Can You Beat Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne Without Buffs? (Part 2)

[@maledict1149]

I still cant get over the fact that one of raiduo’s skills is called ”Boogie-Woogie”

[@souakadpadkid6685]

COOL CAT LIKES TO BOOGIE WOOGIE

[@Yugi477]

Could be worse Needed to do a double take 'cause I've read it as "Boogle-Woogle" every single time

[@Ulqui_210]

Even better that the name has been retained in the Remaster

[@kstanni87]

Japan likes their funny names.

[@chimkitendi9709]

MY BROTHER

[@Sweettart1]

“This has got to be the most annoying boss in the game”. Said a million times this run.

[@joshlegacy1101]

If all the bosses are annoying, are any of the bosses annoying?

[@hahalery]

@@joshlegacy1101 at that point, it's less about annoying and more about " which boss in the true demon route will makes me want to commit persona 3"

[@karmiccrotal3480]

@@hahalery ORPHEUS

[@acedefective1491]

Same as "the best demon in the game

[@kazukiyomeyer2227]

Don’t underestimate us Persona 3 fans; we’re suicidal.

[@Werchiel]

"I'm really beginning to question how the AI in this game was programmed". easy: if 'see enemy' cast 'random'

[@obseed3041]

If enemy cast buff cast dekaja cast dragon eye cast cast makakaja cast debilitate cast megidolaon cast beast eye attack attack cast diarahan on self

[@demi-femme4821]

Unless there's specific fuckery (like, Beelzebub has flags to determine whether he should start using his cancelers, but clearly they're stupid flags if he'll use them when his opponent has no buffs or debuffs.

[@josephmesplay3559]

as a great man once said "I've been waiting for this!"

[@Brumskin.]

Didja see that shinji?

[@sphere-remix6510]

OKAY NOW!

[@JackFrostAegirine]

Still better than the wait for Shin Megami Tennisball V Sorry, i just had to.

[@averytubestudios]

Joseph Mesplay I know this isn’t Akihiko but, “GET BACK HERE YOU SON OF A-“

[@govx5377]

Still mad he was one dungeon away but hopefully it will be a faster upload

[@MrFrete-mi9yf]

the angels have taken chiaki's side because she want's a world where the strongest rule and the weak can't change there "ranks" , and coincidentally yhvh is the strongest being in the universe, and that makes chiaki's reason "lawful"

[@Fizz-Q]

Holy moly that is a great ideology For a teenager

[@Laezar1]

yeah that was my thinking. I always saw that as a pretty obvious commentary on religion and basically saying god is a fascist. Like, have an ideology that is basically social darwinism which is strongly tied to fascism and nazism, mix it with an myth that rely on worshipping an almighty "leader" figure. I think the "subtext" is pretty obvious if you can call it that.

[@JoelBurger]

Yeah all of the Reasons are about maintaining the status quo of the universe (a status quo regulated by YHVH with Kagutsuchi) through an endless cycle of Conceptions, just with different philosophical bents. Hence all of them being the Law route to True Demon's Chaos route.

[@espurr4043]

In a way it's the weak forever serving the strong and those that are useless being purged from society, and in the context of law, that's kind of exactly what YHVH always wants in the games. Chaos on the other hand is like an ultimate freedom of choice with the consequence being anarchy and suffering. In a chaos route, the hierarchy of the strong ruling over the weak is an unfortunate consequence of a world with ultimate freedom while Chiaki's world is very much set up to be the kind of world where the strong rule over the weak, an enforced hierarchy.

[@dal4268]

Elitism basically

[@jessestone7093]

Mot: "Alright, you can have your turn." Demifiend: "Oh, Finally I-" Mot "After I use Beasts Eye about 500+ Times."

[@scottrauch1261]

And I'll start with a wind attack and, hey! Where did my turns go?

