A full narrated playthrough/discussion of Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers, released originally in 1997 for the Sega Saturn and later brought to America in 2013 for the 3DS.
Edit: Glad to see you guys here for Soul Hackers 2 - be sure you try this game out before it leaves the eShop, it's one of my favorites and the full thing can't be captured in a video alone. It's the shortest game I've played but somehow the longest video - I found a lot to talk about and that post game dungeon really busted my balls. Might be one of the best games I've played in a while, and it didn't destroy any of my hardware this time.
@@P1NKPVNK_ I'm trying to get DS Overclocked to run on my Android via Citra. I'm building a mid tier gaming computer soon though, so if the phone doesn't work, then I'll just use the PC.
@@Patrick-bn5rp you can play the og devil survivors tho, for the ds. any pc can run it, any cellphone can run it. the difference is no voice acting, and no demon compedium, which for me is not really a big deal so even tho i can paly overclocked i jsut went with the vanilla
You actually made me play this game, and I'm having a great time. Sometimes... unintentionally. Like my protag getting charmed, attacking himself under the effect of that charm... and dodging that attack. I wish I could have seen it happen in real life.
I like to imagine that at the last moment, he realized how much Nemissa would laugh at him if he actually did it, giving him the strength to step aside and throw his own aim off.
Good. Now more people can learn about the true secret origins of Mashed Potato Samurai. Also, "I can vouch for the viability of the sexy build" is so good out of context.
Your narration is the embodiment of a brother that shares similar video game tastes, and also likes to watch you play while cracking some interesting quips and questions alongside you, enhancing the playthrough even further through the power of fraternal bonding.
Also, I tried getting an iso for this game, but it's so infamously hard to get a decrypted one right now a friend had to give me their copy and a program to decrypt it-
@@ThatOneLegendEmerald Are you referring to the 3DS version or the PSX?, maybe the 3DS cause there's no translation for the PSX version, You confused me by saying ISO since ISO is only for Discs while ROMs are for Cartridges, but either way Ziperto literally has it dub and undubbed for the 3DS and you can find lots of the PSX version untranslated.
You can get Singh's demons by looking in the trash compactor close to the shuttle. His ghost gives you access to the saxophone comp and talks about his regrets.
Nishi transforms into Azazel! _I'm shocked!_ Seriously, I would have described his disguise as "a man who looks like Azazel." I was completely surprised that _his disguise was that bad._
Gotta say the fact the supernatural blends in with the mundane makes this game one of my favorites of all time. It's not exactly a new concept, but the way the game blends the cyberpunk metropolis setting with the esoteric nonsense of megaten is beautiful.
Playing this game, I find it kinda busted that the add-on for more rare items is as good as it sound, it actually give you the rarest drop from any demons extremely easy, I was able to get a lot of weapon drops, ended up selling them for more money to buy even more stuff. Also, the demons in this game actually have more dignity than those in smt 4, they actually feel bad after scamming you and join you if you found them later. This game was so fun to playthrough, thanks Marsh for this great video!
The first Raido is actually the alternate reality one you can face as an optional boss in the Raidou Kuzunoha games. Raidou, the MC we're used to playing as, is still silent just like 'kyouji'. You can tell from the scar on Raido's face.
Buying cheap sake at the gift shop and giving it to your demons to max loyalty just takes a whole shit on the loyalty mechanic if anyone is turned off by the mechanic.
28:04 - He must be saying he has a nice body as a joke about possessing him. Really caught off guard by the things you call unimportant. Never got a single encounter in the primate intelligence lab because of the "unimportant" EL-115. :p
Man, I was waiting incredibly impatiently for this video. Thanks to you I played Megami Tensei 2 and loved every second of it. Thank you a lot, very much looking forward to your SMT 1 vid!
00:01:00 Funny thing about that. I ended up getting Soul Hackers physical w/ case at a local Gamestop for $25 USD. Recently beat it, so I'm rewatching this. Fun game. Magic pump/Elec path Nemissa just destroys everything.
Hey man, just wanted to comment saying that you're awesome for making this in-depth SMT review content. I recently beat Soul Hackers and I was trying to find some cool reviews to see other opinions on it but couldn't mind many, so its cool that you coincidentally decided to cover it next, keep up the good work.
The theme and stuff might be not my absolute megaten favourite (I cried like a mf for spooky, bcs i love him and Nemissa), but I LOVE the loyalty and combat, it's so challenging and I like spending time with anything relating with the demons. I absolutely want the loyalty system back if possible. This video was a treat to watch! Hope you get more views my guy
Uh yeah the dub is good, they got Cassandra lee Morris as Hitomi, Laura Bailey as Nemissa, Sam Riegel as Six, the man himself Patrick Seitz(aka Franky from one piece and Ragna the Bloodedge) for like half the cast including Victor and Matthew Friking Mercer as Raidou Kuzonha backed once again by Patrick Seitz once again as Gouto, if this doesn’t scream a good dub I don’t know what does
Damn. Another amazing video on your part, seriously thanks for your hard work and dedication on these!!! It was definitely an interesting watch like your OG Devil Summoner video. Also happy new year! Another year for SMT :P (ALSO YOU SHOULD DO A REVIEW ON SMT 5 WHEN IT COMES OUT!!! :D )
I appreciate it - yeah, it'll be an interesting year for sure. I'll try to do SMT 5 if I have a Switch by then. Hopefully this year, after Jack Bros. and SMT 1, I'll get around to some of the stranger games like Giten
@@MarshSMT Ooooo interesting, whatever you post I support and watch ya! Your videos are incredible so far and honestly I hope you continue these! Even as a side thing for you I think it's a great idea. You don't have a shortage of SMT games for ya :P
I was a little late to the party, but MAN. Remember when I said your audio quality was... *spotty*? God DAMN you've turned it around. Great work. Also the video was cool too.
