I won't lie.. I REALLY hate video ad tie ins... But this has to be the best mesh of it ever. You're here to see video games? This is for gamers and I'm gonna demo that, now on with the show. Not oh hey buy an energy drink, or hey mind getting this and using my code. Well done Nyarly!
Also want to say the first Devil Children games did do well from what I understood. To the point they got remade for the PlayStation. Dark and Light onwards though…
@@nr2676 Certainly a lot more difficult than the newer pokemon games we have now-a-days, but even back when Devil Children released... probably still harder than pokemon in it's infancy.
I think the idea was to aim at the crowd starting to outgrow Pokemon, but who either weren't old enough for mainline SMT or hadn't heard of it. A half-demon protagonist with a half-angel half-brother fits that early-teens vibe.
Always find it pretty funny how MegaTen basically started the "monster catcher" genre but pokemon made it mainstream then ATLUS tried to copy Pokemon but with they're spin on it
@@devarient funny enough no, digital devil story megami tensei came out in 87 while dragon quest V came out in 92 so I guess 2 games took the spot light from megaten
Discovering Megaten via Persona 4's explosion in popularity blew my mind because I was one of the few people who played and really liked Demi Kids thanks to my local rental place having it available all the time. I had absolutely no idea of the wider Megaten franchise so when I picked up Persona 4 from the hype I saw and felt some intangible deja vu I didn't think anything of it until one day I wikidived and found the Demi Kids connection. Imagine finding out you'd actually been a fan of a franchise your whole life without even realizing it was a franchise.
I remember reading the manga for this. It was AWESOME. Some guy actually got bisected into two. Demons actually got frozen in place before they get PUNCHED and SHATTER into pieces. I can't believe it was for kids, even if it was for kids. I need to fish the books again.
@@kk-fc3me I don't doubt it. Reading the books again there was actually a straight up Demon Girl who wanted to BANG the protag. And not in a haha it's a honey trap way either. She seriously wanted to bang the MC. WHAT
@@10001vader I honestly think of Pokémon Adventures as more of the JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure of children’s manga than Berserk. Given all the high-octane action flavored with unorthodox strategies.
34:45 i think thats hilarious. Feeding your dad to your dog, I guess being an absent father doesnt pay off very well if your son would rather keep the dog...
Oh neat, Nyarly giving Devil Children some love; I've played Demikids Light Version back when I first dabbled in GBA emulation, and I had no idea back then it was even an SMT game; I thought it was just another Pokemon-like. Still had a fair bit of fun with it tho
Your game boarder there sent me down a bit of a rabbit hole. As soon as I saw that picture of Mirai I could tell that it was done by the Etrian Odyssey artist. I was curious as to when this artist ever worked on a Devil Children game and after looking it up, it seems he just did some art for the 2 main characters for Devil Children Mobile. It's really jarring seeing his character art next to the old, reused demon art from the old games. Say what you want about Pokemon, but at least they go through the trouble of unifying all designs under a single art style. Unless it's a crossover, it's generally annoying to see clashing art styles in something. Xenoblade Chronicles 2 had that issue as well with multiple characters being designed by other artists, but they just kept them in those styles rather than unifying them under the main artist's style. The Nomura characters in particular stick out like a sore thumb. Anyway, it would be interesting to see a new Devil Children game done by the Etrian Odyssey team, they are both Atlus games after all, so it is possible.
The thing I find weird is these characters are supposed to be like 10-11, yet he drew them with like older-looking body proportions than many of his designs for Etrian Odyssey, who I assume are meant to be adults or at-least teens. Had he kept closer to that style they would look at-least less out of place with the demon designs.
i loves how you said in a very mild and ashamed tone "grind some more" opposed to the rpg challenge runs "GRIIIND SOOOME MOOOARRR" (both of you make great content, just came from his video and noticed)
@@JadenRockz99 The first Pixie is clearly an exception, although you can fuse with her and the demon you used her to make will turn into the super pixie too.
