Persona & Megami Tensei Fan Games

[@bubbletea_]

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[@aliastheabnormal]

At least Megamiten isn't Persona 1 and 2! That shit has been buried alongside everything that isn't Sonic, Yakuza, Neptunia or Persona 4 and 5 in Sega's graveyard of shame.

[@dude3rd]

12:35 I want to leave developer's comment on this: If you manage to activate Co-op icon, Life Tree will heal the whole party, so viable strategy is to keep one character close to the Tree, and navigate around the map with the other. In this case you will have basically free heal all the time. And yes, first map is actually brutal in terms of difficulty. But even if you was defeated, your exp, levels and skills will be safe, DeSu style, so you can try the map again. p.s. I'm aware of 'skip turn with misclick' bug, but I wasn't able to come up with solution.

[@Cybersomnia]

"Wow, Giten Megami Tensei II looks pretty good!" *5 seconds later * "Seduce with Hand, Dick, Mouth, or Tongue?" ... Ooooookaaayyyy

[@DARS_04]

Activate sex technique.

[@boredchoco4917]

I’ve been really into Megaten Fan games for a while now and it’s great to see this video. If you’re still interested in looking into more fan games I’d recommend the PERSONO games by Regret Tourmaline, it replicates the social link system and changes the story and social links with a crude sense of humour that can catch you off guard pretty easily and managed to make me chuckle a few times. From a battle perspective it’s similar to SMT: The Reborn World

[@Kenshii剣士]

Why can't i find anything about this when i seach for it? ;-;

[@todpolle]

@@Kenshii剣士 Should be on GameJolt

[@shirohimayumikira234]

>Crude sense of humor Sounds like Five Nights at Fuckboy's. Yes, that game genuinely exists and it's GLORIOUS. Pretty challenging, though.

[@Raiden-le7up]

Visual novel fan games are basically fanfic in a picture book form, which is pretty engaging for some people.

[@rayvenkman2087]

Mirror Believing’s concept certainly sounds like a new Persona mainseries title, mainly the clock going backwards part. 3’s about death, 4’s about truth and 5’s about rebellion. So, a Persona instalment featuring the nature of time and what can be done with it. Then as is the series tradition, I imagine a mythological deity of time would be the endgame boss.

[@graytiamat]

Funnily enough, we already have a Persona game themed around time. Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth on 3DS

[@EnemyToad]

Every modern persona game is ostensibly about “time and what we can be done with it” in the sense that they are time management simulators, but particularly Persona 3. Honestly I feel that saying Persona 3’s theme is Death is like saying 4’s theme is Lies, or 5’s is imprisonment. The true theme is “what can we do with the time we have” which lends itself really well to the time management gameplay. The very first line in the game is "Time never waits. It delivers all equally to the same end. You, who wish to safeguard the future, however limited it may be... You will be given one year; go forth without falter, with your heart as your guide..."

[@mennanaelkant7324]

Is it just me or does the trailer look like Jojo part 4 op Also time rewind ,bites the dust

[@caveirainvocada9438]

Man the SRB2 mod is just insane. Not only is very faithful to the Tartarus experience, it's also a mod on top of a mod since SRB2 runs on a heavoly modified DOOM engine lol

[@shadow98004]

Not only that, but some custom characters people have made are compatible with it, including Mario, Werehog Sonic, Kazuma Kiryu, and an entire character pack for characters from the Legend of Heroes franchise (aka the Trials franchise).

