We’ve known Shin Megami Tensei V was coming for the Switch since 2017, but there hasn’t been much said about it since. Atlus has been dead silent and although there’s a website with a trailer, no date has been announced and there was no sneak peek at the New Game+ Expo either. It’s been a long, long wait for Shin Megami Tensei fans.
However, it seems that progress is definitely being made on a western release of SMT V on Switch. We here at Real Otaku Gamer have discovered a placeholder eShop slot on Nintendo’s website right here for Shin Megami Tensei: Brand New Title for Switch, the code name for Shin Megami Tensei V. It’s live on the website as of today, but there’s no way to tell how long it’s been there and we were unable to find anything in the metadata that indicated how long it had been up (though to be fair, I’m no expert at such things). Here’s the exciting sneak peek at the new Shin Megami Tensei V:
Kind of underwhelming, isn’t it? Well, as you can see if you look closely, it’s definitely a placeholder for the US website, and it’s at least an indicator that Atlus hasn’t entirely forgotten about Shin Megami Tensei V! It might be a little early to celebrate however, as it’s unlikely we’ll hear anything new quite yet about Shin Megami Tensei V! No actual information about release dates or even genre is provided, unfortunately. It does seem like it’s still on track to come to the US though, at least from the webpage!
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