The Shin Megami Tensei series (真・女神転生, Shin Megami Tensei)? is the largest of the branches in the Megami Tensei franchise. It started with Shin Megami Tensei and maintains many of the traditional aspects of the original Megami Tensei. The "shin" (真) in the title translates to "true", but another Japanese character also called "shin" (新) means "new", and is a play on words in Japanese. Notably, Atlus USA attached the title of Shin Megami Tensei to all Megami Tensei franchise games they have released after the release of Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne, regardless of which series they originally belonged to, to help market the Megami Tensei franchise in the west.[1][2]
Main Games
- Shin Megami Tensei
- Shin Megami Tensei II
- Shin Megami Tensei: if...
- Shin Megami Tensei NINE
- Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne (Maniax)
- Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey (Redux)
- Shin Megami Tensei IV
- Shin Megami Tensei IV Apocalypse
- Shin Megami Tensei V
Side Games
- Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner - See also Devil Summoner (Series)
- Giten Megami Tensei: Tokyo Mokushiroku
- Tokyo Mirage Sessions ♯FE
Mobile Phone Games
- Shin Megami Tensei: if... Hazama's Chapter
- Shin Megami Tensei: 20XX
- Shin Megami Tensei Pinball: Judgment
- Shin Megami Tensei: Tokyo Requiem
- Shin Megami Tensei: 20XX Devil's Colosseum
- Shin Megami Tensei II Gaiden: Ma To Houkai
- Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Hunter Zero
- Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Collection
MMORPGs
Manga Series
- Shin Megami Tensei: if... (Manga)
- Shin Megami Tensei: Kahn
- Shin Megami Tensei IV DEMONIC GENE
- Shin Megami Tensei IV -Prayers-
- Shin Megami Tensei Gaiten - Hato no Senki
- Shin Megami Tensei EDEN
- Shin Megami Tensei CG Senki: Dante no Mon
Novels
Card Game
- Shin Megami Tensei Card Game: (真・女神転生カードゲーム)
Gallery
Trivia
- While the Shin Megami Tensei moniker has been used for multiple games outside the mainline Shin Megami Tensei series, the moniker was dropped from Persona 4 Golden and the Persona 4 Arena duology as it would have made the titles unwieldy.[2]
- According to Atlus, the series title is translated as "True Goddess Metempsychosis": Metempsychosis refers to the series' trademark theme of reincarnation.[3]