16:08~ I'm confused about this... I've been binge watching his videos for a while now (I love this dude, he cracks me up lol) and I've noticed that he always says that magic is useless for most of the MCs because they can't cast spells. But if that's the case... then why is there a magic stat to begin with? What does it do...? To be fair I've only ever played SMT 3, 4 & 5- plus every Persona game- so I'm not really familiar with any of the older ones. But even still, the magic stat *must* do _something..._ right? 🤔
I'm guessing it had to do with the MC's ability to take magic damage from enemy attacks. So there is a use but not a huge one. I could be wrong though.
@@TheDsLeet Maybe, idk. That seems like something that'd fall more under the Vitality category than Magic, but who knows I guess... 🤷🏻♂️ some of these old mechanics are weird anyways. Maybe someday I'll actually get around to playing the old SMT games and find out for myself haha 🙂
yooo i JUST finished soul hackers right around when this was posted a lot of the opinions and thoughts i had while playing are similar to the ones expressed in this video this video is pretty cool, great work as always, Marsh
How likely is it, that the motives of the Phantom Society might be answered if you do several of the Side Quests? Like... it is not completely unheard of for MegaTen games to include a whole bunch of the story in side quests
The Raido who talks is the 'alternate reality' Raido you can fight as an optional boss. in the Raidou Kuzunoha games. The 2nd Raidou who shows up is the player character Raidou. You can tell bc that Raidou is spelled differently and 'is' silent. Makes sense if you know the lore or have done those quest chains.
Mark my words I promise to return once I've played the game I'm currently doing strange journey so after I'm done with that I suppose I'll start immediately see you all later
45:30 If you've beaten the quiz game in Paradigm X, he actually recognises you and pulls out a "finally, a worthy opponent" speech on you. That's literally what he says.
Saw this game on sale in the eshop for pocket change, which seemed so strange. Never got it though, because I got burned on the SMT recruiting system too much (I really don't like it sadly). Oh well, by now the eshop's closed and physicals are probably even more expensive, so I'm glad I got to see it this way.
Can I just say that its funny that you talk about the demon loyalty system making them feel more real right before saying that Urabe can just delete their existence at will is a weird transition ;-)
Well, to be fair, the GOOD sword fusion swords aren't easy to find, and you can sometimes find better swords at the shop or in chests, like those that sweep the entire front row, or even all the enemies. I think my favorite is the Plasma Sword- entire front row, more powerful than the best fusion sword I could find at the endgame, ideal for most normal encounters, especially grinding for magnetite at the Primate Intelligence lab.
Tbf this is easily the weakest protagonist in the whole series. He just there as a beatstick/summoner compared to others who are the main damage dealers.
@@Rougealienpirate He also has to rely on attack items for elemental damage- which are pretty wimpy if you go by the conventional standard of "level up his STR and Luck." I think they scale off his magic attack power, but IDK for sure.
@@Percival917 Nope, there was a time where I was going to do an attack items and gun heavy playthrough (because guns don't scale off of your stats), and the molotovs were doing the same amount of damage to that relatively early ice boss despite putting something like 5 points into magic.
@@ubermaster1 That may be true, but it's still pretty funny this random character happened to have the name of a well known game developer. Also, why would an English speaking person know what names are or aren't common in Japan?
Why is it so hard to find one tho, I got lucky and found my little brother's one from like 7 years ago, so i took and now use it for myself so i cant realy complain but like, why are they so hard to get any other way
The dolphin dies because it absorbs too much of your attacks, overloads, and explodes. You basically force feed it magic until it chokes to death on it
Yep. And the only hint you get towards that is an NPC who says "Dolphins are notorious liars" and then the boss says "Har har, I like magic, feed me more." ...The tale of how I won that fight is by far the stupidest three hours I have ever spent in a video game.
WHAT!? I needed all of my mp to stay alive, because of him absorbing the magic attacks. At some point he ran out of mp himself and did near to no physical damage while I tickelt him to death with the low damage i did in over 2 hours. I scraped at rock bottom with my mp and item management.
@@Rellik165 That NPC and hint is actually one of the most random things in the game. He's a kid that suddenly appears after you defat the previous boss and he says "Did you know Dolphins are liars!? They are so crafty! What if they killed the Prime Minister!?" Not the exact quote, but its somewhat along those lines. It comes out of nowhere lmao.