[@Averi0]

@@shadow98004 The Trails character pack was surprising and I love it! (Estelle, Joshua, Tita, Lloyd, and Elie)

[@Manavine]

@@shadow98004 let's not forget someone adopting Press Turns into it

[@Yeaster]

The artwork in some of these look great. Shame that one SMT fan game never came out. To do all that with RPG Maker is really impressive. Must’ve taken a hell of a lot of work Omg Giten reminds me of a Mister Big T game. If you know, you know lol

[@krimsonkatt]

I'm actually making an SMT inspired game right now. The tone is nothing like SMT (being more in line with the Mario and Luigi games or Paper Mario minus Sticker Star) but the gameplay is certainly there being a hardcore dungeon crawler with press turn. (or a system similar to it) It's really short though and was mainly made as a game I was going to make for an event on RMN. But then I ran out of time for the event so I instead I am expanding it to be a full game, abiet not a very long one. It's called Imprisoned and it will likely be out within a month or two. The areas are loosely based on Strange Journey and the final boss is a Jevil expy lol.

[@thedudeatthesea5727]

ooooooooo interesting...

[@hikawagetsbitches]

that sounds cool

[@SaiyanGamer95]

The intro to Mirror Believing is straight up the intro to Jojo Part 4: Diamond is Unbreakable.

[@Dr.Sho_Minamimoto]

5:25 “this visual novel is-“ [Modello ad plays] Me: [visible confusion]

[@Krow621]

P4 Your Affection took a massive turn in your description. I was like wow what a unique take on the story, having to go back to re-battle the cast's shadows and all but then it turns it was all to ship characters together and now it seems god awful.

[@Luipaard005]

It's a cute game that was made by fans who like shipping, not sure what else you expected. If that's what motivates them to get experience making games then it works. If it's so easy to make a visual novel fangame then you can do it and it won't have anything you don't like in it.

[@CRAgamer]

​@@Luipaard005 They're allowed to have an opinion on the game. And I agree, it went down the crapper fast premise wise.

[@rayvenkman2087]

I’m surprised there aren’t more Sonic X Persona/SMT mashups thanks to Sega buying out Atlus.

[@spydersoup8447]

Mostly, fan made ones. For example, a fan recreation of Sonic Runners actually had a cross-over event with Persona 5.

[@akiradkcn]

Plus, the Forces DLC

[@spydersoup8447]

@@akiradkcn I said "Mostly". We all know that DLC.

[@akiradkcn]

@@spydersoup8447 I wasn't trying to correct you m8

[@spydersoup8447]

@@akiradkcn I know.

[@FalcFalcFalcFalc]

Wow, I'm actually developing something of a SMT fan game right now. I got the battle system already working, which is based most on Nocturne but it has some new features. Now so I need is an actual cohesive story and a lot of demons lol

[@FalcFalcFalcFalc]

You can find it in itch, it's called Cyber Gami Testei if you are interested

[@justsome500yearoldwithsmug2]

Out of curiosity What engine are you using? Or you doing it from scratch?

[@FalcFalcFalcFalc]

@@justsome500yearoldwithsmug2 it's straight up unity, i don't have the money nor the will to learn unreal lmao

[@justsome500yearoldwithsmug2]

@@FalcFalcFalcFalc unity can still be a good engine anyhow

[@carlyl2032]

If you're basing it on Nocturne, are you going to be using reasons for plot? Or would you go to standard Megaten Law/Neutral/Chaos?

[@dr.ducttape2161]

Persona 4: New Days is a pretty good fangame, its a dating sim with Kanji, Yosuke and Daisuke/Kou as possible routes. Its pretty well structured with a calendar day system, stats, SL progression, etc. The wiritng is pretty good too!

[@t-universegamer7609]

It's a shame there's not much SMT related fangames here in the west, but it's to be expected really, since the franchise only got relative popularity in recent years. Still, those were kinda interesting to take a look at. On the other hand, the japanese side (obviously) is FULL of cool stuff. From the top of my head, I can think of two that really stand out, those being: LimitLess Shin Megami Tensei 2 (shortenned as LLSMT2), which, althought it's actually a romhack, it has SO much going for it, as it changes pretty much eveything non-story rellated to original game, damage calculation, stats, affinities, demons, bosses, encounters; and you can even fuse boss demons and stuff like that (yes, even YHVH, as crazy as that sounds). The other one is a RPG maker remake of SMT 1, that not only is very faithful to the original, it also adds a LOT of new content. New heroines for each route, new dialogue options, new dungeons, new areas, new demons. It even has stuff from SMT2 and If... ! Unfortunaly, as you may be able to guess, they're all in japanese and I doubt they're even going to get translated, so you either find a way to get around that or just learn the language.

