The Mobile Megami Tensei Experience

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3 жыл бұрын

An extended look at the 2006 Chinese mobile phone port/remake of Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei.
Special thanks to gymzatan for translating it, check out their Twitter here: gymzatan?lang=en
Additional thanks to Simply Dad for sending links to Megami Tensei art

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@MarshSMT 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks to everyone who participated in the "Motorola Megami Tensei" streams, this was an incredible game to run through with you guys. Hopefully you like the review, it's a little different than usual, but this was too interesting to pass up

@PebblepantsTV 3 жыл бұрын

wtf there was a stream? i need to turn my twitter notifications on

@NwolcRaving 3 жыл бұрын

@@PebblepantsTV check his about page it should have the Vod

@spork5528 3 жыл бұрын

@@PebblepantsTV yeah it was hell, the same jarring 2 second soundtracks became mind numbing.

@enzito_sdf6978 3 жыл бұрын

i think i'll have nightmares with the jakyou theme now

@Deus_XG 3 жыл бұрын

Ayyyyyy

@fastblueapple6082 3 жыл бұрын

The most suprising this is not the fact this game even exists, it's the fact for some reason it has an english patch while the first Devil Summoner still doesn't

@j.d1972 3 жыл бұрын

To be fair this is way smaller and simpler than devil summoner

@MrBeakdog 3 жыл бұрын

It looks like they're making progress, our man marsh seems to have reignited interest

@jasonenns5076 3 жыл бұрын

I might do it once I learn Japanese and learn how to program so I can re-program it correctly. I just need people to test it out once I get out an alpha version. I plan on being a computer engineer (it's a mix of electrical engineering and computer science or soft ware engineering).

@notbaldfrost 3 жыл бұрын

@@jasonenns5076 You'll have to work real quick, because a certain Spanish-speaking team already hacked the PSP version and are ironing it out right now: twitter.com/megaflan/ twitter.com/GriffithVIII Follow this dude for news on the English translation in particular: twitter.com/cj_iwakura

@julinofooly 3 жыл бұрын

They are working on it!! Finally! In fact I heard about this games translation from the twitter that announced the DS project XD

@JohneAwesome 3 жыл бұрын

they say every time Marsh uploads an Abbadon gets its wings

@connerautenrieth7811 3 жыл бұрын

Ello Johne

@marcelosilvestre244 3 жыл бұрын

Its tiny tiny wings ...

@phillemon7664 3 жыл бұрын

@@connerautenrieth7811 woah, hello brother!

@AshleyRiot 3 жыл бұрын

Seems Ligit

@connerautenrieth7811 3 жыл бұрын

@@phillemon7664 guten tag

@miketheguy2847 3 жыл бұрын

"Honey please come to bed." "Can't babe. Marsh posted."

@KarmodF 3 жыл бұрын

Marsh's mom: Son you need to get out of your room, you haven't ate in a week. Marsh: Not now mom, I'm busy killing Lucifer. Marsh's mom: Again?

@sponge1234ify 3 жыл бұрын

This will age well when he finishes SMT review

@HuangLongGaming 3 жыл бұрын

@@sponge1234ify but you don't kill lucifer in smt1

@ethanmouloudj8750 3 жыл бұрын

@@HuangLongGaming what else happens in SMT 1? (Hint:Amanojaku)

@ChibiKami 3 жыл бұрын

@@ethanmouloudj8750 if law, killing Ahura Mazda in the form of Lord Asura if chaos, killing the archangel Michael if neutral, killing both killing Lucifer isn't on the table until SMT2, but even then you should consider joining him because the chaos ending has you and big L letting the mutants see the sun again

@yaboi8060 3 жыл бұрын

@@ChibiKami hold up. You kill a car in smt 1? (Mazda)

@garydsketch 3 жыл бұрын

"I recommend dying at least once." -Marsh, 2021

@Zylo587 3 жыл бұрын

Tithonus could certainly relate.

@ArshadZahid_nohandleideas Жыл бұрын

Jeb Jab's uncle agrees

@TectonicImprov 3 жыл бұрын

This man has beaten Megami Tensei 1 more times than 99% of the Megaten community

@gumiho.c 5 ай бұрын

Not a high bar

@lrrrrr_ 3 жыл бұрын

Wikipedia says Persona 4: Golden was the first megaten game to be released with official Chinese localization.. then I guess that wiki page is wrong :P. Nice video!

@kennylauderdale_en 3 жыл бұрын

"Belobog is laughing maniacally."