After a horrible year in general, and getting dumped two weeks ago, I was definitely not in the mood for christmas but atleast Ive got quality content to watch. Thanks, Marsh. And happy holidays.
I only just now understand these jokes as of recent I used to think they were referring to SMT 2 Protagonist Aleph but now I know the truth and it's much more dissapointing
The dolphin boss dies because you fill him with magic. Basically he absorbs so much of it he explodes. The boss hints at this with his dialogue during the fight, but not that well. Though if you kept the insulated jackets that you got before the warehouse dungeon you can put them on right before the fight and the boss can do basically nothing to you and Namissa. So you can just wail on him with physical attacks to slowly kill him and say fuck you to the puzzle
When I was at the dolphin I just autobattled with my over leveled zeed and Nemissa heal combo and killed it in 20 minutes if I remember correctly. I was just fed up with that Dolphin so much that I just said “fuck it, guess I’m autobattling”
This'll do over Majin Tensei for the time being. Especially after the trip that was Megami Tensei II. Nice to see that Masahiro Sakurai has a future outside of churning an infinite amount of characters for Smash, good on him. "Sexy gives her and Electric and Almighty build" - Ah, now I see we're playing by Dragon Quest 4 rules with the sexy Heroine getting Raidein / Gigadein and the almighty Gigaslash. I suppose even the more edgy and alternative cool guys at Atlus couldn't help getting charmed by Dragon Quest after all. Love the Evangelion reference with the "Pardigm X" logo, kinda makes me wonder if Kazuma Kaneko was riding high on that sweet Eva crack at the time and if that helped him agree to do full-on mecha designs later for Banpresto. 7:24 WHAT? Nishi is the villain? Preposterous! Next thing you'll be telling that with a hairstyle like that he's Lucifer or something. Ah, I see that this game is also the origin story of Hitomi Tanaka, what with you choosing the sexy personality. As for Finnegan, I think he's a reference to James Joyce's Finnegan's Wake, since he seems to favour electric type abilities as a way to tie him to the poem and the sound the thunder makes during the titular wake, as a hundred lettered word. Also "Gomaden", the 90s really were trippy for Japan it seems. As for the japanese voice actors, a lot of them were selected with reverence since many, like Dr.Victor were references to something, which is why his japanese voice actor is Banjou Ginga, the voice actor of Doctor Ban from Galaxy Express 999 who himself is a reference to Victor Frankenstein, not unlike the Dr. Victor charcter in the MegaTen games. Yeah, they went THAT deep. 28:17 - OH MAN, I wonder who that mysterious Sukeroku guy is. We'll probably never of him ever again. And I do not know if it's deliberate or not but putting Dolphin rape and the weird insinuations Nemissa makes in a back-to-back manner, makes me wonder if Atlus was on a high that day after watching Eva and playing Rance or something. As for the villain, I think this is the only japanese game EVER, to have native american gods and spirits as demons and bosses in a game, especially Manitou, the almighty Totem of the world. Heck, the entire game is basically "what if the Native American / Algoquinan(?) legends came to Japan and made you enact the Kinap legend, except Kinap himself assumes the forms of the Great Totem(Coyote, Rabbit, Vulture etc)" As for Raido, he isn't silent because he isn't the character you play as(at least for Raidou 1). You play as Raidou Kuzunoha the XIII, the scarred one is Raido Kuzunoha the XIII, an alternate universe Raidou that is basically slightly more badass due to having battle scars. Come Raidou 2, Raidou also starts "speaking" and the double team from alternate universes becomes iconic. I guess Kaneko really loved this idea after working on Super Robot Wars Alpha 3. "Souless God Ohmagatsu. Yeah, Souless. Whoever made this is definitely lacking one." *Kazuma Kaneko laughing in the background intensifies*
28:05 according to the megami tensei wiki, Sukeroku is actually Kyouji and when he says that finnegan has a nice body it's supposed to mean that he'd like to possess one like that in the future. I guess Rei just ditched the protagonist to be Kyouji's partner again. just thought you'd be interested to here this info. nice vid as always, Marsh.
My personal headcanon is that the protagonist is off on some other mission and Rei stayed behind to give Kyouji a hand. And the one we fight in the post-game is an illusion.
I really love the Devil Summoner games because it's about how everything on the surface seem fine, but if you dig a bit deep you'll find out just how bad things are It's just like real life
Technically 1 is Raidou and the other is Raido, alternate universe dude who actually talks and got into a lot more scraps that left him scarred (for note a "U" in Japanese is enough to have a completely different name, a common difference I've been told for name is "Yuki" meaning Snow, and "Yuuki" meaning Bravery or Courage)
@@theonlybilge yes, kind of, see Nocturne had 2 re-releases (only one made it out of japan) the first re-release "Maniax" included Dante and was the basis for US/European version, the second i cant remember the name of but that one included Raidou, this one didn't come out of Japan until the HD remaster
Marsh: "Atlus!?" Atlus: "Yes Marsh?" Marsh: "I don't think this battle can get any worse!" Atlus: "Nonsense! : )" *Raidou Duo Summon f$#@ing SOULLESS GOD OUMAGATSU* Marsh: "ATLUS NO!"