@@JadenRockz99 another exception i can think of is Angel in smt 4/a who can evolve up through the angel hierarchy until you end up with Cherub (in 4) or white-winged Angel (in 4a). You can combine this with Demon Enchancer Apps so it gets better stats every level up since it needs a lot of those to evolve.
I think it's moreso that being able to name your demons would feel too much like you're treating them as pets, which especially after Pokémon came out would be something Megaten would not want.
I like to think this dude whenever he thinks of doing stuff he's lying down and then randomly he thinks maybe I'll do a challenge with this game in the SMT license lol. And it has to happen because Jack frost is in the room.
I expected a couple more challenges. A Raidou game. Devil Survivor, sequels to If or Megami Tensei 2. I did not expect this at all. Props for not being predictable
OMG, I remember doing this. It took me so long to beat this. Devil children is such a nostalgic game For me, I'm glad someone else is talking about it. I can't wait to get into this video nice job
Never knew that this game even existed at all, the more I know I suppose. I’m waiting for smt 5 vengence, after that trailer drop today TIME NEEDS TO GO FAST FOR ME DAMMIT
Honestly...I'm all for it. I thought this would suck cause it's SMT but for kids and somehow you made it seem good. Nyarly, I wanna see more. I hope you plan to include these spin-off games in this series. Maybe...hopefully we see another series similar to this for Persona from you.
Playing Roppongi from Nine shows you have impeccable taste in game soundtracks. Will you be doing a demon-less run thru Nine sometime later, if possible?
Megami Tensei had been seeking for about 8 years before Pokemon, and i think it's safe to say inspiration was taken from MT there, (S)MT -> Pokemon -> SMT
To be fair, early pokemon had some really dark stuff as well, it's just that their plots barely existed at the time. Which is probably the most egregious part here.
Here is fun challenge run idea Can you beat devil survivors with human allies only. ive attempted this challenge myself it il take some grinding but its completely doable
Demikids, made by ATLUS designed like Pokemon and the human characters look like the characters from Digimon Adventure. It is almost shocking I could not get into the games.
Niceee! New video. I don't know if you'll see this comment or not but I'm gonna ask anyway. Will there be a new episode of the Megidolaon Podcast coming out soon?
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Frame 1 lmao
@@Xenosaga Hello there
I won't lie.. I REALLY hate video ad tie ins... But this has to be the best mesh of it ever. You're here to see video games? This is for gamers and I'm gonna demo that, now on with the show. Not oh hey buy an energy drink, or hey mind getting this and using my code. Well done Nyarly!
Devil may cry!
I enjoy watching your videos while I play games that require grinding and not my full attention. Thanks for the countless hours of entertainment! 👍
The Jrose intro because devil children is just pokemon
I'm glad I'm not the only one who noticed
Yeah Jrose immediately popped up in my mind 😂
he literally pointed out yall,,
Ah yes the one game where you have to kill your little half-brother and his dad with the aid of your dad Lucifer when he becomes the final boss.
Also want to say the first Devil Children games did do well from what I understood. To the point they got remade for the PlayStation. Dark and Light onwards though…
"My dad can beat up your dad!"
Atlus: "lets make kid friendly smt"
also atlus: "lets load it with concepts a child probably wouldnt understand"
And make game more difficult than average Pokemon
@@nr2676 Certainly a lot more difficult than the newer pokemon games we have now-a-days, but even back when Devil Children released... probably still harder than pokemon in it's infancy.
@@amethyphoenix Complicated mechanics = no sales in kids audience
@@nr2676 And Atlus failed to read the room
I think the idea was to aim at the crowd starting to outgrow Pokemon, but who either weren't old enough for mainline SMT or hadn't heard of it. A half-demon protagonist with a half-angel half-brother fits that early-teens vibe.
