Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance story details, quality of life features, new content and more detailed

Earlier in the week, a rating surfaced for Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance. Just two days after that rating, the game was officially revealed via a Nintendo Direct: Partner Showcase. That reveal came with a deluge of details, but it turns out ATLUS had even more to say about the title shortly after.

ATLUS hosted a “special program spotlight” for Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance that offered up 25+ minutes of coverage for the game. That time was filled with new details on story, mechanics, added features and much more. You can see a complete summary of the event via the bullet points below.

• adds unique skills for each demon in the party
• these will take a different slot from other skills
• the new skill will emphasize & differentiate unique characteristics & playstyles for each demon
• Nahobiho is a new Frost-type demon based on the appearance of the Nahobino
• Nahobiho can use an Ice elemental version of the Wrath Tempest skill
• Nahobiho is one of 40 new demons that will be added
• you will be able to interact with demons in your party
• at times, players can increase the level cap of the Nahobino and demons from 99 to 150
• the speed at which players can distribute new demon skills has been changed
• there are now four alternatives: standard, double speed, max speed, or skip
• some Miracles can be toggled ON or OFF from the status screen
• a new item will allow players to reset the Nahobino’s parameters and relocate his stats
• toggle minimap rotation ON or OFF in the settings menu
• saving can now be done anywhere in the map
• growth items like Gospels (EXP increase) and Incenses (stats increase) can be used in a batch
• The Return of the True Demon, The Doctor’s Last Wish, The Rage of a Queen, and A Goddess in Training DLCs are all included
• the Mitama DLC will remain paid content
• two new demons will be added as paid DLC: Dagda from SMT IV: Apocalypse, and the brand-new demon Konohana Sakuya
• choose between the original route or the new route from the beginning of the game
• Canon of Creation route follows the same story told in the original SMT V
• Canon of Vengeance route is a new story
• both routes follow roughly the same story up until the middle stages of the plot
• Canon of Vengeance will offer significant changes from that point forward
• unique to Canon of Vengeance include 4 new female demons
• these 4 demons are named Qadištu, the Goddesses of Vengeance
• Lilith is the leader of the group, and she has her own agenda set for the Nahobino
• Yoko Hiromine is a new character that meets the Nahobino and joins him in his travels
• Vengeance was developed to realize ideas the dev team couldn’t include in the original release
• Vengeance will explore the relationship between Qadištu and Nahobino
• Vengeance will also explore the relationship between those who win and lose
• Canon of Vengeance is structured from the perspective of the Snake God as a tale of revenge
• completing one scenario takes about 80 hours, so doing both will take 160 hours