Old Enemy/Nemesis - Shin Megami Tensei: if... (Pokémon Black/White Soundfont)

Don't expect this to become a habit.
The character in the art is supposed to be SMT: if...'s female protagonist (Based on this art here: static.wikia.n...) I went with them because they appear in Persona 1 & 2, which I interpreted as them being the canon one. I just edited one of Red's sprites.
Shin Megami Tensei by Atlus
Pokémon by Game Freak
Art by me (I know it doesn't match the soundfont I used, I just figured it would be more appropriate to use a Pokémon game from that time. Although I suppose it is still "Black & White" in some way.)

[@BiggusWeeabus]

No doubt a SMT themed trainer would either carry an Arceus or a Giratina in their team

[@McCaroni_Sup]

Now I kinda want a Pokémon game where they basically have portable PCs to summon Pokémon instead of Pokéballs.

[@serial01ivrexperiments5]

a Party full of MegaGengar

[@neit_spade8090]

​@@McCaroni_Sup and then some dude walks in with weird glowing tatooes and horn on his neck

[@alwaysangry2232]

@@neit_spade8090 using arceus as his ride

[@x_voxelle_x]

Or? Lmao, both

[@n-extrafries-surprise]

Yknow what? I'd play the heck out of Pokemon Rom hacks that are basically recreated Shin Megami Tensei games

[@SquidEevee]

ah yes, my favourite pokémon game: Pokémon Nocturne Version Featuring Dante from the Devil May Cry™ Series

[@McCaroni_Sup]

@@SquidEevee Pokemon Law and Chaos And then the third version will be Neutral Remakes will be Absolute Law and Total Chaos

[@melodicreaper2363]

In that case, may I suggest devil children? It's a sub series of MegaTen that has only 1 game in the west but many more in japan. It's basically an attempt by ATLUS to make a version of pokemon with MegaTen demons, they have double releases for each game and everything

[@weeble4749]

@@SquidEevee Legendary between the 2 versions is Raidou or Dante

[@WishMakers]

The amusing part is that I've thought about it but I'm not 100% that the weakness systems are compatible. Demons would probably need abilities that change their weaknesses or something.

[@jonathantonner4263]

Never heard the original, but this sounds quite cool

[@ils4844]

The original goes fucking HARD

[@n-extrafries-surprise]

Same

[@tanyasellars7492]

The original I great but yeah it plays on a ng+ only route of a very old game so even most SMT fans never heard it in game

[@SquidEevee]

a very old game that, afaik, was never officially localised into english, i might add and to top it off, the version of the game that *was* _unofficially_ localised isn't the version with this track in it

[@hollyfindlay4051]

@@SquidEevee It's insane the amount of hoops needed to hear this in game as an American Atlus fan... Luckily Nocturne and Persona 5 have remixes of it, plus IMAGINE has at least 2, so I think a lot of us have heard one version or another.

[@brightonic]

Not Flynn, 100% totally not Flynn from Shin Megami Tensei IV on the Nintendo 3DS approves of this remix.

[@tanyasellars7492]

'Demon Emperor Hazama wants to battle!"

[@NEETKitten]

Tamaki used Hi-No-Kagutsuchi! It's super effective!

[@alacer807]

Who knew that if you combined pokemon with SMT you get a new classic megaman bop. Please continue FUCKING KILLING IT.

[@Racc_Oon]

ikr? it sounds like a MMZ boss theme!

[@smoothboi0642]

Absolute fucking banger.

[@forceofnature26]

Ooh, I love the use of the accordion sound

[@soraroxas8453]

Idk what's going on for all the smt song remakes but im not complaining

[@viridigreen8714]

Now i wanna see a Klonoa ost in Pokémon Black/White soundfont.

