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Atlus announces Strange Journey for North America photo

We've been patiently waiting for Atlus to announce the DS game Strange Journey. The next in the line of Shin Megami Tensei games looks...well, strange, and we dig that in Atlus games.

It just came out in Japan last month, so hats off to Atlus for working on this so quickly. For those that missed the earlier talk on the game, it's a sci-fi first-person role-playing game that has you exploring a hole that opened up in from the bottom of our planet. Inside? You guessed it: Weird-ass demons (over 300 now!) you can summon and use against others.

We're thrilled that the release date is set some time in the Spring of 2010. The word from Japan is that this game is awesome.

In our gallery below we have plenty of brand new English screenshots of the game.

SMT fans, where you at? Are you looking forward to this?


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Harris Hatsworth's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/05/2009 15:47
Harris Hatsworth
*brings out list*

1. Am I an SMT fan? Check
2. Do I love Atlus? Check
3. Am I interested in this? Double check.

First quarter next year is going to annihilate my wallet. So much good stuff.
Gilgamesh1317's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/05/2009 15:47
Gilgamesh1317
...Goddammit Atlus.
Gen Eric Gui's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/05/2009 15:49
Gen Eric Gui
We all knew it was coming, but that doesn't stop this from being amazing news. Considering that Etrian Odyssey 1 & 2 and Devil Survivor were the "tryouts" for this game and were each absolutely phenominal, this game is going to rock my world. I can just feel it.

There's also word from Atlus Japan that this -is- the official SMT4. Which is even more freaking awesome.
thwak's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/05/2009 15:51
thwak
I really want to play this game because it looks like "the thing" only set in the shin megami tensei universe.
pedrovay2003's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/05/2009 15:52
pedrovay2003
Shabadoo?
Harris Hatsworth's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/05/2009 15:57
Harris Hatsworth
@ pedroavy2003

I really hope someone at Atlus is just an Adam Sandler fan or something.
AudioTerror's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/05/2009 16:04
AudioTerror
BLAH BLAH BLAH ATLUS.
BLAH BLAH BLAH MUST BUY.
BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH SHIN MEGAMI TENSEI.

I think I need to retire from posting comments on Atlus releases. I never have anything clever or insightful to say, and 90% of the time when I hear news of a new SMT game in real life, my first reaction is to scream like a little girl.
Carl Sagan's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/05/2009 16:04
Carl Sagan
I'm interested. I love the cover.
Crabman's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/05/2009 16:23
Crabman
Day one.
MuddBstrd's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/05/2009 16:24
MuddBstrd
I'll wait till the reviews come out. I'm loving Persona 4, but I hated Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne. I guess it depends on how much random grinding the game demands.
Wry Guy's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/05/2009 16:28
Wry Guy
I am intrigued, but that logo looks like ass.
Adam11's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/05/2009 16:31
Adam11
Hooray!!! Now bring on P3PSP and some complete iteration of P2 Please.
JesterHead's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/05/2009 16:31
JesterHead
Now if only I was buying a DS instead of a PSP, I would snap this up in a second.
-PL-'s Avatar - Comment posted on 11/05/2009 16:37
-PL-
Looks a LOT like Etrian Odyssey. I loved Etrian Odyssey.
lewness's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/05/2009 17:00
lewness
I loved Devil Survivor! I still have 4 more routes to go (Gin, Yuzu, Kaido, Atsuro) though, this should keep me busy until this one comes.

I secretly hope though that I don't have to play through the whole thing 6 times to see it all. I don't have much time these days to pull of something like that.
odber's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/05/2009 17:07
odber
Cybermen..?
BulletMagnet's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/05/2009 17:08
BulletMagnet
If anything I prefer the more "traditional" SMT games to the offshoots, so I'll definitely be reserving this.
bluemeep's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/05/2009 17:26
bluemeep
Glee!
Zeik56's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/05/2009 17:31
Zeik56
Not remotely surprising, but great news all the same. Can't wait, probably my most anticipated game on any console right now.

"I secretly hope though that I don't have to play through the whole thing 6 times to see it all."

Considering this is effectively a true mainline SMT game, and those are all about your choices that result in different endings, it's pretty much a guarantee you won't be able to see everything the first time through. Unfortunately(?) this is supposedly a much longer game than Devil Survivor too, so playing through it multiple times to see the different endings will require even more effort.
Doomsday Forte's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/05/2009 17:33
Doomsday Forte
I only cleared one route in Devil Survivor, but color me wanting this. If only because it's as close to SMT4 we're gonna get, and it's the only time I'm going to get close to playing a core SMT game.
taiki's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/05/2009 18:06
taiki
@odber

My thoughts exactly.

Zen Albatross's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/05/2009 18:11
Zen Albatross
DEVILS IN SPACE.
kalidanthepalidan's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/05/2009 18:40
kalidanthepalidan
@PL

Yeah it does look a lot like it. Does anybody know if you get to create your own map as you could in Etrian?
HerosPlayDumb's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/05/2009 18:49
HerosPlayDumb
Fuck holiday 2009, spring 2010 is what I'm pumped for.
Lucas Says's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/05/2009 19:40
Lucas Says
If this is a first person dungeon crawl version of Devil Survivor (which is possibly the best game I've played this year) I am so there. Even if it isn't, I'm...well, I'm still there, because SMT is involved. But considering the quality of DS, I'm excited beyond the capacity for rational thought.
Zeik56's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/05/2009 20:28
Zeik56
"If this is a first person dungeon crawl version of Devil Survivor (which is possibly the best game I've played this year) I am so there."

Well uh, there will be the whole demon party member mechanic and a battle system with a focus on exploiting weaknesses, as per usual for MegaTen, but it's not going to have anything that Devil Survivor introduced to the series.
Camiwaits's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/05/2009 20:42
Camiwaits
I'm having a LOT of fun playing Devil Survivor, and i love the retro robot on this game cover. So yes,i'm looking forward to it.
Gee-Man's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/05/2009 20:55
Gee-Man
Damn, I haven't even finished all the endings in Devil Survivor or the Answer in P3:FES yet, and Atlus just throws yet another awesome looking game in our general direction. Damn you Atlus, stop kicking so much ass!
sewerraccoon's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/06/2009 01:07
sewerraccoon
they best not touch that awesome box art during localization
Ruben Hanssen's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/06/2009 05:15
Ruben Hanssen
Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaant!
lewness's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/06/2009 05:30
lewness
@Zeik56

Considerably longer than Devil Survivor? That's news to me. But anyway, it's not the story (I could view the rest of the endings I didn't git in the interwebs) but the exclusives (demons like Metatron, route-specific auto skills like on Naoya's route) that makes me "want" to play through the game again.

Of course, nobody pointed a gun at me to do just that, but this strange voice in my brain... *sniff*
Pure Poison 1's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/07/2009 01:10
Pure Poison 1
Can't wait to get this! I prefer games on PSP to DS but Devil Survivor was done really well and was very addictive.
Zhanli's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/07/2009 13:33
Zhanli
Avid fan of SMT Persona 4 (meatily into the game), SMT Devil Survivor (completed twice ^o^), both Etrian Odysseys (trying to complete both lol XD), so yeah, SMT and Atlus fan, here I am, and yes I'm am (interested)!

I heard about this game when there was a japanese release and was rather disappointed when there were rumours that it wasn't going to be translated, but now that it's coming over, hell yeah!
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