Much like YHVH, whose true name is unknown, or at least unpronounceable, Nanashi ends up as a new Creator in the Massacre ending. King Frost attempts to take over the Fairy Forest thanks to the words of a Divine Powers Preta to find the legendary treasure hidden there. . [8][11] Tying into the game's themes is the fact that the main protagonist comes from a far lower-class, less elite force than the protagonist of Shin Megami Tensei IV. Flynn dies in the final battle with the Divine Powers and is revived as the Godslayer of Nanashi. Estoma wards off enemies up to a certain level difference for a limited time. For about two weeks during this process, the team considered dropping the game's numeral as had been done with Nocturne. He still has his, The Demi-fiend's race is Chaos, the new translation of King, the final race he could get in his original game. This ends up being a blessing, as Dagda transports all the souls back to their bodies after the defeat of Mitra-Buddha. Nanashi is essentially a zombie, Nozomi is a Fairy Queen, Hallelujah is half demon, Abe is a fallen angel, and the Flynn who notices him is actually Shesha. in the path where Nanashi full embraces his role as Godslayer and kills all of his friends and allies, he and Dagda go to Mikado to kill everyone there. Krishna takes Asahi hostage in order to force Flynn to surrender to him, intending to force Flynn to become his own Godslayer. After Flynn is rescued from the Divine Powers, Merkabah and Lucifer call off the ceasefire, preparing to oppose Flynn, the "false messiah". This Flynn is also neutral, having been killed by Merkabah as he was about to bring hope to Tokyo. Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse was created as the developers wanted to see what they could do with the characters from IV. Fail, and you die as you succumb to the Demonic Gene. Not realizing this and either neglecting Mudo spells or stones will result in a tough fight, and even if you damage him enough, he'll bring out King Frost's Smile Charge tactic. There are three bosses who break the initial level cap: The game usually plays fair regarding Smirk - Both you and the enemy can remove it using Magaon or inflicting ailments on smirking combatants. 3 Delivery Challenge quests with an armor piece of the add-on-exclusive demon's skin reward.Note these Challenge Quests can be accepted early in the game. Challenge Quest Interactions In the Challenge Quest, "Slaying of the Dragon of the Lake", you are asked after the battle what you think of demons Alignment +1 = You are beasts to be slain. And sure enough, you fight her early in the game. Dagda disappears as Nanashi forms the new universe, happy that he'll no longer be Dagda and become simply just another aspect of a new universe where gods don't exist. Angel has always been one of the weakest demons in the franchise. List of Shin Megami Tensei IV DLC (North America) Visage Pack (free) - three delivery challenge quests. Parish praised the modifications to gameplay, while Forte noted the improvements to the game's map system. YHVH is responsible for the unending war between Law and Chaos, trapping humanity in a cycle of oppression. Listed below is all of the information on the DLCs to be released after launch for Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse. The Hero, Aleph, and the Demi-fiend from the first three games plus an alternate version of Flynn show up in the Diamond Realm DLC and join in the fight against Stephen, Isabeau, Jonathan, and Walter are fully playable in the Bonds route's final battle, and Merkabah and Lucifer are New Game Plus demons, use a weak Magic attack on him. Two or more demons can be fused into a new form, granting new abilities. And a few of the people you meet along the way look like children compared to the adults standing next to them. From vanity items to new quests, each DLC offers content that will enrich the demon hunting experience. Dagda's ideology regarding human independence and plans to recreate the universe often place him at odds with the main party, who each emphasis the importance of working together and wish not to meddle with the recreation of the universe. Much like Dragon Quest, SMT has long been a . *You can get demon talk quests from any demon at any time, regardless of location. YHVH has hijacked this belief by controlling the Axiom of Life, Death, and Rebirth to create mankind with a Convenant bound to YHVH and started the, Toki (given that only she has enough resistance to do the task). If you get the Fishing Hook and give it to Flynn, he will note that it once belonged to his old friend Issachar. The story of Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse depicts the remnants of Tokyo, ravaged by a