Megami Ibunroku Persona: Ikū no Tō-hen
A side story set during the events of Revelations: Persona.
Bbmf developed and published this 2006 role-playing game, a spin-off of Atlus's Revelations: Persona. It belongs to the Persona series, which is part of the larger Megami Tensei franchise. Debuting on Japanese feature phones in December 2006, G-Mode later brought it to Nintendo Switch and Windows in September 2023 through their G-Mode Archives+ line.
Quick Facts
- Developer
- Bbmf
- Publisher
- Bbmf (mobile), G-Mode (Switch, Windows)
- Series
- Persona
- Platforms
- Mobile phones
- Nintendo Switch
- Windows
- Genre
- Role-playing
- Modes
- Single-player
Facts from the source article.
Gameplay
Megami Ibunroku Persona: Ikū no Tō-hen is a role-playing video game with first-person navigation through a randomly generated dungeon that changes each time the player enters. Turn-based combat pits the party against demons using weapons and Persona abilities; if the entire party falls, they lose all items and money. Players may negotiate with demons for spell cards, which can be fused into new Personas, and improve equipment at a refinery using gems found in the dungeon.
Premise
Set during the story of Revelations: Persona, the game follows St. Hermelin High School students in Mikage who summon Personas. After battling in the SEBEC building, the DEVA System transports them between worlds, where Igor instructs them to climb a tower to return home.
Development and release
Bbmf developed Ikū no Tō-hen as a side story based on Revelations: Persona, retaining many mechanics while adding new ones to appeal to players of the original. The party loses money and items upon defeat to create tension, and the dungeon is randomly generated for endless exploration. Bbmf released the game for Japanese feature phones on December 1, 2006, alongside Stella Deus: Raven Spirits and a mobile port of Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei II. Later that month, it became the first larger RPG on the Megaten Alpha mobile service. After years of unavailability, G-Mode re-released it for Nintendo Switch and Windows in September 2023 as part of their G-Mode Archives+ line, preserving the original square-screen presentation and Japanese-only language. GamesRadar+ noted that the PC version could enable an English fan translation.
Reception
Ikū no Tō-hen was well received. Dengeki Online called it a great role-playing game, and Famitsu considered it a fun game with good replay value from the randomly generated dungeon, not to be missed by Megami Tensei fans. Inside Games praised its darker, more mysterious atmosphere, likening it to the Shin Megami Tensei series. Retrospectively, it was described as a nostalgic RPG, with positive player response to the G-Mode release.
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