@mamoru_zombie 3 жыл бұрын

> Belobog > Laughing maniacally *I feel disturbance in the force*

@cannolidaddy 2 жыл бұрын

Ohhhh damn! I found a wild kenny !

@Spin8X 3 жыл бұрын

""I actually did do [blank] and I don't recommend it" while still recommending the experience is such a Marsh thing.

@jebibones4282 3 жыл бұрын

You forgot to mention that characters can level up even when killed, which is handy considering you will be seeing a lot of "Yumiko Dead".

@MarshSMT 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah you're right that shit is funny

@notbaldfrost 3 жыл бұрын

Well, that's the same as the original, since Nakajima and Yumiko share a single EXP counter. As long as one of them are alive it doesn't matter. I actually ended up kinda missing this "feature" in MT2...

@0felex01 3 жыл бұрын

@@notbaldfrost Correct, they do share a single pool of EXP. In Kyuuyaku, this was changed unfortunately to where death means they will stop receiving EXP until they are revived.

@LuciferHellwathcer 3 жыл бұрын

Oshit... BABE GET THE CAMERA, MARSH'S HERE

@Bluecho4 3 жыл бұрын

It's a shame the full Japanese version isn't available to play. The graphics are pretty good.

@joaoguilherme8083 3 жыл бұрын

We need to find the japonese version

@han1961 3 жыл бұрын

Why Japanese are there not an English translation

@Azazelea 3 жыл бұрын

@@han1961 This version (the Chinese port) has 60% of the game missing for?? Some reason?? The Japanese one has all the dungeons

@notafbiagent473 3 жыл бұрын

@@Azazelea China has some pretty strict laws against themes of death, skulls, red blood and demons. And we’re talking about Megami Tensei so I would imagine they decided to just not include most of the game instead of cutting that stuff out. I noticed most of the enemies in this version are the ones that don’t necessarily relate to those topics.

@Azazelea 3 жыл бұрын

@@notafbiagent473 ah that makes sense! I didn't know the content of the other dungeons but that makes sense. Thanks for responding even if it's been 5 months lmao

@Ratta212 3 жыл бұрын

Bro this channel is one of the few where I drop everything when I see the notifications lmao

@blaze45ful 3 жыл бұрын

This game is so obscure that it doesn't need dark areas!

@silverthespamsweeper7138 3 жыл бұрын

It's in the dark area of MegaTen history.

@camharkness 3 жыл бұрын

Marsh is out here teaching me so many things I've never known about the megaten series. You've easily become one of my favorite youtubers. You deserve so many more subs dude.

@ph43draaa 3 жыл бұрын

Only having two songs would drive me insane.

@GiegueX 3 жыл бұрын

At this rate, Marsh will end up reviewing the demon summoning program itself

@NEETKitten 3 жыл бұрын

We just need to wait for Atlus to release it...

@Shiratto Жыл бұрын

@@NEETKitten They probably did on some obscure platform that doesn’t exist anymore and they will never port it to anything in the future because they hate money.

@Naotosbiggestfan24 Жыл бұрын

I really want to that to happen.... For research purposes

@sol_and_luna 9 ай бұрын

If that exists somewhere, I'll port it myself just to get Marsh to review it

@ils4844 3 жыл бұрын

Ah, gotta love all those long gone Japanese mobile phone games! There's a ton of them still left to track down even outside of Megaten, however it seems like we're never gonna find em'.

@andrewmanchiraju8005 3 жыл бұрын

Midnight Marsh, the best way to end/begin any day.

@scrappy2082 3 жыл бұрын

the madlad has actually done it.. now the Kyuuyaku version is the final hurdle he must face before he can be officially slated at the Megami Tensei master

@zegendoflolda 3 жыл бұрын

I doubt he will ever bring hinself to play Kyuuyaku

@scrappy2082 3 жыл бұрын

@@zegendoflolda someday broski

@icarusavery5691 2 жыл бұрын

@@zegendoflolda so, this comment didn't age well.

@noxturne16 2 жыл бұрын

@@zegendoflolda oh but he has

@zegendoflolda 2 жыл бұрын

@@noxturne16 I know dude I watch all his vids

@Ratta212 3 жыл бұрын

People making translation patches for megami tensei java mobile games and atlus takes 6 months to release an already translated game to the west lmfao

@naoki-kashima2635 3 жыл бұрын

If you look really really really closely at P5R you can see that it has a completely new translation which is really stupid because they should’ve just translated the new content and reuse the vanilla translation

@sponge1234ify 3 жыл бұрын

@@naoki-kashima2635 i mean yes, but Royal also reworked one of _the_ prominent character so they kinda needed _some_ redoing

@raincandy__ 3 жыл бұрын

@@naoki-kashima2635 the old translation was fucky though

@amahrle2767 3 жыл бұрын

But for Nocturne we are getting those sick ass bug fixes.

