My love for the franchise started when
Nocturne released on PS2 in 2003, yet somehow I missed the launch of Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey.
This of course includes the Persona series, but there hasn't been a true mainline release since Shin Megami Tensei:
Nocturne released on the PS2.
Not exact matches
The last Shin Megami Tensai game, Shin Megami Tensei:
Nocturne, which
released in 2003, sold 185,000 copies in its first - week, and sold through 75.7 % of its shipment.
A trailer has been
released for the upcoming thriller Manhattan Night, which you can view below along with the poster for the film... The new thriller is based on the acclaimed New York Times Notable Book of the Year Manhattan
Nocturne by author Colin Harrison, and stars Adrien Brody (Third Person, The Pianist) as «a -LSB-...]
Offering a full Persona experience with more features than the original PS2
release, it's easy to see why the game's already been a huge hit in Japan, and I really hope we'll be seeing similar
releases for Shin Megami Tensei:
Nocturne and Digital Devil Saga not too far down the line.
The Megaten series never really caught on here in the States until
Nocturne was
released in 2004.
The game was
released in America as Shin Megami Tensei:
Nocturne in 2004 and includes additional «Director's Cut» material as well as a CD soundtrack.
Shin Megami Tensei III was actually
released as Shin Megami Tensei:
Nocturne in the USA.
The incredible
Nocturne which was the third entry in the main series was the earliest introduction to the series for the Western games, the earlier two Super Famicom games were never
released outside Japan.
Nine years after Shin Megami Tensei II, Shin Megami Tensei III:
Nocturne was
released for the PlayStation 2.
1991: Super Mario World 1992: The Legend of Zelda a Link to the Past 1993: Megaman X 1994: Sonic the Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles 1995: Chrono Trigger 1996: Kirby Super Star 1997: Castlevania Symphony of the Night 1998: The Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time 1999: Super Smash Bros. 2000: The Legend of Zelda Majora's Mask 2001: Super Smash Bros Melee (whilst Melee is my least favorite of the series and there were a few other cool
releases at the time, I can't deny this one is the game I had the most fun of that year, and none of my contenders really are on the same category of quality) 2002: Metroid Prime 2003: Fire Emblem 2004: Shin Megami Tensei
Nocturne 2005: Fire Emblem Path of Radiance (this one was kind of hard to choose, lots of great
releases) 2006: Okami 2007: Shin Megami Tensei Persona 3 2008: Shin Megami Tensei Persona 4 (lots of great
releases here too!
True to the company's philanthropic roots, 15 percent of total sales from the four - week cameo appearance will go to charities ONEXONE and the H2O Africa Foundation.According to a press
release, Edun drew its inspiration from
Nocturne, «a musical composition inspired by, or evocative of, the night.»