- the director wanted to make a numbered Shin Megami Tensei title for a handheld system
- this plan moved forward when the 3DS was announced
- fans said that Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey for DS was a “punk production”
- this had to do with the way that it looked at life and values
- SMT IV looks at modern Japanese value
- the main character sees modern Japan from the perspective of not knowing about it
- the protagonist comes from the Eastern Kingdom of Mikado
- the idea to make the characters samurai came from Shin Megami Tensei artist Kazuma Kaneko
- the game recommends demon fusions
- when you fuse demons the game will show you the best three demons to make