Always find it pretty funny how MegaTen basically started the "monster catcher" genre but pokemon made it mainstream then ATLUS tried to copy Pokemon but with they're spin on it
And Digimon blundered so many times they pivoted to visual novels with an rpg attached.
No they didn't, dragon quest did
@@devarient funny enough no, digital devil story megami tensei came out in 87 while dragon quest V came out in 92 so I guess 2 games took the spot light from megaten
@@lordofcroutons8051 you're right, i got my games mixed up, carry on
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Discovering Megaten via Persona 4's explosion in popularity blew my mind because I was one of the few people who played and really liked Demi Kids thanks to my local rental place having it available all the time. I had absolutely no idea of the wider Megaten franchise so when I picked up Persona 4 from the hype I saw and felt some intangible deja vu I didn't think anything of it until one day I wikidived and found the Demi Kids connection.
Imagine finding out you'd actually been a fan of a franchise your whole life without even realizing it was a franchise.
I remember reading the manga for this.
It was AWESOME.
Some guy actually got bisected into two. Demons actually got frozen in place before they get PUNCHED and SHATTER into pieces. I can't believe it was for kids, even if it was for kids.
I need to fish the books again.
Its always the children manga Man
Devil children manga’s another name is “berserk for children" in japan
@@kk-fc3me I don't doubt it.
Reading the books again there was actually a straight up Demon Girl who wanted to BANG the protag.
And not in a haha it's a honey trap way either. She seriously wanted to bang the MC.
WHAT
Something really funny to me is that both of those things famously also happened in the pokemon manga
@@10001vader I honestly think of Pokémon Adventures as more of the JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure of children’s manga than Berserk. Given all the high-octane action flavored with unorthodox strategies.
34:45 i think thats hilarious. Feeding your dad to your dog, I guess being an absent father doesnt pay off very well if your son would rather keep the dog...
He's really going to do every megaten game before P3R
Good :)😊
It's better this way.
Nyarly: (Posted another SMT Challenge video)
Me: "Aw Sh*t, Here we go again"
I read this as the Deus meme with the 'Aw shit' as Hell Biker and the 'Here we go again' as Sakahagi from SMT3
@@KyRex1783AW SH*T!-
-Here we go again
@@gabrieldevoogel6225 pretty much!
Learning that Nyarly's dad is Lucifer is the least surprising thing from this channel.
Makes more sense tbh.
Huh. She Who Cannot Be Named Due to Draconian Policies has a neat design in this game, as do Cerebus and Lucifer.
Bro hit us with the Jrose11 💀
I never knew the story would be so wild, certainly not for kids, but now I'm interested. Also that ending remind me of a certain SMT V ending...
Oh neat, Nyarly giving Devil Children some love; I've played Demikids Light Version back when I first dabbled in GBA emulation, and I had no idea back then it was even an SMT game; I thought it was just another Pokemon-like. Still had a fair bit of fun with it tho
I legit thought I clicked on a Jrose video after hearing that piano intro
Your game boarder there sent me down a bit of a rabbit hole. As soon as I saw that picture of Mirai I could tell that it was done by the Etrian Odyssey artist. I was curious as to when this artist ever worked on a Devil Children game and after looking it up, it seems he just did some art for the 2 main characters for Devil Children Mobile. It's really jarring seeing his character art next to the old, reused demon art from the old games. Say what you want about Pokemon, but at least they go through the trouble of unifying all designs under a single art style. Unless it's a crossover, it's generally annoying to see clashing art styles in something. Xenoblade Chronicles 2 had that issue as well with multiple characters being designed by other artists, but they just kept them in those styles rather than unifying them under the main artist's style. The Nomura characters in particular stick out like a sore thumb. Anyway, it would be interesting to see a new Devil Children game done by the Etrian Odyssey team, they are both Atlus games after all, so it is possible.
