News Atlus joins the "G-Mode Archives" series, starting with a formerly mobile-exclusive Shin Megami Tensei game

[Krvavi Abadas]

For those unaware, this is a collection of Switch-exclusive re-releases of feature phone games. Which don't typically get re-released like this. It's of particular importantace as the network that hosted a bunch of these games, i-mode. Is shutting down by 2026.


The game in question is Megami Tensei Gaiden: Shinyaku Last Bible, originally released in 2007. and is part of a sub-series that was typically released on the Game Boy prior to this.

They've gotten a few smaller publishers on board. Such as Cave, Jaleco, and even at least one Tetris game. But this is a big step up from that.
Atlus is owned by the same parent company as SEGA, so we could see games from them as well. There certainly is a massive library of Sonic games they could go through, for example.

 

[Clov]

They've gotten a few smaller publishers on board. Such as Cave, Jaleco,

Hell yeah!

Also this is great! The G-Mode archives is doing a great job stopping some really obscure titles from being lost.

 

[Gingerbread Man]

I wish Level-5 would join this. They released a lot of mobile games, including some exclusive Layon games and a Ni No Kuni spin-off with literally the same pixel-art style as Mother 2 and 3

 

[Future Boy Nemo]

Last Bible, holy crap. I don't know if this particular game was well received or not, but that's a series I never expected to reincarnate.

This is a cool initiative for sure. I hope they're able to get more interesting titles saved from the void, like the ones posted above (and hopefully below, eventually).

 

[Blue Monty]

I wish Level-5 would join this. They released a lot of mobile games, including some exclusive Layon games and a Ni No Kuni spin-off with literally the same pixel-art style as Mother 2 and 3

Ni No Kuni stuff doesnt depend on Bandai?

 

[ILikeFeet]

Ni No Kuni stuff doesnt depend on Bandai?

no, Bamco just publishes it. L5 owns the IP

 

[SirArthur]

I saw the news. The question is would who takes care of the localization

 

[shoptroll]

I saw the news. The question is would who takes care of the localization

From what I’ve seen of the coverage in Retronauts basically none of the G-mode Archive games receive localization. So I wouldn’t expect this to be any different.

 

[SirArthur]

From what I’ve seen of the coverage in Retronauts basically none of the G-mode Archive games receive localization. So I wouldn’t expect this to be any different.

That sucks...

 

[Hero of Legend]

From what I’ve seen of the coverage in Retronauts basically none of the G-mode Archive games receive localization. So I wouldn’t expect this to be any different.

Two have:

G-MODE Archives25 Topolon for Nintendo Switch - Nintendo Official Site

Buy G-MODE Archives25 Topolon and shop other great Nintendo products online at the official My Nintendo Store.

www.nintendo.com

G-MODE Archives29 ZANAC for Nintendo Switch - Nintendo Official Site

Buy G-MODE Archives29 ZANAC and shop other great Nintendo products online at the official My Nintendo Store.

www.nintendo.com

WHY only those two I have no clue.

Best news here is that Atlus means Sega may not be far behind... which means the Sonic Cafe games might have a chance, especially the white whale of the bunch; Nakayoshi Chao!:

 

[SeafoamGaming]

Two have:

G-MODE Archives25 Topolon for Nintendo Switch - Nintendo Official Site

Buy G-MODE Archives25 Topolon and shop other great Nintendo products online at the official My Nintendo Store.

www.nintendo.com

G-MODE Archives29 ZANAC for Nintendo Switch - Nintendo Official Site

Buy G-MODE Archives29 ZANAC and shop other great Nintendo products online at the official My Nintendo Store.

www.nintendo.com

WHY only those two I have no clue.

Best news here is that Atlus means Sega may not be far behind... which means the Sonic Cafe games might have a chance, especially the white whale of the bunch; Nakayoshi Chao!:

Those two are in EN because their OG releases got an EN version as well. Especially Topolon, which was a hit iirc

 

[Hero of Legend]

Those two are in EN because their OG releases got an EN version as well. Especially Topolon, which was a hit iirc

...Huh. Any others so far get English releases originally?

 

[Tailzo]

Two have:

G-MODE Archives25 Topolon for Nintendo Switch - Nintendo Official Site

Buy G-MODE Archives25 Topolon and shop other great Nintendo products online at the official My Nintendo Store.

www.nintendo.com

G-MODE Archives29 ZANAC for Nintendo Switch - Nintendo Official Site

Buy G-MODE Archives29 ZANAC and shop other great Nintendo products online at the official My Nintendo Store.

www.nintendo.com

WHY only those two I have no clue.

Best news here is that Atlus means Sega may not be far behind... which means the Sonic Cafe games might have a chance, especially the white whale of the bunch; Nakayoshi Chao!:

Is that a Chao game?? Yes please

 

[Sumio Mondo]

This is really cool. Hopefully the same happens for the mobile exclusive DDS/Persona/Devil Summoner games as well. Some of those looked cool!

 

[Alex4]

I remember back in 2020 when G-Mode was taking suggestions and I suggested the ATLUS phone titles. Glad at least one of them is being ported over.

 

[fiendcode]

They've gotten a few smaller publishers on board. Such as Cave, Jaleco, and even at least one Tetris game.

Don't forget Falcom!

 

[Schlubotipelto]

Of course they got Jaleco.

Why it always Jaleco.

Fucking Jaleco

 

[Krvavi Abadas]

this is Megami Ibunroku Persona: Ikuu no Tou Hen, to be specific. based off the original Persona.

it's particularly notable as Atlus has kind of forgotten the first 2 Persona games in recent years. normally focusing all of their work on the far more popular later entries.

 

[Imitatio]

Igor looking good there!

 

[Krvavi Abadas]

Megami Ibunroku Persona: Ikuu no Tou Hen is officially launching on September 14th.

however, it should be noted that the date is for the Switch version only. and the PC version will be arriving at a later date.

 

[Deleted member 2258]

Cool, the first Persona game is on the Switch... kind of!

 

[Krvavi Abadas]

Majin Tensei is a simulation RPG released in 1994 for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES). The Gaiden that succeeded the world view of the Majin Tensei series, which was supported by many fans for its unique dark world view and challenging difficulty level, was Majin Tensei: Blind Thinker, distributed on feature phones at the time.

 

[Krvavi Abadas]

The setting of this work is Yakushima, 10 years before the main story "Persona 3". In addition to the original characters of this work, characters that appeared in the main story will also appear and color the story.
Aegis exercises held on an island surrounded by nature. “A certain incident” happened during that time…

Original characters with strong personalities just like the original. What kind of relationship will they have with Aegis from 10 years ago?

that’s right, Japanese feature phones could do 3D graphics.