[@n3k0hgueimis]

I'm imagining a crossover between Pokémon and Shin Megami Tensei

[@emirben2877]

That's just Digimon v:

[@garryrptr]

Demi Kids exist but it's not really popular overseas

[@_GLXC]

Team Zapdos - Thunderbird Silvally - Chimera Froslass - Yuki-Jyorou Zygarde - Nidhoggr Ho-Oh - Feng Huang Torterra - Cabracan

[@patrickschulz2193]

I apprciate that the video title uses both the stilted and superior translations for the track name :D

[@SquidEevee]

thanks ^^ it didn’t initially but when i was reformatting my video titles into a consistent format i decided “why not” since i had seen this track referred to Nemesis a few times before

[@Christopher-jl8qf]

This fits way better than it should

[@no64256]

This is great! It's always nice to hear covers/remixes of SMT music

[@rigerhit0476]

Now this is a 100% battle theme! Is awesome! I don't hear the original, but it sounds so good in BW anyways. And I need to give you credit for the sprite, even if you edited a Red Sprite, is still awesome for me, you even made the letters, we have an underrated KZbinr right here, you need more subs. Good job.

[@SquidEevee]

something that i thought was funny is that i used pokémon green's title screen as a base because i figured the shin megami tensei title would be easier to represent in the style of the japanese Pocket Monsters logo than the style of the international Pokémon logo. what i only realised after finishing up the edit is that both smt if and pokémon green have something in common: neither of them were ever officially localised in english.

[@rigerhit0476]

@@SquidEevee Lol yeah, that's sad xD Interesting that you used Pokémon Green as base, neat

[@crazycoot647]

Trainer Tamaki stands in your way!

[@Ziko577]

Tamaki is the canon protag of if believe it or not and the male character is almost never referenced anywhere. She's one of the few cases of a female protagonist being canon in a Megaten game. Maya is the only main female protagonist in a Persona game and the female MC doesn't count from Persona 3 Portable as it seems the plot sides with the male MC anyway. if is essentially a prototype of what would become the Persona franchise and arguably the only one Atlus & SEGA care about anyway nowadays.

[@Tarkus-Ivalice-dweller]

Every remix and adaptation I hear of this theme is a 10/10, this one's no exception. Love the pokemon style art too btw

[@liamsanchez6933]

Dude, you just got yourself a new subscriber, this remixes are so goddamn awesome, keep up the great work

[@quanghuyvu2649]

Pokemon Black White has my favorite game soundtrack of all time SMT is close second

[@itsjustjosh2493]

We Need more KZbinrs like you.

[@Sad-Lesbian]

This is actually giving me huge Ace Attorney's Pursuit themes vibes with the accents.

[@erdocpaxo3852]

Spettacolare

[@NortherBanish]

holy shit bangetr

[@iennefaLsh]

Has this theme become the official Shin Megami Tensei if… anthem?

[@hollyfindlay4051]

More or less. It's one of comparatively few songs from that one that aren't just SMT 1 and 2 stuff being reused, and it's incredibly good. Plus, Atlus themselves keep using it. Nocturne, IMAGINE, and even Persona 5 all feature remixes, so... I'd say it's accurate to say it's If...'s anthem.

[@wallflowerDotXM]

Hell yes

[@PebblepantsTV]

BANGERRRRRRR

[@oomi9030]

Welcome back

[@lybniss7913]

Goes hard

[@zerogyoro4521]

Oh god please, make more like this about Smt and pokemon ¡FOR THE MOTHER OF GOD! Please :'D 😍.

[@joezuru3753]

*Rival Hazama Would like to Battle!*

[@ferroth]

awesomee

[@grafi6155]

PPOGGERS

[@NViewtiful]

I’m not too familiar with pokemon but Akira would definitely have all Mewtwo’s

[@Mudkip971]

Maybe you could do some SMT3 stuff?

[@zerogyoro4521]

Comentario de apoyo 😃

[@chriscasa3244]

you need to make a discord. would be nice to converse with the people here and yourself

[@SquidEevee]

nah, i feel managing a public discord server would be too much hassle, especially when i myself am not a social person by any means

[@quolai5262]

Any chance you do the normal battle theme for Akira?