I don’t often collect alternate colors or figures, but when i do, i flip! So happy to have these 2 reunited. I place them on my shrine and they keep my energy safe 💠
Do you have any recolors in your collection ? i love noticing the small differences :p
Presenting!: the rare and coveted Grimrock! Mix Edition non-scale Rei & Asuka set.
After getting my Revoltech Rei, i contracted the eva bug and needed more. I found this set while hunting for Fraulein Rei, and it was “must have” at first sight .
🐈 Rei is a cat, and Asuka is a monkey 🐒
These are probably my favorite figures as of late. Have you ever seen them before ?
Secrets of the Shin Megami Tensei Trading Card Game
Something I’ve long overlooked whenever I’m searching for stuff in Japanese is the Shin Megami Tensei TCG. I assumed it was just another stale cross-media tie-in. Here’s why I was wrong.
The biggest reason–and what initially caught my eye–is that cards for pre-Devil Summoner designs have art with redone CG shading. Check out the first six pictures in the photoset for some examples. What could be better than Kaneko hits from SMT1 and SMT2 with the fresh coat of paint they deserve? Well, actually having them used in a game, for one.
That’s where it gets weird. The computer shading on the cards was not done by Kaneko, but by artists whose names I cannot read, so I don’t know if they are/were in-house Atlus employees or not. But check out the Arahabaki comparison shot above. The first is the SMT1 art, followed by the card redo, and the profile art from Persona 4 Golden–the latter of which is a dead ringer for the card CG. So, that means these TCG demon remasters have appeared in games; indeed, Persona has many examples of redone SMT1 and SMT2 art, and it all seems to originate from these cards that were made well before Persona 3 was even a thought.
The question is then, “why haven’t these CG remasters appeared in the main series?” A good question. It’s odd that Arahabaki appeared in SMTIV with the SMT1 art when the CG version appears technically available. Unfortunately, I don’t have an answer for that, but I do have some bigger bombshells from my SMT TCG searches, and they both involve Ahriman:
Cropped from a picture in the photoset, yes, this is a card of Shin Megami Tensei if…’s Angra Mainyu, only colorized. If this ain’t archaeology, I don’t know what is. Of course, I’d kill a truckload of Nazi tomb raiders to get a better resolution image of that card.
But that’s not all from the Zoroastrian daeva: onthe Nocturne Ahriman that’s the last of the photoset, look on the bottom right of the card. Yes, you are indeed looking at Ahriman art done by Yasushi Nirasawa, the man responsible for many of SMTIV’s demon design abominations. Only this one looks…not bad. Not bad at all!
I used to own a Masamune’s #MorningStar poster. $15 at a thryft shopp in California , what would normally be $500 .
I have all of the Hellsing manga , and i love Kohta Hirano’s art style almost as much as Masamune’s . Kohta has a manga called #Drifters that i want to check out .
#digitalcollageart i made inspired by #ShirowMasamune , #KohtaHirano , and #FinalFantasy
Shin Megami Tensei : Nocturne is one of the purest RPG experiences you can get.
I have always been an SMT/Persona fan, starting my journey wyth, oddly enough, SMT: Strange Journey on Nintendo DS. I have been playing turn-based RPGs for years, and somethyng about SMT reached out to me. I have found their storylines, though vaguely similar, to be rich in prophetic and relevant content.
Story: ⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️▫️ Nocturne places you in the shoes of a voiceless protagonist. Thys allows the player tu sink a lot of themselves intu the character and story. The way to go can be elusive at times, but thys is an adventure that requires a level of mental investment.
Gameplay: ⬜️⬜️⬜️▫️▫️ Gameplay is simple, and consists of world map traversal, and dungeon exploration, both of which are littered wyth enemy encounters. Like all SMT games, you can “Talk” to demons during combat and possibly recruit them!
Be mindful of how you level your fighters. Put some thought intu how you fuse your demons as well! This will be a repetitive and difficult grind, not for the faint of heart.
Environment: ⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ Visually, thys game is impressive for its time. You can feel the care that the developers and designers put intu the models and levels. Reflective surfaces, realtime shadows, and detailed animations make thys a graphical masterpiece. The music of the SMT/Persona franchise is known for its quality, and Nocturne brings it home with funky jazz, newwave punk, and eery instrumentals.
Final Score ⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️▫️ Nocturne is basically perfect. Not for the casual RPG goer. Thys is a treck through Hell and it feels like that sometimes. If you want to play a relatively recent RPG classic, pick thys title up asap.
Playing #ShinMegamiTenseiNocturne and #Choronzon aka #CoCo comes up tu me , want to #joinmyparty for a measly #ChakraDrop . #333 #smt #nocturne #gamingchannel #gamecollector #jrpg
i went for a run in the morning , got eggs n milk. got a smoothie onanf my way back home and dropped it before i could drink it ); i was sad abd mad but i took thys as a chance tu learn a lesson. i wyll have plenty of smoothies.
Look to the skies . Thys, along wyth the “New Year” celebration , are prime times for you tu witness strange lights in the sky. These are the first moments leadyng up to public declaration of a war takyng place just outside of our atmosphere.