[@kitetenjogalladeknighttosh8863]

@@scottrauch1261 Macala: "We don't do that here" *Ends Mot*

[@verdethestarwarrior1088]

Mot spamming Beast Eye after getting down to one turn has the same energy as wishing for three more wishes

[@yungharemlord]

I SUMMON BEAST EYE AND WITH THAT I SUMMON BEAST EYE...MY TURN I SUMMON BEAST EYE

[@echoshinola]

​@@yungharemlord Demi-Fiend: Please...stop... Mot: HMM...FOR THIS TURN, I CAST BEAST'S EYE, AND THIS SECOND TURN, BEAST'S EYE!

[@c.c.c3843]

" A pain in the Mara. " WHelp that's something I never thought I would hear.

[@FalloutJack]

And hopefully I will never hear it again.

[@justanotherguywithamoustac8893]

"Are ya winning, son?" Nyarly:

[@sthxdnn1]

Yes, but at what cost.

[@77ale]

Divine shot

[@wolfgang5295]

alessandra that’ll cost ya 124 hp

[@urion345]

@@wolfgang5295 uv.0

[@cermitdafog7811]

No

[@mariofann9000]

"Mother Harlot is level 69" Nice.

[@regis5112]

Well is pretty fitting lore wise

[@eavyeavy2864]

"Metatron didnt go for her" Because he is angel of God!

[@taku-ruki]

she is the "lady of pleasure" of Babylon after all.

[@white0thunderwhite0thunder71]

I see what you did there.

[@TheRealMakotoYuki419]

I don’t get the joke please explain

[@MortarionLordOfDeath]

I’m so glad this was released now, I was struggling for stuff to watch

[@tobeeeeee8981]

same lmaooo

[@henryconner3002]

I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS!

[@countingthepointlessstuff5413]

Same

[@loovig5010]

Never have agreed more

[@SoggycereaI]

Mortarion, LordOfDeath4457 samme

[@Neis999]

I love that the phrase ONE MORE GOD REJECTED played when Mot killed himself.

[@tvgaming2132]

@FuckOuttaHere unintelligible demon noises*

[@pepekovallin]

​@@tvgaming2132dog barking ferociously*

[@Carrity]

​@@pepekovallinhaha

[@smilingman4299]

I kinda like how Demi-Fiend is always the one who defeats the bosses.

[@Heroinedown]

Smiling Man Like a Kamehameha from Dragon ball Z, it goes out with a bang.

[@caleisto06]

Im pretty sure kikuri hime took out daisoujuo

[@smilingman4299]

@@caleisto06 Alright, almost always

[@thestrange2742]

​@@caleisto06and kuruma tengu took out giremekhala and sakahagi

[@rosebelmont1646]

I wanna add a note since he didn't mention it in the Futomimi fight: you might not fight Futomimi depending on your reason. Depending on your reason you'll either fight Futomimi or 3 of the archangels

[@ace-trainer-aj]

When "seeking the thrill of death" is clearly not enough.

[@akirenkurusu4917]

Raight right

[@philzh7973]

“Then we fight Futomimi at the end. Aaaaaand he’s a complete joke of a boss; he’s weak as a twig, he has dumb AI and we beat him on our first try after just a couple of turns.” Aka “I pussed out of the Gabriel, Uriel, Raphael boss battle. Sue me.” 😂

[@xenrusxenomorph2268]

Like how hard does he get if you do those bosses of the angels?

[@MamulengoBR]

@@xenrusxenomorph2268You don't fight Futomimi if you don't side with Chiaki's Reason (Yosuga)

[@jaderabbit898]

@@xenrusxenomorph2268 The Angels put up a pretty hard fight on hard mode. No pun intended though I was quite disappoined of the lack of angels here. Maybe he'll include them as a bonus in part 3.

[@kichiroumitsurugi4363]

@@xenrusxenomorph2268 They're not hard if you have Drain Fire on Demi Fiend. From there, just kill Raphael whenever he doesn't use Tetrakarn, then move to Gabriel, then kill Uriel last

[@soldier9611]

its annoying because one of them according to my brother has mediarahan but one also has diarahan so i have my party members hit the mediarahan one and demi fiend attack the diarahan one

[@desertpunkism253]

Man, Divine Shot really carried this dude in regards to killing blows.