@SeongCastle 3 жыл бұрын

Well considering both Persona 5 Royal and Strikers got an EFIGS localisation, the most probable is that SMT III will get the same treatment so it'll take a while to be done

@fullmetalmasify 3 жыл бұрын

Notification brought me here. Was surprised that there is a mobile version of this game

@finalsurvivor1 3 жыл бұрын

I'm waiting for the day Marsh finally gives in to what he truly wants and moves to Micon.

@stijn.yeoystarz 3 жыл бұрын

Me: **turns off the repetitive music** Minotaur: I thought you had balls

@NEETKitten 3 жыл бұрын

I wonder how many more times Marsh will have to say "We're in Mikon City on the 8th floor of Daedalus Tower, and our first task is to get to the bottom and kill the minotaur." in his career.

@MarshSMT 3 жыл бұрын

At least twice

@NEETKitten 3 жыл бұрын

@@MarshSMT Oh right, Kyuuyaku. Looking forward to that video, whenever it happens. Probably not for awhile, I imagine. (Ha, "IMAGINE"...)

@JustAnotherPrimalAspid 3 жыл бұрын

Maybe three times, if the rom of the japanese version suddenly appears

@robo567 3 жыл бұрын

marsh: “mom can we have megami tensei?” mom: “we have megami tensei at home” megami tensei at home:

@ovensmuggler5207 Жыл бұрын

Technically this is Megami Tensei on the go

@RyoshuLimbus 3 жыл бұрын

We're in Micon City on the 8th floor of Daedelus Tower

@MarshSMT 3 жыл бұрын

by far my favorite line out of all of these videos

@notbaldfrost 3 жыл бұрын

@@MarshSMT Does the one about the bathroom in Shanghai count? That one was good.

@RyoshuLimbus 3 жыл бұрын

@@MarshSMT can't wait to hear it in the kyuuyaku review twice

@RyoshuLimbus 3 жыл бұрын

update this is now my discord status

@MrTickleFingers 3 жыл бұрын

Ayyy it’s my favorite Megaten Channel :3. Hope you’re doing well, love all your videos.

@ikhwananimationsbeyondweeb4528 3 жыл бұрын

Finally, the True Incarnation Of The MegaTen game

@lamedrawings 3 жыл бұрын

Minotaur dungeon is like Marsh's ground hog day, just when you thought you finished the game, you wake up only to find your yourself in Tower of Daedulus top floor. Forever trapped.

@rothern3761 3 жыл бұрын

When I saw the title I thought DX2, then I remembered It's Marsh, so I'd knew this be good

@vanilla8956 3 жыл бұрын

Just when I thought you couldn't get more obscure. Lmao. At this point would you consider reviewing the Devil Summoner TV drama thing? It looks hilarious. I've only seen the jack frost episode though

@MarshSMT 3 жыл бұрын

I might check it out, maybe group it in with some other shows if there are any

@exacctlly 3 жыл бұрын

I was about to go to sleep but, I think I can wait 13 minutes

@megastephatron 3 жыл бұрын

wow dude you are a fantastic smt resource. i had no clue this game existed at all! awesome video as always. it’s seriously tragic that the japanese mobile version is missing.

@notbaldfrost 3 жыл бұрын

2:12 Holy shit, _THOSE_ are the two songs? I'm no longer entirely convinced that this Java port isn't a bootleg with fake copyright info on it. Yeah, this is a 156K game (roughly 5/8 the size of the Famicom version), so sacrifices had to be made. But of all the songs to keep in the game, why _those two???_

@MarshSMT 3 жыл бұрын

It would have been so much better if they chose daedalus theme and the actual battle theme, the choice of kaifuku for the battles is so funny

@wdbisl 3 жыл бұрын

A neat piece of history, but I can't believe this is translated while so many games aren't.

@Jotari 3 жыл бұрын

To be fair there's like, what, six words to translate?

@muhammedraashid3667 3 жыл бұрын

Fan translation

@PunchinBag01 3 жыл бұрын

Just bought a Ps3 and bought DDS and Persona 3 FES and also a PsVita and all the persona games so I’m going on a binge to play a lot of megami tensei😏 I even have a 2ds and I plan to get all them ds Megami Tensei games.