[@darkcrow3350]

bro you are underated your editing is unique and is quite impressive and unexpected for a channel with that many subscribers keep it up.

[@kingofbel6499]

Interesting, I had no idea there was so many SMT/Persona fangames. I wanted to make one myself after finishing P5, like a After Story dating sim where MC comes back to Tokyo and continues romancing his chosen waifu, but then P5 Strikers got announced and I gave up on that idea. lol Though I still really wanna make a SMT inspired game one day. This video really gave me newfound motivation to make a fangame for both of these series that I love so much.

[@zorochii]

I know it's late but just in case you want to try Seraphic Blue, try using Easy RPG. I've been able to play it even in phone, since it fixes the old RTP dependency. It's a really cool game though the SMT IV inspiration I'd say it's mostly thematically, and maybe some mechanics.

[@blissband3601]

I use it to play 7th jojo cant wait for the sequel

[@DistraughtK]

"Because Rise is just that important I guess" You're God damn right☆ :D

[@TheRealMakotoYuki419]

You’re god dang wrong

[@Mahagion]

Oooh! I never knew there’d be this many fangames. It’s kind of a bummer most of them certainly aren’t my style, but I’ll definitely have to try out that racing game and the Sonic Persona 3 fangame when I have the time. I also really liked the editing here as usual. Your commentary is magnificent!

[@sanny8716]

Why do all smt-tubers sound like they're permanently annoyed? Lol

[@tenshi6767]

Because smt ruins one's nerves and makes them hate life

[@Gonkers20XX]

With how much love P4 got I'm surprised we didnt get a kart racer spin off.

[@GNiko324]

If you don't mind ranchy content on these fangames, there is a party-based RPG dungeon crawler with a management side game called "Era Megaten". It's a weird mixture of every SMT and Persona game for the setting, with the "main" plot centered around you being a member of the Phantom Society from Soul Hackers. As a warning, it does feature a lot of erotic content, but I believe you can turn it off entirely and play it like a normal SMT game

[@genericknight616]

Based Japanese text based RPG enjoyer

[@kapkant6197]

I'm waiting for someone to have the boldness to make a Persona or SMT FPS fan game, mainly cause it would be funny. I want Doom but you play as Jack Frost with his funny little face in the HUD instead of Doomguy.

[@akiradkcn]

Strange Journey: Eternal

[@lainhikaru5657]

Knee deep into ho

[@blaster2000]

p1 but not turn based

[@Nobody_247]

Then just play Jack Bros. on the Nintendo Virtual Boy!

[@chrisossu2070]

Just a heads-up that Ill Will really veers off-course in the second half, on account of one of the game's writers actually leaving partway through production.

[@kakizakichannel]

Imagine making a functioning game on fucking Renpy

[@AtlasTheMage]

Fr As someone who's touched Renpy in the past, can confirm it's pretty difficult to do

[@SeraphJo]

Ill Will is legendary! Also, there's a CRAZY japanese fan remake of Shin Megami Tensei made on either RPG Maker VX or VX Ace, and it really looks amazing This sonic fangame has really interesting aesthetics...

[@Aleph421]

Made a playable Teaser myself in unity a while back ago. Did it to fill the void before smt 5 was released. Good times, after your video I am thinking about to continue with my game. Thanks!

[@akiradkcn]

Don't worry abour emcompassing all of them man, its not like smt has many fangames to begin with ... *cries in a corner*

[@RegalPixelKing]

Most of these seems like bad, or at best, okay shipping games. With that said Sonic Robo Blast Persona and Ill Will both seemed pretty neat. Hell, even Mirror Believing seemed cool for what it's trying to do. Although that shit post-like intro that was supposed to be an actual intro showed that the creator's ambitions might be too grand for their current skill level. Who knows, maybe by 2025 or beyond we could get an indie-game masterpiece that is very similar to Persona.