I'm a MegaTen guy. I will show up to Lucifer's palace wearing casual slacks and a pocket knife. I'll throw myself into nightmare slogs of demons that could be the final bosses of lesser games. I will internalize god being real, and that his ass needs a kicking in under a few seconds. I will look a living embodiment of humanity's fear of the unknown and crack jokes. But math? I don't fuck with math.
Edit: Glad to see you guys here for Soul Hackers 2 - be sure you try this game out before it leaves the eShop, it's one of my favorites and the full thing can't be captured in a video alone. It's the shortest game I've played but somehow the longest video - I found a lot to talk about and that post game dungeon really busted my balls. Might be one of the best games I've played in a while, and it didn't destroy any of my hardware this time.
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Hey Marsh, which Shin Megami Tensei game should I start with?
I'm not Marsh but I can say without a doubt one of these three
- Devil Survivor
- SMT IV
- Strange Journey
@@P1NKPVNK_ I'm trying to get DS Overclocked to run on my Android via Citra. I'm building a mid tier gaming computer soon though, so if the phone doesn't work, then I'll just use the PC.
@@Patrick-bn5rp you can play the og devil survivors tho, for the ds. any pc can run it, any cellphone can run it. the difference is no voice acting, and no demon compedium, which for me is not really a big deal so even tho i can paly overclocked i jsut went with the vanilla
"And we meet Masahiro Sakurai, the leader of the spookies."
He came a long way from coding Smash games.
@MirrorYen me too
He tried to add king boo to smash and got more than he bargained for
This was my first thought too. Amazing.
Man was far too casual stating that the leader was none other than Sakurai himself!
You actually made me play this game, and I'm having a great time. Sometimes... unintentionally. Like my protag getting charmed, attacking himself under the effect of that charm... and dodging that attack. I wish I could have seen it happen in real life.
This is the funniest shit I’ve ever imagined
I like to imagine that at the last moment, he realized how much Nemissa would laugh at him if he actually did it, giving him the strength to step aside and throw his own aim off.
This is the epitome of Man vs Self
I just imagine him SPINNING.
Thats like falling for a catfish scam but the scam fails because you dont have enough confidence on yourself to talk to the supposed girl
Still waiting on that Jack Bros. Virtual Boy video.
didn't know you watched Marsh, that ranma fighting game review is never coming
AVGN already said Jack Bros was "not half bad". *_Any_* other videos on it whatsoever are thereby redundant.
sup kenny
Nice, my favourite anime boomer
U like SMT ?
Good. Now more people can learn about the true secret origins of Mashed Potato Samurai. Also, "I can vouch for the viability of the sexy build" is so good out of context.
Your narration is the embodiment of a brother that shares similar video game tastes, and also likes to watch you play while cracking some interesting quips and questions alongside you, enhancing the playthrough even further through the power of fraternal bonding.
"Who would be watching SMT videos at 3 A.M.?"
Me: "OH BOY 3 A.M.!"
Also, I tried getting an iso for this game, but it's so infamously hard to get a decrypted one right now a friend had to give me their copy and a program to decrypt it-
please stop calling me out on my watching preferences
it's really not hard to find you just weren't looking in the right place
@@ThatOneLegendEmerald Are you referring to the 3DS version or the PSX?, maybe the 3DS cause there's no translation for the PSX version, You confused me by saying ISO since ISO is only for Discs while ROMs are for Cartridges, but either way Ziperto literally has it dub and undubbed for the 3DS and you can find lots of the PSX version untranslated.
@@nowtmrb3337 3ds
"It really makes you *FEEL* like you're inside a building." - 9:17
Yeah man these buildings are the shit, in MT2 an office building will have like 37 floors and a spike pit
@@MarshSMT What, the office buildings you've gone to *don't* have those?
@@redpup112I think only the Activision, EA and Blizzard hqs have those.
You can get Singh's demons by looking in the trash compactor close to the shuttle. His ghost gives you access to the saxophone comp and talks about his regrets.
Nishi transforms into Azazel! _I'm shocked!_ Seriously, I would have described his disguise as "a man who looks like Azazel." I was completely surprised that _his disguise was that bad._
Gotta say the fact the supernatural blends in with the mundane makes this game one of my favorites of all time. It's not exactly a new concept, but the way the game blends the cyberpunk metropolis setting with the esoteric nonsense of megaten is beautiful.
Playing this game, I find it kinda busted that the add-on for more rare items is as good as it sound, it actually give you the rarest drop from any demons extremely easy, I was able to get a lot of weapon drops, ended up selling them for more money to buy even more stuff. Also, the demons in this game actually have more dignity than those in smt 4, they actually feel bad after scamming you and join you if you found them later. This game was so fun to playthrough, thanks Marsh for this great video!
The first Raido is actually the alternate reality one you can face as an optional boss in the Raidou Kuzunoha games.
Raidou, the MC we're used to playing as, is still silent just like 'kyouji'.
You can tell from the scar on Raido's face.
oh man i just woke up and i found this gem in my subscriptions tab, i already know i'm gonna have an hour and 17 minutes of good time
Hey Marsh, I just wanna say thanks for this video and you convinced me to get Soul Hackers on my 3ds. Keep up the good work.
