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Shin Megami Tensei if...

Like the first two entries in the Shin Megami Tensei series, the spin-off with the mysterious title If... got its own remake. As in the other two cases, the graphics of the remade version have been redone from…

26 December 2002

Shin Megami Tensei if... is a role-playing (rpg) developed by Atlus, released 26 December 2002 on PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable and PlayStation.

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What Shin Megami Tensei if... is

Shin Megami Tensei if... is a role-playing (rpg) game developed by Atlus and released in 2002. It is available on PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable and PlayStation.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Like the first two entries in the Shin Megami Tensei series, the spin-off with the mysterious title If... got its own remake. As in the other two cases, the graphics of the remade version have been redone from scratch, to match the 2D standard of 32-bit generation consoles. Interior locations are much more detailed, with visible furniture and other items in rooms that were empty or contains just a few objects in the original version. The 3D dungeons can now be navigated with smooth scrolling, unlike the "jumping" navigation of the earlier versions. The remake also has an additional difficulty level, dubbed "normal"; the original difficulty level is called "hard". The easier difficulty level…
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How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Megami Tensei series

Shin Megami Tensei if... is the 45th of 151 entries we hold in the Megami Tensei series. The next entry was Shin Megami Tensei J in 2002.

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What it launched against

Shin Megami Tensei if... launched on 26 December 2002, within three weeks of The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker, SimCity 4, Sonic Advance 2 and Space Rangers.

Released around the same time: The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker, SimCity 4, Sonic Advance 2, Space Rangers.

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Shin Megami Tensei if... was released on 26 December 2002 for PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable and PlayStation.

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