Shin Megami Tensei V is a Nintendo Switch Exclusive

<p>Earlier this year&comma; there was a bit of a teaser where Atlus dropped hints at a new <em>Shin Megami Tensei<&sol;em> game coming to the Nintendo Switch&period; Finally&comma; Atlus confirmed through a new trailer that <em>Shin Megami Tensei V<&sol;em> is coming&comma; and it is coming exclusively to the Nintendo Switch&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><iframe width&equals;"560" height&equals;"315" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;youtube&period;com&sol;embed&sol;bvyCAFV9MbM" frameborder&equals;"0" allowfullscreen><&sol;iframe><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The beginning of the stream that aired started off by showing a history of the <em>Shin Megami Tensei<&sol;em> games&comma; from the early Famicom days to the more current Nintendo 3DS ones&period; After getting through the earlier games&comma; the trailer for the new game started&comma; showing off a bustling train station&comma; full of people&period; That quickly cuts to a destroyed tunnel full of demon bodies&comma; followed by a scene where a young couple stands amidst some city ruins&period; They are quickly surrounded by a pack of flying demons&comma; who swarm them and appear to murder them&comma; as one of the hands raises and blood spurts up&period; All of this is par for the course as far as the <em>Shin Megami Tensei<&sol;em> games go&period; What is interesting is that it is made with Unreal Engine 4&semi; the game still looks like an <em>SMT<&sol;em> game but with Unreal Engine technology it could be a more fully fleshed out 3d experience&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>For those unfamiliar with the series&comma; it originally started on the Famicom in Japan in the 80s&comma; and then continued on the Super Famicom in the 90s&period; The <em>Megami Tensei<&sol;em> series really took off in the early 2000s with the release of <em>Shin Megami Tensei III Nocturne<&sol;em> on the PlayStation 2&period; Since then a number of games and offshoots have been released&comma; and all generally deal with human struggles against demons&comma; and generally focus on young protagonists&period; The <em>Shin Megami Tensei<&sol;em> games can be comparable to Pokemon games&comma; where you are capturing and training demons to fight with&comma; however there is typically a lot of dungeon crawling in the <em>SMT<&sol;em> games&period; Perhaps the most popular offshoot from the <em>SMT<&sol;em> series however is <em>Persona<&sol;em>&comma; with <em>Persona 5<&sol;em> having been released this year to critical acclaim&period; The <em>Persona<&sol;em> games however tend to focus on character development versus <em>SMT<&sol;em> games that are more plot focused&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The <em>Shin Megami Tensei<&sol;em> series has been around for quite some time&comma; and remains very popular in Japan&comma; but also has a strong following in the West&period; A new core <em>SMT<&sol;em> game coming exclusively to the Switch helps to build the system&&num;8217&semi;s popularity&comma; especially in Japan&comma; and should be a welcome sign for fans of JRPGs all over the world&period; Not much is known about when to expect the game&comma; and if it will be localized&period; However&comma; the last few <em>SMT<&sol;em> games have come to the West so there is a good chance this will too&period; Are you a <em>Shin Megami Tensei<&sol;em> fan&comma; or a Persona fan&quest; Are you interested in picking this up&quest; Let us know below what you think about this new Switch exclusive&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Source&colon; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;youtube&period;com&sol;watch&quest;time&lowbar;continue&equals;53&amp&semi;v&equals;bvyCAFV9MbM">Atlus<&sol;a><&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;