SMT: Devil Summoner for Europe

By Robert Purchese Published 26 February, 2007

PS2 RPG in April.

The next game in the Shin Megami Tensei series will be coming to Europe courtesy of Koei, who has announced a 27th April release date for the PS2 RPG.

SMT: Devil Summoner - Raidou Kuzunoha vs. the Soulless Army will feature a more action orientated experience than previous titles, introducing arcade-style combo attacks in addition to magical and special abilities deployed in a familiar RPG fashion.

You'll play as Raidou Kuzunoha The 14th in early 20th century Japan, taking on the role of detective in what appears to be a straightforward kidnapping case, but naturally turns out to be much more. This dark and intriguing storyline coupled with your ability to stun and capture progressively more powerful demons is what will make Devil Summoner another essential purchase, Koei reckons.

"Games as impressive as this one deserve to reach a wide audience across the globe and this only serves to strengthen our position as a leading publisher of first-rate RPGs in Europe," said Naoki Katashima, senior vice president of Koei Europe.

You can get a look at the recent screenshots over in our gallery for the game.

The most recent release in the Shin Megami Tensei series, SMT: Digital Devil Saga 2, received glowing praise from us. It's due out on 2nd March and marks another strong release for the age-defying PlayStation 2.

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About Robert Purchese

Bertie is Eurogamer's Senior Staff Writer. When he's not hunting down news stories he's often found playing with his kids or gabbling about fantasy games and strange online worlds.

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  • mkreku #1 5 years ago

    Playstation 2: The Console That Refused To Die

  • Blerk #2 5 years ago

    Another one for the list! :-)

  • SeesThroughAll #3 5 years ago

    Another game you probably won't be able to play on your PS3

  • MadMirko #4 5 years ago

    I just hope it's compatible with the slimline ps2.

  • Steroyd #5 5 years ago

    What's the point If it can't be enjoyed on the PS3.

    /sulks

  • Poorandugly #6 5 years ago

    Oh joy!

  • Hypocee #7 5 years ago

    See now, I assumed that this was a DS title. They need to outlaw using "DS" words on other platforms :)

  • toy_brain #8 5 years ago

    This has actually been on a couple online store lists for a few weeks now (play.com and gameplay.com I think), so its nice that they finally made an oficial statement to go with it. Would have been nicer if they'd had done it a wee bit sooner though.

    That reminds me, I've also seen Ar Tonelico listed on play.com. This another Koei UK release? I've not seen any other kind of confirmation for it, but it seems inline with their Atelier Iris-type releases.

  • spongebob #9 5 years ago

    I am officially getting a PS2 now before any other home console.

  • HermitArcader #10 5 years ago

    Post deleted at 09:17:39 22-12-2011

  • Steroyd #11 5 years ago

    Howabout a crazy PS2 owning fool who wants to have the best of both PS2 and PS3 worlds.

    And yes I do want to trade in.

  • aine #12 5 years ago

    That reminds me, I've also seen Ar Tonelico listed on play.com. This another Koei UK release?
    nope... 505, this time, at least going by this boxart I've seen knocking around:

    http://im g528.imageshack.us/img528/117/p...

    interestingly it used to be listed as Koei on play.com (they don't actually show the publisher info on their own site, but if you search through something like kelkoo you can see it) but then they also spelt it as "Air Tonelico". and they're pretty well known for adding games based on wild speculation (see also Namco x Capcom, damn them for getting my hopes up)
    Edited by 1 at 27/02/07 @ 06:39

  • Blerk #13 5 years ago

    Ar Tonelico too? Whoo! That's the first I've heard about that! \o/

    Where'd you get that picture from, aine? 505's site is crap since they redid it, they never update it with new info.

  • aine #14 5 years ago

    Where'd you get that picture from, aine? 505's site is crap since they redid it, they never update it with new info.

    not sure tbh, i think it was an online store... possibly an italian one. i should have bookmarked it. ah well.

    edit - wait, no it wasn't. http://www.halifax.it - it's the site of the distribution arm of digital bros (505's parent company). it has a few games that haven't showed up anywhere else - mostly cartoon licensed shite and poker games, but there's some interesting stuff in there.
    Edited by 2 at 27/02/07 @ 09:18

  • FabricatedLunatic #15 5 years ago

    Getting this one. Real-time battle systems for the win.

  • Blerk #16 5 years ago

    Excellent, aine! That there site also includes confirmation of a PAL release of Raw Danger (SOS: Final Escape 2 to you and me)! \o/

  • toy_brain #17 5 years ago

    Cheers aine!
    That site also shows Ikusagami coming out as Demon Chaos, published by Konami.
    (I'm assuming that it'll be released in the UK too, though it would be nice to have confirmation).
    I know Ikusagami didnt get massively great reviews, but I still wanna see those 65565 onscreen enemies on the PS2!