Vergil says your video quality has really improved keep up the good work remember might controls everything.
Buying cheap sake at the gift shop and giving it to your demons to max loyalty just takes a whole shit on the loyalty mechanic if anyone is turned off by the mechanic.
Can't wait on your take on soul hackers 2
prepare for SH2 "what happened last time" views
Literally the VRchat expirience, with Furries replaced by demons.
28:04 - He must be saying he has a nice body as a joke about possessing him.
Really caught off guard by the things you call unimportant. Never got a single encounter in the primate intelligence lab because of the "unimportant" EL-115. :p
Had this game on my shelf for years sealed and now I can’t wait to play through this. Loved the video
Man, I was waiting incredibly impatiently for this video. Thanks to you I played Megami Tensei 2 and loved every second of it.
Thank you a lot, very much looking forward to your SMT 1 vid!
you were not lying. this nice mic upgrade.
Ah yes, sexy, the origin of almighty
00:01:00 Funny thing about that. I ended up getting Soul Hackers physical w/ case at a local Gamestop for $25 USD.
Recently beat it, so I'm rewatching this. Fun game. Magic pump/Elec path Nemissa just destroys everything.
Marsh never fails to entertain me for such a long time keep making great content man
Watching this for preparation of soul hackers 2
Rightttt?
Hey man, just wanted to comment saying that you're awesome for making this in-depth SMT review content. I recently beat Soul Hackers and I was trying to find some cool reviews to see other opinions on it but couldn't mind many, so its cool that you coincidentally decided to cover it next, keep up the good work.
heyyy nice mic dude. love this game, it oozes late 90's (in a good way)
The theme and stuff might be not my absolute megaten favourite (I cried like a mf for spooky, bcs i love him and Nemissa), but I LOVE the loyalty and combat, it's so challenging and I like spending time with anything relating with the demons. I absolutely want the loyalty system back if possible. This video was a treat to watch! Hope you get more views my guy
thanks for always putting out quality content, happy holidays and maybe a couple more smt games for the next year
What a way to wake up! This game was a jam the whole way through and the Raidou boss was a wild secret boss.
5:10 I agree with soul hackers team Lightning/Electricity is sexy
Uh yeah the dub is good, they got Cassandra lee Morris as Hitomi, Laura Bailey as Nemissa, Sam Riegel as Six, the man himself Patrick Seitz(aka Franky from one piece and Ragna the Bloodedge) for like half the cast including Victor and Matthew Friking Mercer as Raidou Kuzonha backed once again by Patrick Seitz once again as Gouto, if this doesn’t scream a good dub I don’t know what does
Love love love these games so far man keep up with the good work!!!
Damn. Another amazing video on your part, seriously thanks for your hard work and dedication on these!!! It was definitely an interesting watch like your OG Devil Summoner video. Also happy new year! Another year for SMT :P (ALSO YOU SHOULD DO A REVIEW ON SMT 5 WHEN IT COMES OUT!!! :D )
I appreciate it - yeah, it'll be an interesting year for sure. I'll try to do SMT 5 if I have a Switch by then. Hopefully this year, after Jack Bros. and SMT 1, I'll get around to some of the stranger games like Giten
@@MarshSMT Ooooo interesting, whatever you post I support and watch ya! Your videos are incredible so far and honestly I hope you continue these! Even as a side thing for you I think it's a great idea. You don't have a shortage of SMT games for ya :P
soul hackers is amazing, stan nemissa and happy holidays dude, every videos of yours seems better than the last
I love whenever I see "ATTACK, my best skill!!" 🤣
I was a little late to the party, but MAN.
Remember when I said your audio quality was... *spotty*?
God DAMN you've turned it around. Great work.
Also the video was cool too.
I appreciate it, glad you had fun with the video
16:08~ I'm confused about this... I've been binge watching his videos for a while now (I love this dude, he cracks me up lol) and I've noticed that he always says that magic is useless for most of the MCs because they can't cast spells. But if that's the case... then why is there a magic stat to begin with? What does it do...?
To be fair I've only ever played SMT 3, 4 & 5- plus every Persona game- so I'm not really familiar with any of the older ones. But even still, the magic stat *must* do _something..._ right? 🤔
I'm guessing it had to do with the MC's ability to take magic damage from enemy attacks. So there is a use but not a huge one. I could be wrong though.
@@TheDsLeet Maybe, idk. That seems like something that'd fall more under the Vitality category than Magic, but who knows I guess... 🤷🏻♂️ some of these old mechanics are weird anyways.
Maybe someday I'll actually get around to playing the old SMT games and find out for myself haha 🙂
You did my favorite! Now do Devil Survivor next ;v;
My man Marsh treating us to an early Christmas present let's go!
well that's the quickest i've found this video
30 seconds in and it's already my aesthetic; this gon b gud
This video was really fantastic Marsh. Have a great 2021!
