One thing I have grossly neglected to mention not just in the video, but also in the comments for 2 months now is the fact that there is an updated version of the Aeon Genesis fan translation called the Orden patch. This patch fixes various issues with the AG version, such as various game breaking glitches and mistranslations. That is 100% the version to play if you do end up getting around to this game. I also recommend looking for the automap hack, which allows you to open up the map by pressing the L button on the super famicom controller rather than having to open your COMP every time. Both the Orden patch and the Automap hack can be found on a certain website whose initials are RH.
I don't think you would get in trouble for talking about a site that only hosts Rom Hacks. They don't house ROMs, just the patches. Unless there's a site called Rom Haven, I think you're golden.
Does anybody else find Macca's Jack Frost avatar in the thumbnail image hilariously adorable? It's the way he's smiling with the serious looking eyes that get me.
"One thing I like to do is force my likes and dislikes onto the world at large." Lol You just made an accurate description of more than 75% of the Megaten fanbase.
I love how Nyarly always sounds like he's talking down to me even though he isn't lol. Ok, on a serious note, one thing that really got me into Megami Tensei itself was the demons and ideologies of alignment/reasoning. I never truly knew how cool some of the stuff in certain religions, mythologies, and folklore was until I got into this franchise, and that's still something I have a vested interest in today. As someone who loves looking at things from all angles (and is also a huge fan of Fallout New Vegas), the different views of Law, Chaos, and Neutrality and their motivations really take a deep dive into sociological, philosophical, and psychological attributes; there is no objective best choice, but rather something you are subjectively more drawn to. Great video, Macca~!!
Very important for anyone that plans on playing the SNES version PLEASE make sure you get the Orden Fix for it. A good while back a good lad named Orden went through the old Aeon Genesis patch and fixed a ton of its problems. It fixes the demon names, the skill names, and fixes a ton of glitches(biggest being in the original AG patch the law route was completely glitched and incompletable). He did a similar patch for SMT2, but that game didn't need it as bad as 1 did. I'd post the pre-patched rom with the fix but I'd doubt Macca would appreciate that.
Real talk if this sounds interesting for you but feel it might feel outdated, get your hands on the original smt strange journey for ds it tackles the same themes while having updated gameplay and navigation
I had just finished my first playthrough of Nocturne, and then found your video. I was completely sold. And what's better: I went looking for the GBA translation and it was already done by the end of january! There are still some minor bugs to fix, but I'm already playing this version and loving every bit of it. Thank you!
Theres something about this video that REALLY sells the good points on why people should play this game...on that note, I think I'm gonna try it out myself.
Dude, this is super well done. Wasn't really interested in SMT I before because of the UI of menus and weird navigation, but the GBA version looks awesome!
Man this channel is one of my favourite things in life, the music selection, the humor and how i learn a lot of things with your videos. I still can't believe waifu is a banned word in Twitch's chat tbh.
Ahh I've been waiting for this, happy to know this video is out and that my clips were of some help at the very least. The streams were great and I personally am looking forward to SMT2 streams whenever they happen! May Cashmuni and his friends never be forgotten, and may that cop yell that he is a cop no matter what.
Making your game set in the town you and the other developers grew up in... That's straight up amazing and I can actually see how much fun it must have been to make from that perspective ☺️
Playing the GBA version as of three days or so ago. It's great and beginner-friendly and has a lot of quality, except for the music and maybe how the sprites don't blend in as well as in the original.
FYI, there is a updated, polished and bug-fixed version of Aeon Genesis translation which makes the 2002 translation obsolete. People don't need to wait for GBA project really.
It's been a while since I played it and, while the game's story and characters are quite simple compared to recent smt entries, I just can't find the charm this game holds on any other megaten title. It might be because this is one of the few games that truly follow that Kaneko's main principle of making a game where the main character is just an ordinary human. Not a predestined hero or someone with innate superpowers, just a random ass teenager who happened to get caught in the middle of a global catastrophe and survive just to keep having to overcome hardships in a wasteland full of dangers.
Tfw never played an smt game yet. I just like the demon designs which is why I am interested in it. Then again the monster designs are why I get into any monster collecting game.
Great video ! For all the people who like the OST, check out the Sega CD version of the game's soundtrack on TH-cam (or elsewhere), it's entirely remade and it's absolutely amazing (the Ginza theme, especially) !
