Shin Megami Tensei NINE [Archive]

Tsuko

08-28-2008, 07:12 PM

It would be great for this to be released in the US
it looks like a great game

DamnedToBeFree

08-28-2008, 07:14 PM

Go away.

Sayckeone

08-28-2008, 07:19 PM

Go away.

RayFoxSith

08-28-2008, 07:32 PM

Has anyone seen it play out? I've kinda been interested in importing it. DC, I know you have it.

Voodoo

08-29-2008, 08:35 AM

Go away.

Tsuko

08-29-2008, 09:02 AM

Has anyone seen it play out? I've kinda been interested in importing it. DC, I know you have it.

It looks like an attempt at a MMO but it still looks like it would be worth playing

Go away.

Why do you people have to do stupid crap like this???

Sayckeone

08-29-2008, 09:10 AM

Go away.

Why do you people have to do stupid crap like this???

Voodoo

08-29-2008, 09:19 AM

Go away.

Why do you people have to do stupid crap like this???

Tsuko

08-29-2008, 09:29 AM

Admin please lock this post before it ends up like that SMT Online Imagine thread that was locked a few days ago that this happened to

Voodoo

08-29-2008, 09:30 AM

LOL

Sayckeone

08-29-2008, 09:37 AM

LOL

DamnedToBeFree

08-29-2008, 09:46 AM

LOL

Olethros

08-29-2008, 09:53 AM

LOL

Rednusander

08-29-2008, 09:57 AM

The #1 cardinal rule of this forum is don't be hostile. Don't be rude, don't be a troll, don't take arguments into the realm of personal insults.

Posts like "Go away?" Direct violation. Quoting it for the sake of emphasis, or in an attempt to break the thread, as you guys have recently discovered... probably worse. Knock it off.

Constraint

08-29-2008, 11:46 AM

NO OFFENSE, seriously, but Rednusander, you guys are one of the most ####tiest, or kindest forum STAFF I ever encountered in a forum.

No offense. :wink:

Azriel Crusnik

08-29-2008, 12:06 PM

So...did this game get any good reviews?

Fuyukaze

08-29-2008, 12:43 PM

From what I've been told, it was the most horrible game to ever carry the Atlus name. I've not played it but that's only because my x-box doesnt play imports. The looks of it from what I can see arnt bad. Looks are deciving though. Everyone tells me it played horribly and the story was only half decent if you were high as a kite or a complete idiot.

Tsuko

08-29-2008, 12:48 PM

Everyone has their own opinion, i like all of the Shin Megami Tensei games i have played so far

Fuyukaze

08-29-2008, 01:06 PM

Everyone has their own opinion, i like all of the Shin Megami Tensei games i have played so far

Everyone does have one. I perfer to go by my own rather then others as I have weird taste. Legacy of the Wizard anyone? Many consider it one of Falcom's worst games ever. I myself enjoyed it. Sure, it had it's flaws but I still consider it one of the best 20 RPGs to make it across the Pacific for the NES. That may not be saying much as I think there were maybe 20 total and at best it's at the bottem of that list. That said, SMT9 should be found for cheap on ebay if you look in the right places. I got mine for like $12 after shipping. If I'd held out maybe 2 months later I could have gotten the LE version for $24 shipped. Doesnt realy matter which version I got as I still cant play it. I'd recomend you searching for as many reviews as you can on it.

Here's a few videos to help.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsYj1284yaM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xmH2-tD32A

Kakizaki

08-29-2008, 04:24 PM

Everyone has their own opinion, i like all of the Shin Megami Tensei games i have played so far

Everyone does have one. I perfer to go by my own rather then others as I have weird taste. Legacy of the Wizard anyone? Many consider it one of Falcom's worst games ever. I myself enjoyed it. Sure, it had it's flaws but I still consider it one of the best 20 RPGs to make it across the Pacific for the NES. That may not be saying much as I think there were maybe 20 total and at best it's at the bottem of that list. That said, SMT9 should be found for cheap on ebay if you look in the right places. I got mine for like $12 after shipping. If I'd held out maybe 2 months later I could have gotten the LE version for $24 shipped. Doesnt realy matter which version I got as I still cant play it. I'd recomend you searching for as many reviews as you can on it.

Here's a few videos to help.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsYj1284yaM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xmH2-tD32A

lol. Who considers Legacy of the Wizard one of Falcom's worst games? It is part of the Dragon Slayer series -- a series that has a considerable following......

DamageCity

08-29-2008, 05:45 PM

Has anyone seen it play out? I've kinda been interested in importing it. DC, I know you have it.

I bought it new for 400 yen but I haven't played it.

