 1x | 1x | 1.3x |
Critical multiplier | 1x | 1x | 1x | 1.3x |
Co-op multiplier | 1x | 1x | 1x | 1.3x |
Repelled damage recieved | 0.3x | 1x | 2x | 3x |
Repelled damage inflicted | 3x | 1x | 0.5x | 0.3x |
Hit rate | 1.5x | 1x | 1x | 1x |
Critical rate | High | Standard | Standard | Standard |
Escape chance | 100% | Standard | 0.7x | 0% |
Ailment hit rate | 1.5x | 1x | 1x | 1x |
Enemy ailment hit rate | 0.3x | 1x | 1.2x | 1.5x |
Preemptive attack rate | High | Standard | Standard | Standard |
Enemy ambush rate | Low | Standard | Standard | High |
Successful negotiation rate | High | Standard | Standard | Standard |
Damage tile multiplier | 3% max HP | 10% max HP | 15% max HP | 25% max HP |
Poison Tile hit rate | 0.3x | 1x | 1.1x | 1.3x |
Sleep tile hit rate | 0.3x | 1x | 1.1x | 1.3x |
Development[]
The game was announced as part of the Shin Megami Tensei 25th Anniversary alongside Shin Megami Tensei V.
AtlusUSA announced the localization of Shin Megami Tensei: Deep Strange Journey along with Etrian Odyssey V: Beyond the Myth and Radiant Historia: Perfect Chronology. However, the localization team decided to rename the game as Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey Redux. In a PR e-mail, it was revealed that it wouldn't have English voice acting unlike the other two titles for localization.
Related Media[]
Other Game Collaborations[]
- Code of Joker Pocket Re:Birth (trading card game for smartphones by Sega Interactive) includes cards of multiple demons, including Demeter and Amon.[2] [3]
Gallery[]
Videos[]
Trailers[]
Videos[]
The Movie[]
External Links[]
- Japanese Site
- English Site
- Interview with director of Strange Journey published on Retronauts.com
- Interview with the SJR development team
References[]
- ↑ https://wiki.denfaminicogamer.jp/dsj/ Taken from the demon compendium pages and the "new demon" page
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9o3-SdvCkdg
- ↑ http://coj.sega.jp/app/special/dsj/
Redux | |
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Characters | Protagonist - Gore - Jimenez - Zelenin - Arthur - Alex - George - Captain Jack (& Jack's Squad) - Ryan - Bugaboo - Mastema - Anthony - Dent - Norris - Kato - Williams - Muccino - Irving - Chen - Terry - MacCleary - Mia - Gekko - Blair - Zoe - Maebe - Wolf - Tyler - Mackie - Mike - Dawson - Keema - McClane - Louisa Ferre - The Three Wise Men - Mem Aleph |
Locations | Red Sprite - Sector Antlia - Sector Bootes - Sector Carina - Sector Delphinus - Sector Eridanus - Sector Fornax - Jack's Squad HQ - Sector Grus - Sector Horologium - Womb of Grief - Empyrean Ascent |
Terminology | Schwarzwelt - Demonica - Demon Summoning Program - Delphinus Parasite - Magnetite - Macca - Moon Phase System - Cosmic Egg |
Lists | Demons - Bosses - Skills - Forma - Equipment - Items - Apps - Extra Missions |
Music | Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey Original Soundtrack |