Shin Megami Tensei If...
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Super Famicom box art
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| Developer(s) | Atlus |
| Publisher(s) | Atlus |
| Director(s) | Kouji Okada |
| Designer(s) | Katsura Hashino |
| Artist(s) | Kazuma Kaneko |
| Writer(s) | Ryutaro Ito Shogo Isogai |
| Composer(s) | Tsukasa Masuko |
| Series | Megami Tensei |
| Platform(s) | Super Famicom, PlayStation, Microsoft Windows, Android, iOS |
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| Genre(s) | Role-playing |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Shin Megami Tensei If... (Japanese: 真・女神転生if...?, literally "True Goddess Reincarnation If...") is a Japanese role-playing video game developed and published by Atlus in 1994 for the Super Famicom. It is a spin-off from the Shin Megami Tensei series, itself part of the larger Megami Tensei franchise. Since release, it has been ported to mobile devices, the PlayStation and Microsoft Windows, and re-released digitally through Nintendo's Virtual Console service. The story follows a student of Karukozaka High School after their school is sucked into the realm of demons by a vengeful student's demon summoning spell going wrong.
Shin Megami Tensei If... was developed as a change from previous Shin Megami Tensei titles, focusing on a small-scale environment and threat rather than a large-scale environment as in previous titles. Upon release, If... received a positive reception from critics and fans, and inspired multiple tie-in print adaptations and a mobile prequel. Its well-received high school setting was the impetus for the creation of the spin-off Persona series.
Shin Megami Tensei If... is a role-playing video game in which players take the role of the main protagonist (an unnamed male or a female named Tamaki Uchida in later Megami Tensei titles). As the main protagonist, the player explores both the demon-infested Karukozaka High School and five towers based on the Seven Deadly Sins. During the course of the game, using a wrist-mounted device called a COMP, the player fights demons through a turn-based battle system, using physical and magical attacks to deal damage, as well as healing party members and casting status buffs and ailments on enemies.
Demons can be talked with in battle and recruited if the right conversation is initiated. Once a part of the player's party, they will fight alongside them. In addition to standard demons, the player can ally with one human companion, with three being available on the first playthrough and a fourth unlocking during the second. When the player or their human partner dies in battle, they are granted a Guardian Spirit, who revives them at the last save point and teaches them new skills and alter the player's stats. The Guardian's specialties affect how stats are changed: a higher power ranking will raise the player's strength, but lower magic will decrease their Magic Point meter. The Guardian changes each time the player dies.
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