One of the first games revealed for the Nintendo Switch was Atlus’Shin Megami Tensei 5. Since the initial announcement, there hasn’t been much in the way of additional updates about the game or what it will entail. However, fans finally got another look of the highly-anticipated title during Nintendo’s surpriseNintendo Direct Mini presentation, which focused on third-party games from “partner” studios.
Shortly after confirming aShin Megami Tensei 3HD remaster, Nintendo showed a new trailer forShin Megami Tensei 5. The trailer showed a ton of demons on-screen at once, all flying around a massive demonic entity who says, “The God you worship is dead.” The scene then cuts to a Japanese person walking in a crowd, only to suddenly find themselves in a desert-like world. They join forces with a mysterious figure, presumably to fight back against the demons, and then the trailer ends.
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The newShin Megami Tenseitrailer ends by giving fans a release window of 2021, with the game getting a simultaneous global launch, uncommon forAtlus games. While it’s still pretty vague, it’s better than not having any idea of when the game is going to come out, which is what fans have been dealing with since its original announcement. And while a specific release date in 2021 wasn’t confirmed forShin Megami Tensei 5during the Nintendo Direct presentation, it seems likely that it will be at some point in the second half of the year.
After all, theShin Megami Tensei 3remaster is coming Spring 2021, and one would imagine thatAtluswould want there to be some time between the games so as to not cannibalize each other’s sales.
On the bright side, the fact thatShin Megami Tensei 5is getting a simultaneous global launch could be an indication that the company is going to start releasing all its games worldwide. ThePersonafranchise in particularseems as though it would benefit from this, especially as it has gotten much more popular in western countries in recent years.
Whatever the case may be, now that Atlus has given fans a newShin Megami Tensei 5trailer, hopefully information on the game comes at a more regular pace.
