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The 20 Most Insane Demons in “Shin Megami Tensei 3: Noctourne”

The 20 Most Insane Demons in “Shin Megami Tensei 3: Noctourne”

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The Megami Tensei series has some of the best monster designs in all of video games.

In Western countries, the Megami Tensei JRPG series is largely unknown. This is primarily due to the fact that the original Megami Tensei games were exclusively for Nintendo consoles and ran afoul of Nintendo of America’s ’90s-era “no religion” policy. Thus, while its contemporary JRPGS, including the early Dragon Quest and Final Fantasy titles, became popular with early Nintendo gamers, the Megami Tensei franchise never received the same exposure (although on of its multiple spin-off series, Persona, became incredibly popular in its own right).


Then, in 2003, Shin Megami Tensei 3: Noctourne debuted on PlayStation 2, bringing the franchise to English-speaking audiences at long last. Essentially a very adult version of Pokemon (although the Megami Tensei franchise predated Pokemon by nearly a decade), Shin Megami Tensei 3 revolved around an unnamed protagonist traversing through a post-apocalyptic, demon-infested Tokyo. During battle, the protagonist had the option to fight demons; but, if he so chose, he could also engage with them in conversation and potentially convince them to join him. It was a strange, fantastic game.

Now, 13 years later, Shin Megami Tensei 3 is being remastered for Nintendo Switch, and Shin Megami Tensei 5 is set to be a Switch exclusive. In celebration, we’re taking a look at the best monster designs in shin Megami Tensei 3.

Mara

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Mara is a gigantic, green, veiny pen!s monster that rides around in a spiked chariot. It is single-handedly the most grotesque, insane, and downright incredible monster design in video game history. That is all.

Shin Megami Tensei Mara
Shin Megami Tensei Shadow
Shin Megami Tensei Slime
Shin Megami Tensei Pisaca
Shin Megami Tensei Beelzebub
Shin Megami Tensei Pazuzu
Shin Megami Tensei Nozuchi
Shin Megami Tensei Vishnu
Shin Megami Tensei Albion
Shin Megami Tensei Seiten Taisei
Shin Megami Tensei Dionysus
Shin Megami Tensei Metatron
Shin Megami Tensei Nekomata
Shin Megami Tensei Inugami
Shin Megami Tensei Fuu-Ki
Shin Megami Tensei Jack Frost
Shin Megami Tensei Flauros
Shin Megami Tensei Queen Mab
Shin Megami Tensei Dante
Shin Megami Tensei Raidou Kuzunoha

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