Shin Megami Tensei V (NSP, XCI) ROM + v1.0.2 Update + All DLCs

Shin Megami Tensei V is a 2021 role-playing video game developed and published by Atlus for the Nintendo Switch. It is part of the Shin Megami Tensei series, the central series of the larger Megami Tensei franchise. Produced by Shin Megami Tensei IV director Kazuyuki Yamai, it was designed as a hybrid between Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne and Shin Megami Tensei IV. Featuring returning gameplay mechanics such as raising and fusing demons. As of April 2022, the game sold over one million copies. Prepare for the path to godhood as our protagonist’s journey home is abruptly halted by a gruesome murder scene in modern-day Tokyo. A spontaneous detour ensues, rendering him buried and unconscious. Upon awakening, he finds himself in a new Tokyo, a desolate wasteland known as Da’at, ravaged by an apocalyptic catastrophe. However, just as bloodthirsty demons threaten to claim his life, a savior emerges, and together they merge into an awe-inspiring entity, transcending both humanity and demonkind: a Nahobino

SETTING AND PLOT

Shin Megami Tensei V is a role-playing video game that is set in modern-day Tokyo and the Netherworld. It features returning gameplay elements from previous Shin Megami Tensei games, such as the ability to fuse demons, along with new mechanics. The protagonist, an ordinary high-school student, and his school friends Yuzuru Atsuta and Ichiro Dazai are caught up in a mysterious earthquake and transported to Da’at; an alternative apocalyptic version of Tokyo amidst an almighty battle between angels and demons.

As he travels in this world, he shortly becomes overrun by demons and is nearly killed, only to be saved by a god-like being, Aogami. Together, they fuse into a Nahobino, a forbidden being that is neither human nor demon, but more so a deity. The protagonist traverses Da’at, clashes with a man named Shohei Yakumo and his demon partner Nuwa, and discovers a terminal that returns him and his friends to Tokyo. There, he learns that Yuzuru and classmate Tao Isonokami are operatives of a clandestine international organization called Bethel focused on keeping humanity out of the war between angels and demons. Ichiro volunteers to join Bethel while the protagonist is conscripted due to his newfound powers as a Nahobino.

Two days later, demons from Da’at invade the protagonist’s high school and abduct several of the students. The protagonist and his friends launch a rescue mission, during which Ichiro’s self-esteem issues lead to him latching on to Bethel’s angelic leader Abdiel. The protagonist rescues most of the kidnapped students, but Tao sacrifices herself to defeat the demons’ commander, who was searching for (and manipulating) a human to merge with so it could become a Nahobino.

In the aftermath, Bethel Japan’s leader Hayao Koshimizu orders the protagonist and his friends to join a Bethel siege on the demons’ stronghold in defiance of Abdiel’s orders. The protagonist makes his way through the castle and kills the demon’s leader, Arioch. Afterward, it is revealed that the creator god is dead and that a Nahobino must take His throne. With their common enemy dead, the various factions of Bethel splinter in the hopes of taking the Creator’s throne for themselves. Koshimizu reveals that his true identity is Tsukuyomi, leader of the Amatsukami and that he desires to restore the world to the rule of the gods of old; he is joined by Yuzuru in this endeavor.

Ichiro convinces Abdiel to join him in restoring the will of God to the world, while Shohei and Nuwa declare their intent to destroy the Creator’s throne outright and leave humanity’s fate in its own hands. The protagonist, joined by a reincarnated Tao, makes his way to the Temple of Eternity and may side with any of the three warring factions. In all cases, the other candidates for the throne are all slain and the protagonist is confronted by God’s killer Lucifer for a final battle (unless he chooses to destroy the throne). After defeating him, the protagonist can reshape the world as he sees fit.

• If the protagonist elects to uphold God’s order, he sacrifices humanity’s freedom and self-determination to create a world of peace and harmony.
• If the protagonist elects to restore the old gods, he creates a world of freedom and potential that is wracked with strife and conflict.
• If the protagonist elects to destroy the throne, the conflicts that plague humanity and demonkind continue, although humanity’s victory is inevitable.
• Additionally, if the protagonist has completed several optional sidequests and initially sided with Shohei, he can accept Nuwa’s alternate proposal to create a world for humanity alone. The protagonist removes all demons and gods from the world, including Aogami, and restores his friends to life before overseeing his new creation from afar.