Persona to easy for you? You a totally masochist when it comes to RPGs and love tense situations where the odds are against you most of the time even if you think you're prepared for the worst? Try out the Shin Megami Tensei series.
I legit think SMT 1 is super underrated; If people can still enjoy Pokemon red and blue despite their own flaws I see no reason why people can't enjoy these games.
I don't Even need You to sell on it, i loved it and replay it from time to time, Nice video, most westerners should speak more about the SuperFamicom exclusive games in today's day and age, region locking is a thing of the past.
think about it, you were playing dragon quest, final fantasy, or if you were weirdo, earthbound. Then, outta nowhere comes a cyberpunk post apocalyptic in a demon infested future game where earth was scorched clean by nuclear holy fire, ushered by the plotting of an American ambassador called Thorman, who is in fact the norse god Thor in disguise.... I mean, if you were a kid in the 90`s wouldnt your mind be blown right now? I dont know, keep your final fantasies or dragon quests, I love them too, but my heart belongs to this series.
My history with this game is a thing. I originally got the official translation on my phone the day it came out in 2014, but like so many others, the gameplay made it extremely hard to play and eventually I wasn't able to play it anymore because Atlus stopped supporting it. I started over with the fan translation, but it still took me until just a few months ago - roughly six YEARS - to make it to the end. And I was still in the early midgame when I finally got serious about finishing it this year, as finally, after all that time, I genuinely started enjoying the gameplay despite its obvious shortcomings. When I finally beat it, my pride was immense - but strangely, not over, you know, beating the game. It was all about the journey - both in-game and out. And beyond not being able to finish the official translation with the visionary items, I don't regret a single thing.
This was actually the ffirst megaten game I finished. I love this game. Completely agree on the atmosphere being a 10/10. I didn´t love the music at first, but it´s so great at embodeing the spirit of the game and it grew on me so hard.
I really need to play this! Have to finish V first though. I only know Stephen since I've played IV, and Pascal the dog. I like that dog. The music is familiar of course since some of it is rearranged for IV. That Ginza theme sounded awesome on this one!
Ik that “shin” in this context translates as “true”, but it can also mean “new” and I like that a lot more, cuz it gives me “New Super Mario Bros” vibes
Ive been playing smt since around high school back in 2013. You didnt just sell me on replaying this again (especially in gba) you sold me on your channel. Great work.
2 and a half years later, despite my only having touched 10 hours of SMT4 (Which I need to go back to eventually (Will need ro start over tho. ;-;)), I now have the translated GBA version sitting on my Miyoo Mini for me to play wherever the time comes. Almost gave up on it cause it isn't a traditional patch, but I figured it out. Lol. I am curious about this game, so I'd probably end up playing it eventually even if I didnt feel an obligation to after that hassle.
The hardest part about this game is just navigation, knowing where to go and the mostly high enemy encounter rate. All the bosses from the second half of the game are all too easy.
You think i wouldn't notice @Macca The Joker with Bayonetta legs at 10:22 Well I didnt till I was curious what character was on what. So good job at that hidden detail
@@tanyasellars7492 Someone needs to get on that and fix that problem. I have $100 dollars on an Amazon gift card from my birthday. The money inside will go to the first person who can make the GBA repo cart, and sell it on Amazon.
Sees scribbles shaped on FilthyBlasphemer's shirt. It Darkthrone. Remember kids just say no to black metal, you'll be able to understand manic scribbles of the lunatic mind.
I think i will play the Super Famicom version, the only problem that i have with the gba version is the music, i like it and i hate it at the same time, for example, i don't like the battle theme, it's slow, but i like the boss battle theme.
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One thing I have grossly neglected to mention not just in the video, but also in the comments for 2 months now is the fact that there is an updated version of the Aeon Genesis fan translation called the Orden patch. This patch fixes various issues with the AG version, such as various game breaking glitches and mistranslations. That is 100% the version to play if you do end up getting around to this game.
I also recommend looking for the automap hack, which allows you to open up the map by pressing the L button on the super famicom controller rather than having to open your COMP every time. Both the Orden patch and the Automap hack can be found on a certain website whose initials are RH.
I don't think you would get in trouble for talking about a site that only hosts Rom Hacks. They don't house ROMs, just the patches. Unless there's a site called Rom Haven, I think you're golden.
huh guess you just sold me the game. I'm very good at ignoring/tollerating archaic graphics. Very good video I liked it.
Been playing the gba rom it's nice
90s snes games: Wholesome, happiness, hero saves the day.