@vsolyomi 3 жыл бұрын

DDS my precioussss!!

@PunchinBag01 3 жыл бұрын

@@vsolyomi bruh dds is pretty damn good considering it’s my second REAL SMT GAME but SMT 4 was my first but I haven’t beat it yet

@gymzatan7824 3 жыл бұрын

Nice video and thank you for playing through the game! I can assure you no bug was introduced by the translation, and all the weird stuff (demon names, heavily reused sprites, etc.) are as they were in the Chinese version.

@kerfufflings 3 жыл бұрын

love that you used perfect blue in the intro !! one of my favs

@samif9514 3 жыл бұрын

Motarola megami tensei lets goooooo

@Larrue 3 жыл бұрын

Good video old chum

@brianminer6703 3 жыл бұрын

This channel is now my number 1 outlet for obscure Megami Tensei stuff, thanks for another entertaining piece of history Marsh

@toryficarola 3 жыл бұрын

Same

@-penta-1357 3 жыл бұрын

Random person: What's your favorite Megami Tensei game? Marsh: Well, it's complicated...

@ChocolateVGZ Жыл бұрын

I know this is an old video but wanted to say thanks for exploring the lesser known titles in this series, and especially thanks for sharing it.

@isauldron4337 3 жыл бұрын

Minotaur insults your balls ? The SMT series never ceases to surprise me

@masterbubs8271 3 жыл бұрын

I didn't even know this existed. That is fascinating to see this in action. This version of MT I is basically the easy version... If you're patient.

@magistered 3 жыл бұрын

Play the GBA port of SMT next! It already has an English Patch if anyone is wondering.

@gwynbleidd8863 3 жыл бұрын

PS1 port is better, pls don't do this

@magistered 3 жыл бұрын

@@gwynbleidd8863 there were better versions of Digital Devil Saga: Megami Tensei as well than this mobile version and yet he played it just for the experience and exposure of all the obscure ports out there.

@gwynbleidd8863 3 жыл бұрын

@@magistered fair enough

@pureevil9496 3 жыл бұрын

@@gwynbleidd8863 He'll probably play both at this rate

@si-level 3 жыл бұрын

@@gwynbleidd8863 what's your problem with the gba? it has the faithful translation from atlus itself

@diegogonzalez7183 3 жыл бұрын

"T h o u g h t y o u h a d b a l l s"

@Isaac-gh5ku 2 жыл бұрын

Japanese mobile phones of the 2000s are a beast compared to the rest of the world. And the rest of the world remain unaware of this great innovation for more than a decade.

@micah_raygun_ 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the videos, and especially for keeping the original OST running in the background. Those tracks will never get old.

@elfiebranford9330 3 жыл бұрын

I read the title and thought this was actually gonna be you playing the iOS port of SMT 1. Or as I like to call it, "The Only Time SMT 1 Was Officially In English". While I feel dumb for being wrong, this was still a great video, and I love to think that Nakajima is just clinging onto you asking you to make more DDS: Megami Tensei stuff lol

@tyarchus5704 3 жыл бұрын

Marsh all I can say is that you're a pretty cool dude for covering these megaten titles that 99% of us have never played

@morgboat744 9 ай бұрын

“i hope you guys enjoyed seeing a somewhat obscure entry in the series. if i can find more of these, i’ll be sure to play them” and so it begins.

@shalucard107 3 жыл бұрын

Akemi: does something Lucifer pinkman: *he can't keep getting away with it!!!*

@emilianotype-g6877 3 жыл бұрын

lucifer: hello marsh: HOW MANY TIMES MUST I TEACH YOU THIS LESSON OLD MAN

@Blarglesnarfe 3 жыл бұрын

I love that you took such a niche, difficult bunch of videos to do topics on. I love that you use your own personal format, and it’s super chill and personable. *I love that it’s getting you success*

@vaporwave2345 3 жыл бұрын

I've been waiting SO LONG for an informational series about SMT like this! YOU GOT YOURSELF A SUBSCRIBER MY BOY!

@gon9684 3 жыл бұрын

This madlad... For real though, going through daedulus 3 times is another level, normal smt fans only do it twice.

@brandonv7139 3 жыл бұрын

See a Marsh Upload Day gets better

@razorthecurse 3 жыл бұрын

Another solid vid as usual man, I can't wait for the Persona 1 on PC port video coming soon. Now THAT will be a wild ride considering it's only in Japanese /and/ it uses Kanji.

