The Young boy and Old Woman - These two appear every so often around the Vortex World. He has a dream to become king of the demons. Sakahagi - Sakahagi is a violent Manikin who skins his own kind to make clothing for himself. He has the ability to see into the near-future. He is a big help at the start in gathering info and guiding through the Amala Network, but soon his obsession over the Network gets him into complex situations.įutomimi - He is the leader of the Manikins. Hijiri studies the terminals in each city hoping to learn more about them. He appears to have survived the apocalypse and tries to stop Hikawa from completing his plans. Jyoji Hijiri - A reporter for a magazine that covers the occult. She struggles to find her Reason while being blindly guided by the 'goddess' Aradia. She participated in the Conception so that she could create a world of freedom, but comes to find that she is merely a tool for Hikawa. Yuko is the protagonist's teacher as well as a member of Hikawa's Cult of Gaea. He can summon demons, and starts the Assembly of Nihilo where they work toward a world of silence. He is the one mainly responsible for sending the world to its end, and he did it so that he could recreate it based on his ideals, which he calls Shijima. Hikawa - Hikawa is the head of the Cybers Corporation, as well as the Cult of Gaea. Isamu Nitta - Another of the protagonist's friends that survived the Conception, Isamu follows the Reason of Musubi, a philosophy focused on individuality. She eventually decides to bring the Reason of Yosuga to life, where only the strong survive and maintain power over those who are weak. She survives the apocalypse and wanders about the ruins of Tokyo looking for power. She has to have her way most of the time. The Demi-fiend is also an optional boss in ATLUS' title Digital Devil Saga: Avatar Tuner.Ĭhiaki Tachibana - A friend of the protagonist who is from a rich family. Shortly after starting the game he is transformed into a demon, yet maintains his human heart. After the Conception, fate bestows upon him the ability to change this new world. The Demi-fiend - The protagonist that can be named by the player. With these powers, the player is given the opportunity to align themselves with a Reason that decides what the world will become.Ĭharacters See also: List of Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne Characters The player must survive in the Vortex World with the new powers and capabilities given to him through Magatama obtained from Lucifer. In Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne, the player takes on the role of a young boy who is caught up in the apocalypse while visiting his sick teacher, Yuko Takao, with his two classmates Chiaki Hayasaka and Isamu Nitta. In 2020, an HD remaster of Nocturne was announced to be releasing for PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch, and later on Steam consecutively with its Western localization. This release featured Raidou and his feline sidekick Gouto in the place of Dante. That would be the first version of the game to be localized to the west, titled simply Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne, and in the PAL regions as Shin Megami Tensei: Lucifer's Call.Ī later edition, called the " Maniax Chronicle Edition" was released with a limited "plus" version of Devil Summoner 2: Raidou Kuzunoha vs.
The Maniax release featured Dante from the Capcom Devil May Cry series as an optional companion and story arc. One would be the "Director's Cut" entitled Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne Maniax, which featured a number of new additions and adjustments. The game received multiple versions and remasters over time. This version of the game was only released in Japan and South Korea. It was the first true addition to the main series since the original Super Famicom release of Shin Megami Tensei: if. SeptemShin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne is the fifth installment in the Shin Megami Tensei series, released for the PlayStation 2.