[@rigistroni]

It's the best physical skill you get before freikugel except spiral viper

[@soldier9611]

Spiral viper is freikugel's little brother

[@darklordliam]

“Fool. Witness the power of darkness as I repeatedly spam attacks that do no damage and hurt me instead!” -Some Blue Ogre/Fly monster

[@thesimer2]

P4G got released on steam today, and Nyarly released a second part to this madness It's like all my namedays have come at once

[@whiterice1423]

And life ends how it began, with a demifiend divine shot

[@vicneti]

i was thinking like literally 10 minutes ago "i wonder when part 2 for this is coming out"

[@hamood3690]

Same here man. love his content!

[@bobincognito]

I smell persona 1 mc hair

[@vicneti]

@@bobincognito I wish I could smell his hair

[@calebbowsman822]

I’ve been running a magic build this whole game, so when I found out the Gaea Magatama was locked behind a strength check I was naturally pretty miffed. “But it’ll be fine,” I thought “for I can just complete the Fifth Kalpa to help with grinding to increase my strength.” I finished the Kalpa after about an hour and a half, then on my way back to save before I was going to fight Metatron, demi-fiend got hit by Dormina + Eternal Rest and I lost all my progress.

[@lucassilvateixeira3730]

You never know when you will get cturned.

[@pandawholikesSetItOff]

nocturne moment

[@tsyumamatsuthehavenofguard32]

Better than me getting slaughtered by legion constantly via hell gaze

[@soldier9611]

damn i thought everyone used null death + expel

[@saten257]

That Mot clip was hilarious lmao, I'm glad that didn't happened to me when I fought Mot

[@michaelgleghorn9779]

Oh look, a Mara that doesn't completely look like something out of porn.

[@powerprotoman]

its a torn off dick head this time, which is why this version of mara is refered to as the torn king in p5 when its a mini boss

[@milfmacron]

@@powerprotoman i thought he was far from as cool as original mara, but actually, that sounds pretty cool.

[@nookami6246]

Mara is like that because the manikins were rushing Baphomet, which meant he couldn’t summon the whole Mara, just a blob. No dick chariot ;(

[@TupocalypseShakur]

@@nookami6246 aka they could only handle the tip

[@kira-dk2mx]

Well, it's just the tip, but he get's harder though. (wheeze)

[@themountainman1480]

Nocturne part 1 *is actually part 2* What the bruh

[@kami9143]

"It's Edgy" Idk why I laughed over that stupid but accurate name

[@TNuuv]

12:56 "Niger" is the name of a country, which is pronounced "Ny-ger" so no issue there really

[@TNuuv]

@FuckOuttaHere sigh, yeah

[@vincenzosantacroce617]

you can fuse the pixie and present the fusion that started with the high pixie to open the door.

[@vanconojl]

yup

[@faultyvideos2215]

17:55 you were probably know about this already, but when trumpeter casts evil melody while he's the one with the lowest HP, he decides to cheat and instead demi-fiend is killed

[@pizzaparker8906]

Nyarly be like :"when every boss is annoying, no one will be"

[@8BitMisdreavus]

“After Aleph beat Record-Scratch in SMT2...” You bastard, I understood that reference

[@pandawholikesSetItOff]

plz explain

[@MetricPolygon]

@@pandawholikesSetItOff YHVH's name supposedly shouldn't be said aloud(and people today don't actually know how it would be pronounced due to how different modern hebrew is) due to the power the word holds. YHVH is a major figure in SMT IV: Apocalypse, and since the game is voice acted His name is always censored by a record scratch sound effect

[@KaiserVarius]

@@MetricPolygonHuh? That reminds me of a Panel/Scene in The Bleach Manga/Anime.

[@MegaKrs1991]

I feel like ive been waiting all quarantine for this, thank you, you absolute chad

[@taitloyek7980]

Been really looking forward to this. I actually was inspired to buy the game from your first video. Got the true demon ending and had a blast. So thank you

[@Heroinedown]

Tait Loyek Gosh you must be a beast at this game. Congrats man, I went through hell when fighting against some bosses (and sometimes even regular enemies could be annoying).