catastrophe. After fighting the last of the Devas to break the Tokugawa Mandala, another boss will show up and attack. The protagonists of the past four main SMT games come together, and eventually fight alongside you in the final battle. The most prominent example happens at the Ark, when Asahi starts having doubts about unsealing whatever is sealed inside, despite Odin's urgings. In order to get more quests, simply examine the blackboard (K's Tavern) or bulletin (Hunter 's Association) at their respective locations after completing certain . That said, if you have Key Items like ID Card Lvl.2/3, and you reap the rewards from the rooms it gives you access to (like the Plasma weapons), you will of course keep those rewards. They are also constantly active until resolved, so you can complete them in parallel with the main quests. "Mysterious Story of Tennozu," due to the implication that Flynn didn't finish the questline, Beelzebub ate everyone and later Arahabaki showed up to kill people being sent there for shelter anyways. (Asahi isn't one of those, since her soul's under the Cosmic Egg's captivity at the time. There are now 5 save files instead of 2. Lost in the abyss between this world and the next, Nanashi is approached by a fallen deity named Dagda, who offers to return the young hunter to the land of the living. Except in the Cosmic Egg. The party then sets out to defeat Merkabah and his angels, as well as Lucifer and his demons. Among the titles that needed to be turned down were "End War" due to copyright issues and "Holy War" due to potential backlash. The database speculates that they're made from the same technology, were both created by YHVH, and that Lucifer was made as a strawman for the Law side to defeat, is reminiscent of how Aleph and Daleth were both created by the Messians, and that Daleth was created for the sole purpose of being defeated by Aleph, in, the leader of Law fuses with a demon to become Satan, Flynn and Nanashi, both transhumans, create a new world by holding seven floating spheres of light, and casting one above, By joining him in the Massacre route, you become one as well, you fight his Baal form and an illusion of him in the penultimate and final dungeons, respectively, but there is never a genuine Beelzebub fight, in the fight against Satan and Vishnu-Flynn, the effects resulting from their dialogue options always end up detrimental to the player one way or the other as opposed to the Bonds route where they will be constantly buffed or healed instead. Once part of the party, demons can engage in dialogue, and grant skills and bonuses to Nanashi. the Misoka Moon phase at the end of the game, and make note of the fact that they could not when the Tokugawa Mandala is in place, you're not done with the Divine Powers after Tsukiji Honganji if you notice, The first casualties of the Massacre route are the companions who have been traveling around Tokyo with you. and after Shesha shows itself, he devours Asahi in the most horrible manner possible, and the most you see is her goggles falling to the floor and a pool of blood forming around it. Satan has two unique moves. In post-apocalyptic Tokyo, Nanashi is killed by demons. Deliveries can only be made at the location where the quest information was received (or in some cases, a predetermined location where the actual client or a representative will claim the spoils). Quests can also be received from demons through conversation; they are given out by random demons as the story progresses, and often have excellent rewards. [6] An element of the story was the idea of deities from polytheistic deity factions fighting back against being subsumed by the monotheistic Abrahamic deities. While it will reflect and end your turn, he'll counter with Concentrate and Sea of Chaos, which will allow you to pummel him with the four main elements, all of which he's weak to, do a weak attack to minimize his damage dealt - it always does the same damage to the party as the damage inflicted on him, don't use Defense or Hit/Evade debuffs once he starts using it, as any negatives on those stats after taking enough damage is what triggers it. After Beginning 'Capture the Black Samurai' (Post-Kiccigiorgi Forest). Finally revealed to be the true reason why gods are so obsessed with controlling / torturing humanity when they have better things to do: human observation and reasoning is what dictates what is real and what is unreal, so it's in the gods' interest to MAKE humanity believe in their strong existence, no matter how much power it costs. For the full endings, the Cosmic Egg also takes this role. Loki tricks a pack of Beast race fairy Dormarths into thinking he was a member of the Divine Powers. For example, Light