Out with the old , in with the unexampled
What does “ Shin Megami Tensei ” translate to ? We go over the meaning and how it connects to the series ’s history .
What Does “Shin Megami Tensei” Mean?
In Japanese , “ Shin Megami Tensei ” means “ New Goddess Reincarnation . ”Shin Megami Tensei game do on occasion have rebirth in their story and feature goddess as obtainable demons , including an entire airstream known as Megami . But the rubric has less to do with the games ’ account and more to do with how the serial is differentiated from but still bear on to the original media that is about a part who is the reincarnation of a goddess .
The Origins of Megami Tensei
The Shin Megami Tensei series is actually based on a novel , Digital Devil Story : Megami Tensei ( Goddess Reincarnation ) by Aya Nishitani , and its sequels . In a The Legend of Zelda fashion , the goddess renascence in question is n’t the champion of the novel , but an of import woman the agonist must assist . Her name is Yumiko Shirasagi , and she is the reincarnation of the goddess Izanami .
As the championship order implies , Megami Tensei is n’t even the serial name — it ’s the name of just the first Holy Writ , which is part of the Digital Devil Story trilogy . Still , the novel was popular enough to get an Zanzibar copal adaptation with the same name , and numerous TV secret plan adaptations using its subtitle , Megami Tensei . These telecasting game would go on to exhort the Shin Megami Tensei series .
The First “New” Megami Tensei
The very first Shin Megami Tensei game , bring out in 1992 on the Super Famicom ( the Japanese edition of the SNES ) , is inspired by but not directly adapted from the original Megami Tensei series . The principal hero of Shin Megami Tensei is meant to be the renascence of the Biblical figure Adam and the principal heroine is the rebirth of Eve , but Eve is not view a “ goddess ” in the series nor does she come along in any plot besides the Japan - only Shin Megami Tensei NINE .
The Shin Megami Tensei deed is mostly a reference book to how the games are a “ new ” spin on the concepts started by the original novel series . gratefully , you do n’t want to flirt the games in any picky lodge , and the same rifle for the spin - offs and even novels , so there ’s no need to worry if you ca n’t get your hand on the Japan - only book that started it all .
Image via the Megami Tensei Wiki
Image via the Megami Tensei Wiki