Please, if you can... Digital Devil Saga! Please! Your content and delivery is is just *AWESOME!*
Watched about 3 minutes of this video and then decided to buy the game and play it on my own. It is currently $8 on the EShop fyi
Just found your channel, freaking taught me how much I missed and need to play besides just SMT and Persona the US actually got.
yooo i JUST finished soul hackers right around when this was posted
a lot of the opinions and thoughts i had while playing are similar to the ones expressed in this video
this video is pretty cool, great work as always, Marsh
Kinap is Redman from Devil Summoner. He was renamed in the localization because calling an indigenous american „redman“ has a bad look to it
Ah yes, The final SMT dungeon: Wal-mart. The unholy ground where demons fear to tread.
Soul Haker, the game that when i was little taught me difference between cyberpunk and blade runner coat of paint cyberpunk
merry christmas marsh, thank u for making my day better :)
Moowis does look like a nightmare Bionicle
How likely is it, that the motives of the Phantom Society might be answered if you do several of the Side Quests?
Like... it is not completely unheard of for MegaTen games to include a whole bunch of the story in side quests
I did some research afterward and it doesn't seem to be the case much with this one
Bout to get a sequel
Who picked ,,Sexy defines her ''? :D
I picked it because I thought it was funny.
The fact that it led to the most broken Nemissa build made it even more hilarious.
@@Percival917 Me too :)
GODDAMNIT MARSH YOU'RE DOING GOD'S WORK
I've been waiting for this
I got this the day it came out. My most played SMT game by far
That art Museum is like those “ Liminal Spaces” things.
It has the hardest and best combat system
this was such a fun game. i remember cheesing the casino to get that expensive sword and having it carry me through the entire game
Max speed Katrikeya saved me so many times in this game.
Another banger marsh vid I can watch like 20 times :)
4:08 confirms that masahiro sakurai also made super smash bros and is in a smt game
The Raido who talks is the 'alternate reality' Raido you can fight as an optional boss. in the Raidou Kuzunoha games. The 2nd Raidou who shows up is the player character Raidou. You can tell bc that Raidou is spelled differently and 'is' silent. Makes sense if you know the lore or have done those quest chains.
So when atlus brings back a previous protag as a secret boss,
it's safe to say that someone checks are getting clapped
Mark my words I promise to return once I've played the game I'm currently doing strange journey so after I'm done with that I suppose I'll start immediately see you all later
Update starting now
45:30 If you've beaten the quiz game in Paradigm X, he actually recognises you and pulls out a "finally, a worthy opponent" speech on you. That's literally what he says.
Marsh is a beast he went back to back against those bosses at the end and won. O:
Masahiro Sakurai is the leader of the Spookies? As in the guy who made Kirby?
My man Judah has Versace belts as hats
Yo, Marsh uploaded! Today's gonna be a good day.
“Looks like some kind of bionicle with a tumor growing out of him “ that one got me
Saw this game on sale in the eshop for pocket change, which seemed so strange. Never got it though, because I got burned on the SMT recruiting system too much (I really don't like it sadly). Oh well, by now the eshop's closed and physicals are probably even more expensive, so I'm glad I got to see it this way.
Masahiro Sakurai? You mean the Smash Bros producer? So thats what he's been doing after Smash Ultimate final DLC of KH Sora
Can I just say that its funny that you talk about the demon loyalty system making them feel more real right before saying that Urabe can just delete their existence at will is a weird transition ;-)
So a coyote coming to you and taking you on a vision quest, did your character eat those chili peppers Homer ate? Lol.
45:13
“I don’t fuck with math.”
-Marsh, someone only famous for paying rpgs
With Rupees?
@@dolphin2046 no, macca
“Math fucks with me!” - Me, someone who also plays RPGs
Let's be frank here, any RPG fan knows not to fuck with math.
>saying that he ignored sword fusion
>also says that his MC is useless
Bruh, you did it to yourself.
Yeah probably should have given it a try, though the game didn't get very hard until the point I had the best one in the game anyway
Well, to be fair, the GOOD sword fusion swords aren't easy to find, and you can sometimes find better swords at the shop or in chests, like those that sweep the entire front row, or even all the enemies.
I think my favorite is the Plasma Sword- entire front row, more powerful than the best fusion sword I could find at the endgame, ideal for most normal encounters, especially grinding for magnetite at the Primate Intelligence lab.
Tbf this is easily the weakest protagonist in the whole series. He just there as a beatstick/summoner compared to others who are the main damage dealers.
@@Rougealienpirate He also has to rely on attack items for elemental damage- which are pretty wimpy if you go by the conventional standard of "level up his STR and Luck."
I think they scale off his magic attack power, but IDK for sure.
@@Percival917 Nope, there was a time where I was going to do an attack items and gun heavy playthrough (because guns don't scale off of your stats), and the molotovs were doing the same amount of damage to that relatively early ice boss despite putting something like 5 points into magic.
4:08 "...and we meet Masahiro Sakurai" Excuse me WHAT
Our boy is a super-hacker.
Myamoto is also in the game
I
It explains the inspiration for the disturbing final bosses that sometimes bleed or are basically Satan
damn son our boi sakurai done radd
The real Sakurai is badass like Soul Hackers Sakurai.