RayFoxSith

08-29-2008, 09:25 PM

^Ah okay. If you ever do get around, let us know how it is?

I remember watching the intro for the game this morning and saw it had a bit of an old school feel to it. The six party members, some first person perspectives, and I picked up on some music from the first two SMTs.

punkrocker_271

08-30-2008, 05:06 AM

that game looks horrible but i would still buy it because im a megaten fan

Esoteric

08-30-2008, 05:33 AM

that game looks horrible but i would still buy it because im a megaton fan

I will either joke about how you are very heavy or simply are not a Megaten fan if you can't even spell it, but I haven't decided which one.

punkrocker_271

08-30-2008, 05:42 AM

I will either joke about how you are very heavy or simply are not a Megaten fan if you can't even spell it, but I haven't decided which one.
lol sorry im not the best of spellers when im tired my effing jack russel kept me up all night but make fun of me if you must :D

Esoteric

08-30-2008, 05:50 AM

Then you, sir, are very heavy.

punkrocker_271

08-30-2008, 07:06 AM

Then you, sir, are very heavy.
are you calling me fat? :)

Chronis

08-30-2008, 08:41 AM

http://kirby.classicgaming.gamespy.com/games/superstar/megaton/megaton_1.png

YEah, I'm a fan of the Megaton also.

punkrocker_271

08-31-2008, 05:01 AM

^lol i had that game way back when for the snes

Fuyukaze

09-03-2008, 11:22 PM

Everyone has their own opinion, i like all of the Shin Megami Tensei games i have played so far

Everyone does have one. I perfer to go by my own rather then others as I have weird taste. Legacy of the Wizard anyone? Many consider it one of Falcom's worst games ever. I myself enjoyed it. Sure, it had it's flaws but I still consider it one of the best 20 RPGs to make it across the Pacific for the NES. That may not be saying much as I think there were maybe 20 total and at best it's at the bottem of that list. That said, SMT9 should be found for cheap on ebay if you look in the right places. I got mine for like $12 after shipping. If I'd held out maybe 2 months later I could have gotten the LE version for $24 shipped. Doesnt realy matter which version I got as I still cant play it. I'd recomend you searching for as many reviews as you can on it.

Here's a few videos to help.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsYj1284yaM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xmH2-tD32A

lol. Who considers Legacy of the Wizard one of Falcom's worst games? It is part of the Dragon Slayer series -- a series that has a considerable following......

Most people I know who've actualy played it consider it one of broderbound's worst entry to the NES scene. Myself, I thought they should have picked up one of the Ys games for the system. I keep wishing we'd get more of those. Europe tends to get them more often then we do though.

Kakizaki

09-04-2008, 10:38 AM

^Most people that I know really liked it. Many people that I see discuss it on Falcom dedicated boards also think quite highly of it.

Why would Broderbound want to publish one of the early Ys titles in the U.S. when there was the vastly superior Ys I & II out on the TurboGrafx 16? It would have looked like second rate garbage next to that.

Greyhawk

09-05-2008, 08:43 AM

Never played it, but the artwork Kaneko did for it is pretty nice. *patpats copy of Kazuma Kaneko Works Vol III*

On a tangental note, did Cozy Okada jump ship before or after SMT Nine came out?

MissNuki

01-28-2009, 05:18 PM

It seems interesting. I'd like it brought over. I kinda hope ATLUS would put more of the Megaten series on the XBox 360. I'm a sucker for achievements;p

Kakizaki

01-28-2009, 05:20 PM

^You are aware this was on the regular Xbox right?

Sanctine

01-28-2009, 06:17 PM

I'm hoping this will be hacked and translated, eventually. I always thought NINE was one of the more interesting titles in the series, and an XBox is so easy to mod, it's pathetic.

Tatsuya

01-28-2009, 06:30 PM

One thing to remember guys, this wasn't developed by atlus, it was developed by next entertainment and published by atlus.

I think imagine also got that treatment.

For those wondering, you only control your main character directly, the others are pretty much A.I..

Vincent Alexander

01-28-2009, 10:53 PM

One thing to remember guys, this wasn't developed by atlus, it was developed by next entertainment and published by atlus.

I think imagine also got that treatment.

For those wondering, you only control your main character directly, the others are pretty much A.I..

For some reason I like the challenge of not controlling my other party members.

Tatsuki

01-29-2009, 11:08 AM

kinda hope ATLUS would put more of the Megaten series on the XBox 360. I'm a sucker for achievements;p
Well they're currently developing something for the Xbox 360. Whether it's a new Megaten or a Persona we'll have to wait and see.

