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