WAKE UP BABE MARSH POSTED!
GRAB YOUR MUSCLE DRINKS BOYS
Wake up, BABY BABY BABY BABY BABY, there’s a 1 hour video to watch
AHH SHIT
Hell YEAH
SHIT I WOKE UP TWO WEEKS LATE LOL
Wait one of the characters is literally called Masahiro sakurai? As in the guy who is responsible for kirby and smash bros?
Same name, very different guy
@@harishramachandra1746 Idk, this is kinda what I imagine Sakurai got up to in the 90s when he wasn't making Kirby.
Lmao
You guys do know that both Masahiro and Sakurai are both very common names overseas in Japan, right?....
@@ubermaster1 That may be true, but it's still pretty funny this random character happened to have the name of a well known game developer. Also, why would an English speaking person know what names are or aren't common in Japan?
Ah, the 3DS, also known as the SMT Device. Good times.
I need to find me one goddamn
@@Brian-tn4cd I mean you can emulate. Citra is pretty good as long as you have a higher end PC.
@@notafbiagent473 i unfortunately dont and the 3DS/DS stylus mechanics feel less intuitive on m&k
@@notafbiagent473 "I mean"
Why is it so hard to find one tho, I got lucky and found my little brother's one from like 7 years ago, so i took and now use it for myself so i cant realy complain but like, why are they so hard to get any other way
The dolphin dies because it absorbs too much of your attacks, overloads, and explodes. You basically force feed it magic until it chokes to death on it
Yep. And the only hint you get towards that is an NPC who says "Dolphins are notorious liars" and then the boss says "Har har, I like magic, feed me more."
...The tale of how I won that fight is by far the stupidest three hours I have ever spent in a video game.
Just like in that one kungfu panda movie where he defeated his opponent by throwing a shitload of chi and the opponent just overloads and die
WHAT!? I needed all of my mp to stay alive, because of him absorbing the magic attacks. At some point he ran out of mp himself and did near to no physical damage while I tickelt him to death with the low damage i did in over 2 hours. I scraped at rock bottom with my mp and item management.
@@matthewa2095 underrated
@@Rellik165 That NPC and hint is actually one of the most random things in the game. He's a kid that suddenly appears after you defat the previous boss and he says "Did you know Dolphins are liars!? They are so crafty! What if they killed the Prime Minister!?" Not the exact quote, but its somewhat along those lines. It comes out of nowhere lmao.
"The effectiveness of the sexy-built" is such a funny phrase to me.
I went with that build for Nemissa and it worked.
Your not done, Leader can be saved on a New Game plus. Choosing "I don't know" with Madame Ginko, and sideing with Leader, will have him survive.
Oh shit
@@MarshSMT are you gonna make an additional video on this topic?
@@MarshSMT Hives you the option to cover what you missed in your first playthrough
@Starless Cybershell all over again, oh god.
@@MarshSMT spooky deserves to live the poor guy
After a horrible year in general, and getting dumped two weeks ago, I was definitely not in the mood for christmas but atleast Ive got quality content to watch. Thanks, Marsh. And happy holidays.
im sorry to hear dude, hey theres alwasy fish in the sea!
That's rough, buddy.
Keep persevering dude, you'll find someone else.
I appreciate all the nice words from you guys! Thank you very much.
@@scrappy2082 Yeah man, fishing is a great hobby to help you heal from the pain.
MEM ALEPH GET THE CAMERA MARSH DID IT AGAIN!
I only just now understand these jokes as of recent I used to think they were referring to SMT 2 Protagonist Aleph but now I know the truth and it's much more dissapointing
The dolphin boss dies because you fill him with magic. Basically he absorbs so much of it he explodes. The boss hints at this with his dialogue during the fight, but not that well. Though if you kept the insulated jackets that you got before the warehouse dungeon you can put them on right before the fight and the boss can do basically nothing to you and Namissa. So you can just wail on him with physical attacks to slowly kill him and say fuck you to the puzzle
There is also a npc who hints about it
When I was at the dolphin I just autobattled with my over leveled zeed and Nemissa heal combo and killed it in 20 minutes if I remember correctly. I was just fed up with that Dolphin so much that I just said “fuck it, guess I’m autobattling”
Soul hackers an underrated gem even in the SMT community.
Thanks for this, since I also just recently finished the game myself.
remember, smt if..., devil summoner, and persona can technically take place in the same universe
The name of the soul hackers characters are also in Desu and devil children
I think they actually do.
It's obvious when you see Tamaki Uchiha wearing Raiho's outfit and working for the Kuzonaha detective agency in P2
Not technically my man, they definitely take place in the same universe
So... madame ginko its lisa?
This'll do over Majin Tensei for the time being. Especially after the trip that was Megami Tensei II. Nice to see that Masahiro Sakurai has a future outside of churning an infinite amount of characters for Smash, good on him.
"Sexy gives her and Electric and Almighty build" - Ah, now I see we're playing by Dragon Quest 4 rules with the sexy Heroine getting Raidein / Gigadein and the almighty Gigaslash. I suppose even the more edgy and alternative cool guys at Atlus couldn't help getting charmed by Dragon Quest after all.