[@taitloyek7980]

@@Heroinedown why thank you. Although I do regret to say I chose easy mode. I was a little scared from it notoriety of difficulty amd expected to to he much harder than then persona 3-5 and honestly part of it was pure luck with my setups for bosses. But honestly most boss fights died in 2 attempts thanks to buff/debuff spamming. they were very enjoyable though. Except for matador. Wow that was a wake up call lol. But also null light/dark and null ice.(for some reason on mc) worked really well. But I'll start a ng cycle on hard once I feel like jumping back in.

[@KaiserVarius]

@@taitloyek7980That’s understandable. If you’re playing a new game for the first it’s probably best to try the easiest difficulty and then work your way up to the higher difficulties until you’re confident enough that you believe for a challenge and willing to go all out.

[@m0n5a80]

20:12 "I cast Beast Eye! It allows me to take two more press turns!" "I cast Beast Eye! It allows me to take two more press turns!" "I cast Makakaja to improve my magic stat by 1.5x! I also cast Beast Eye! It allows me to take two more press turns!" "I cast Beast Eye-"

[@jkjack0742]

Mot is that boss that doesn't know he's op, but you are dead once he realizes he can spam beast eye to destroy you completely. It's scary considering that winning depends on him never deciding to spam that tactic, and hoping you dodge when he does use it

[@np9946]

That's easily the best challenge you've and I also now know why a lot love norctune.

[@SomniaCE]

Its wild how many of these boss fights come down to the AI showing mercy

[@utswriter]

Many bosses in many games be like that

[@jptiz1]

You went for FUTOMIMI? YOU MONSTER Besides that 10/10 great run and I'm impressed with the results.

[@eat00002]

wait went for to kill or free/summon

[@smokarin]

I've been waiting for this-

[@xifaru8395]

I was running out of content and this has come and blessed my eyes

[@criticalmass7841]

I was waiting for this since part 1. So happy to see this continue. Thanks Nyarly!

[@soka6732]

Next time on nyarly suffers: persona 5 with only morgana (only joker and morgana equipped, and joker is to be at 1 hp and can only guard. Morgana is the only one that can do anything meaningful in battle. Also don’t level up futabas confidant. To make it so that you would get the least amount of help from her as possible)

[@WingZX1103]

Soka oh that’s just cruel

[@Keno9988]

im doing a joker and mona only run in p5r right now actually, im just using the jazz club to beef up his stats

[@Rescuro]

Wait can you not use just Joker?

[@funninoriginal6054]

Alternative challenge: SMT 4A Luck only run (can only increase luck on lvl ups)

[@soka6732]

Rescuro joker can’t use anything that would affect battle. Basically he would only be at 1 hp and can only guard

[@NightshadeMaru]

See everyone in January when part 3 comes out

[@joshuatischler4990]

I love how you gratuitously allow us to watch your levels go up and get that exciting feeling even though we're just watching 😔

[@rosebelmont1646]

Bruuuuuhhhh yessss im nearing the end of my own Nocutnre playthrough too this is perfect timing

[@aiden52786]

Your last video was very entertaining and inspired me to give Nocturne another try, and I ended up finishing it, although it was difficult.

[@Heroinedown]

Alec Han Congrats man and I agree it is difficult but quite a satisfying experience when you beat a boss that was giving you a hard time.

[@jasonblundelldobebussing]

10-year-old me: what do you mean there are buffs? 🤔

[@guilhermesoares9773]

Thank you Nyarly, you just made my day a lot better

[@WitherBossSoramodo]

It's been 2000 years.... I cant wait to see part 3. Part 2 was just as good as 1. Keep up the good work!

[@AnnoyedLion]

Finally! I'm really excited to see what happens after that cliffhanger of the previous part

[@bigflonpa]

This literally made my day, thanks

[@shadexvii3975]

If I recall correctly, when he uses evil melody, if all party members are at same hp percentage, he’ll choose randomly. That’s likely why he got Demi fiend, Daisoujou and White Rider instead of consistently one demon.

[@cidredwood6170]

Really, in any SMT game, just have Girimehkala the second you find him.

[@kylin3197]

too many weaknesses in SJ, SMT4

[@yaboi2500]

Kylin Use him as fusion fodder, then.