SMT 1: Try not to feel too bad.
God damn (law hero)! That was insensitive!!!
I'd have named Law Hero "ResetEra".
THIS IS ALSO GOOD
Perfect
That's Cringe.
NeoGaff?
@@denkerbosu3551 ResetGaff
Does anybody else find Macca's Jack Frost avatar in the thumbnail image hilariously adorable? It's the way he's smiling with the serious looking eyes that get me.
He's ready for adventure
"One thing I like to do is force my likes and dislikes onto the world at large."
Lol You just made an accurate description of more than 75% of the Megaten fanbase.
75% of people who play videogames
75% of people.
@@micahlindley7515 75
@@varenoftatooine2393 7
He is truly the Law Hero.
I love how Nyarly always sounds like he's talking down to me even though he isn't lol.
Ok, on a serious note, one thing that really got me into Megami Tensei itself was the demons and ideologies of alignment/reasoning. I never truly knew how cool some of the stuff in certain religions, mythologies, and folklore was until I got into this franchise, and that's still something I have a vested interest in today. As someone who loves looking at things from all angles (and is also a huge fan of Fallout New Vegas), the different views of Law, Chaos, and Neutrality and their motivations really take a deep dive into sociological, philosophical, and psychological attributes; there is no objective best choice, but rather something you are subjectively more drawn to.
Great video, Macca~!!
I have no clue why I never played this game yet.. This video is what I needed, thanks boys 🙌
Its not like you can, or at least not in english
@@GuyParson through emulation yea
@@DavidCastJRPGs yeah i forgot that existed
English patch while using emulation should fix the game right up.
@@zachh2864Yep
When Macca said “WooHoo! Yay, I have friends!” I felt that
"But I was just about to record my podcast"
"No you weren't"
*Silence*
God that killed me
"We have the advantage. Proceed."
thats my friend Filthy Blasphemer and Nyarly and Macca
dad we should play a game
Shin Megami Tensei 4 is an OVERRATED DISASTER.
@@HealingGourd it seems like u are looking for friends as well
I respect your opinion but that doesn't mean its right@@HealingGourd
@@razzajelgasbey334 it's not a literal opinion I'm just giving simplydad a hard time because he is an actual meme in the Megaten community.
"One of my favorite things to do is force my own likes and dislikes onto the world at large" You get me Macca.
I really enjoy your channel Macca.
"Macca opens all doors"
Average macca enjoyer
Macca has a very wholesome voice ngl
SMT made talking to your enemies in turn based combat cool before undertale
Very important for anyone that plans on playing the SNES version PLEASE make sure you get the Orden Fix for it. A good while back a good lad named Orden went through the old Aeon Genesis patch and fixed a ton of its problems. It fixes the demon names, the skill names, and fixes a ton of glitches(biggest being in the original AG patch the law route was completely glitched and incompletable).
He did a similar patch for SMT2, but that game didn't need it as bad as 1 did. I'd post the pre-patched rom with the fix but I'd doubt Macca would appreciate that.
Nah man, I honestly regret not mentioning that. It completely slipped my mind.
Real talk if this sounds interesting for you but feel it might feel outdated, get your hands on the original smt strange journey for ds it tackles the same themes while having updated gameplay and navigation
Thank you for this. Now I can share this with my friends.
I had just finished my first playthrough of Nocturne, and then found your video.
I was completely sold. And what's better: I went looking for the GBA translation and it was already done by the end of january! There are still some minor bugs to fix, but I'm already playing this version and loving every bit of it. Thank you!
In regards to shock treatment, the same can be applied to nerve bullets.
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Enemies and bosses will fall asleep, thus easy kill.
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10:22 WOW!! You just went full-blown jreg right here. *lol*
Theres something about this video that REALLY sells the good points on why people should play this game...on that note, I think I'm gonna try it out myself.
Dude, this is super well done. Wasn't really interested in SMT I before because of the UI of menus and weird navigation, but the GBA version looks awesome!
“Woo hoo yay I have friends!!” Best quote and I haven’t even started the entire video
Man this channel is one of my favourite things in life, the music selection, the humor and how i learn a lot of things with your videos.
I still can't believe waifu is a banned word in Twitch's chat tbh.
great video, filthy comes off as troublingly ominous though ngl
smh
My favorite thing about SMT is the fast paced aggressive playstyle and fusing new cool demons and learning about them and getting em strong
Ahh I've been waiting for this, happy to know this video is out and that my clips were of some help at the very least. The streams were great and I personally am looking forward to SMT2 streams whenever they happen! May Cashmuni and his friends never be forgotten, and may that cop yell that he is a cop no matter what.