Love the Evangelion reference with the "Pardigm X" logo, kinda makes me wonder if Kazuma Kaneko was riding high on that sweet Eva crack at the time and if that helped him agree to do full-on mecha designs later for Banpresto.
7:24 WHAT? Nishi is the villain? Preposterous! Next thing you'll be telling that with a hairstyle like that he's Lucifer or something.
Ah, I see that this game is also the origin story of Hitomi Tanaka, what with you choosing the sexy personality.
As for Finnegan, I think he's a reference to James Joyce's Finnegan's Wake, since he seems to favour electric type abilities as a way to tie him to the poem and the sound the thunder makes during the titular wake, as a hundred lettered word.
Also "Gomaden", the 90s really were trippy for Japan it seems.
As for the japanese voice actors, a lot of them were selected with reverence since many, like Dr.Victor were references to something, which is why his japanese voice actor is Banjou Ginga, the voice actor of Doctor Ban from Galaxy Express 999 who himself is a reference to Victor Frankenstein, not unlike the Dr. Victor charcter in the MegaTen games. Yeah, they went THAT deep.
28:17 - OH MAN, I wonder who that mysterious Sukeroku guy is. We'll probably never of him ever again.
And I do not know if it's deliberate or not but putting Dolphin rape and the weird insinuations Nemissa makes in a back-to-back manner, makes me wonder if Atlus was on a high that day after watching Eva and playing Rance or something.
As for the villain, I think this is the only japanese game EVER, to have native american gods and spirits as demons and bosses in a game, especially Manitou, the almighty Totem of the world. Heck, the entire game is basically "what if the Native American / Algoquinan(?) legends came to Japan and made you enact the Kinap legend, except Kinap himself assumes the forms of the Great Totem(Coyote, Rabbit, Vulture etc)"
As for Raido, he isn't silent because he isn't the character you play as(at least for Raidou 1). You play as Raidou Kuzunoha the XIII, the scarred one is Raido Kuzunoha the XIII, an alternate universe Raidou that is basically slightly more badass due to having battle scars. Come Raidou 2, Raidou also starts "speaking" and the double team from alternate universes becomes iconic. I guess Kaneko really loved this idea after working on Super Robot Wars Alpha 3.
"Souless God Ohmagatsu. Yeah, Souless. Whoever made this is definitely lacking one." *Kazuma Kaneko laughing in the background intensifies*
Weird comment to make, but seeing anyone mention Rance warms my heart
The Native American connection was interesting to say the least
22:37 ,,This is farewell to Carol J, the greatest Megaten villain ever''
To be fair, Carol J. looks and sounds pretty cool. He could’ve been an Ultra-Super Guitarist like Akira Otoishi from JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure.
28:05 according to the megami tensei wiki, Sukeroku is actually Kyouji and when he says that finnegan has a nice body it's supposed to mean that he'd like to possess one like that in the future. I guess Rei just ditched the protagonist to be Kyouji's partner again. just thought you'd be interested to here this info. nice vid as always, Marsh.
I took it kinda this way too. But I just thought it was the MC of 1. Guess it could be Kyouji. And hey....Rei can have more than partner....
My personal headcanon is that the protagonist is off on some other mission and Rei stayed behind to give Kyouji a hand. And the one we fight in the post-game is an illusion.
I really love the Devil Summoner games because it's about how everything on the surface seem fine, but if you dig a bit deep you'll find out just how bad things are
It's just like real life
Welp now that Soul Hackers 2 is coming this year I'm gonna bet that this video going to get some sizable traffic.
Marsh: "oh no, what could be worse than 1 Raidou kuzunoha!"
Atlus: "i know!"
*FFFFFWOP*
Atlus: "Two raidou kuzunohas!"
Technically 1 is Raidou and the other is Raido, alternate universe dude who actually talks and got into a lot more scraps that left him scarred (for note a "U" in Japanese is enough to have a completely different name, a common difference I've been told for name is "Yuki" meaning Snow, and "Yuuki" meaning Bravery or Courage)
@@Brian-tn4cd
Raidou was the one that was replaced with Dante for the original release of SMT3, right?
@@theonlybilge yes, kind of, see Nocturne had 2 re-releases (only one made it out of japan) the first re-release "Maniax" included Dante and was the basis for US/European version, the second i cant remember the name of but that one included Raidou, this one didn't come out of Japan until the HD remaster
Marsh: "Atlus!?"
Atlus: "Yes Marsh?"
Marsh: "I don't think this battle can get any worse!"
Atlus: "Nonsense! : )"
*Raidou Duo Summon f$#@ing SOULLESS GOD OUMAGATSU*
Marsh: "ATLUS NO!"
@@Brian-tn4cdWas it maniax?
I'm a MegaTen guy. I will show up to Lucifer's palace wearing casual slacks and a pocket knife. I'll throw myself into nightmare slogs of demons that could be the final bosses of lesser games. I will internalize god being real, and that his ass needs a kicking in under a few seconds. I will look a living embodiment of humanity's fear of the unknown and crack jokes.
But math? I don't fuck with math.