Tatsuya

01-29-2009, 11:22 AM

kinda hope ATLUS would put more of the Megaten series on the XBox 360. I'm a sucker for achievements;p
Well they're currently developing something for the Xbox 360. Whether it's a new Megaten or a Persona we'll have to wait and see.

Tecnically that doesn't even have to be a game, it just says it's developing for xbox 360, that can mean anything in that it's opening the door for something in the future, a game or even that a company asked them to make DLC for them, i'm kinda interested myself though.

cj iwakura

01-30-2009, 04:25 PM

One thing to remember guys, this wasn't developed by atlus, it was developed by next entertainment and published by atlus.

I think imagine also got that treatment.

For those wondering, you only control your main character directly, the others are pretty much A.I..

So NINE inspired Persona 3? Scary.

Never played it, but the artwork Kaneko did for it is pretty nice. *patpats copy of Kazuma Kaneko Works Vol III*

Kaneko didn't do the art for NINE, some anime designer did.

Inzaghi

01-30-2009, 04:38 PM

Never played it, but the artwork Kaneko did for it is pretty nice. *patpats copy of Kazuma Kaneko Works Vol III*

Kaneko didn't do the art for NINE, some anime designer did.

But Kaneko did do some demon designs specifically for it (similar to the Devil Survivor setup), which is what I believe Greyhawk is referring to.

Constraint

01-30-2009, 09:55 PM

xbox original ftw.

DamageCity

01-31-2009, 12:23 AM

Ha I forgot I had a copy of this.

I bought it new for 400 yen but it's going for 19.99 on ebay! Ha what a ####ing rip off.

erwos

02-03-2009, 07:46 AM

I'm actually going to second the idea for a remake or translation of both NINE and "if...". SMT I and II have fan translations, but to the best of my knowledge, English-only gamers have never even had an opportunity to play NINE or "if...".

megatenfan

05-19-2009, 06:51 PM

I'd be happy to see any of the games in the core megami tensei series make it state side. I do own a copy of Megami Tensei II for the famicom, but I don't speak Japanese :( Atlus if you are listening, please localize these games!!

peasantman

05-19-2009, 08:08 PM

Anything but NINE, it's graphically horrible, art style nonexistent, which may seem superficial, but it's what really pushes the average SMT game. Kazuma Kaneko was NOT INVOLVED ENOUGH with the art direction and that is never a good thing. Gameplay is exceptionally boring, some may say that the average Megaten player is more patient, but this is stretching it, there is little payoff in fighting battles. In fact, you don't even need to fight them, you can just negotiate and get the same experience for your demons. which sounds good in theory but if you think about it, what made Persona 1/2IS/EP so good was finding that balance between negotiations
Boiled down, the gameplay is a a beta/experiment for the current IMAGINE.

Sorry to say it but the original XBOX is a dead console, it's not the PS2.

You should look into Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner for the PSP though, it's definitely more technically solid is an all around better experience.

Please....no...

nbinney

05-20-2009, 06:32 PM

It's never going to happen. the original Xbox is dead and Microsoft stopped updating their backwards compatibility for Xbox 360 a few years ago.

Unless this is re-released on a current gen system in japan, this has no chance of being localized for America.

azwald

05-23-2009, 01:01 AM

what is shin megami tensei NINE?
I have never heard it before

nbinney

05-23-2009, 07:34 PM

what is shin megami tensei NINE?
I have never heard it before

a Japan only Xbox RPG with kinda-sorta online features

It looks like Phantasy Star Tensei

HotLimit

05-25-2009, 06:55 AM

http://kirby.classicgaming.gamespy.com/games/superstar/megaton/megaton_1.png

YEah, I'm a fan of the Megaton also.

And that got ported to the DS long before any SMT game.

Hardcore Gaming 101's bit on SMTNine:
http://hg101.classicgaming.gamespy.com/megaten/megaten7.htm

Foobar

05-25-2009, 07:06 AM

I had heard SMT NINE was a sort of template for Imagine, but I really don't mind the various spins put on the series, so I'd be just as interested in playing this as any other new spin-off of the franchise.

But Kaneko did do some demon designs specifically for it (similar to the Devil Survivor setup), which is what I believe Greyhawk is referring to.

I think in the minds of some people, they have to have the series artist and music composer locked down for the entire game for it to somehow count as a real installment of a franchise. Truth is, creative types sometimes like to do things outside of franchise work they might be affiliated with. Or perhaps they want to give someone else a chance to set a different tone.

I don't think Kaneko has proven to be make-or-break for not being the main feature in the last two Persona games - his work is still all over it, just not on the side of the story's characters. He's only one of the artists in Devil Survivor as well. He had work in NINE, its just it wasn't as central to the game and only the demons.