[@eavyeavy2864]

This is why Demi use him in DDD.

[@kichiroumitsurugi4363]

@@kylin3197 Still remains good. Like, no matter how many weaknesses he gets, he somehow still remains viable, which is saying a lot

[@dottalks8156]

@@kichiroumitsurugi4363 he is usable mainly because of his mix of raw strength and phys repel

[@sbfh014]

Thanks for a great challenge to watch! It got me to play and beat nocturne myself, and I've really enjoyed watching it. Can't wait for the izanagi only video next

[@redshepherd32]

I'm glad this game doesn't run on pokemon rules for ai resource management for sp (or move pp in pokemon's case). If it did, then all the bosses would have infinite use of their abilities and you just wouldn't get anywhere in this run.

[@zoromax10]

Only rgby worked like that. From second generation onwards npcs do expend pp

[@kayramah2531]

Never played a pokemon game, have you?

[@Thearmyofsnipers]

The Angels aren't representing chaos in this game. Technically, each reason is a facet of Law, while chaos is the TDE.

[@pandawholikesSetItOff]

Ok fair enough

[@nadirmalik223]

The sequel we didn't need, but the one we deserved

[@Fizz-Q]

Both we needed it and thx god we deserve it

[@JackFrostAegirine]

Thank YHVH, the time has come and so has Dante.

[@MaddRoxYu]

@@JackFrostAegirinethe time has come and so have I,

[@MaddRoxYu]

I’ll laugh last cuz you came to die,

[@alezarde211]

Ah nice Nyarly is back and we get to watch him suffer through this hell

[@zebulia01]

Im gonna be honest nyarly your videos and my buddy on discord are the reason im into smt, and the reason im currently playing smt 3 on my own time right now so thanks for being the final nudge to this chaos

[@tazinato7284]

Wow I'm playing persona for while watching this vid, and i literally got mot in the card shuffle during the mot section.

[@luciusirving5926]

Thanks for putting part two on your description because KZbin video search results are inconvenient at the moment.

[@electric_man17]

14:39 Nyarly: That is a pain in the Mara! Best quote from him so far!

[@B-Raven]

I can't believe how many times I saw this video already. Same goes for part 1, they're just that good. Can't wait for the end of the trilogy

[@dumbledoresnape656]

Glad this came out. Just wanted to clarify that the reason why the angels follow Chiaki is because the strong stay strong. This way, *record scratch* can never be dethroned.

[@marcosvilela7451]

Hey Nyarly! Huge fan of your channel, got my interest in SMT all up again in this quarantine (finished Persona 3 for the zillionth time and finishing Strange Journey), so I had an Idea for another one of those challenges What about playing a game using only ANGELS? Angel, Archangel, Dominion... etc

[@djstonedage5538]

There's a really easy way to defeat Mara: You buy a few attack mirrors, fight Mara, taunt it twice at the start of the fight and then spam attack mirror until it uses Hades Blast, it kills itself in one hit 100% of the time 😁

[@ethanlloyd6422]

24:37 The timing with the music is perfect

[@Werchiel]

"You can defeat them easily... after a couple of attempts" xD

[@kirana6496]

You thought we wouldn't notice ShadowElite naming his MC Jotaro. You underestimate our power.

[@hithere833]

amazing video dude. i also binged watched your other challenge runs several times and some of your hour long ones, Keep up the good work

[@pandawholikesSetItOff]

Trumpeter uses Holy Melody and Evil Melody alternatively after 4 party-turns, so 4 turns in he uses evil melody, 4 more he uses holy melody, etc. Just a strategy thing.

[@jackrusso4700]

God I love these videos, thank god for you Nyarly

[@prinnydood7920]

Sir you have made my day dood 😀👍 Bruh fighting the angels trio would have been epic dood

[@TheMaleLilligant]

Law is more about sustaining order. Not peace. That's why the angels side with Chiaki. Because the weak serving the strong establishes a hierarchy.

[@BunjiBee]

I don’t understand half the words and I’ve never played an SMT game but this is sick

[@amenoma9648]

You really should! You could probably poke around on the internet and emulate one of the older games

[@chaz8230]

Persona is the best intro. When you want to get into ACTUAL smt, start with IV.