Making your game set in the town you and the other developers grew up in... That's straight up amazing and I can actually see how much fun it must have been to make from that perspective ☺️
Playing the GBA version as of three days or so ago.
It's great and beginner-friendly and has a lot of quality, except for the music and maybe how the sprites don't blend in as well as in the original.
FYI, there is a updated, polished and bug-fixed version of Aeon Genesis translation which makes the 2002 translation obsolete. People don't need to wait for GBA project really.
But I want a repo cart, so wait I shall.
Got this on my smartphone, so I can play it everywere.
Ohhh....I'm quite old enough. The living in Japan part...not so much!
It's been a while since I played it and, while the game's story and characters are quite simple compared to recent smt entries, I just can't find the charm this game holds on any other megaten title. It might be because this is one of the few games that truly follow that Kaneko's main principle of making a game where the main character is just an ordinary human. Not a predestined hero or someone with innate superpowers, just a random ass teenager who happened to get caught in the middle of a global catastrophe and survive just to keep having to overcome hardships in a wasteland full of dangers.
I love the twitter remark because it is so true lmfao
Excited to see this video series continue, great video.
Fun fact much of the OST in SMT1 is remixed in Imagine.
Tfw never played an smt game yet. I just like the demon designs which is why I am interested in it. Then again the monster designs are why I get into any monster collecting game.
Great video !
For all the people who like the OST, check out the Sega CD version of the game's soundtrack on TH-cam (or elsewhere), it's entirely remade and it's absolutely amazing (the Ginza theme, especially) !
Should have mentioned the Orden patch since it fixes a lot of bugs and updates skill and race names.
Got the Travis strikes again in the background 😎😎I fw it
Persona to easy for you? You a totally masochist when it comes to RPGs and love tense situations where the odds are against you most of the time even if you think you're prepared for the worst?
Try out the Shin Megami Tensei series.
What if SMT is too easy for me?
@@BitchChill try cbt
@@BitchChill Play the original devil survivor game on the nds, not the 3ds version.
@@BitchChill play SMT 3 hardtype
I legit think SMT 1 is super underrated; If people can still enjoy Pokemon red and blue despite their own flaws I see no reason why people can't enjoy these games.
I don't Even need You to sell on it, i loved it and replay it from time to time, Nice video, most westerners should speak more about the SuperFamicom exclusive games in today's day and age, region locking is a thing of the past.
4:26 Ooooh I miss old games and the old demon designs 👀
I wish I found you sooner the intro already has me hooked
think about it, you were playing dragon quest, final fantasy, or if you were weirdo, earthbound. Then, outta nowhere comes a cyberpunk post apocalyptic in a demon infested future game where earth was scorched clean by nuclear holy fire, ushered by the plotting of an American ambassador called Thorman, who is in fact the norse god Thor in disguise.... I mean, if you were a kid in the 90`s wouldnt your mind be blown right now? I dont know, keep your final fantasies or dragon quests, I love them too, but my heart belongs to this series.
SMT: Pokemon, but actually good
blessed comment
You got that right
SMT: Pokemon, but it's actually in the right difficulty
My history with this game is a thing. I originally got the official translation on my phone the day it came out in 2014, but like so many others, the gameplay made it extremely hard to play and eventually I wasn't able to play it anymore because Atlus stopped supporting it. I started over with the fan translation, but it still took me until just a few months ago - roughly six YEARS - to make it to the end. And I was still in the early midgame when I finally got serious about finishing it this year, as finally, after all that time, I genuinely started enjoying the gameplay despite its obvious shortcomings. When I finally beat it, my pride was immense - but strangely, not over, you know, beating the game. It was all about the journey - both in-game and out. And beyond not being able to finish the official translation with the visionary items, I don't regret a single thing.
This was actually the ffirst megaten game I finished. I love this game. Completely agree on the atmosphere being a 10/10. I didn´t love the music at first, but it´s so great at embodeing the spirit of the game and it grew on me so hard.
I can't believe the number of people trying to play SMT1 on SNES without the Orden patch.
Thanks for the travis strikes again music at yhe stsrt of the video
18:50 How ironic kill Thor with lighting
I am the resistance leader. My name is Reddit.