[@gryffehondor4236]

YIIK is strongly inspired by Persona an will get a complete overall with update 1.5, so maybe look forward to that ?

[@algandromonty8713]

Ahh, I also have to mention Antiem, a persona-like that I believe is worth checking out. It's honestly impressive that the creator(s) implemented a social link-like system, but also it plays more like a traditional RPG

[@ActionGamerAaron]

Nice! I was considering making one myself that's more in line with the original dungeon crawling style seen in the Famicom & Super Famicom games. I'm still in the middle of making my first commercial game that is more a zelda-like top-down adventure, so once that's done and you've forgotten all about this post years from now maybe I'll get around to that.

[@p3pgamingofficial]

I can't believe there isn't any mention of PersoNO, that shitpost of a game is a masterpiece

[@TwisterTH]

That into, tho. Cx And yes, it sure got my attention, when I saw Sonic in the thumbnail. Because I do love the mix of Sonic and Persona!

[@cheesemanzombie9151]

tf going on in the megaten fangame community

[@gravijiga]

Such a shame there aren’t more of these SMT fan games. There are some promising videos on KZbin but they are almost always shelved as the creators get too “busy” to work on them

[@KatelynS0209]

I'm surprised you never mentioned the SMT if... Remake that was cancelled but now the developer is hinting at things by posting videos and screenshots from it that weren't seen with the original videos

[@kyokonull]

darn i should've gone through with that fangame idea.. imagine not having the foresight to see a video release in 3 weeks lol .. yeah the video's good

[@MastaGambit]

SRB2Persona will have an all-original story for its Story Mode. Also, if you really wanna unlock SRB2P's potential, considering going on Gamebanana and looking at some of the character mods for it. They vary in quality, but there are some that are worth the look

[@ELV13S]

ive played a rpgmaker game before with SOO MUCH PERSONA VIBE IN IT, i cant remember the name aside from VANITY? the main guy was bald and as shades

[@letthebasscannon223]

there's also EraMegaten, although that one isn't exactly YT-friendly lmao

[@DonutSwordsman]

I love that some modded characters work for persona sonic robo blast 2. Amazing

[@shadow98004]

There are actually a couple of characters on the SRB2 forums that work with the Persona Mod, namely Mario, Werehog Sonic, Kazuma Kiryu (of the Yakuza franchise), as well as a character pack for characters from the Legend of Heroes (aka Trails) franchise.

[@EraVulgarity]

PERSONA 4 RACING ALL AFTERNOON (REAL)

[@CBman11037]

I hate shipping fandoms

[@michaelbarnes1356]

The P4 your affection plot is SUCH A GOOD PREMISE. I’m just finishing P4 on steam and I’d love an extra chapter of the other IT members confront their shadows again bc logically it would make sense that the members would be scared their shadows came back. Just without all of the shipping stuff.

[@bernard12324]

holy shit bubble we at 27k baby!

[@Kobe-s2i]

There's a few NSFW megaten games too with original artwork 😂

[@raikaria3090]

4:00 That opening MV "that looks like a shitpost" is just a rip-off of one of Jojo's OP's...

[@Tediez_the_honored_one]

Persona 4 your affection: 6:20. Me:Wait they didn't make a route when teddie get end up with so one, have they try shipping him with jack frost or something?

[@mikewasausque130]

What is the code in second case (giten megami tensei)

[@dude3rd]

Use moon light as a direction to draw the lines and reveal the digits.

[@rachelslur1404]

Hey bro, love the content. Wanted to let you know that when I first found you I subbed after the first video then binged a bunch of your stuff for a couple days. On the DDS video it said I wasn’t subbed so I subbed again. After clicking this video it said I wasn’t subbed so I subbed again. Wanted to let you know in case it was a frequently occurring thing

[@achel91]

What a pity... Seraphic Blue is one of the best RPG Maker Games out there, it is a masterpiece imo.