oh my GOD the Nomura art is so obvious. >_
The thing I find weird is these characters are supposed to be like 10-11, yet he drew them with like older-looking body proportions than many of his designs for Etrian Odyssey, who I assume are meant to be adults or at-least teens. Had he kept closer to that style they would look at-least less out of place with the demon designs.
i loves how you said in a very mild and ashamed tone "grind some more" opposed to the rpg challenge runs "GRIIIND SOOOME MOOOARRR"
(both of you make great content, just came from his video and noticed)
The reference to the fucking old Jrose intro killed me aldfjdsalkjfklj
So I'm pretty happy for another SMT challenge but now I'm even more hyped for If chapter 2 and MT2
OMG!!!! Heck yeah! Meeee too.....!!
Nyarly finally playing peak
One more game close to peak called - RONDE
23:45 Hol up, that's WereGarurumon
imagine if these did take off and we had to deal with kids looking into the rest of the series and finding out about Mara & stuff.
This Persona 3 Reload review is looking great! 👍
At this rate, I’m expecting Tokyo Mirage Sessions minimum battles or Tsubasa only before the Persona 3 Reload upload. I’m all for it honestly.
I think Megaten didn't let you name your demons at all because you're not supposed to grow attached to them.
If that's true they wouldn't give the option for a Super Pixie upgrade in SMT3
@@JadenRockz99 The first Pixie is clearly an exception, although you can fuse with her and the demon you used her to make will turn into the super pixie too.
@@trigomathmancer9217 the point is, there are a lot of examples where you are allowed to care about your party members.
@@JadenRockz99 another exception i can think of is Angel in smt 4/a who can evolve up through the angel hierarchy until you end up with Cherub (in 4) or white-winged Angel (in 4a). You can combine this with Demon Enchancer Apps so it gets better stats every level up since it needs a lot of those to evolve.
I think it's moreso that being able to name your demons would feel too much like you're treating them as pets, which especially after Pokémon came out would be something Megaten would not want.
nother challenge video yessssirrr
I like to think this dude whenever he thinks of doing stuff he's lying down and then randomly he thinks maybe I'll do a challenge with this game in the SMT license lol. And it has to happen because Jack frost is in the room.
2:00 to skip the midroll.
When you hear that, Jrose jingle 😂
I expected a couple more challenges. A Raidou game. Devil Survivor, sequels to If or Megami Tensei 2.
I did not expect this at all.
Props for not being predictable
"I used the Universal Devil Summoner... oh no."
OMG, I remember doing this. It took me so long to beat this. Devil children is such a nostalgic game For me, I'm glad someone else is talking about it. I can't wait to get into this video nice job
Let's goooooo been waiting my man love these challenge vids
2:16 It's still so crazy to me that Aigis First Mission is coming back
Can't wait for Can You Beat SMT Nine Without Compression? or Can You Beat Last Bible Special without Party Members?
Can you beat SMT NINE without an opponent using Drive Shot and crashing the emulator.
Damn they really just took red 13's design, made it blue and called it a day huh?
oh hey my favorite smt subseries!! thank you so much for giving it some love
Never knew that this game even existed at all, the more I know I suppose.
I’m waiting for smt 5 vengence, after that trailer drop today TIME NEEDS TO GO FAST FOR ME DAMMIT
Devil Child Cerberus looks like a gen 5 Pokemon
love the jrose intro
Yeah, also great pfp of best crossbell gal
That Jrose11 solo challenge run reference in the beginning, got me wondering if I mistakenly clicked the wrong video. XD
Honestly...I'm all for it. I thought this would suck cause it's SMT but for kids and somehow you made it seem good. Nyarly, I wanna see more. I hope you plan to include these spin-off games in this series. Maybe...hopefully we see another series similar to this for Persona from you.
THE JROSE OPENING LMFAOOOOOOOO
Broooo noway i was just rewatching your videos, i love when things like that happend!
Ayo? New intro???? Neato
Im miss the old jingle tho
it’s a reference to other youtuber jrose11’s old intro
This is better than persona 3R but now its a meme to ask about it.