and Dark skills now inflict damage and can be used against bosses, but their instant death effect only activates during Smirk. which will enable the creation of a new world. Unfortunately, Merkabah later sees through their ruse and the fake Samurai all get imprisoned. During the final battle of the Bonds route. Nozomi, Danu, and Merkabah are associated with Red. In post-apocalyptic Tokyo in the year 203X, a Hunter cadet, whose default name is Nanashi, is killed by demons on a routine supply run. These sales figures were approximately half of the debut sales for Shin Megami Tensei IV, and were noted by Siliconera as a good performance for a Shin Megami Tensei game outside of new, numbered entries. There are penalties imposed if a player's actions over the course of the game don't match with their final alignment choice, but it's possible (and fairly easy) to avoid the penalty by simply alternating between. It makes it rather dissonant overall, even if their reasons (not wanting to become an accomplice to an, which also determines what else happens when you pick between Bonds or Massacre, He then appears as an invisible ghost and gives you a fish hook so you can give it to Flynn, Upon waking up, his ghost gives you a fish hook and tells you to give it to Flynn, Tokugawa Mandala goes up, preventing the Demon Summoning Program from activating. (He is a Snake race, set Mido to search for only Snake Race and use Compendium in the search. how broken the Sick status effect can be when it actually hits. Very unusually for the trope, you actually have more control over him than you do your actual party members, as you can tell him to buff you, attack, defend or pass. TVTropes is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. Zhong Kui is fought in the basement of Tsukiji Konganji on 2/8 Moon. Final Fantasy IV was previously released as Final Fantasy II, but has been completely . [22] Morgan Sleeper, however, for Nintendo Life described it as a "sequel-of-sorts" whilst Forte wrote that the game was "not a sequel or even a DLC, but a masterpiece".[20][21]. Delivery quests are automatically active and when a quest item is received, Burroughs will inform Flynn how many are still needed. Stephen asks them to defeat the true enemy YHVH for true freedom. A red flag icon on the map screen helps the player determine. 100% Compendium. one of the skills he learns in his fusable form, This also applies to his form that appears in the Demon Market of "A Godslayer Needs Demons", as Salvation is one of his skills, should Nanashi make a choice that goes against what the others think is right, they will immediately turn their blades on him without a moment's hesitation fully intent on killing him where he stands. Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse (Shin Megami Tensei IV: Final in Japan) is a Post-Apocalyptic Urban Fantasy RPG in the Shin Megami Tensei franchise, developed by Atlus for the Nintendo 3DS.As the title implies, it is a direct sequel to Shin Megami Tensei IV, and begins at what is considered the endgame for the neutral route of that game.. [6][8] As part of their development, the team looked at player feedback with their goal being to make "the number one RPG on the 3DS". Due to the higher MP cost of everything overall in this game, this makes him, Hallelujah has no real offensive capabilities, Dispelling the Tokugawa Mandala involves defeating 5 separate bosses in any order you wish. As a Moments subpage, all spoilers are unmarked as per policy. Dagda resurrects Flynn and a companion of Nanashi's choice to be brainwashed into serving as his Godslayer and Goddess, respectively. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey (Nintendo DS, 2010) -- Original USA Release at the best online prices at eBay! Lucifer as Walter declares Nanashi to be worthy of being the new king, but warns that the false messiah. They now do normal damage, making them worth using on enemies that are immune to instant death. How to Acquire Will Seeds Ichiko Ohya Devil Confidant Of all the Confidants in Persona 5 Royal, the Strength Confidant represented by the Velvet Room twins, Caroline and Justine is arguably the most unique of the bunch. Asahi, Flynn, and the Divine Powers are associated with Blue. all your battle partners first Nozomi and Navarre, followed by Hallelujah, Isabeau, Gaston and Toki, Camp Ichigaya and Lucifer's Palace has Belial, Lucifuge, Samyaza, and the aforementioned Merkabah and Lucifer fights. There's one particularly for those who did a Neutral run of, The sidequest chain dealing with Hunter Hiroshi is completely optional, but it accompanies a positive, You come home from Tsukiji Honganji, having seemingly defeated, So you're doing the Diamond Realm