[@petrock4041]

Oil……

[@israelballaro]

Sonic X Megaten? Makes sense...I mean SMTV is basically an SMT Frontiers...just...desolate. The sonic cross game does look fun though.

[@franciscosuarez4521]

I tried to make an smt fan game like 4 times, mostly from scratch in godot first one I tried to make a rouge like in a game jam with press turn combat, utterly failed second one I prototyped a card game with press turns as "mana" like in hearthstone or magic, you gain extra ones by exploiting weaknesses, couldn't find a balanced way to make it fun and integrate the other combat elements third one I actually managed to replicate the press turn system, but I really struggled to make a simple way to add demons, stats, and all the rpg stuff, got burned out fourth one was a jack bros clone, could not bother to finish it and right now I'm trying to make something with devil survivor grid combat and some form of weakness exploits, but since it actually went well, I decided to learn more with other projects while I wait for godot 4 beta RPG maker is always mocked for the similarity and quality of its games, but after after bangin my head against the wall trying to make rpgs from scratch, it is really underappreciated how much it actually does and simplifies, so that may be a reason why there are so few fan games. No one wants to make a lookalike rpg maker nowadays, but making an rpg as complex as smt or persona from scratch is really daunting as a solo dev

[@Zarathustra_infinite]

Thats Cool I'm going to play devil survivor 2 record survivor

[@notyoursavior78]

Interesting vid to watch. I spent a lot of time trying to find games like SMT or The Secret World. It is officially released but The Lost Child is pretty good. As for just a darker themed jrpg. If you want to drop some cash on an indie title Dark Blood Chronicles was good. Felt the pacing was off some but glad I found it.

[@jasonblundelldobebussing]

There is another Persona fan game. For example, 4th Snake's lesbian fan fiction P3 visualnovel 🤣👌lmao

[@c418vgytre]

marsh jr lets go

[@makotohan166]

Bruh, that Mirror one is just using VRoid models 😂

[@flair4676]

EraMegaten is the number one Megami Tensei fangame that is held down by it's 18+ content.

[@bubbletea_]

sounds spicy. i liked your kill la kill x persona 4 mashup.

[@akiradkcn]

"helds down" is a matter of taste really

[@flair4676]

@@bubbletea_ I definitely recommend it on its depth of content and freedom in gameplay, but I can't recommend it on account of it being an 18+ game.

[@dontetaylor662]

bro really my new favorite channel keep grinding brodie💪🏾💪🏾

[@dannyd4339]

There's literally multiple smt 1 remakes on the works.

[@Kiko_mirai]

Persono and person0 0 are classics

[@darkhorse744]

P sure Mirror Believing's opening is partly based on Crazy Noisy Bizarre Town, the 1st opening for Jojo's Bizzare Adventure P4.

[@shadow98004]

100% it is, especially since they not only use entire sequences from it, but also use the song.

[@BeruleAdierant]

Sadly, no mention of Blood Haze an rpg maker game about vampires with a very smt style gameplay, press turn system and all. Bit, yeah, it's kinda disappointing the lack of SMT fan games, I guess the fan base isn't that 'hardcore'.

[@Comrade_Hee-Ho]

Giten Megami Tensei II is honestly a complete disrespect to the game, since the original was not just about sex and gore, even though it has this content it's mostly used to show upon the world and brutality of the demons (which is only one gore scene btw), the sex scenes in the original seems to be 3 and two of them are optional, however I feel they're pretty unnecessary, I'm sure the creator of that fangame hasn't played Giten Megami Tensei unfortunately, personally I think it's a great game (or at least from what I've played)

[@akiradkcn]

Yeah, thats really a shame when fangames miss the point of the original game I have nothing against smut but thats just not what giten is about

[@Comrade_Hee-Ho]

@@akiradkcn wether or not you have played the original Giten or not (I'll assume you haven't) I agree with what you said tbh, it's just that things like this just makes people think Giten is just that since there isn't much information of the game available in English

[@TheEpicGBX]

If your looking for more Persona/Megami Tensei, I recommend checking Pry into the Void by RetchedGarden since that game premise and mechanics is inspired by them.

