Shin Megami Tensei Related

[Takahashi2212]

From what I can tell, the first American release for the Megami Tensei series was Persona 1, although SMT 3 and 4 were released in the states. It was the Persona series (specifically Persona 3) that pushed the series as a whole into (somewhat?) mainstream popularity.

Tell you how much the original SMT series has been over shadowed by Persona, I had no idea that SMT 3 (AKA Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne) was released over here.

Also, Revelations: Persona came out in 96 while Jack Bros came out in 95, but that game was only for the Virtual Boy and nobody had ever heard of it.

Totally forgot that was a Megami Tensei game. Yeah, no one really talks about SMT outside of Persona. Several other Megami Tensei have also come here (Devil Survivor 1 & 2, Digital Devil Saga 1 & 2, Devil Summoner) but they haven't nearly gotten as much attention as Persona 3 & 4. Why do you think we have two different animes based on Persona 4, 3 Persona 3 movies, and P4 has like 4 spinoffs (SPINOFFS ON THE SPINOFFS).