Talking About: Shin Megami Tensei - Feels More Obscure in the West Than it Actually Does

I finished Devil Survivor and the bonus dungeon in Soul Hackers recently and it's got me thinking about Shin Megami Tensei in general. I've only played a few games, Soul Hackers, Devil Survivor, SMT Nocturne, SMTIV and Persona 4 I guess counts. It's only 4/5 SMT games so far but still, the 4 games I've played are pretty great. And I plan to buy more SMT games like Digital Devil Saga 1 & 2 but anyway. Point is, despite all these games being released here, the series feels more unknown that it really does. People are obviously aware of SMT thanks to stuff like Persona and the crossover Tokyo Mirage Sessions FE (because it was SMTxFE before) so yeah, people know of it but feels like no one plays the games

Today's Japanese / 今日の日本語

今日の日本語 / Today's Japanese

Been playing a lot of Animal Crossing New Leaf / とびだせ！どうぶつの森 in Japanese as a way to use the Japanese I've learned and to help with my vocabulary and reading ability. I love Animal Crossing so playing it to help me study Japanese is pretty fun, and it has furigana so I can learn how to read the kanji properly. Because I really gotta improve my reading, I read really damn slow... And using the game to study and read gives me more incentive to play.

The Japanese version also has some of its own exclusive content that got changed in the western version, so that's always fun, like Isabelle / Shizue wearing a yukata, furniture and holidays.

引っ越し　ひっこし which is moving

村民　そんみん villager, resident

ちょっぴり means little bit

寂し　さびし lonely, loneliness

お別れ　おわかれ farewell

商店街　しょうてんがい shopping street

博物館　はくぶつかん museum

(the game actually has it written in Kana)

意見　いけん　opinion

口ぐせ favorite phrase