[@dr.light64-]

Nice stuff dude

[@raptorskilltor4554]

The persona 3 x sonic fan game is equivalent to the fursona 3 video

[@jerry3115]

so basically visual novels

[@moonadoo1006]

honestly it would be cool if we had a persona game take place somewhere that isn't japan.

[@protocat21]

Pretty sad that persona lacks fan games spite how its amazing fanbase

[@gamerr4ge35]

1:50 woke up to be a hater

[@TheGoodDoctor049]

I'm so fucking pissed, the creator of MB ditched it for some shitty FNAF game.

[@Enzed_]

Man, those dating Sims are messed up

[@Ded_Loked]

8:36 I meet with series Persona or Shin megami tensei, after i play in this mod.

[@LazyLaw-]

4:00 its not really a shitpost its just a reference to jojo’s part 4 opening lol

[@poppybubbles.]

The fact that persono wasn't given a mention is criminal

[@matthewsantos505]

you forgot the p4 gameboy demake

[@antcan7000]

did you hear about the smt1 rpg maker remake?

[@TeltStory]

I'm making my own digimon fangame with persona stuff.

[@mystrrrreioucuszthlpepperac]

the 1st one is amazing

[@SwissTea76]

Yeaaaaa 100% true. I’ve talked to the person who made it a lot before 😭😭

[@labeilleautiste6318]

The rpg maker one interest me actually

[@Final-Mix]

Ngl kinda disappointed that PersoNO wasn’t included but hey it’s one guy making these videos so it makes sense

[@SuperRobotSol]

Oh this weekend is gonna be fun. Thank you my dood!!!

[@kaben6940]

you forget Persona H

[@supremeoverlordkrenner6160]

0:57 *Laughs in planning a fangame directly based off of Persona 2 gameplay starring Aigis, Kyouji Kuzonoha, Tamaki Uchida, and potentially characters from the main timeline like Aleph

[@n1rvanna_chaos]

You forgot about the fan remake os smt1 on rpgm

[@akiradkcn]

That one was abandoned if I recall correctly

[@Ramsey276one]

Question: Which RPG maker out there lets you make 1st person corridor maps like Phantasy Star and SMT classic? I'm trying to focus on that for my first full game.

[@spydersoup8447]

You know, I have this strong feeling about something. You know how Sega is now allowing Sonic fans who've previously worked on fan-made projects and mods for games to work on offical projects? I get the feeling that sooner or later, the same thing is going to happen with the Persona series, especially since Atlus is now owned by Sega.

[@Videogamer80]

I remember reading somewhere that someone remade all of smt 1 in rpg maker vx, with added stuff like a law and chaos heroine, and like 3 more endings, but I can't seem to find it anymore. Hopefully someone knows if it's still hosted somewhere

[@gabagoo_grimbo]

The characters in ill will look like southpark

[@fjlsfljsalfkjasdflka]

About Seraphic Blue, I checked out the rpgmaker page with it on it, and one of the comments SUPPOSEDLY links to what's supposed to be the RTP for Don Miguel's version. But it led directly to a .exe download and that skeeved me out. I don't have the know-how to do it, but checking that file out on a Virtual Machine first to see if it's legit could be one way of going about things?

[@kalypso4133]

"This game is shipping Fanservice" Are... you surprised at all? I expected it from the name and muted colors xDD

[@willfern1096]

Damn bro, your channel is actually pretty fire. Wished I could do something like your channel in my country.

[@PotatoVoid255]

Not sure how many megaten fan games are there but shame it’s been over shadowed like Sonic and Pokemon (Correct me if I’m wrong)

[@neo-g-essent]

I tried this once! ...Didn't get anywhere; there was so much beyond my scope.