I really need to play this! Have to finish V first though. I only know Stephen since I've played IV, and Pascal the dog. I like that dog. The music is familiar of course since some of it is rearranged for IV. That Ginza theme sounded awesome on this one!
liked this vid a lot, i hope more people start playing this game more because i love it so much :)
I love the energy and style of your videos.
Hey hey hey hey, I hear that Travis Strikes Again music! Man of culture I see.
By the end of the game i felt that magic attacks dealt the least damage only usefull for shoking or for buffs/debuffs
Ik that “shin” in this context translates as “true”, but it can also mean “new” and I like that a lot more, cuz it gives me “New Super Mario Bros” vibes
Ive been playing smt since around high school back in 2013. You didnt just sell me on replaying this again (especially in gba) you sold me on your channel. Great work.
This channel is criminally underrated!
Tom has finished the translation of the ps1 version of smt
20:43 honestly the next best thing would be a switch port of the GBA version.
The best game in the series.
Good vídeo.
2 and a half years later, despite my only having touched 10 hours of SMT4 (Which I need to go back to eventually (Will need ro start over tho. ;-;)), I now have the translated GBA version sitting on my Miyoo Mini for me to play wherever the time comes. Almost gave up on it cause it isn't a traditional patch, but I figured it out. Lol.
I am curious about this game, so I'd probably end up playing it eventually even if I didnt feel an obligation to after that hassle.
The hardest part about this game is just navigation, knowing where to go and the mostly high enemy encounter rate. All the bosses from the second half of the game are all too easy.
I wouldnt be angry if it was No more Heroes though
I feel exactly the same as you. I try to reccomend things to friends and family. Usually to no avail though. :( lol. Oh well.
Gotta love that crusty chainsaw man jpeg at the start
10:22 I'm willing to side with Law just so that the guy who created Jokenetta couldn't run wild out there anymore
hi
The Shopping Arcade song kinda sounds like Gangland by Iron Maiden.
3 days ago, the smt gba rom hack is out! Thank YHVH! I gotta get it tomorrow morning!
Hopefully people will actually get the game.
You think i wouldn't notice @Macca
The Joker with Bayonetta legs at 10:22
Well I didnt till I was curious what character was on what. So good job at that hidden detail
If SMT 1 & 2, and dds were reworked & tweaked with a proper English text
a shin megami tensei video that starts with final fantsay footage and theme.
you are confusing the heck outta me.
I started playing smt 1 recently instead of continuing smt 4 lol
Nice live laugh love sign Karen
My law hero was thimble and my chaos hero was named arpod
19:14 TRY NOT TO FEEL TOO BAD!
There's a new GBA translation patch that fixes the gameplay and graphics.
You have a link to a reproduction cart with this translation?
@@Green-Raccoon777 no i think i got it off the internet, search /smtg/ or cdromance
@@Green-Raccoon777 they don't exist I don't think
@@tanyasellars7492 Someone needs to get on that and fix that problem. I have $100 dollars on an Amazon gift card from my birthday. The money inside will go to the first person who can make the GBA repo cart, and sell it on Amazon.
My name tag speaks for itself (btw I also really like SMT obviously, I’m not a newbie)
I am a complete newbie but even I recognize your profile picture
@@waltersobchak7275 then welcome, and yeah I’m pretty well known (though spoilers aren’t usually far behind...)
Minato, are you law, nutural, or chaos?
@@KaganeInugami neutral
Why is that?
Sees scribbles shaped on FilthyBlasphemer's shirt. It Darkthrone. Remember kids just say no to black metal, you'll be able to understand manic scribbles of the lunatic mind.
Cerebrus is the 420 K9 of the millennia
Wait, why don't you just play Orden's patch for Aeon Genesis's translation? It fixes everything.
GBA rom is finished!!
Wait a second did shin megami tensei just pulled off the real Ghostbusters?
Talking about crapping on the ones that came before right.
i appreciate the NMH music
I think i will play the Super Famicom version, the only problem that i have with the gba version is the music, i like it and i hate it at the same time, for example, i don't like the battle theme, it's slow, but i like the boss battle theme.
Hmm I wouldn't mind owning the GBA port but I'm sure the physical copy is only in Japanese.
Nice content as always mate.
when are you gonna cover the kyuuyaku megami tensei?
This a gud video. Liked and subscrooled.
cool collab!
lol nyarly aint comin back loll
Great video
Some good fuckin food