Super Famicom JRPG Shin Megami Tensei: If… has finally received an English translation, 24 years after its initial release.
Veteran fan translation group Aeon Genesis has published an English translation patch for Shin Megami Tensei: If…, allowing Anglophone fans of the Megaten franchise to play the game for the first time.
The Super Famicom game, which in some ways is closer to the Persona series more than it is to the mainline SMT releases, follows the story of a boy who unwittingly drags his school into the Abyss after making a deal with a demon. Like several other Megaten spin-off games, If… did not receive an official translation by Atlus, and it has taken a considerable amount of time for the fan translation to be finished and published.
The translation patch, which can be applied to a no-doubt legally owned ROM of the game and played using an emulator or a modified Super Famicom cartridge, is now available to download.
The Megaten series was as niche as the Atelier series before Persona 3 put Atlus on the map in the West.
Atlus was already well known before Persona 3 from Megaten and bringing over Disgaea, not sure what hole you had been hiding in.
“Well known”? Dude, Atlus games, more specifically the Shin Megami Tensei series didn’t even crack the mainstream until the release of Persona 3. The company was as niche as they came in terms of games. The numerous Megaten PS2 titles were dwarfed in terms of sales from the Persona 3 & 4 releases.
Why do you think they attached “Shin Megami Tensei” to the Western versions of Persona despite the Persona series not being a part of the Megaten series? The Japanese release had no mention of that title either.
Most fans of the Persona series likely haven’t even played a game in the Megaten series before either. Look up the sales figures for the Persona series and the Megaten series. There are numerous websites that quote these figures from Sega. The Persona series has collectively has outsold the “Megaten” series by several million(If not more) despite there being far more games in the Megaten series.
Had Atlus not found success with Persona they would have been stuck in the depths of niche in the West along with the likes of Gust with Atelier whatever. They’re going to milk the absolute s♥♥t out of Persona because thats the only thing they have that sells extremely well.
No. Persona 5 is the best selling Atlus title to date. There were reports stating that the game has sold around 2.2 million as of May 2018. So you can probably assume its a lot higher by now considering we’re nearing November.
The available sales figures for Atlus games prior to Persona show how niche their games generally are. The Neptunia & Atelier games have woeful first week sales in Japan too.
I thought Catherine was Atlus’s top selling title. Not Persona.
It’s a good showcase of what path lead them to persona with If’s guardian and alignment focused stuff. But it was really short and not all that fun to play..
Just play the SMT 1/2 (also translated by them) if you haven’t because you’re obsessed with persona and realize why we hate you..
Learned japanese 2 kyu last year. Wasted time.
Woo Hoo!
Too late, already downloaded and beat it. Another day another penny saved
fan translated mother fucker, learn to read you c♥♥t