DLC and you defeat the first phase of, When you're summoned to Cafe Florida for a hearing with Fujiwara and Skins. Nanashi opens his eyes to reveal his complete transformation into the new Creator. Support partners can now be selected by the player, level up like demons, and have unique specialties like recovery, attack, and support. Flynn is also dubbed as one by the Divine Powers, Merkabah, and Lucifer, each of whom are trying to make Flynn into one for their side. Free shipping for many products! Etrian Odyssey V: Beyond the Myth - $60-$100. If Nanashi sides with Dagda, his friends turn against him, and he is forced to kill them all. Original Box Case Replacement Sony PlayStation 4 PS4 Dragon Quest XI Echoes Age (#123770265075) 0***a (192) - Feedback left by buyer . In Kether Castle in. [6][9][11] The game's main protagonist was originally designed to be much older, with his adult design carrying over into one of the game's non-playable characters. You can accept these from the blackboard in K's Tavern or Hunter Associations later in the game when . The quests are sorted by locations with K's Tavern or the Hunter's Association, and when they become available. just slapping the same set of skills onto every demon they fuse. The two characters were, The final DLC spoils late game plot twists in, Piercing passives can now bypass elemental, Light and Dark skills now do normal damage, rather than simply being. Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse[a] is a 2016 role-playing video game developed and published by Atlus for the Nintendo 3DS. If Nanashi decides it's not a good idea to unseal the Ark, Dagda takes over his body temporarily to force him to unseal it. This disagreement is so extreme that it serves as the main branching point in the story: siding with Dagda (Massacre route) or siding with the other main characters (Bonds route), YHVH created Lucifer with the express purpose of propping him up as an. The people of Tokyo and Mikado witness the reincarnation of the Goddess of Tokyo, and work together in harmony with the fairies and demons to make both nations wonderful. If you generally choose antisocial or rude answers, then you side with your friends and go with Bonds, Dagda deletes all of your demons in retaliation for betraying him. Hallelujah and his demon partner Chironnupu are associated with yellow. They undergo a trial from YHVH's second-in-command Satan, and are deemed worthy to confront YHVH. Merkabah, immediately followed by Lucifer. Sukuna-Hikona calmly accepts his death as reprisal for Japan's warlike past. *All the quests in Mikado (that are not story-required)will become permanently unavailable to completein the Chaos Ending, **In the Neutral Ending, all quests in Mikado will be temporarily unavailable until after you beat Merkabah, but will permanently become unavailable to complete once more after beating Lucifer, After Beginning 'Let's Get Breakfast' (Post-Alraune), After Beginning 'Capture the Black Samurai' (Post-Kiccigiorgi Forest), After Beginning 'Activate All Terminals' (Post-Minotaur), After Completing 'Find the MIlitary Base', After completing 'Capture the Black Samurai', After beginning 'Onward to Shibuya' (Post-Kagome Tower), After choosing to side with Jonathan or Walter, After completing 'PeallaidhExtermination', After Completing 'Find the MIlitary Base' Main Quest, Upon first entering Shinjuku Station (after accepting Corpse Disposal), After Completing 'Seat in the Government' (Post-Kuebiko), After beginning 'Kill Yuriko' (Post-Koga Saburo), Upon first entering Tsukiji Hongwanji Temple, After beginning 'The Great Spirit of Hope', *All the quests in Blasted Tokyo (that are not story-required)will become permanently unavailable to completein the Law Ending, and temporarily unavailable until after you beat Lucifer in the Neutral Ending, After beginning 'Defeating the Demon' (obtained upon leaving Shinjuku, not required to complete), After unlocking Blasted Ikebukuro (upon talking to the man in 'The Only Food Source' quest), *All the quests in InfernalTokyo (that are not story-required)will become permanently unavailable to completein the Law Ending, and temporarily unavailable until after you beat Lucifer in the Neutral Ending. While there are warps to shorten return trips, the sheer number of them can be rather telling of their length. The story incorporates folklore from ancient religions, including deities such as Krishna, Odin, and YHVH. As the title implies, it is a direct sequel to Shin Megami Tensei IV, and begins at what is considered the endgame for the neutral route of that game. When the protagonist gains a level, he is given skill points allotted to five different statistics which alter how he performs in battle.