@KuroeDetectiveAgency 3 жыл бұрын

niiiice, thanks for doing this. fascinating stuff

@PebblepantsTV 3 жыл бұрын

why did this get a proper english patch before devil summoner 1 ):

@ils4844 3 жыл бұрын

Mutated Java scripting is probably easier to work with than Sega Saturn/PSX spaghetti code that's hard to look at.

@jebibones4282 3 жыл бұрын

Man I used to love those tracks...

@aglitch 2 жыл бұрын

screenshotted the "thought you had balls," game over screen. Saving that one for when i win my fantasy football league 😅

@megamegaman247 3 жыл бұрын

I hope you give the Majin Tensei series a try! I think they both have fan translations now (the second one did for sure last I check because I played it, but I also caught wind the first did as well). I think they’re interesting, lesser known series in the west that are kind of a prelude for the Devil Survivor series later on. They’re certainly interesting games that I think deserve more recognition.

@ArshadZahid_nohandleideas Жыл бұрын

If there's anything I know, Devil Survivor can be considered a spiritual successor to Majin Tensei and not much more

@hamukoreal 3 жыл бұрын

that dungeon designs look really nice, same with the portraits, im impressed great video as always!! :D

@Prophetofthewest 3 жыл бұрын

You absolute masochist

@soda2643 3 жыл бұрын

i like it when you talk about shin megami tensei

@aquanaridllcl970 3 жыл бұрын

Ngl, I would love this on my Motorola. It feels the same as the dq games

@Leo-zm8ql 3 жыл бұрын

Random thought: Shin megami tensei Alexa is what we all need. Skyrim did it. Just imagine not just having the normal eye gouging excitement shin megami games have but now it has the extra excitement factor of it miss hearing you mid boss fight and have you talk to him instead of using an Almighty attack. Think about navigating a maze with only words. It would be literally bliss and probably put me in the hospital if not 6 feet under.

@Nilnot 3 жыл бұрын

Seriously the best megaten channel good work Marsh

@Speelee 3 жыл бұрын

I knew there was a reason I was up late, wouldn’t want to miss smt phone game

@theretroverse3317 3 жыл бұрын

“Marsh used new video!” “Critical hit!”

@toryficarola 3 жыл бұрын

This gem right here needs waaaay more EXP points and upvotes/likes!

@arvc-5224 3 жыл бұрын

I love these smaller videos that keep us in entertained in between the longer ones

@Entropic_Alloy 3 жыл бұрын

Great vid, look forward to the next obscure-ish MegaTen experience you pull from the depths.

@worstmakoto 3 жыл бұрын

For those wondering where is Marsh He said on twitter he's halfway through SMT nine playthrough, and after various problems with the emulator, he's finally back on his shoes By the end of the month, I believe we'll have a new video

@bergkajian1257 3 жыл бұрын

Your vids are amazing, please never stop uploading

@pureevil9496 3 жыл бұрын

You madman! I appreciate your videos a lot because they inspired me to stop being a baby and play these games. I beat the Kyuuyaku version of the original and I'm working on Kyuuyaku MegaTen 2 now before playing SMT 1, 2 and if... I was so inspired by you I beat the first in one weekend and I felt like I was losing my mind, but I am already level 15 in the sequel so I guess I liked it. Anyway, thank you for making these strange old games feel approachable for someone who was interested and curious for a long time but scared off by their quirks and general mysterious aura.

@WeekendWarrior1 3 жыл бұрын

Can't wait for the inevitable SMTV experience 👌

@toryficarola 3 жыл бұрын

I'm a southern Californian who was crazy enough to complete the original (Kyuuyaku version of) Megami Tensei a month ago. I must be a rare SMTer. I sooooo wanna try out this rare mobile Java based miniature version of the original monolith someday.

@GambeTama 3 жыл бұрын

I feel like Daedalus Tower should be sponsoring you at this point.

@zegendoflolda 3 жыл бұрын

I really love these megami tensei videos keep it up man

@AshleysBallistics 3 жыл бұрын

Nothing like some "Midnight Marsh" to make me the night go by faster 😉 cool vid dude 👍

@julinofooly 3 жыл бұрын

Hell yeah, best boy Marsh coming through with that topical rom release video.

@someguywhosometimesmakesjo1006 3 жыл бұрын

new marsh video pog

@mariagalleriaxi8632 3 жыл бұрын

WOO BABY, Marsh upload, that's what I'm talking about WOOOOOO

@ems6706 3 жыл бұрын

Consistently great content! Commenting to get you some more * e n g a g e m e n t* appreciate you making the extra vid while the SMT video is taking a hot sec.