Thanks for the video
The intro is legendary.
I really like these videos you're doing on the other games take all the time you need on your longer videos😊
I had to double check to make sure I didn't click on an old jrose video for a second 😂
Im fine with these more obscure smt games than his review for reload tbh, plus we can probably hear from it once the answer dlc cames out
I played the hell out of devikid light and dark when I was a kid. Love the MC monster designs and evolutions.
that...intro thats jroses intro did you decide to make an omage to him?
".... This was Atlus's attempt to make SMT kid friendly, BTW!" Summarizes perfectly why I think this game failed to win over it's target audience.
I actually remember playing this when I was a kid, ironically because of my left over digimon hype from dawn and dusk.
Tanaka's song for the sponsor is a neat fit. I'm stealing that if i ever get sponsored, lol
7:06 real shit
Episode 6 of “Nyarly, where’s the P3R review????”
… never heard of it…
I heard the Jrose intro and had to check the title again. Goddammit lol
Bro blessed us with the jrose
Somehow DemiKids are a lot darker than I knew them for...
Huh.. Now I want to see what Mirai's been doing the whole time.
I actually didnt realize the damaging version of mudo and hama was around that long ago.
I guess if jrose11 wont do the classic intro, someone else has to
Ah yes, becoming Nakajima in the end. As usual.
Shoutouts to my boy Jrose
As a massive pokemon and smt fan this game looks awesome
Nice Opera GX promotion with Tanaka music
Welcome to the world, Koro Pascal :)
Man I want Red Book translated so bad, need my Mirai walkthrough.
Babe Nyarly posted a video
Can't believe I missed the jrose opening. XD I'm so used to watching him that I didn't think. XD
I love this My Chemical Romance Cerberus
I had been thinking about asking about the demon kid games since you don't really see all that much coverage on them.
Finally, a REAL Shen Megumi Tensei game.
Jrose x nyarly collab when
Pokemon health coming in clutch
Playing Roppongi from Nine shows you have impeccable taste in game soundtracks. Will you be doing a demon-less run thru Nine sometime later, if possible?
This looks so much better than Pokemon.
30:16 Harlan Ellison reference???
Man is doing everything he can to avoid Persona 3 Reload.
Megami Tensei had been seeking for about 8 years before Pokemon, and i think it's safe to say inspiration was taken from MT there, (S)MT -> Pokemon -> SMT
I was not expecting to see HoloBreak and Neptunia x Senran Kagura during his sponsorship bit lol
To be fair, early pokemon had some really dark stuff as well, it's just that their plots barely existed at the time. Which is probably the most egregious part here.
Here is fun challenge run idea
Can you beat devil survivors with human allies only. ive attempted this challenge myself it il take some grinding but its completely doable
I have to point out that you're a monster. I saw what you did in your ad. Using light mode is a war crime.
Great stuff! But now I’m so curious how the final choice differs.
Now I wonder if you can beat Dragon Quest Monsters with only Incarnus.
Vote for Devil Survivor Hero Only Run!
When you need to pay the bills but don't want to make the audience drop the the Persona 3 reload video on the sponsored section.
JROSE CROSSOVER!?!
Good video.
Next one should not use the unique skills. They seem op. XD
Important side note this game's fan translation is apparently inherently unfinished and the devs behind it are fine with that.
Demikids, made by ATLUS designed like Pokemon and the human characters look like the characters from Digimon Adventure. It is almost shocking I could not get into the games.
Niceee! New video. I don't know if you'll see this comment or not but I'm gonna ask anyway. Will there be a new episode of the Megidolaon Podcast coming out soon?
BRO DID A JROSE COLLAB
Nuzlock run sometime?
5:00 I have. I don't really like his style. It drives me nuts.
This video is brought to you in part by JRose
Any possibility you can smash out a nocturne run using demons only from their mythology/religious origins