Today Atlus announced that Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance has a new release date, but it isn't a delay. The date has been moved up.
Instead of June 21, 2024, which was announced at the latest Nintendo Direct Partner Showcase, the game will release a week earlier, on June 14, 2024, for Nintendo Switch, PS4, PS5, PC (via Windows Store and Steam), Xbox Series X|S, and Xbox One.
Incidentally, pre-orders are already open if you want to reserve a copy. You can find the physical versions on Amazon.
We also get to learn new details about the game, including the new route named the "Canon of Vengeance" as opposed to the original Shin Megami Tensei V route named the "Canon of Creation." You have to choose between them at the beginning of the game.
While the Canon of Vengeance starts similarly to the original story, it changes "drastically" in the latter half of the game and features an "entirely different outcome."
Below you can read how the story is officially described.
Thou shalt be God----
When a grisly murder scene in modern-day Tokyo blocks our protagonist’s walk home, an unplanned detour leaves him buried and unconscious. He awakens in a new Tokyo, a wasteland ravaged by apocalypse now called Da’at… but before bloodthirsty demons can claim his life, a savior emerges, and the two of them unite to become a mighty being, neither human nor demon: a Nahobino.
Revenge Awaits
Demons attack humans and seek to create a world of chaos. Bethel, an organization that seeks to protect God's order. Caught up in the conflict between the two, while exploring Da'at, the protagonist meets and starts traveling with Yoko Hiromine. Using magic, Yoko and the main character stand together on the front line.
The Qadištu, 4 female Demons stand in their way. “Found it, the Key of Resurrection……” A member of the Qadištu, Lilith, calls protagonist the Key of Resurrection, and herself The Oppressed. What is their purpose? A tale of revenge by the oppressed begins.
We also get to hear about some of the new demons that will appear in the game.
Naahmah (VA: Kari Wahlgren)
“Now wail and lament! Your anguish shall become the Magatsuhi that I seek!"
One of the four female demons of the Qadištu, also known as the "Mother of Demons". She is the most sensual and seductive of the four Qadištu, and her beauty is said to charm not only humans, but even Angels and Demons.
Eisheth Zenunim (VA: Allegra Clark)
“Now, tell me... what part of yourselves do you hate the most?"
One of the demons of the Qadištu, who seduces humans and leads them to their demise. In Jewish mythology, she is said to eat the souls of the fallen. Under the guise of salvation, she attacks humans and steals their souls.
Agrat bat Mahlat (VA: Cherami Leigh)
"So I shall dispense a punishment. May your existence be lost to darkness."
A member of the Qadištu, she is also the "Queen of Demons". Also known as "the demon who dances on the roof" and is said to wander through the air with her chariot and her train of messengers of destruction.
Glasya-Labolas
One of the 72 demons of King Solomon's "Ars Goetia." His form is that of a dog with griffin-wings. Bloodshed and murder, and can predict the future and make people invisible.
The press release mentions that a number of exclusive skills available only to certain demons have been added to the game, on top of skills that can be activated when the party includes two demons with a strong mythological relationship or the same alignment.
You can check out a large gallery of screenshots and artwork released today below.
Shin Megami Tensei V was originally released at the end of 2021 exclusively for Nintendo Switch. If you'd like read more, you check out our review, which awarded it with a 9.5 out of 10.
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