Shin Megami Tensei In English

Shin Megami Tensei If English Fan Translation Finally Complete and Available to Download

While many people from around the world enjoy the Persona games today, the series' roots can actually be traced all the way back to a region-locked Shin Megami Tensei game for the Super Famicom and PlayStation that never left Japan: Shin Megami Tensei If…. That being said, western players can finally feel the full game in English language for the first time, as a complete fan translation for Shin Megami Tensei If… was finally released today.

This translation project has roots every bit far dorsum as 2012, but AGTP was finally able to release information technology today after a long and tumultuous process. Every bit for the game itself, Shin Megami Tensei If… starts with a educatee named Hazama dragging his entire school into the Expanse when he tries to summon a demon, becoming the Demon Emperor every bit a result. Throughout the game, the protagonist navigates the labyrinthine schoolhouse, fighting demons with the help of classmates with the ultimate hope of escaping.

From the premise lonely, parallels can definitely be seen between Shin Megami Tensei If… and the Persona series, which should make the game a worthwhile play for series fans now that this translation exists. That being said, it looks like AGTP will ultimately be taking a break from translating other Shin Megami Tensei games. While they will fix whatsoever bugs that arise in this translation, the community as a whole proved too toxic during the development of this translation patch to make working serial translations fulfilling.

For those who desire to try translation patch out, the Version 1.00 patch tin currently be downloaded from AGTP's website. That existence said, you lot exercise need a separate ROM of the game for the patch to work. If you want to play the Japanese version of the game officially, it is available on Super Famicom, PlayStation, iOS, and the Wii and Wii U Virtual Console.

Tomas Franzese

Tomas Franzese is a News Editor at DualShockers, writing a variety of reviews and shedding light on upcoming games for both PC and consoles. While he has been a gamer most of his life, he began writing for DualShockers in 2016 and has near never put his calculator or a controller down since.