[@TupocalypseShakur]

@@chaz8230 if only I knew that, Nocturne was my first SMT

[@sombraa241]

I’ve been so exited for this video since the first one!

[@juju-ul8uu]

I don't know why but I've been hyped about this ever since the first one.

[@ehmolekkkkk]

12:53 everyone is gangsta until the boss say the N word

[@karolkowalski3363]

Beelzebub before: Giant fly Beelzebub now: T H I C C fly

[@twaf8937]

I think we can agree that in any rpg when you’ve failed multiple times on something and decide to do it again with no hope of winning is when u actually do win

[@dantemustdie00]

I always loved how Beelzabub and Metatron had unique death animations.

[@VonFirflirch]

I love how it all goes silent after Metatron's death too, while other boss themes usually carry over to the Exp Gains screen.

[@jonnytan9054]

Frl I didn't even know Mot had tempest until this video.

[@jorgeperez2872]

12:07 Hijiri describing all megaten franchise

[@dantheman9597]

Your dedication is most admirable, I commend you! Honestly I love your vids man keep it up These challenges are very entertaining but you can do you bro

[@inosq3985]

Perfect I was really waiting this video Leeeeeet's goooo

[@shaddowofthelost1750]

15:58 It's him. He who doots

[@KaiserVarius]

I sure hope Nyarly tries a fun challenge run for SMT V. He makes such great and enjoyable content and his challenge run videos are always a great to watch. And while there are Challenge run vids for SMT V I would love to see how Nyarly would tackle it.

[@kam5brown392]

Who will win: A demon that is known to spam dragon eye and can kill an entire party with megidolaon or one physical reflect big boi

[@MohammadAhmad-sf6by]

Yesssssss finally i have been waiting for this

[@ProfKisuto]

These series are so damn good - hope to see more!!!

[@SkatingJellyfish]

This cliffhanger;;;; I really want to see the end of this sooo bad

[@conorreilly1968]

One more buff rejected!

[@haruitte]

I’ve been waiting for so long

[@MagicalGirlContractor]

I love how for nocturne its "That was pretty easy after a couple of tries" meaning even an "easy" fight involves u dying multiple times. ur such a chad mad respect

[@mongodroid4842]

that's just every megaten boss

[@SuperFusionAJ93]

Mot: *Cast Beast Eye* Mot: I'll FOOKING DO IT AGAIN!

[@vinitheokguy3538]

Mot: and again until the end of my mp bar

[@adventhaseo7186]

I’ve been waiting for this!

[@seb1811]

OH MY DOOR KUN He is finally back

[@jovif.spemudaindonesia1841]

What?

[@seb1811]

@@jovif.spemudaindonesia1841 *E*

[@jovif.spemudaindonesia1841]

@@seb1811 what?

[@bancon666]

@@jovif.spemudaindonesia1841 reference to minato

[@jovif.spemudaindonesia1841]

@@bancon666 Yeah but why he reference Makoto from p3 in smt 3?

[@thaearthquake]

The madlad he’s actually continuing!

[@redshepherd32]

gotta be honest, I subbed to this channel purely to see if the first video got a followup. Never even played this game but was still interested. I wouldn't blame you if you didn't make a followup video. The scenario alone sounds like torture. But was still cautiously optimistic regardless

[@dylanbell268]

He just went through a ton of shit during the making of this

[@Heroinedown]

The Scarlet Shepherd The story of all Shin megami tensei games is really fascinating, well written and questions the player's position about philosophical themes such as elitism, anarchy and the likes (with decisions drastically influencing the characters that will survive or die as well as the bosses encountered and even the ending itself). It's far from being a torture like you said, it's a really deep game with a complex fighting system and with only a few bosses that look quite unfair at times but this guy's got a lot of luck on his side (as well as skills).

[@Ribboppity]

Mad respect for ShadowElite after he witnessed that Mot madness and basically went "I didn't hear no bell!"

[@lucianaryeh3001]

12:10 Hikiji: "It's Edgy" *You can say that again*